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Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania, Inc. 2015/2016 Annual Report

WQLN Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania 2015/2016 Annual Report 1

WQLN Public MediaPublic Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania, Inc.

8425 Peach Street • Erie, PA 16509

Offices: 814-864-3001 • Toll Free: 800-727-8854 • Fax: 814-864-4077

www.wqln.org

Inside:Overview......................2

Television.....................4

Radio............................6

Education....................8

In the Community......10

WQLN Team.................11

Support Lists.............12

Financial Reports......16

The mission of WQLN is to stimulate, enrich, educate, and entertain the public through communications.

WQLN Public Media envisions a community engaged in meaningful dialogue that enriches our understanding of the world around us. This dialogue will find its inspiration in content gathered by WQLN and its community members and delivered through traditional and new media platforms. While focusing on our home community, WQLN seeks to include anyone in a respectful exchange of ideas.

WQLN will be recognized as a critical resource to our community, based on excellence in content aggregation, loyalty to the community, and commitment to providing programs and services that are educational, respectful, engaging, and inspiring.

WQLN Public MediaOur Mission

Our Vision


WQLN Public MediaFrom the Office of the President

Thank you for taking the time to read WQLN Public Media’s annual report. If you live in the Lake Erie Region, I hope you feel the same pride I feel every day when I switch on WQLN Radio 91.3FM or WQLN TV 54.1, 54.2, or 54.3.

The Erie Media market is one of the smallest television and radio markets in the country. Yet, in 2015-2016 your public television and radio station was able to achieve what communities twice our size only dream about. We produced over 3,000 hours of original on-air content, we added new national programs to our schedule, and we created community outreach that was both fun and educational.

WQLN TV featured many award winning programs last year like Last Days in Vietnam, 9 Months That Made You, 10 that Changed America, and Secrets of the Vikings. These were “typical public television programs” – in that each one was very untypical of television fare. Perhaps that is why they won so many awards.

We introduced WQLN Passport last year as a membership benefit. WQLN Passport is a video streaming service that allows WQLN members an opportunity to watch their favorite programs when it’s most convenient for them. Imagine watching Sesame Street at 8:00 in the evening, or watching PBS NewsHour when you only have a half hour to watch, or binge-watching all 10 episodes of Indian Summers during a snow storm. You can do that with WQLN Passport, plus enjoy decades of WQLN Original Productions.

On WQLN Radio we bid a fond adieu to Garrison Keillor and prepared to welcome Chris Thile as the new host of America’s most popular radio program, A Prairie Home Companion. We added Ask Me Another, NPR’s irreverent comedy quiz show, to our weekend schedule. This is a fairly new public radio program hosted by Canadian comedian Ophira Eisenberg. Ask Me Another’s outrageous hour of brainteasers, pub trivia, and comedy has turned Erie’s upper Peach Street traffic jams into a fun-filled afternoon play-along with the car radio.

With the passing of Phil Fatica, WQLN lost a very good friend last year. Phil has been associated with WQLN ever since 1991 when he hosted a public affairs television program called Focus. In the 25 years since, Phil’s hosted many programs for WQLN, most notably our annual televised auctions. He was like no one I’ve ever met. Phil was a force of energy who made you feel better about yourself every time he was near.

The thing I’ve always enjoyed the most about public broadcasting is the opportunity it affords me to meet the people who watch and listen. And because we do so much community outreach, it’s easy. It’s hard to express how moved I was by the hundreds of kids at our JUMP! Back to School Expo, or by the hundreds of people in London, Ontario, who turned out to preview Downton Abbey, or by Linda Kobler’s students who performed on Brian Hannah’s Live from Studio Q series. So if you were to ask me what I liked best about 2016, I would say it was the time we got to spend together - at our craft show, one of our bike rides, or at our beer festival, getting together and talking about our favorite programs.

Tom New

President & CEO


Now here’s what YOU had to say . . .

Classics with Brian Hannah makes my work week! His excellent selections and great notes and stories about classical composers and performers add a little magic to my otherwise mundane day. – Andrew V.

After the stressful week I’ve had, [The Jazz Cruise with Kathy C.] has been the antidote I’ve been searching for. [I] love “Luna over New York”, and the cover of the Burt Bacharach song playing right now has been a double plus fun song. And the groovy tune hitting my biorhythms right now is even BETTER! Keep up the positive vibes, Kathy – seriously, much appreciated! – anonymous email

Through the summer, my son has friends over on Fridays and Saturdays. They are soon to be 7th graders. They always crank the pop stations from the car radio. Well, I of course grew sick of the droning on of the same basic themes of the bumping music. I switched it over to 91.3FM down here in Conneaut Lake. At first there were jeers and hissing. But, after a few minutes they were all dancing! – Dan H.

