report to the community fy12

report to the community fy12
image courtesy of mohai
from the president
Dear Friends,
This year has been one of both change and fulfillment. As we adapt to a rapidly evolving media landscape that challenges everyone who works
in the industry, we’ve achieved a number of notable successes.
In fiscal year 2012, KCTS 9 reached 2.7 million viewers each week across Washington state and Canada, nearly half a million people through our
website, and another half-million via the KCTS 9 YouTube channel. We engaged our viewers and our community by creating relevant local content
on air, online, and at our Science and History Cafés, screenings and other community events.
We made a concerted effort to collaborate with partners such as the Museum of History and Industry (moHAI), the University of Washington,
Pacific Science Center, the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) and other key Northwest organizations to provide programs, services and
experiences that made a difference.
In these pages, you’ll read about some of our key achievements, including the Golden Apple Awards, which celebrated its 20-year anniversary
in 2012; our work with EarthFix, the environmental multi-media reporting platform that won a first-place award from the Society of Professional
Journalists for Best New Website; local KCTS 9 productions such as Something in the Water, which PBS President Paula Kerger called the best
commissioned piece in the PBS Arts Fall Festival series last year; the documentary The 1962 World’s Fair: When Seattle Invented the Future, which
won a Heritage Education Award for its educational curriculum; our support of local independent filmmakers through programs such as Reel NW;
and much more.
Yes, the media environment is changing rapidly, with new technologies, opportunities and challenges. But with the help of our dedicated, passionate
staff and an enthusiastic, committed community, the station is in a prime position to meet these challenges and take advantage of the opportunities
that change provides. Thank you for being part of KCTS 9.
Maurice “Moss” Bresnahan
president and ceo
kcts television
Anne Farrell
chair
kcts television board
in the community
in the community
Our mission is to improve the quality of life in
the communities we serve by providing meaningful programming, on air, online and in the
community, that informs, involves and inspires.
The popular KCTS 9 Cooks series inspired one
featured cook to pursue hosting and producing
her own show.
KCTS 9 is a vibrant PBS member station serving
Western Washington and Canada with quality
informative, educational and entertaining
content. We also operate KYVE 47, Yakima’s
public television station serving Central
Washington, and we partner with Vme to
provide Spanish-language content to the
753,150 Latino residents of Washington state.
We repeatedly and consistently are a leader
in identifying what is important to our community, and presenting or developing relevant
programming and events to fulfill those needs.
In 2012, we were honored to receive 17 Northwest Regional Emmy nominations and to win
two Regional Emmys.
In FY 12, programs such as Conversations at
KCTS 9 informed viewers on a range of topical
issues, from hot-button topics such as gun
control to politics. Community events such as
the popular Science Café series involved by
gathering viewers face-to-face and by stimulating
conversations about the world around them.
inspires
Did I ever tell you what doors opened up for me as a result of being on
KCTS 9 Cooks?
When I walked off the studio and one of the camera guys said to me,
‘You’re a natural for this!’ I was so jazzed that I made a career decision
right then and there ... to have my own home entertaining show.
I am now a producer and host for our local cable TV and a writer, soon to
be associate editor for a lifestyle magazine. I have made contact with a
couple of production companies who are interested in shooting my pilots,
and who knows where it will go from there?
— Carrie Powell-Davidson, Parksville, B.C.
in the community
In a year of notable anniversaries, KCTS 9
produced programming to mark the 50th
anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair and
the 20th anniversary of the seminal grunge
band Pearl Jam.
education in Washington state. This program
was enthusiastically received; one teacher
expressed her excitement about the program,
stating that her school had incorporated the
writing curricula into its normal class curriculum.
KCTS 9 expanded its presence in social media
in fiscal year 2012. Seattle had the highest
viewership in the nation for Downton Abbey,
and KCTS 9 used social media to engage and
cultivate viewers.
KCTS 9 is extremely active in the community,
engaging residents in meaningful discussions.
In FY 12, KCTS 9 hosted 107 community events,
with more than 15,000 attendees. Highlights
included screenings of Undamming the Elwha
and Ken Burns’ Prohibition, and several events
surrounding the golden anniversary of the
World’s Fair in Seattle. Monthly History Café
and Science Café community events engaged
viewers in roundtable discussions of pressing
and locally relevant topics.
Celebrating its 20th year of honoring excellence
in education, the KCTS 9 Golden Apple Awards
recognized and honored 12 educators for their
exceptional teaching and educational innovation
in Washington state. Vignettes about each
winner were broadcast throughout the year.
Once again, KCTS 9 received a Regional Emmy
for its coverage of this awards event.
