MISSION STATEMENT
KPRG-FM 89.3 is the public radio broadcast station of the Guam Educational Radio Foundation. KPRG is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the public interest, convenience and necessity of the people on the island of Guam. KPRG is a high-quality news, information and entertainment service in a non-commercial environment. KPRG is a non-advocating entity with an obligation to give fair and impartial treatment to all sides of issues.
KPRG acquires produces and broadcasts programs carefully selected to fulfill the station's obligation to both the Federal Communication Commission and the Guam Educational Radio Foundation. KPRG's programming is designed to enrich the artistic and cultural life within its coverage area; it pioneers new concepts and techniques; it serves minority as well as majority needs and interests; it enhances the quality and texture of life on Guam.
KPRG assists the University of Guam in the achievement of its paramount objective to serve the educational and intellectual needs of the students, faculty and staff of the University as well as the residents of Guam. Furthermore, as a public service vehicle, KPRG-FM assists the University of Guam's endeavor to reach out and make itself available to the people.
WHO IS KPRG?
KPRG is a non-profit, community-organized public radio station licensed to the Guam Educational Radio Foundation. Our organizational governance and staff are as follows:
Board of Trustees: James Seymour, Nick Captain (Chair), Cathleen Moore-Linn, Larry Kasperbauer, Marlyn and Victorina Renacia. All of the preceding individuals are unpaid volunteers.
Staff: Chris Hartig, General Manager; Lydia Taleu, Program Director/Executive Producer; Ryan Luzanta, Development Director; Rosie Fejeran, Development Assistant.
Inquires regarding the station or its governing body may be directed to us via email through our contacts page. Our Mailing address is KPRG, UoG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923.
OUR FOUNDERS:
KPRG 89.3 FM is on the Guam airwaves today thanks to the vision and hard work of the Founders:
Joanne F. Barta
George J. Boughton
George M. Butler
Ted Carol
Culley J. Carson-Grefe
Michael McCarthy
Bryant J. Reynolds
Donald R. Swanson
James J. Taylor
Hon. Robert Underwood
Michael C. Wilkins
C. Parker Van Hecke, Founding General Manager
KPRG: A BRIEF HISTORY
Compiled by Todd Thompson
"Signing On"
It all began on the afternoon of January 28, 1994: "This is radio station K-P-R-G, 89.3 FM, Agana, currently operating under program test authority granted by the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C., signing on." Thus began public radio broadcasting on Guam.
That might not seem like a long time ago until you stop to consider what else was going on back then.
* The war in Bosnia was at its height.
* President Clinton had just celebrated his first year in office.
* The Dow Jones Industrial Average was about to burst the "4000" barrier.
* Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan were getting ready for a skating showdown at the Winter Olympics in Lillihammer, Norway.
* E mail was a new-fangled tool used by few outside of the scientific and academic communities.
* Only a privileged few had cellular phones or internet access.* Los Angeles was still recovering from a major earthquake which hit earlier in the month.
* Guam was still recovering from its own earthquake, which had shaken the island just five months earlier, in August, 1993.
* Guam had a serious tourism problem: Not a shortage of tourists, but a shortage of hotel rooms!
* Governor Ada had encouraged the Guam Power Authority to bring almost daily "load-shedding" to end.
The world has come a long way since January, 1994; and so has KPRG.
The Early Days
When the station first began broadcasting, the programming consisted mainly of straight feeds from the satellite, with just a smattering of locally-produced shows (some of which are still going strong today). Unlike most stations, KPRG had no automated programming or switching equipment. Broadcasting was limited to hours when a station staff member or volunteer was present. Thus, for its first three years on the air, KPRG’s broadcast day was limited to 18 hours.
In the summer of 1997, KPRG began broadcasting 24-hours daily. Since then, save for the odd typhoon, earthquake or power outage, KPRG has had a continuous presence on island radios.
The Founders
Of course, the birth of KPRG had really taken place two years earlier, in 1992, when a group of educators and concerned citizens decided that the time had come for a public radio station on Guam. KPRG and its listeners owe a debt of thanks to KPRG’s founders, Joanne Barta, George J. Boughton, George M. Butler, Ted Carroll, Culley Carson-Grefe, Michael J. McCarthy, Donald R. Swanson, Bryant J. Reynolds, James J. Taylor, Michael C. Wilkins and Hon. Robert Underwood.