On Sunday, while driving, I started to listen to NEXT with Marcus Atkinson . . . . I stayed in the parking lot at the mall to listen to the entire show. His interview was sensitive, empathetic, truthful and so powerful. He and [his guest] Ms. Belen gave me much to consider. While Ms. Belen’s words were strong, her tone was honest and impactful. – Ina F.

I just watched the January 23rd airing of the Lawrence Welk Show “Pleasant Dreams” from 1958, which included a wonderful interview with Tiny Little. This show was a very emotional experience for me, because it was from the Saturday night Welk shows that I remember watching with my parents when I was 12 or 13 years old. I wish so much that I could share it with my 3 musical sons and with some close friends. – Fred G.

We are first time members and look forward to being a part of WQLN for life. Public Radio and Television is important and I wish more folks made the decision to show their support through a monetary donation. I listen every day to WQLN and am happy to contribute my small part to continuing such worthwhile programming. Thank you again. – Ginessa H.


WQLN TV 54 is the Erie region’s connection to PBS and much more! WQLN-TV 54.1 (PBS) features safe educational children’s programming every day, and primetime programming that includes PBS dramas, Great Performances, award-winning news, favorite British comedies, Do-It-Yourself programs and more. WQLN-TV 54.2 (Create) showcases the best DIY programs that public television has to offer. And WQLN-TV 54.3 (World) offers public television’s top documentary, public affairs, science, and history programming. This year we were proud to bring you:

First Peoples traced Homo sapiens’ incredible arrival and survival in Asia, Australia, and Europe. And Ken Burns’ monumental The Civil War documentary returned, remastered for its 25th anniversary.

Indian Summers premiered on Masterpiece, taking viewers to a glamorous English social club, with India on the cusp of the campaign for independence. Civil War era Alexandria, VA, came to life on the new Masterpiece drama Mercy Street. And we bid farewell to two beloved series, with the conclusions of Mr. Selfridge, the tale of the eccentric entrepreneur Harry Gordon Selfridge, and the final season of Downton Abbey – after six riveting seasons. Thanks to the hundreds of you who helped us kick off the final season of “Downton” at our season preview screenings in Cranberry, Erie, Meadville, and London, Ontario!

The 5th annual PBS Arts Fall Festival premiered in October with Unity: The Latin Tribute to Michael Jackson. And we watched as Eddie Murphy received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Operation Wild followed veterinarians to some of the most remote places on earth as they saved animals’ lives with groundbreaking operations. And August brought us Big Blue Live, the wildlife event of the season. All across the USA, we were glued to our screens for three live nights as conservationists, animal behaviorists, and amazing marine creatures convened on one of the world’s biggest conservation success stories, Monterey Bay.

WQLN TV

History

Drama

Performing Arts

Nature


Just days before the controversial release of Harper Lee’s novel Go Set a Watchman, American Masters profiled the mysterious Pulitzer Prize winning author. American Masters biographies this year also included the most famous coal miner’s daughter, Loretta Lynn, and icons of the Counterculture movement Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Walt Disney: American Experience gave unprecedented access to the Disney archives, depicting Disney as a “hail fellow well met,” a master of storytelling – and an artist beset by darkness.

WQLN’s original production Life’s Next Chapter brought experts together to talk about making the next years of your life the truly golden years. And Season 2 of The Great British Baking Show challenged viewers to say “I could do that” (with fingers crossed behind their backs) as contestants vied to be named the U.K.’s best amateur baker.

TED Talks came to WQLN TV with an exploration of war, peace, and education. And Stephen Hawking brought his genius to Genius with a close look at the big existential questions, Are we alone? Why are we here? What are we?

WQLN Original Production Erie Now looked at the changing landscape of entrepreneurship in the Erie region and later brought Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper together with U.S. Department of Justice Special Agent Andy Hromyak, and Melissa Lyon of the Erie County Department of Health for a conversation about the violence besetting the communities of Erie.

WQLN TV & Radio original shorts Musical Minutes and Stories of Champions introduced audiences to local professional musicians and innovative educators, respectively, in short bytes on WQLN TV, WQLN Radio, and WQLN.org.