In conjunction with the Golden Apple Awards
program, KCTS 9 facilitated a spotlight program
with Lincoln High School in Tacoma. KCTS 9
provided small cameras for students to create
video diaries, in which they examined school
reform from their own point of view. The videos
and accompanying case study have proved useful in sharing the story of transformative urban
To encourage creativity and to celebrate the
power of creating stories and illustrations,
KCTS 9 hosted the PBS Kids Go! Writers
Contest, for children in grades K–3.
Through thoughtful and provocative
programming, outreach into the community,
and a strong and ever-growing social media
presence, KCTS 9 has become an integral part
of the Washington state and Canadian
communities.
in the community
To serve the 250,000 viewers in the Yakima
Valley and Central Washington, KCTS 9 provides
relevant and popular content through KYVE 47,
a broadcast service of KCTS Television. In addition to popular PBS and KCTS 9 programs,
KYVE 47 also creates local programming
targeted for residents in this region.
Insiders Roundtable explores issues that matter to Yakima Valley residents. Fiscal year 2012
included shows on topics such as poverty in
Yakima County, Hispanic voting rights, and the
Yakima Gang-Free Initiative, and provided viewers with timely, locally focused debates.
Featuring stories about regional economic
development and cultural projects, Showcase
Yakima aired shows on topics such as the
educational opportunities provided at Perry
Technical Institute and a behind-the-scenes
look at the Yakima Valley Museum.
Valley Fresh Fare visits local restaurants and
features chefs preparing signature dishes
prepared with locally grown ingredients.
Each week, KYVE 47 brings the Yakima Rotary
Club meetings to the community on television
and online.
For more than 30 years, the Apple Bowl has
brought together the brightest young minds in
Central Washington, in this single-elimination
academic competition. High school teams
compete for bragging rights and cash prizes.
By providing popular public television series,
and targeted, regionally relevant programming,
KYVE 47 ensures that the viewing needs and
preferences of viewers in Eastern Washington
are recognized and met.
“I am a very loyal fan of Masterpiece. It is my favorite
thing about Sunday nights.”
— Helen Marieskind
executive director, ready by five
“I especially like KYVE for all the quality programs
that reach all populations and incomes.”
— Tadeo Saenz-Thompson
washington state migrant council
science and nature
science and nature
Understanding the natural world is unquestionably one of the most important aspects of contemporary life. Washingtonians and Canadians
turn to KCTS 9 to learn more about the wonder
of the world we live in.
A co-production of KCTS 9 and EarthFix, the
documentary Undamming the Elwha was a major
success. From the KCTS 9 broadcast to the initial
well-attended community screening and filmmaker discussion at the Seattle Public Library to
several other viewings throughout the Pacific
Northwest, Undamming the Elwha continues to
inspire conversations and action.
Undamming the Elwha attracted significant
attention and community interest. Additional
screenings across the Pacific Northwest included:
• Portland Central Library
• Klamath Tribal Administration
• Southern Oregon University
These screenings provided direct access for more
than 420 attendees, and each event featured a
Q&A discussion following the screening.
Screenings and discussions about this documentary are continuing into 2013, due to community
interest in the restoration of the Elwha River to
its natural state and the powerful stories told by
the documentary.
EarthFix is an award-winning, innovative public
media partnership of Pacific Northwest television
and radio stations, creating media across multiple
platforms, helping citizens examine environmental issues unfolding in their own backyards,
and exploring how local actions intersect with
national issues. In addition to KCTS 9, the collaboration includes Oregon Public Broadcasting
(OPB), KUOW Public Radio in Seattle, Idaho Public
Television, Boise State Public Radio, Northwest
Public Radio/Television and Southern Oregon
Public Television.
KCTS 9 journalist Katie Campbell received a
Northwest Regional Emmy nomination for her
EarthFix video Where There’s Smoke, about
toxic wood-smoke pollution. Campbell is also
the producer of the three top-viewed videos on
EarthFix’s Vimeo page: Undamming the Elwha,
Drained: Urban Stormwater Pollution and
Neighbors Fight Stormwater Pollution by
Building Rain Gardens.
In FY 12, EarthFix productions and the awardwinning EarthFix website (earthfix.KCTS9.org)
provided the community with relevant and
valuable information about the natural world.
science and nature
Science Cafés bring local scientists face-to-face
with the general public in the comfortable, lively
atmosphere of a neighborhood pub or restaurant. These monthly events are held in three locations across the greater Seattle/Tacoma area,
for a total of 36 events per year. All Science Cafés
have been presented in partnership by KCTS 9
and Pacific Science Center since 2007.
In FY 12, the increasing popularity of Science
Cafés was evident in attendance, with an
average rise in attendance of 20 percent and a
total attendance of more than 70 people per
event. Roughly half of all attendees were firsttime participants, and more than half were
women. The Tacoma Science Café was relaunched
in October 2011, in a new location that allows for
larger audiences and that also attracts a more
diverse audience. The reputation of the Science
Café in the Tacoma community has been positive
and continues to grow.
