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Digital Divide Remains Wide for Indian Country, FCC Report Finds |
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As many as 26 million Americans live in areas un-served by broadband capable of originating and receiving high-quality voice, data, graphics and video telecommunications and about one-third of Americans do not subscribe to broadband, even when it’s available, according to the FCC’s latest Broadband Progress Report to Congress.
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2012 Radio Community Service Grant Program Open to New Applicants |
CPB Accepting Radio Station Applications until June 3, 2011
Successful applicants will be noncommercial public radio stations that provide significant public service programming to their communities. Stations selected to enter the Community Service Grant (CSG) program at the beginning of CPB's FY2012 (October 1, 2011) will need to meet all of the criteria outlined in the FY2011 Radio General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria (General Provisions) http://www.cpb.org/stations/grants/radio/generalprovisions/. A full understanding of the General Provisions also includes full knowledge of the Certification Requirements (Certifications) for Station Grant Recipients http://www.cpb.org/stations/certification/. All stations admitted to the CSG Program will be required to demonstrate that they are fully compliant with the General Provisions and the Certifications.
The application deadline is close of business on Friday, June 3, 2011.
CPB distributes the majority of its funds for public broadcasting directly to Radio and Television stations through the CSG Program. CSG funds must be used by stations admitted to the program for general station operations and programming. The Radio CSG program is a grant program consisting of several levels of qualification, and each level has specific requirements that determine the amount of funding that will be awarded to the grantee. Based on the information the applicant provides in its application, CPB will determine the appropriate CSG Level. As is the case for stations already receiving CSGs, applicant stations must meet on an annual basis a variety of legal, managerial, staffing, and operational criteria as prerequisites for CSG funding.
Eligibility
CPB is accepting CSG applications from stations who meet the appropriate qualifications outlined above and detailed in the General Provisions and the Certifications. This also includes meeting CPB's Audience Service Criteria (ASC). CPB is encouraging of, and will give preference to applications from first-service and minority audience service stations, as defined on Page 5 of the General Provisions http://www.cpb.org/stations/grants/radio/generalprovisions/.
Contact
If you have questions, please contact Elsie Hillman-Gordon, Manager, Grants Administration via e-mail at
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or by telephone at (202) 879-9791.
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Stations who meet both the appropriate qualifications detailed in the Radio Community Service Grant General Provisions and Eligibility Criteria AND CPB's Audience Service Criteria.
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June 3, 2011
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Download the following forms:
• Radio CSG Application Packet 3.3MB http://www.cpb.org/grants/348/cpb_2012RadioCSG_Application.pdf
• Annual Financial Summary Report (FSR) 76KB http://www.cpb.org/grants/348/cpb_2012RadioCSGApplication_10FSR.xls
Mail the completed forms to:
Elsie Hillman-Gordon
Manager, Grants Administration
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
401 9th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004-2037
Subscribe to CPB Grant Announcements http://www.cpb.org/subscriptions/index.php?location=grants |
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New IDC Receivers Hit the Streets |
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A group of the new IDC SFX 4104 Pro Audio receivers has officially seen the light of day. The 25 stations selected to test the new equipment began receiving their shipments the first week of May. These stations are in the process of connecting their receivers, and PRSS® engineers will soon begin running tests to ensure seamless connectivity with our NOC.
Later this summer, we will begin shipping out receivers to the rest of the system. The shipping will be staged over several months, and by late fall, all satellite interconnected stations should have received their allotment of two IDC SFX 4104 Pro Audio receivers. (Station managers will receive an email from IDC when their receivers have shipped.)
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Public media op-ed by Loris Taylor, President of Native Public Media |
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Loris Ann Taylor
Yet too often these discussions about rural America leave out my communities: our many Native lands, tribal reservations and homelands.
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Broadband rising on Native agenda New auspices for Native Public Media group |
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Published in Current, Feb. 22, 2011
By Karen Everhart
Native Public Media, a minority consortium incubated within the National Federation of Community Broadcasters for seven years, is striking out on its own, establishing itself as an independent nonprofit and pursuing big new opportunities to expand media access for Native Tribes through broadband and mobile technologies.
With the realignment, announced early this month, the Native group strengthens its ties with the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., its partner for the last several years in research, policy analysis and advocacy to redress huge and historic shortcomings in access to new and older means of communication for Native tribes.
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FCC highlights 'national disgrace': Connectivity gap for Native Americans |
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By Sara Jerome - The Hill
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) used its March meeting to promote its work spreading communications on tribal lands.
Devoting their morning session to Native American issues, the bipartisan group of commissioners painted a harrowing portrait of connectivity in Indian country.
Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps described a trip to rural China, where he could get 3G wireless service as he traveled down the Yangtze River. He said the same was unlikely on tribal lands.
Read the full Article at "The Hill" Blog... |
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