Our Town shared the stories of North East and Edinboro, PA, and Conneaut, OH, as told by residents of these fine local communities. And our Route 6 History Tours program gave a preview of Erie Yesterday’s historic walking tours in Albion, Waterford, Edinboro, and Corry, PA.

Biography

Lifestyle

Big Ideas

Local Highlights

Nature Cat premiered in November, encouraging WQLN kids to get outside and play! And Ready Jet Go! gave kids a new way to explore astronomy, technology, and earth science.

New WQLN Kids Programs


Faced with an endless string of audio options, Americans stay tuned in to broadcast radio in droves. But why? Edison Research tells us that, according to listeners, it’s to feel connected to their community, because of a kinship with local personalities, and out of fear of missing something important. Not only does AM/FM remain the dominant audio source, but even the nearly 30 million people who purchase satellite radio spend nearly 40% of their audio time in the car with AM/FM.

“In most cases people will tell you they’re listening to be connected,” Edison president Larry Rosin told Inside Radio, “to learn about what’s going on around town and in the news. To know that there’s someone there that will break in if something happens.”

In one of our favorite three-way partnerships, Classics with Brian Hannah broadcast three live noontime concerts from the Erie Art Museum patio, before audiences numbering in the hundreds, featuring brass, woodwind, and string ensembles of the Erie Philharmonic. Always free – and always fun! – consider joining us next year for one of these “Get Your Phil at Noon” free concerts, part of the museum’s Mid-Day Art Break series. Can’t come to the live shows? You can of course listen at 91.3FM!

This special feature of Classics with Brian Hannah invites audiences to see professional musicians from around the region and around the globe, as well as young, rising stars in the world of classical music, in the intimate concert setting of the Learning Center on the WQLN campus.

This year, the Erie Playhouse, recognized as one of the top 10 community theaters in national competition, previewed its 2015-2016 season. The series also featured:

Violinist Bella Hristova Pianist Tanya Bannister Cellist and Grammy Award nominee Zuill Bailey Pianist Andrew von Oeyen Vocalist Edward Pleasant Celtic vocalist Cathie Ryan Members of the Pittsburgh Opera Company Broadway actor and vocalist Julian Decker And piano students of Mercyhurst University’s Linda Kobler

WQLN Radio

Get Your Phil at Noon Summer Series

Live from Studio Q


WQLN Radio & TV original shorts Musical Minutes and Stories of Champions introduced audiences to local professional musicians and innovative educators, respectively, in short bytes on WQLN TV, WQLN Radio, and WQLN.org.

And WQLN Radio continued airing over 40 hours of original, locally produced programs each and every week – more than any other radio station in the Erie market! Among these local offerings are expertly curated jazz, folk, classical, blues, roots, and Americana music, as well as three community affairs programs.

Local Highlights


WQLN Education is committed to improving the lives of children in our community by intersecting media and learning, providing teachers and parents the tools to encourage learning in the classroom and home, and strengthening community partnerships that foster early childhood education. WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy™ combines PBS Kids programming, quality books, and hands-on activities, giving parents the resources they need to increase their child’s educational success with a Traditional Literacy series that covers the learning process and foundational reading skills, vocabulary development and comprehension, reading/writing connection, and developing fluency and high order thinking. PBS Kids programs included in the curriculum are Between the Lions, Super Why, and Martha Speaks.

Since the inception of WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy™, WQLN Education has directly impacted the lives of 3,046 individuals in over 17 school districts, and has also taken place in childcare facilities and learning centers. This year the program served 4 local schools. While all families benefit from our literacy programs, WQLN Education targets at-risk families, specifically parents and their K-2 students from inner-city schools.

To encourage participation, families who complete a four-week workshop series are rewarded with great children’s books and a free one-year membership in the WQLN Kids Club along with other exciting benefits.

WQLN Education credits the strong partnerships with our local businesses that share the same passion and vision by supporting innovative programs like Families Turn on to Literacy™ through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. Because of the generosity of our EITC Partners, we are able to offer the Families program to local school districts as a benefit at no cost, and our EITC Partners can receive up to a 90% tax credit.

Here’s what Families participants reported about WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy™:

WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy has encouraged the Augustine family’s 1st grader to read, write and interact with others. The program also has helped her maintain her desire to learn.

The Stewart family reported that WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy has helped their daughter gain confidence and be able to read in front of the class!

The Farnham family’s kindergartener began asking Mom to read more. Now WQLN Kids programming is one of the family’s top picks for their kindergarten and preschool student.

The McNaughton family said that WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy has provided an excellent activity for them to do together as a family. It has provided them with ideas and opportunities for their child to expand on her learning.