While putting a personal face to KCTS 9, Science
Cafés actively promoted programs and initiatives, especially science programs and relationships with other community institutions and
organizations.
QUEST Northwest is a multimedia science
literacy initiative originally developed by KQED
in San Francisco. This initiative strives to create
not only a weekly television series but also highquality material to be used by classroom teachers,
and leverages community partnerships with
local science education institutions, such as zoos
and science museums. During the pilot project,
KCTS 9 producers collaborated with KQED and
the other QUEST partner stations to create
television, web and classroom content on megathrust earthquakes and orcas in Puget Sound.
KCTS 9 collaborated with the Seattle Aquarium
and the Burke Museum to organize teacher
training sessions for utilizing QUEST Northwest
content.
Viewers turn to KCTS 9 for PBS favorites NOVA
and Nature, as well as local shows. KCTS 9’s
Frankenfish, a segment covering the debate
over genetically engineered salmon, received
a Regional Emmy nomination.
arts and culture
arts and culture
Art is an expression of the imagination, and
culture is built on a community’s social habits
and art. Seattle is known for its music scene, and
KCTS 9 featured programming about seminal
Seattle musicians.
interviews with KEXP’s John Richards and Kevin
Cole, Sub Pop’s Megan Jasper and Jonathan
Poneman, and EMP’s Jasen Emmons, and performances by The Head and the Heart, Macklemore,
Shabazz Palaces, Pickwick and more.
In the 1990s, grunge music was synonymous
with Seattle. Broadcast as part of the PBS Arts
Fall Festival series, Pearl Jam Twenty treated
viewers old and young to a documentary
celebration of the 20th anniversary of one of
Seattle’s leading grunge rock bands. The KCTS 9
minidocumentary Something in the Water was
produced and aired as a companion piece to
Pearl Jam Twenty.
Something in the Water was called the best commissioned piece in the 2011 PBS Arts Fall Festival
series by PBS President/CEO Paula Kerger.
To celebrate these two films, KCTS 9 co-hosted
a kickoff event with Seattle’s Experience Music
Project (EMP), at EMP’s Sky Church. This event
attracted 250 people from the indie music and
media community and was a resounding success.
Pearl Jam Twenty was directed by acclaimed
filmmaker Cameron Crowe and provided a
definitive portrait of Pearl Jam, capturing their
passionate expression. The story was rounded
out with archival performance and interview
footage of Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Temple
of the Dog, Kurt Cobain and Neil Young.
Independent radio station KEXP and the Sub Pop
record label are vital to Seattle’s emerging and
alternative music scene and were the focus of
Something in the Water. Nominated for a Northwest Regional Emmy, this documentary featured
“A time capsule of the here-and-now
of local music and culture.”
– Crosscut.com
arts and culture
Seattle is known for its rich cultural offerings,
and KCTS 9 is a vital component of the local arts
and culture scene. In FY 12, as an integral part
of the local film community, KCTS 9 presented
public screenings of films such as Revenge of the
Electric Car and Peace Unveiled through ITVS’
Community Cinema initiative, which is dedicated
to providing an outlet for independent voices in
film. Monthly screenings featured Independent
Lens films and were held in five cities in the
Puget Sound area.
Each new special came with a companion
cookbook including 300+ recipes. Featured
were appetizers, main entrées, desserts and
everything in between.
In fiscal year 2012, KCTS 9 produced three new
KCTS 9 Cooks specials: Cooks Dinner, Cooks at
Home and Chef’s Table, a restaurant recipes
special. The Chef’s Table special was a favorite
and a strong source of viewer donations.
KCTS 9 also continued to be the regional
provider of popular PBS arts and culture content
such as Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey,
Masterpiece Mystery! Sherlock and Antiques
Roadshow.
FY 12 also saw the premiere of Check, Please!
Northwest, a popular show featuring local residents who dine out at and discuss their favorite
local restaurants. Not only has the series helped
viewers discover new eateries in the Seattle
area, but restaurant owners have reported a
25 to 30 percent increase in business after
being featured.
The popular KCTS 9 Cooks series continued,
featuring local viewers sharing the food they
love to make and eat. Individuals came to the
KCTS 9 studio to share their favorite recipes and
show other viewers how to prepare the dishes.
From Julia’s Blackberry Pork Chops to Avocado
Pie, there was something to make everyone’s
mouth water with anticipation.
“
“Business has increased 30% or better, enough to hire
three new staff!”