The group formed the non-profit Guam Educational Radio Foundation in 1992 and hired C. Parker Van Hecke to direct the start-up phase of KPRG. The planning and implementation took more than one year; and KPRG became a reality when it took to the air with test authority in January of 1994. Parker stayed on as the station's first General Manager for the next two years; and his radio experience and vision put the new station on solid footing. Despite his many successes since 1994, Parker recently stated that he views launching KPRG as his proudest accomplishment to date. Kudos also go to Bob Kelly, who was instrumental in converting the dream of Guam public radio into a technological reality.
A "Technological Marvel"
Perhaps KPRG’s greatest accomplishment is simply "being there." Over the years many had inquired about bringing public radio to Guam but were daunted by the technological challenges. One of the key objectives of bringing pubic radio to Guam was to provide NPR’s excellent news programming features to local listeners on a "live" or "same day" basis. This would entail using either telephone lines (with poor and sometimes garbled audio quality) or satellites. Although satellite technology had been in use for years, Guam lied outside of the "footprint" of satellites feeding public radio programing to Mainland U.S. stations. This meant that a satellite signal would have to arrive on Gua
April '08 Financial Report
Ordinary Income/Expense
Income
601-001 · GovGuam Appropriation 8,333.00
605-200 · Sale of Goods/Services
605-220 · Underwriting 4,250.00
Total 605-200 · Sale of Goods/Services 4,250.00
605-260 · Fundraising
605-27 · Tiffany Event
605-27a · Tiffany Event Ticket 8,400.00
605-27B · Keys for Cause 4,650.00
605-27C · donations Tiffany Event 1,420.00
605-27D · Silent Auction 160.00
Total 605-27 · Tiffany Event 14,630.00
Total 605-260 · Fundraising 14,630.00
605-261 · General Membership
5-261 G · Spring 08 7,523.03
Total 605-261 · General Membership 7,523.03
Total Income 34,736.03
Expense
1-0-015 · Full Time Personell
1-0-500 · Life Ins. employers share 40.14
1-1-017 · Program Producer 2,100.00
1-4-019 · Development Assistant 2,436.00
1-5-016 · General Manager 3,461.54
Total 1-0-015 · Full Time Personell 8,037.68
1-0-104 · Fica Tax Full Time
1-1-105 · Employer's Share Liab Programi 160.66
1-4-107 · Employer's Share Liab.Dev. Asst 186.36
1-5-108 · Employer's Share Liab. Admin 264.82
Total 1-0-104 · Fica Tax Full Time 611.84
2-0-052 · Contract expense CPB
2-1-055 · P R I (affiliation fees) 2,131.54
2-1-056 · P R I (Carriage Fees) 2,297.00
2-1-061 · Marianas Cablevision 163.09
2-2-060 · Inter-Island Communications Inc 1,050.00
2-5-057 · G4S Security Services (Guam) In 50.00
Total 2-0-052 · Contract expense CPB 5,691.63
2-0-290 · Misc. Expense
2-5-500 · Insurance 938.00
Total 2-0-290 · Misc. Expense 938.00
5-0-015 · FT Personell
5-4-018 · Development Director 2,000.00
5-5-016 · General Manager 875.00
Total 5-0-015 · FT Personell 2,875.00
5-0-300 · Petty cash -21.88
6999 · Uncategorized Expenses 750.00
701-363 · Telephone Expense 256.32
702-363 · Telephone expense/fax 276.16
705-235 · Commission 798.75
705-236 · Gas Allowance 60.00
705-239 · Postage Other 16.95
705-240 · Supplies & Materials 1,147.44
705-291 · Fund Raising Events
705-297 · Tiffany Event 677.57
Total 705-291 · Fund Raising Events 677.57
725-521 · Professional Services 500.00
Total Expense 22,615.46
Net Ordinary Income 12,120.57
Net Income 12,120.57
Apr 30, 08 Apr 30, 07 $ Change % Change
ASSETS
Current Assets
Checking/Savings
1-0-010 · Cash with UOG 15,373.50 4,957.13 10,416.37 210.13%
2-0-051 · CSB Money Premier Checking 6,734.54 1,454.46 5,280.08 363.03%
5-0-025 · CSB Money Market Savings 11,127.89 6,151.51 4,976.38 80.9%