And Erie Rise Academy Administrators said, “WQLN Families Turn on to Literacy is well developed and presented. It provides endless opportunities for parents to become engaged in their child’s learning. It is a pleasure that we were able to host the program again this year. We would like to explore the opportunity for the WQLN teachers to make a presentation to our teaching staff at a staff development session.”

WQLN EducationWQLN Families Turn on to Literacy™


WQLN Education’s second annual JUMP! Back to School Expo at Erie’s Bayfront Convention Center, August 9, 2015, featured interactive exhibits to help children explore science, technology, engineering & math, plus a health-focused obstacle course, auditions for kids to talk about their favorite book on WQLN TV, and over 60 exhibitors offering the latest information and resources to support kids’ learning in and out of the classroom, whether they were bound for kindergarten or college!

Special guests at this year’s JUMP! included Clifford the Big Red Dog and many cute critters from the Erie Zoo.

We were excited to host a WQLN Kids holiday screening party featuring Wild Kratts Creature Christmas, Peg + Cat + Holidays, and Arthur’s Perfect Christmas on Sunday, December 20, at Blasco Library – another event that was free and open to all families.

Our Nature Cat Adventure event held at Blasco Library on January 9 was well very received, with over 300 in attendance. Young attendees were excited to see Nature Cat on the big screen and enjoyed all of the activities planned that day!

“Think & Wonder”, WQLN Education’s inaugural Dr. Seuss birthday event, on March 5, at Blasco Library, invited children to taste green eggs & ham, celebrate National Read Across America Day (March 2, which is also the Dr.’s official birthday), audition to appear on WQLN TV talking about their favorite book, and more.

WQLN Education’s Q-Kids Readers program invited kids to join a free book club, compete in the Summer Reading Race during July & August, and get their schools involved in the autumn Elementary School Reading Competition. Congratulations to Robison Elementary School, Jefferson Elementary School, and second-grader Morgan-Anne Duncan for taking top honors in the competition!

JUMP! Back to School Expo

WQLN Kids Screening Events

Q-Kids Readers

WQLN Education congratulated second-grader Sammy Heim on winning top prize in the annual contest for his original illustrated short story “If Only I Lived on Jupiter”. And not only that, but Sammy’s story was selected as a finalist in the national contest!

PBS KIDS Writers Contest


As we prepared to bid farewell to the beloved Masterpiece series Downton Abbey, we were glad to be in the company of hundreds of fans who joined us for season preview screenings of “Downton” in Cranberry, Erie, and Meadville, as well as London, Ontario, Canada.

Over a thousand of you visited our lovely campus July 10-August 7, 2015, for our annual concert series that this year featured Erie’s award winning show band The Groove, the region’s premier variety band Tennessee Backporch, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Tri-C High School Rock Off winners M4 (you may know them as First to Eleven), Rock Erie award winner Tyler Smilo, and no-frills rockers Daybreak Radio in five free concerts, outdoors at our pondside pavilion, with broadcasts of the concerts in the months that followed, on WQLN TV and Radio.

Community EventsDownton Abbey Preview Screenings

Sounds Around Town


Martin Haft, ChairRochelle Krowinski, Vice ChairJohn F. Kearns, FCII, Secretary/TreasurerMark Amendola

Patricia Cavanaugh Lisa ChinskyJennifer Gornall C. Bruce Kern II

Marnie MeadBarbara PollockScott K. Wright

Matt Lebowitz, ChairAlyson Amendola

Dan DesrochersMike Smiley

June M. SmithHalle Kostansek, Staff Liaison

Tom New, President/CEOCindy Spizarny, Vice President/General ManagerThomas J. Pysz, Director of Corporate and Foundation Support

AdministrationTenae GageSue DiPlacido

DevelopmentLisa Counasse, DirectorBecky Anderson Gwen CampbellShannon FerrarePatti PellaJocelyn Taylor

Corporate SupportTom Pysz, DirectorKathleen BowdenJennifer Hoffman

CommunicationsHalle Kostansek

Maintenance and OperationsMike Carey

EducationKathy Carducci, ManagerBridget AllburnBonnie GoringMary HammerIngrid HolmesMarian KohanAnna LandersSandra Miller

RadioSue Allen, ManagerBrian HannahDan SullivanVolunteer Hosts: Marcus Atkinson Phil Atteberry Kathy Carducci Aubrey Dillon Gary Finney Jason Gibbs Chris Hilbert Peter van den Honert Rob Hoff Al Lubiejewski Tom Pysz Ben Speggen

TV Programming and ProductionAaron Coseo, DirectorCurtis EmpsonNatalia GarciaWilliam MoonPaul StoneLarry Wheaton

All names current as of June 30, 2016

All that WQLN does is made possible by WQLN members and WQLN Public Media’s accomplished and dedicated team of employees. At its core, WQLN is not a “what,” but a “who” composed of driven, hard workers committed to ensuring that WQLN remains both vibrant and relevant so that it may continue to enrich, educate, and entertain the Lake Erie region.