– Carla Jones, Island Soul
®
“Thanks
a lot for showcasing my restaurant; it was a terrific experience, and I appreciate the extra business!” – Jason Wang, Bakeman’s Restaurant
independent film
independent film
Establishing itself as an outlet for local filmmakers
to showcase and present their work, the KCTS 9
original series Reel NW marked its second year
by presenting 10 films.
The film Mighty Jerome won a Northwest Regional Emmy in the category of Documentary –
Historical. This film tracked the rise, fall and
redemption of Canadian track star Harry Jerome,
who was once the fastest man on Earth. Carts of
Darkness, Back to the Garden and Yellow Sticky
Notes were also nominated for Emmy Awards.
In 2012, Reel NW partnered with the acclaimed
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) to
sponsor SIFF’s 2012 Fly Filmmaking Challenge.
With limited time to shoot and edit their films,
four promising Northwest filmmakers raced
against deadline to create a film relating to the
50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.
Each film screened to enthusiastic audiences
during SIFF. These films will be broadcast on
KCTS 9 in 2013.
Reel NW and SIFF also collaborated to create
the inaugural Reel NW Award, honoring a
distinguished film with Northwest connections
that is screened at SIFF. The 2012 award went to
the powerful film Eden, directed by rising star
Megan Griffiths.
Especially popular among Canadian viewing
audiences was One Big Hapa Family, a live-action
and animated documentary that explored why
almost 100 percent of Japanese-Canadians,
including everyone in the last two generations
of the filmmaker’s own family, are marrying
interracially—at a higher rate than any other
ethnicity in Canada—and how their mixed
children perceive their unique multiracial
identities.
“My compliments on your documentary on your family. I live just blocks from the former
Japantown in Vancouver. I was fully expecting your story to be an American experience.
It was wonderful to see a young Canadian filmmaker be presented on KCTS 9. Your
family’s history and life-affirming response to such deplorable treatment, and the
colour-blind view held by your clan make me proud to be a fellow Canadian.”
— Peter Gorman
“I’m in Vancouver, BC, and just finished watching your documentary. I’ve always been
fascinated by the influx of half-Asians on the West Coast and I thought it was so awesome
that the story of how this all happened has been made into a film. I’m not much of a
history fanatic, but I really, really enjoyed watching it.”
— Spencer Clarke
history and heritage
images courtesy of mohai
history and heritage
Community is built on shared history. KCTS 9
developed timely content to inform viewers
about the stories that form the foundation of
our shared local and national heritage.
The world turned its eyes to Seattle in 1962 for
the World’s Fair. As part of city-wide celebrations
and remembrances, KCTS 9 developed a documentary and hosted several community events
to mark this anniversary.
The documentary The 1962 World’s Fair: When
Seattle Invented the Future revisited 1962 and
reminded viewers of what Seattle was like then
and how Seattle envisioned the future. KCTS 9
developed rich and comprehensive resources
surrounding this documentary and the celebration of this milestone anniversary.
• History Café devoted a discussion to this program, with filmmaker John Gordon Hill.
• KCTS 9 assisted in developing the Imagine
curriculum. This curriculum was used in
schools, challenging students to use the
fair as a tool to understand the past and
imagine the future. This curriculum won
the Association of King County Historical
Organizations (AKCHO) Award for Heritage
Education.
KCTS 9 developed a robust website for this
special (KCTS9.org/62fair), featuring 1962 music,
bonus interviews and World’s Fair Minutes, a
digital scrapbook, slide shows, and more.
Many website visitors shared their memories and
exper-iences of the 1962 World’s Fair, including
viewers who worked at the fair and those who
experienced the fair as children. The 1962 World’s
Fair: When Seattle Invented the Future project
stirred poignant community memories.
history and heritage
Knock twice. Whistle. Knock four more times.
Codes such as this were one of the ways that
drinkers gained access to illicit speakeasies. The
Ken Burns production Prohibition was a major
draw for viewers, and KCTS 9 collaborated with
the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI),
Humanities Washington, The Washington Bus
and The Seattle Times in bringing related
in-person events to our community.
KCTS 9 welcomed Ken Burns, Prohibition coproducer Lynn Novick and author Daniel Okrent
(Last Call) to promote Prohibition. Events included
panel and group discussions at MOHAI, and
the station hosted a sold-out crowd of 450 at a
screening followed by a speakeasy-themed party.
To complement the documentary, KCTS 9 built
a website featuring a wealth of content. From
Prohibition-era cocktail recipes and a dictionary
of flapper slang to a map of Seattle-area speakeasies and short videos about Prohibition in
Canada and Washington, KCTS 9 produced content that created a local connection for viewers.
topics as Seattle Rock History, Haunted Seattle
and Coffee House Culture. In addition, History
Café hosted events tied to the popular documentaries Prohibition and The 1962 World’s Fair:
When Seattle Invented the Future.
