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Organization: Women's Civic Improvement League (KPOV)
Organization Description: Founded in 2003, KPOV is an independent, non-commercial
community radio station serving Central Oregon. The content for the station focuses on
local issues through 40 locally produced radio programs such as Breakfast in Bend, Open
Air, Medical Makeover and Youth Radio Hour. KPOV also broadcast some syndicated
programming. The station relies on more than 100 volunteers donating more than 20,000
hours annually.
Project Name: Expanding KPOV's reach and signal strength
Project Description: KPOV has received a construction permit from the FCC to increase
the station's broadcast power. Currently operating under a low power license, the station
plans to expand to a full power, regional non-commercial radio station. The FCC permit
requires that the construction be completed by June 2011.
Project Period: June 2009 — June 2011
Amount of Request: $2,500 (Total projected expenses = $88,289)
Previous Grants (KPOV):
• October 2004: $2,000 Capital Expenses ($2,000 Luke)
• September 2006: $1,500 Upgrade Equipment ($1,000 Luke; $500 Clarno)
• December 2007: $1,000 Citizen Journalist Program ($500 Luke; $500 Baney)
Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97701-1960
(541) 388-6570 - Fax (541) 385-3202 - www.descliutes.org
DESCHUTES COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND
DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION
Direct Application to:
Commissioner Tammy Baney
Commissioner Anthony DeBone
Date:
3/08/11
Project Name:
Project Beginning Date:
Commissioner Alan Unger
All Three Commissioners
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Expanding KPOV's reach and signal strength
June 2009
Amount of Request:
Applicant/Organization:
Address:
$2500
Project End Date:
Date Funds Needed:
Tax ID #:
Women's Civic Improvement
League DBA KPOV
501 NW Bond St
Contact Name(s): Pearl Stark, Station Manager
Fax:
Alternate Phone:
City & Zip:
Telephone:
Email:
June 2011
June 2011
20-0733873
Bend, OR 97701
541 322-0863
pearl@kpov.org
On a separate sheet, please briefly answer the following questions:
1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership structure, and activities.
2. Describe the proposed project or activity.
3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity.
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the community's economic health.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
6. Itemize anticipated expenditures*. Describe how grant funds will be used and include the
source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind contributions, if any. If the grant will
support an ongoing activity, explain how it will be funded in the future.
Attach:
Proof of the applicant organization's non-profit status.
* Applicant may be contacted during the review process and asked to provide a complete line item budget.
Tammy Baney: Amount: Signature:
Anthony DeBone: Amount: Signature:
Alan Unger: Amount: Signature:
Bend Community Radio
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Board of Director
Rick Miller
President
Carolyn Esky
Vice President
Lisa Goodman
Secretary
Natalie Reidtinann
Treasurer
Victoria Berry
Bob Newhart
Ted Schoenborr,
Staff
Pearl Stark
Station Manager
Jill Mahler
Office Manager
Jae Mazzarella
Maya Padilla
Stacy Totland
llr,dei rarit;ing Representatives
501 NW Bond Street
Bend, OR 97701
541.322-0863
info@kpov.org
www.kpov.org
March 10, 2011
Dear Commissioners,
Please accept this application for a grant from the Women's Civic
Improvement League dba KPOV, Bend Community Radio. KPOV is
requesting $2500 towards expanding our signal strength and reach within
Deschutes County.
We have received several grants from this fund since even before we
went on the air in 2005 and they were critical to our success over the last
five years. In particular KPOV received a grant from this fund in 2004,
prior to going on the air. This campaign towards "full power" is our next
big hurdle towards serving all of Deschutes County.
The County is included as a member of KPOV's Broadcast Society on our
permanent "Founding Members" wall at the station and we would love to
include the County on our "Tower of Power" wall recognizing those who
help us reach our full potential as a regional non-commercial full power
station.
We hope you will be able to support the station in this final push. Our
FCC license gives us until mid June of this year to be up and running at
our new signal location and frequency. We look forward to hearing from
you. Please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions.
The application and supporting materials are attached.
Sincerely
Pearl Stark
KPOV Station Manager
pearl@kpov.org
541 322-0863
Deschutes County Economic Development Fund
Discretionary Grant Program Application
1. Describe the applicant organization, including its purpose, leadership
structure and activities.