Lisa Counasse, Director of DevelopmentAaron Coseo, Director of Broadcast Operations

Meet the TeamWQLN is a Who

WQLN Board of Directors

WQLN Community Advisory Board

WQLN Senior Leadership Team

WQLN Staff


$2,500+Thomas HanesBeth BaldwinMr. Thomas YoungMr. and Mrs. W. P. DelaneyMr. Tom HagenMrs. Barbara PollockHighmark Health Director Charitable

Donation ProgramMr. Richard MerwinMr. Edward H. LambMs. Aundra ZackMrs. Marnie Kirkpatrick

$1,000-$2,499Attorney James R. Walczak, Esq.Barb FynanBritton Family FoundationCyrus and Susan WellmanDouglas and Deborah MurphyDr. and Mrs. Chris ThomasJennifer and Thomas PersonMary Kay ReberMichael and Mary Ann WolkomirMr. and Mrs. John BaldwinMr. and Mrs. Myron JonesMr. Patrick SheridanMs. Karen SkarupskiMs. Lawrie McCarthyMs. Mary C ImbodenRob and Nancy SmithSheryl RuckerWesleyville American Legion Carl Neff Post 571Dr. and Mrs. John LindenMrs. Daria McKayTimothy and Mary LarsonDarby and Jay ScaliseGeorge A MainesDelores A Pasiecznik and Anthony L SaucedoMatthew and Elizabeth DarlingDr. and Mrs. Kenneth ChinskyMr. and Mrs. Tom NewCarla Wright Picardo and Scott Kelso WrightLarry and Gloria NewMr. and Mrs. Hillert VittMr. Raymond MorrisonRev. John BauerMrs. Christine LangSusan and Steven KemenyffyMr. and Mrs. John CliffordMrs. Susanne L. ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Scott LasherMrs. John Claridge

$500-$999Al and Peggy RichardsonAttorney Ted WattsAtty. and Mrs. Robert G. DwyerBarbara ChaffeeDonald and Rose MorphyDr. and Mrs. Leo Fitzgibbon

Dr. and Mrs. Josephy NedreskyDr. and Mrs. Karl FrankovitchDr. and Mrs. William MakarowskiDr. Daniel Frankforter and Ms. Karen KeeneJack and Melissa JamisonJames Bulman and Beth WatkinsJoe and Mary HohmanJohn and Heidi FetteJoseph and Joy EstockJoseph and Mary Jane SmalleyLaura E. RutlandMark and Joyce Ravnikar KulykMark and Mary Lou HukezalieMary Ann Lepo and Warren MalarneyMr. and Mrs. James L Johnson, IIIMr. and Mrs. John SperryMr. and Mrs. Martin HaftMr. David KapsanisMr. Steve S. CockramMr. and Mrs. Bruce Kern IIMr. and Mrs. Carl R. MeinstereifelMr. and Mrs. James BaldaufMr. and Mrs. Steve SchellMr. Daniel J. CashMr. John HoustonMr. Robert F. WoolerMr. Thomas W. Kennedy Jr.Mrs. Doris FosterMrs. Janice A ShafferMrs. Ruth BennettMs. Jean StateMs. Kathleen M. AlessiRaymond WeiserRev. and Mrs. J Howard WrightRobert and Amy FeltonRobert and Maria ParisiScott Kern and Amy Cuzzola-KernSusan MiddletonTerry and Cheryl MooreTimothy and Elizabeth McCormickWilliam and Rochelle KrowinskiMary Anne WeinerMarian C WygantMr. David StrongMr. Richard BannisterDavid and Nancy EichelsdorferJudy and Mark KubejaMr. and Mrs. Alex GernovichTerence O. LillisJody LeechBrian and Minnie SpragueDaniel and Kathy DahlkemperMr. John MinkMr. Doug MurphyRobert and Marion GallivanDr. and Mrs. Peter ScibettaMs. Linda WilliamsChris and Mary FetteDr. Howard and Mrs. Jane LevinDr. Michael Bucell and Dr. Cynthia