By engaging the community with varied and
informative events, KCTS 9 built substantial
interest in this documentary.
“I’m so glad they are having these meetings. I love
history and love the opportunity to get out and
continue learning about my favorite subject.
I also enjoy meeting historians!”
— Rebecca
History Café is a monthly discussion series
produced in conjunction with MOHAI, HistoryLink and the Seattle Public Library. Each month
up to 79 attendees joined in discussions of such
“I think this is great. It allows for minute information
to be brought up and become a part of our local
history. This is Seattle history, and we should be
better informed about it.”
— Pat Hartle
“Anyone interested in American history can learn from
this experience. Having people with connections to the
historical events, such as the gentleman whose mother
traveled to the East Coast to advertise the fair, really
gives a wonderful opportunity to hear facts and stories
that may not have made it into the history books.”
— Toni
Throughout FY 12, KCTS 9 was also delighted to
be the regional provider of popular PBS history
and heritage content including Clinton, The
Grand Coulee Dam and The Amish from American
Experience; Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis
Gates Jr; and Queen Victoria’s Empire.
public affairs
public affairs
Politics and public policy are the backbone of
how a community functions. KCTS 9 keeps its
community informed with timely and balanced
coverage of issues important to viewers.
New in 2012, Public Matters with C.R. Douglas
employs the Socratic form of inquiry, with participants responding to a series of hypothetical
questions. The end result is a lively and thoughtful debate between representatives of both
sides of an issue.
2012 was a groundbreaking year in Washington
state for marriage equality. At the time this
program premiered, Washington state had a
referendum slated for the November ballot
surrounding the legalization of same-sex
marriage. Referendum 74 ignited deep emotions
on both sides of the vote, and Public Matters
with C.R. Douglas: Gay Marriage featured a
panel discussion on this timely issue.
Panelists included Dan Savage, Joe Fuiten,
Washington state Sen. Ed Murray, Joseph
Backholm, Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Jennifer Shaw
and Gerry L. Alexander.
Panelists addressed questions such as:
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“What a great show! Keep the series going.
It is a great public service.”
— KCTS9.org visitor
Which relationship is more deserving of marriage: a straight couple that is not in “The premiere episode of Public Matters is old-school and
love, but seeking financial benefits or refreshing in that Douglas and his production team have
residency, or a same-sex couple that is chosen to take on a timely, complex and uber-local topic:
in love?
same-sex marriage, which was recently legalized by the
All factors being equal, who will do
state legislature and which is likely to be on the ballot as
better: two adopted children being
a referendum this fall.”
— Feliks Banel, Crosscut.com
raised by a same-sex couple, or two
C.R. Douglas and KCTS reach
adopted children being raised by an
for the intelligent viewer
opposite-sex couple?
If marriage is about procreation and
“I just watched the program online. It was
raising children, should a straight couple
extremely thoughtful, intelligent. I highly
that doesn’t want children be allowed to recommend it.”
— suemezzo – Crosscut.com reader
get married?
public affairs
In preparation for the 2012 election season,
KCTS 9 provided informative and thoughtprovoking content. For the 13th year, Emmy
Award-winning host Enrique Cerna of KCTS 9
Connects facilitated discussions centering on
local politics and hot-topic issues. One particularly
popular interview was with Jeffrey Clements,
author of Corporations Are Not People. Other
notable interviews included:
• Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
• Gov. Christine Gregoire and her decision
to support legislation to legalize gay
marriage. Her comments on KCTS 9
Connects were picked up by The Seattle
Times, Seattle PI.com and other news
outlets across the state.
• PBS NewsHour anchor Jim Lehrer talking
about his book Tension City: My View from
the Middle Seat, an inside look at the
presidential debates from Kennedy-Nixon to Obama-McCain
Conversations at KCTS 9 also provided insightful
interviews with local and national personalities.
Host Enrique Cerna’s interview with Colin Goddard
and Kristina Anderson, about surviving the
Virginia Tech shootings and working for the
Brady campaign to end gun violence, landed a
Northwest Regional Emmy nomination. Other
notable interviews included:
• Wael Ghonim, Google executive and
force behind the Facebook campaign
that helped launch Egypt’s Arab Spring
• Brandi Carlile, Northwest native and
popular musician
• Bill Bradley, former U.S. Senator and
presidential candidate
deeply personal account of one woman’s journey
to create an identity and find her place in the
world. This documentary became one of the most
viewed videos on KCTS 9’s YouTube channel.
Ask the Governor continued to provide a forum
for viewers to engage in a dialogue about the
issues most important to Washingtonians.
These live forums were broadcast statewide.
To provide access to Washington’s Latino population, questions from Spanish-speaking viewers
were translated and included in the live program,
and a dubbed version of the forum, Pregúntele a
la Gobernatora, aired on Vme.