KPOV, Bend Community Radio is a dba for the Women's Civic Improvement
League, a 501(c) 3 tax-exempt corporation founded in February 2003. KPOV is
governed by a board of directors from a broad cross-section of the community.
KPOV is supported by two part-time staff people and three underwriting
representatives.
Mission statement: KPOV is radio by the people and for the people of Central
Oregon. We strengthen community and democracy through grassroots
participation in independent, non-commercial radio. Programming focuses on
issues important to a strong, healthy community, including economic and
environmental sustainability, human rights, arts and culture, health and
spirituality, and other programming often ignored by the mainstream media. The
station offers a forum for diverse views, both regionally and around the world.
KPOV features more than 40 locally produced shows, such as Breakfast in Bend
(civic affairs), Open Air (interviews), Medical Makeover (medicine in Central
Oregon), Youth Radio Hour (hosted by local kids ages 12-17) and syndicated
programming including Democracy Now, Bioneers, and a 3 -hour block of
Spanish language programming on Monday mornings.
All of the local voices on KPOV's airwaves are volunteers from the community.
As a listener -supported, volunteer powered station, KPOV has more than 100
volunteers who donate more than 20,000 hours annually. We currently train
more than 50 adults and 25 youth per year on basic radio skills and FCC
regulations. This training prepares volunteers to host music and talk shows.
KPOV's primary funding is from listeners. Other sources of revenue are
business underwriting, grants, and special events.
KPOV is providing real opportunities for local residents to learn radio, computer,
and communication skills that are available nowhere else in Central Oregon.
These skills are providing citizens (both youth and adults) with unique
opportunities. For example, several of KPOV's trained volunteers have been
hired as DJs on local commercial stations. We also work with several local
organizations and schools to bring in office volunteers with disabilities and train
them in various job skills.
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March 8, 2011
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2. Describe the proposed project or activity.
KPOV has applied for and received a construction permit from the FCC to
increase our broadcast power. We are currently operating under what is
designated as a "low power" license. We believe Central Oregon needs a
regional, non-commercial full power radio station for several reasons.
• Central Oregon today is an increasingly interconnected set of communities
linked by jobs, health care, higher education, transportation systems and
cultural and recreational opportunities. A regional, noncommercial radio
station can help build regional identity and community by connecting
citizens through a low-cost, accessible and ubiquitous technology.
• Citizens in our region listen to and value public broadcasting but do not
get the coverage of local issues they deserve. Both OPB and KLCC have
strong local listenership and they connect locals to statewide and national
events. But those stations will never devote significant air time to Central
Oregon stories because the vast majority of their listeners live outside our
region and simply do not care about the details of our community.
Occasional new stories of state-wide significance on OPB and
announcements of some music events in Bend on KLCC do not do justice
to the size, diversity and civic challenges and successes of our region.
Central Oregonians deserve more in-depth coverage of their community
and KPOV provides it.
• Local news and civic affairs coverage by our local commercial media is in
decline, due to media consolidation and the loss of advertising revenue
that has traditionally subsidized news and civic affairs programming. Like
the rest of the nation, local newspapers and commercial radio stations are
shrinking their local staffs and relying more on wire stories and their
national affiliates. Public broadcasting can step in to fill the void left by
commercial media in many markets.
KPOV is poised to meet these needs. We have a five-year track record of
providing quality programs 24/7/365. We have consistently grown our
listenership and our financial support from the community each year. And we
have a fledgling community journalism program that is already beginning to fill
the gap in local news and civic affairs programming.
But we cannot meet these needs as a low-power fm station. Our current low-
power status means that listenership is limited to Bend and even within Bend our
signal reception is often poor. The low power signal does not penetrate many
buildings and is easily distorted or interrupted by local geographic and landscape
features, such buttes and dense trees. A full power station will give us a much
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stronger and more reliable signal that reaches a much larger and more regional
audience in Bend, Redmond and beyond.