Legin-Bucell

Joseph and Emme GraczykMr. and Mrs. Anthony PastoreMr. and Mrs. Peter BenekosMr. Joseph HilbertMrs. Jean SimmonsMs. Frances Q BuseckMs. Linda JohnsonPolish National Alliance #2031Eleanor McIntyreMs. Judy WhiteElvera PayneWilliam and Kathleen CrawfordMrs. Sue AllenAtty. and Mrs. Emil SpadaforeJim and Mari MullenMrs. Janice UnderhillMary NelsonGreg and Gayle MorrisMr. Edmund AbeggMs. Linda Y GreggSuzanne RichardJohn and Debra OlesnanikMr. John ColemanWilliam VareyMinda Rae AmiranMs. Mary Kay ReberDr. Kelly A GrantRobert and Patricia RaydoMs. Jeanne LewisMr. and Mrs. Edwin CurtzeJulie and David LewisGene SchlosserDeb Bartle and Arthur D Martinucci, Esq.Jerry and Carol RoseMr. Shane T WohlrabeMr. Mike VadzemnieksMr. Richard BentleyNancy Frambes and Ron ColeStephen and Lisa ThelinWilliam and Carol SchaalDr. and Mrs. David A DulabonJanice GiltinanMs. Elizabeth M. MillerMr. Michael RichardsonJudith ThomasMr. Thomas PyszDr. Susan H PackardJason and Michelle RobertsonLinda and Scott WhalenDeborah DiPlacidoEvan and Rebecca AdairMr. Tim W. BethuyJack E StephensonMrs. Jean Belle Mertens

WQLN Donors and Sponsors Fiscal Year 2015-2016WQLN Partner’s Circle


$350-$999 La Grand Elite LimousineRiver ExpeditionsClarion Lake Erie & Bel-Aire

Conference CenterMirror Lake Inn & Spa ResortEden Resort & SuitesFairmont PittsburghErie PhilharmonicThe Inn at Starlight LakeGateway Lodge-Country Inn

& RestaurantVirginia Beach Resort Hotel &

Conference CenterRenaissance Pittsburgh HotelRiver ExpeditionsThe Inn at Glenora Wine

CellarsTwilight Mississippi River

CruiseBuhl Mansion Guest House

& SpaVisit Pittsburgh CVBSea Watch ResortHoliday Valley ResortBreakiron Diamond JewelersSky Sail BalloonsMcKean Veterinary Hospital

Custom KitchensH & L Enterprises of WNYK-Mart Discount StoreRondel VillageSprague Farm & BreweryPresque Isle Gallery & GiftsThe Brewerie @ Union StationPlymouth County Convention

& Visitors BureauBrad LethabyReal AudioNational FuelFast SignsEriesistible ClownsArthur F. Schultz Co.Vantage Healthcare NetworkWalt Disney WorldEmig’s Bicycle ShopSheds DirectYMCA of Greater ErieMason Farms Country MarketBreakiron Diamond JewelersTanglez Hair & Nail StudioConneaut CellarsLakeview Wine CellarsQuincy CellarsSensory Winery

$1000-$1999TraditionsLake Country BikeLorei PortraitsGood Ideas, IncReed Manufacturing CoWaldameer Park & Water

WorldMercyhurst Institute for Arts

& CultureMatta DRidg-U-RakChautauqua InstitutionHenry Fox Pest ControlMud Puppies Self Service

Dog WashDenise & Peter PekelnickyClassy 100 FMSmith’s Provision CompanyJR’s Last Laugh Comedy ClubFairview Evergreen NurseryJohnston’s Evergreen NurseryWoodloch Pines ResortLecom Medical Fitness &

Wellness CenterPlyler Overhead Door

CompanyWright Carpets

Culbertson Hills Golf ClubGerlach’s Garden & Power

EquipmentRoseto-Suter Overhead DoorJ.J. Wurst Landscape

ContractorsJohn V. Schultz FurnitureThe Spencer HotelGreater Fort Lauderdale CVBFrenchman’s Reef & Morning

Star Marriott ResortSand Castle on the BeachBay Gardens ResortArrowhead Wine CellarsGlenora Wine CellarsCourtyard WineryFive & 20 Spirits and BrewingMazza Chautauqua CellarsMazza VineyardsSouth Shore Wine CompanyHeritage Wine CellarsJohnson Estate WineryMarkko Vineyards21 Brix WineryArundel Cellars