The KCTS 9 production Prescription for Abuse
brought attention to the serious issue of
prescription drug abuse and how this epidemic
is affecting teenagers, seniors and middle-class
families. According to Nielsen ratings, an estiKCTS 9 also continued to be the regional provider
mated 130,000 viewers have tuned in for this
of PBS public affairs content such as Frontline,
program. On YouTube, the video of this special
Washington Week and Tavis Smiley.
has had more than 4,000 views. After the
broadcast premiere, the organization Safe Call
Now received calls from two police officers seeking treatment, and a hospital in Ohio contacted
KCTS 9 for a copy of the program, so they could
use it for staff training. The KCTS 9 website also
featured testimonials from former prescription
drug abusers and resources for those seeking help.
FY 12 included the broadcast of a documentary
about gender identity disorder, I’m not Les, the
vme
Televisión de calidad
para toda la familia
¡en español!
vme
After English, Spanish is the most-spoken
language in Washington state. KCTS 9 presents
Vme TV to offer high-quality programming in
Spanish, including shows for children and adults,
educational content, public affairs content,
movies and lifestyle, and cooking programs.
A leader in providing relevant programming for
the Latino communities of Washington state,
Vme provides unparalleled programming for
children. Vme is available in Western Washington,
the Yakima Valley and Wenatchee.
Vme is a media sponsor of numerous community
events, including the Seattle Latino Film Festival
(SLFF). In partnership with the SLFF and the
Seattle International Foundation, Vme hosted a
free screening of the human rights documentary
María en tierra de nadie (Maria in Nobody’s Land).
The film explores the darkest chapters of international migration from Central America to
the United States, exploring the perspectives
of several women migrants and their families
and confronting the global economic and social
forces that affect them. This screening was
attended by 200 people, and a reception with
director Marcela Zamora Chamorro followed
the documentary.
By aligning itself with Vme, KCTS 9 is able
to extend its commitment to providing the
highest-caliber programs to the largest
audience possible.
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Digital 47.2
Charter 297
Broadstripe 711
Wave Broadband 81
Verizon FiOS 471
national distribution
national distribution
KCTS 9’s Over® Hawai‘i, broadcast locally
and distributed nationally to 346 other public
television stations, showcased the incredible
natural beauty of Hawai‘i and featured narration
from people who call Hawai‘i home. More than
740 viewers took advantage of the premiums
that were offered: the Over® Hawai‘i home
video, Hawai‘i’s Hidden Paradise book, and a
soundtrack.
In addition to producing original content,
KCTS 9 also acts as a distribution channel
for independent content producers. KCTS 9
was proud to air and enable the distribution
of quality programs such as the Bronze Telly
Award-winning Adventures With Purpose
(Small World Productions, producer).
Another popular show was Rick Steves’
Hidden Europe, (Backdoor Productions,
co-producer) which was distributed
nationally and was a strong driver of
viewer donations to KCTS 9 and in other
pledge drives across the U.S.
quick stats FY 12
• 2.7 million viewers each week, throughout Washington state and Canada
• 95 hours of original KCTS 9 programming
• Three free digital channels (KCTS 9 HD, KCTS 9 Vme, KCTS 9 Create)
• 8,815 Facebook fans and 4,530 followers
on Twitter*
• 392 new videos uploaded to YouTube,
for a total of 2,161 videos that gathered 64,761 views
• 528,873 views of videos on the KCTS 9
YouTube channel
• 464,112 unique visitors to KCTS9.org
• 102,573 members, donating an average of $82 each
• 158 volunteers, donating a total of 3,002 hours of their time
*As of July 1, 2012
“Volunteering at KCTS 9 is one way of donating to a station that gives my life
so much pleasure. It is a fun and rewarding way to ‘pay’ back for all the
great programming I enjoy each day!”
— Dawn House, Puyallup
“Being a Friend of KCTS 9 volunteer allows me the ability to give back to my community.
I enjoy being able to do this. I have volunteered for many organizations throughout my
life, but my time spent at KCTS is by far my favorite. KCTS staff and management always
convey to their volunteers an appreciation for their efforts—whether it is one or two
hours or on a regular basis.”