5-0-050 · Bank of Guam 28,363.65 16,054.76 12,308.89 76.67%
Total Checking/Savings 61,599.58 28,617.86 32,981.72 115.25%
Accounts Receivable
5-4-200 · Pledge 15,014.22 14,995.45 18.77 0.13%
5-5-202 · Services 5,033.29 8,471.59 -3,438.30 -40.59%
Total Accounts Receivable 20,047.51 23,467.04 -3,419.53 -14.57%
Other Current Assets
1299 · Undeposited Funds 883.19 5,641.00 -4,757.81 -84.34%
2-1-100 · Prepaid Expense- Programing 7,125.00 0.00 7,125.00 100.0%
Total Other Current Assets 8,008.19 5,641.00 2,367.19 41.96%
Total Current Assets 89,655.28 57,725.90 31,929.38 55.31%
Fixed Assets
399-999 · Property & equipment
399-900 · Studio Equipment 20,897.12 15,792.50 5,104.62 32.32%
399-901 · Studio Equipment Federal 171,792.44 171,792.44 0.00 0.0%
399-902 · Office Equip 9,753.87 9,713.97 39.90 0.41%
399-904 · Broadcast Equipment 9,911.18 2,491.00 7,420.18 297.88%
399-905 · Broadcast Euipment- Federal 210,454.90 209,375.90 1,079.00 0.52%
399-906 · Computer 8,305.99 8,156.00 149.99 1.84%
399-907 · Computers - Federal 14,839.36 14,839.36 0.00 0.0%
399-908 ·
Guam Educational Radio Foundation Balance Sheet
Apr - Jun 07
Ordinary Income/Expense
Income
601-001 · GovGuam Appropriation 8,334.00
605-200 · Sale of Goods/Services
605-220 · Underwriting 5,800.00
605-240 · Northern Marianas College 3,638.70
Total 605-200 · Sale of Goods/Services 9,438.70
605-260 · Fundraising
605-27 · Tiffany Event
605-27a · Tiffany Event Ticket 50.00
Total 605-27 · Tiffany Event 50.00
605-260 · Fundraising - Other 2,961.00
Total 605-260 · Fundraising 3,011.00
605-261 · General Membership 17,052.49
605-500 · Miscellaneous revenue
605-501 · Contributions/Donations 0.00
605-500 · Miscellaneous revenue - Other 30.00
Total 605-500 · Miscellaneous revenue 30.00
605-590 · Interest Income 4.48
625-500 · CPB Grant 42,708.00
625-590 · CPB Interest Income 17.63
Total Income 80,596.30
Expense
25-290 · Misc. Expense
25-500 · Insurance 5,024.00
Total 25-290 · Misc. Expense 5,024.00
25-5-52 · Contract expense CPB
25-1-52 · National Public Radio(program) -14.18
25-1-55 · P R I (affiliation fees) 3,861.00
25-1-56 · P R I (Carriage Fees) 1,726.00
25-1-57 · SES (Americom) 6,450.00
25-2-52 · Intelsat 5,320.10
25-2-60 · Inter-Island Communications Inc 3,000.00
25-2-61 · Marianas Cablevision 100.72
25-5-53 · G4S Security Sevices (Guam) Inc 100.00
Total 25-5-52 · Contract expense CPB 20,543.64
5-0015 · FT Personell
5-0016 · General Manager 4,615.36
5-0017 · Program Producer 4,000.00
5-0018 · Development Director 3,507.67
5-0019 · Development Asst. 4,640.00
Total 5-0015 · FT Personell 16,763.03
5-00300 · Petty cash -16.80
5-5-57 · G4S Security Services (Guam) In 36.90
701-104 · Fica Tax Full Time
701-152 · FICA Full-Time Programing
701-153 · Employer's Share Liabilities 1,067.56
Total 701-152 · FICA Full-Time Programing 1,067.56
Total 701-104 · Fica Tax Full Time 1,067.56
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Accrual Basis April through June 2007
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701-230 · Contract Expense 450.00
701-363 · Telephone Expense 760.02
705-230 · Contract expense other 300.00
705-235 · Commission 1,213.75
705-236 · Gas Allowance 180.00
705-239 · Postage Other 94.34
705-240 · Supplies & Materials 527.35
705-249 · Equipment repair 430.00
705-290 · Misc. expense Other 100.00
705-291 · Fund Raising Events 1,604.00
705-363 · Telephone expense/fax 479.60
705-801 · Bank charges 314.89
725-521 · Professional Services 200.00
Total Expense 50,072.28
Net Ordinary Income 30,524.02
Other Income/Expense
Other Income
605-800 · Transfer-In 0.00
Total Other Income 0.00
Net Other Income 0.00
Net Income 30,524.02
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