WQLN Auction and Special Events Donors ($350+)

PA Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Donors Erie InsuranceMacDonald Illig Jones BrittonWaste ManagementCA CurtzeScott EnterprisesPNC Investments LLC

General Education SponsorshipsSarris CandiesErie Community Credit UnionAmeriHealth CaritasThe Pennsylvania Cyber Charter SchoolGirl Scouts of Western PAUPMC for KidsKindercare Learning CentersErie News NowCountry FairWidget FInancial

WQLN Education Financial Donors


Corry Redevelopment AuthorityArlene H. Smith Charitable FoundationCorry Community FoundationCorry Lumber True ValueRossbacher Insurance ServiceGiGi’s Rt. 6 DinerLibrary Bar & GrillCobblestone Inn & SuitesCrotty Chevrolet BuickCorry ManorCorry Memorial HospitalErie County Gaming RevenueNorth East Community FoundationCunningham Chrysler Dodge Jeep RamEdinboro UniversityNick’s Place and Company

Edinboro Lake Watershed AssociationCharlie’s Pub & EateryFat Willie’s Wing HouseGoodell Gardens & HomesteadConneaut Dairy QueenUniversity Hospitals Conneaut

Medical CenterVilla at the LakeWhite Turkey Drive-InBear Creek Farm B&BPizzi CaféAshtabula County Medical CenterConneaut Area Chamber of CommerceConneaut Port AuthorityConneaut Savings BankNorth Coast Flight School

The Brewerie at Union StationRog’s Inc.Five & 20 Spirits & BrewingQuinn Law FirmFreedom Investment

Management GroupCurtze Food ServiceErie Federal Credit UnionLogistics PlusNorthwest Savings BankErie BeerErie BankLoesel Schaaf Insurance Vantage Healthcare NetworkVelocity Net

WQLN Community Outreach Funding Partners

John BowenJenny Gerritsen Brown

Phil FaticaRalph Martin

Tom McLaren

We’d also like to extend a special thank you to the many individuals who donated their car, truck, motorcycle, boat or other vehicle as part of our Vehicle Donation Program during this fiscal year!

WQLN received donations this year to honor the memory of the following individuals:


A. Caplan CompanyAllegheny CollegeAmerican Association of University

WomenAnderson Coach and TravelAndriaccio’s RestaurantAPSCUFAqualuxe Bath ShowroomArlene H. Smith Charitable FoundationArt In The WildsAshtabula County Medical CenterAustin & Taylor Home Furnishings, Inc.Bear Creek Farm Bed and BreakfastBrazill’s on MainBrevillier Village Housing and HealthcareBurger KingBurton Funeral Homes and Crematory,

Inc.Chautauqua County Visitor’s BureauCleveland Museum of ArtConneaut Area Chamber of CommerceConneaut Dairy QueenConneaut Port AuthorityConneaut Savings BankCorry Community FoundationCorry LumberCorry Manor Nursing Home, LICF, Inc.Corry Memorial HospitalCorry Redevelopment AuthorityCrotty Chevrolet BuickCunningham Chrysler Dodge Jeep of

EdinboroCunningham’s of North EastCustom AudioDahlkemper Landscape Architects &

ContractorsDistributed Network Software, LLCDr. Eric MizubaE E Austin & Son, Inc.Edinboro Lake Watershed AssociationEdinboro University of PAEhrlichEmil M Spadafore Jr EsqErie Arts & CultureErie Audiology, Inc.Erie BankErie Business Law

Erie Cemetery AssociationErie County Gaming Revenue AuthorityErie Day SchoolErie Federal Credit UnionErie Homes for Children and AdultsErie Insurance GroupErie PhilharmonicErie ReaderErie Times NewsFriends of the Erie County LibraryGerlachs Garden & Power Equipment

CenterGoodell GardensGreat Lakes ConstructionHamot Health FoundationHealthcare Ventures AllianceHighmark Health PlanInfinity Resources IncJ.J. Wurst Landscaping and Garden

CenterJames A. Harris Funeral HomeJefferson Educational SocietyKnox McLaughlin Gornall Sennett PCLake Shore Country ClubLarese Floral DesignLECOMLibrary Bar & GrillLillis, McKibben, Bongiovanni, & CoLoesel-Schaaf Insurance AgencyLondon Civic Centre CorporationLord CorporationM J Surgala Trust/Mary LincolnMacDonald, Illig, Jones, & BrittonMarquette Savings BankMartin FarrellMazza Five & 20McDowell Intermediate High School