3. Provide a timeline for completing the proposed project or activity.
Our construction permit from the FCC requires that we be up and running at our
new signal location and frequency by mid-June of 2011. We have already gotten
donations for several key pieces of equipment and have begun purchasing other
equipment for the project. We would like to finish purchasing equipment by early
May so that we have sufficient time to install and test by mid-June.
4. Explain how the proposed project or activity will impact the
community's economic health.
Increasing our signal strength and reach will greatly impact our community.
Citizens who were previously unable to receive KPOV's signal, or had bad
reception, will be able to listen from their homes. This will mean that all our
programming created specifically to inform Central Oregonians will reach a much
broader audience. All the guests on KPOV such as small business owners and
non-profit organizations will reach more of our citizens to tell their stories on the
air. KPOV also employs two part-time employees at a "livable" wage and three
underwriting representatives paid on commission. We employ 1-3 adults who
teach at our KPOV Kid's Camps.
Reaching more citizens means educating more people about local products
and services.
5. Identify the specific communities or groups that will benefit.
Citizens of Bend and Redmond will directly benefit by having access to local
programming discussing the issues that are important to us in Central Oregon.
People who are interested in local politics, music, issues and events will all
benefit.
Every year, KPOV has had more than 250 community members as guests on
the air sharing their viewpoints. Guests have included county commissioners,
senators, poets, artists, moms, musicians, city councilors, law enforcement,
political candidates and advocates from numerous non -profits and neighborhood
associations. All have benefited from having the opportunity to share their
perspective — in depth — with the community.
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KPOV also broadcasts from events around town including several political
debates and voter forums. Through the airwaves, KPOV can bring local
programming into the homes of many of our community members including low-
income residents or those with impaired mobility who cannot attend cultural
events due to location or cost.
6. Itemize anticipated expenditures. Describe how grant funds will be used
and include the source and amounts of matching funds or in-kind
contributions, if any. If the grant will support an ongoing activity, explain
how it will be funded in the future.
Full Power Budget for 2011
Antennas
$18950
Exciter, Filter, and Adapter
$10,245
Surge suppressor
$2,200
Demodulator and Generator
$3,372
Dummy Load
$9,000
STL line and license
$2,200
Transmission Line, Rack, and Hangars
$8,332
Control/Monitor
$6,990
Engineering/Installation
$25,500
Legal
$1,500
Total:
$88,289
KPOV is requesting $2500 from the Deschutes County Economic
Development Fund. We have already secured a matching grant from the
Federal government that will cover $35,672 and pledges from local donors
totaling over $8000. To raise the remaining $42,000, we are soliciting major
donors, businesses, and family funds, and we have plans for a full power event.
A number of pieces of equipment that were donated or purchased in 2010 are
not included in this budget. They include a $65,000 transmitter donated from
KOIN TV, and an STL given at discount from the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation.
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
P. 0. BOX 2508
CINCINNATI, OH 45201
Date: NOV 0 1 2004
WOMEN'S CIVIC IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
D/B/A BEND COMMUNITY RADIO
C/0 DARCY MCNAMARA
16 NW KANSAS
BEND, OR 97701
Dear Applicant:
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Employer Identification Number:
20-0733873
DLN:
17053125027044
Contact Person:
SIRIJUN MAYI
Contact Telephone Number:
(877) 829-5500
Accounting Period Ending:
December 31
Public Charity Status:
170 (b) (1) (A) (vi)
Form 990 Required:
Yes
Effective Date of Exemption:
February 12, 2003
Contribution Deductibility:
Yes
ID# 31449
We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your application for tax
exempt status we have determined that you are exempt from Federal income tax
under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to you are
deductible under section 170 of the Code. You are also qualified to receive
tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106
or 2522 of the Code. Because this letter could help resolve any questions
regarding your exempt status, you should keep it in your permanent records.
Organizations exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Code are further classified
as either public charities or private foundations. We determined that you are
a public charity under the Code section(s) listed in the heading of this
letter.
Please see enclosed Information for Exempt Organizations Under Section
501(c)(3) for some helpful information about your responsibilities as an exempt
organization.
Enclosures: Information for
Sincerely,
Lois G. rner
Director, Exempt Organizations
Rulings and Agreements
Organizations Exempt Under Section 501(c)(3)
Letter 947 (DO/CG)