— Sandy Apodaca, Seattle
operating income revenue sources
9.2% Federal & CPB* Community Service Grant
$1,821,215
1.5%Other CPB* & PBS* Income
$308,312
4.7%Other Income
marketing, special events, investment earnings
and royalties
$934,131
18.3% Corporate Support
$3,641,245
59.5%Individual Donations
$11,820,148
0.6% Local & State Government
$116,779
6.2% Foundation & Other Nonprofit
$1,233,830
Total Operating Income: $19,875,660
does not include income for capital additions of $333,296
*cpb corporation for public broadcasting
pbs public broadcasting service
functional expenses
54% Program Services $9,950,683
programming, production & broadcast, viewer services, viewer guide, information & promotion, school services and literacy outreach
31%
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Development, Membership and Marketing $5,661,293
marketing, underwriting, channel 9 store operations
donor management premium (thank-you gifts) costs, including postage/distribution
15% General & Administrative $2,808,134
4 facilities & general services 2 human resources
2 information services 4 accounting & data processing
3 other
Total Operating Expenses: $18,420,110
operating income less operating expenses depreciation & amortization
$ 1,455,550 (883,090)
income after depreciation
$ 572,460
at a glance
KCTS 9 began broadcasting December 7, 1954,
and operates under a community license held
by KCTS Television.
KCTS Television
401 Mercer Street
Seattle, WA 98109
206.728.6463
KCTS9.org
Email: [email protected]
KYVE 47 was founded in Yakima in 1962 and
operates under a community license held
by KCTS Television.
KYVE Television
12 South 2nd Street
Yakima, WA 98901
509.452.4700
Email: [email protected]
Pacific Coast Public Television Association
A registered Canadian charity in support of
public television and KCTS 9
134 Abbott Street, Suite 601
Vancouver, BC V6B 2K4
604.685.7375
at a glance
KCTS-Tv DIGITAL 24-hour program services include high-definition (HD) and digital multichannel.
KCTS 9 digital television services in Western Washington include:
KCTS 9 HDOur original primary channel in high-definition format*
KCTS 9 Vme
Spanish-language public television programming for Washington state
KCTS 9 Create
The best in lifestyle and how-to programming
By transmitter: By cable: By satellite: General Puget Sound Area
Western Washington; Central Washington (Wenatchee to Walla Walla);
British Columbia, including Greater Vancouver, Lower Mainland, Greater
Victoria and Vancouver Island, Williams Lake to Prince George and
Prince Rupert
DirecTV and Dish Network in the Puget Sound area, Shaw Broadcast Services
for cable systems throughout Canada, and Shaw Direct and Bell TV direct-to-
home service in Canada
KYVE DIGITAL 24-hour program services include HD and digital multichannel.
KYVE 47 digital television services in Central Washington include:
By transmitter: By cable: By translator: By satellite: Central Washington (Ellensburg to the north, Prosser to the south)
Central Washington (Cle Elum to Prosser)
Cle Elum, Ellensburg Channel 17
Wenatchee Channel 18
DirecTV and Dish Network
*Standard-definition (SD) television sets equipped with a digital tuner or
converter box show the channel in a down-converted format.
Visit KCTS9.org/tv-schedule for local tune-in information.
boards
Board of Directors
Community Advisory Board
Anne Farrell, Chair
Paula Reynolds, Vice Chair
Doug Beighle, Secretary
Mike Coie, Treasurer
Bob Flowers, Immediate Past Chair
Judi Beck
Eric Bremner
Nancy Evans
Linda Killinger
Carolyn Lake
Steve Loeb
Geoff Plant
John Warner
Steve Welch
Doug Picatti, Chair | Yakima, WA
Diana Barkley, Vice Chair | White Rock, BC
Randy Brinson, Executive Secretary | Seattle, WA
Sandy Abraham, Kamloops, BC
Julie Brand, Issaquah, WA
Diane Carlson, Seattle, WA
Leah Costello, Vancouver, BC
Kathy Buell Cummings, Sammamish, WA
Martha Dankers, Monroe, WA
Doug Eglington, Sammamish, WA
Diane Forsyth, Seattle, WA
Suzanne Greening, Abbotsford, BC
Lisa Heaton, Olympia, WA
Wesley Henry, Seattle, WA
Doug Keith, Seattle, WA
Jane Kilburn, Port Townsend, WA
Anita Lammert, Seattle, WA
Nancy Leahy, Yakima, WA
Aurora Martin, Seattle, WA
Amy Meiser, Seattle, WA
Beth Morrison, Olympia, WA
Barbara Mowat, Abbotsford, BC
Michael Ogden, Ellensburg, WA
Bertha Ortega, Zillah, WA
Anne Repass, Seattle, WA
Jennifer Rice, Seattle, WA
Greg Ryan, Vancouver, BC
Wes Schreiber, Vancouver, BC
Suzanne Smith, Vancouver, BC
JT Stewart, Seattle, WA
Yvonne Tate, Bellevue, WA
Bryan Tisdall, Vancouver, BC
Maru Mora Villalpando, Seattle, WA
David Walsh, Seattle, WA
Sonny Wong, Vancouver, BC
thank you
KCTS 9, KYVE 47 and Pacific Coast Public Television Association express sincere gratitude to the many individuals, families and
organizations who renewed their financial support between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012.