Drama ClubMercyhurst UniversityMill Creek Coffee CompanyNAC EntertainmentNash Chiropractic Health CareNational Fuel GasNorth Shore Arts AllianceNorthwest Savings Bank - CorporatePA Cyber Charter SchoolPenn State Erie - The Behrend College

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

Perseus HousePlyler Overhead Door CompanyPNC BankPresque Isle Printing Services, LLCPSEARetirement Services of Erie LLCRonald McDonald House Charities of

ErieRossbacher Insurance ServiceSaint Vincent Health SystemScott EnterprisesSean Sullivan CPASpringhill Senior Living CommunitySteadman Law OfficeStrategy Solutions IncSummer House CafeSUNY Fredonia School of MusicTa Da Quilting StudioThe Achievement CenterThe Catholic FoundationThe Grape Discovery CenterThe John Henne and Sarah Henne Rees

Foundation TrustThe Milton Hershey SchoolThe North East Community FoundationThe ParkviewThe Regional Cancer CenterTown BallroomTraditions UnlimitedTransportation Equipment Supply CoUniversity Hospitals Conneaut/GenevaUPMC Health PlanVantage Healthcare Network, IncVilla at the LakeWaldameer Park & Water WorldWelders Supply CompanyWesburyWestern Pennsylvania ConservancyWhite Turkey InnWhole Foods CooperativeWidget FinancialWilliam T Spaeder Company Inc.Wingate by Wyndham HotelZebro’s Harbor House

WQLN Corporate Sponsors


Public Broadcasting of Northwest Pennsylvania, Inc.Statements of Financial Position and Activities

Years Ended June 30, 2016 and 2015

Statement of Financial Position

Assets

Current Assets

Property and Equipment, net of depreciation

Long-Term Assets

Investments

Liabilities

Accounts Payable

Current Liabilities

Long-Term Liabilities

Net Assets

Statement of Activities

Operating Activities

Revenue

Expense

Net Operating Income

Non-Operating Activities

Revenue

Expense

Change in Net Assets

June 30, 2016

$ 362,231

2,111,642

1,106,525

$ 3,580,398

$ 53,591

545,523

88,347

687,461

2,892,937

$ 3,580,398

$ 2,940,401

3,007,611

$ (67,210)

$ 4,500

305,204

(300,704)

$ (367,914)

June 30, 2015

$ 418275

2,349,951

1,205,568

$ 3,973794

$ 46,203

496,669

170,071

712,943

3,260,851

$ 3,973,794

$ 2,902,119

2,918,306

$ (16,187)

$ 2,300

339,776

(337,476)

$ (353,663)


WQLN Total Expenses

WQLN Revenue Sources

WQLN Operating Revenue vs. Operating Expense

$6,000,000

$5,000,000

$4,000,000

$3,000,000

$2,000,000

$1,000,000

$0FY15FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY14FY13 FY16

Operating Revenue Operating Expense

$4,000,000

$3,500,000

$3,000,000

$2,500,000

$2,000,000FY16FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY14FY13 FY15

$2,000,000

$1,600,000

$1,200,000

$800,000

$400,000

$0

Federal Grants State Grants Local Fundraising

FY15FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY14FY13 FY16


Become a Member Today!

WQLN Public Media’s mission is supported in large part by individual donors—listeners and viewers just like you!

To donate in support of your favorite programs, become a WQLN member by calling (814) 866-5454 or toll free 1-888-541-9601, or visit www.WQLN.org/Support.

A donation of as little as $60 entitles members to receive our monthly program guide, Q’d In, and access to the new streaming service WQLN Passport!

A great membership option for families with little ones is the WQLN Kids Club. Kids Club members up to age 12 enjoy free admission to a variety of events, including our Kids Club Nights with the Erie Otters hockey team, Erie SeaWolves baseball team, and Sunview Golf and Kids Club Day at Waldameer Park. Kids Club members also receive the latest WQLN Kids Club tee shirt, discounts to several family-friendly local destinations, and a special Happy Birthday announcement on WQLN TV during the week of their birthday. To join the Kids Club, visit www.WQLN.org/KidsClub or contact Shannon at (814) 217-6040.

Volunteer!

WQLN has a proud tradition of volunteerism. From answering phones during the hustle and bustle of our two annual auctions to helping in the Holiday Craft Show kitchen to running cameras for a television production, and much more, our crew of volunteers has many talents—and they always welcome new recruits!

Interested in volunteering? Contact Shannon at (814) 217-6040 or [email protected].

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