2011 Annual Report

2011 Annual Report
Building community
through media
ON-AIR
95,000 weekly listeners
8,760 hours of content
204 studio performances
52 Local Artist Spotlights
Frontier Ruckus at Twangfest 15,
photo: Tom Lampe
ONLINE
85,000 monthly visitors
100,000 songs streamed
972,000 YouTube views
25,000 fans and followers
OUTREACH
521 PSAs, arts and events
calendars
53 live music events
Trombone Shorty live at KDHX,
photo: Kelsey McClure
Board of Directors
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Crowd at Shot of Love: Bob Dylan 70 Birthday Party,
photo: Ben Mudd
200 local musicians hired
Independent Music Plays Here
Paul Dever, President
For 24 years KDHX has produced quality
recording, and presenting in-studio
Jeffrey Corbin, Vice President
programming that draws on the richness
performances and artist interviews; by
Matthew Potter, Secretary
of the Saint Louis arts community. KDHX
publishing concert, arts, events, and
Tim Yeaglin, Treasurer
develops innovative arts programming
environmental calendars; and by making
Bill Appleton
and collaborates with a broad network of
and broadcasting features on local
artists and arts organizations. In 2011,
musicians, artists, and arts
KDHX continued this tradition of
organizations.
Maddie Earnest
Mark Hamlin
Jeffrey Hallazgo
Dana Plonka
Michael Pugh
Andrew Scavotto
Steven Fitzpatrick Smith
Sean Thomas
Peg Weathers
John Wendland
presenting and promoting the best in
independent music – on-air, online, and
in the community.
KDHX creates its own brand of authentic,
Thanks to our members and supporters,
we look forward to bringing you the best
in independent media for a 25th year and
beyond!
locally-relevant programming. Over 1,000
active volunteers present a diverse array
of artists, genres, and cultural events that
do not have a presence in mainstream
media. We do this by producing,
Paul Dever
President, Board of Directors
Independent Voices
Programming on 88.1 KDHX comes from community volunteer
DJs. How did your favorite DJs come to host their shows? What
DJ Needles
Rawthentic
Chris Lawyer
Hip City
Ital-K
Ital Rhythms
artists do they find inspirational? What trends are emerging in
their genres of music? Every few weeks, the KDHX website
presents a new DJ spotlight to show the faces and tell the
stories behind the microphone. Find out about your favorite DJs
and check out their favorite music of 2011 at kdhx.org.
bobEE Sweet
Uncontrollable
Urge
Andrea
Radio Rio
Sunny Boy
Mason
Howzit Bayou?
Live and Loud in 2011
In addition to bringing you independent radio programming 24 hours a
day, 365 days a year, KDHX was out in the community bringing you the
best in live music and supporting our fellow arts organizations throughout
the year. Over 2,600 fans came to the City Museum for Midwest
Charles “Bobo” Shaw and Zimbabwe Nkenya at the Pulitzer
Foundation, photo: Michael Landeck
Mayhem in May, Twangfest 15 presented the best in Americana to over
1,000 concert goers, and Sheldon Sessions returned with a rare
performance from hometown favorite Jay Farrar.
KDHX presented dozens of local musicians in Tower Grove Park for
Harvest Sessions and in Grand Center for Thursdays at the
Intersection. Our DJs could also be found emceeing the Whitaker Music
Festival at the Missouri Botanical Garden, welcoming Keb’ Mo’ to
Celebrate St. Louis, playing after-parties at The Shakespeare Festival,
and creating deconstructed sounds at the Pulitzer Foundation.
Sleepy Kitty at The Luminary Center for the Arts,
photo: Johnny Andrews
KDHX Media Arts held filmmaker workshops with the Webster Film
Series and Cinema St. Louis, hosted filmmaking competitions (48 Hour
Film Project, National Film Challenge, and International Documentary
Challenge) and soldout film screenings at The Tivoli. Art Attack returned
to unite art enthusiasts for a raucous destructo-auction; dozens of artists
and hundreds of spectators joined in for this celebration of creativity with
a sense of humor.
We hope you enjoyed our programming and events and look forward to
bringing another great year of independent music to Saint Louis in 2012.
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Teddy Presberg at Midwest Mayhem, photo: Sara Finke
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Revenue: $2,014,903
Other
1%
Individuals
55%
Events
5%
Underwriting
9%
Art Attack 3 audience, photo Steven Ley
Members Drive KDHX
Cable Mgt.
20%
Contributing listeners keep the music
playing. Special thanks to operating
supporters:
Sound Investors
Sound Investors provide major operating support to KDHX,
Grants
10%
Expenses: $1,416,752
contributing $365 or more in a year or joining the Radio
Frequency Club at $30 or more a month. Thanks to the
generosity of Sound Investors, KDHX can make critical
investments in technology and programming and keep
presenting the best in independent music.
Programs
54%
Fundraising
29%
Radio Frequency Club
Radio Frequency Club members make monthly contributions
that are critical to maintaining quality programming. KDHX
relies on this sustaining support to accurately forecast the
Administration
17%
annual budget and avoid additional or extended on-air
Membership Drives.
Underwriters
Organizations and individuals who purchase
underwriting with KDHX provide valuable
operating support for on-air programming while
promoting their brand, mission, and events.
Underwriters market with a cause, partnering
with KDHX to support public programming and
getting their message across in a noncommercial format.
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