INVESTOR’S CIRCLE
$50,000 to $99,999
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE
$5,000 to $9,999
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE
$2,500 to $4,999
Evergreen Lodge #2 AOUW
The Floyd and Delores Jones
Family Foundation
Anonymous (1)
Chap and Eve Alvord
Apex Foundation
Alejandro and Linda Aruffo
Tom Alberg and Judi Beck
Gordon Davies
Almon and Lois Fish
David Giuliani and Patricia Roven
Jon and Susan Hanson
Phyllis and Robert Henigson
Patricia Hobbs
The Reverend and Mrs. John Huston
Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation
Nathan and Cindy Kellogg
Kerry and Linda Killinger
Muckleshoot Charity Fund
William and Delia Purdy
The Ray and Donna Guerin
Family Foundation
Schwab Charitable Fund
Don and Eleanor Vandenheuvel
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
Program
Warner Family Fund
Douglas and Dianne Wills
C. Bagley and Virginia Wright
Anonymous (6)
Teri Akin
The American Foundation
Bob and Eileen Gilman Family
Foundation
Betty Azar and Larry Harris
Mrs. Robert J. Behnke
Bremner Family Fund
Moss and Kathy Bresnahan
Alan Burns
Ellen C. Carnwath
Don and Brenda Chapman
The Christopher Foundation
Geoffrey Crooks and
Elizabeth Morrison
Martha and Johannes Dankers
James A. Degel and Jeanne E. Berwick,
The Berwick Degel Family
Foundation
The F. Danz Foundation
Dimmer Family Foundation
Mary and Jim Dunnam
Daniel J. and Nancy B. Evans
Bob and Micki Flowers
Nancy Geiger and Michael Krasik
Lucy Hadac
SPONSOR’S CIRCLE
$25,000 to $49,999
The John C. and Karyl K. Hughes
Foundation
Walker Family Foundation
CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE
$10,000+
Nancy Alvord
Bob and Clodagh Ash
Douglas Beighle and Kathleen Pierce
Betty Bottler
Betty J. Ewart
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Family Fund
Shirley Nicholls and William Smith
Paula and Stephen Reynolds
Judith P. Yeakel
Linda and Ted Johnson
Myron and Shirley Lindberg
Dianne and Stephen Loeb
Don and Shirley Poggi
Raikes Foundation
Betsy Strong
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Welch
Wellworth Foundation
Sally Anne West
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE
$1,000 to $2,499
Anonymous (22)
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius A. Andrew III
John and Merritt Atwood
Martin and Evelyn Babare
William Baker
Jim Ballard and Laura Patton
Ronald Ballard
Jane and Peter Barrett
Allen and Leslie Bauman
Beardsley Family Foundation
Richard and Thelma Berner
Jackie and Miguel Bezos
Bishop Fleet Foundation
John and Maralyn Blume
Jo Ann and Jack Bowman
Alan Boyd
thank you
Jonathan and Bobbe Bridge
Randy and Diane Brinson
Jeffrey and Susan Brotman
Phyllis Buell
Bill Bumpas
William Carlson and
Constance Harrington
Fred Cavanagh
James and Janet Chalupnik
Heidi Charleson
Tom Clement
Michael J. and Gail Coie
Prentiss and Leora Cole
The Collier Family
Maurice and Tama Copithorne
Pete Curran
Ragnar “Ray” Dahl
Eric Danielson
Jane and David Davis
Warren and Elizabeth Davis
Gail Deugau
Dee Dickinson
Dickinson Family Foundation
Arthur Dietrich
Erik Dowell and Haruko Nagai
Fred Drennan and Teresa Massagli
Carl and Dee Dudley
Mildred K. Dunn
Vasiliki Dwyer
Susan and Lewis Edelheit
Susan Eidenschink
Joanne Ellis
Robert Emerson
Meridith and Mark England-Markun
Joyce Farley
Anne and Robert Farrell
Ronald and Kathryn Ferguson
Robert and Betty Fletcher
Shirley Flies and Walter Kropp
Denys and Marguerite Ford
Charles Forge
William Franklin
Douglas Gantenbein and Jane Kilburn
George B. and Ruth Elizabeth Ferguson
Foundation
D. Wayne and Anne Gittinger
Gerald and Carolyn Grinstein
Barbara Gross
Gerhard Gruner
Elizabeth Haines
Lenore R. Hale
Christie Hamilton
L. David and Sandy Hanower
Gordon Hayward
Elizabeth Hebert
Richard and Betty Hedreen
Frederic Helmholz
Judette and Danturty Hemachandra
Kathleen Hendrickson
Fred Herzberg and Jeanne Large
Suzanne Hittman
Tom and Carol Hogan
Kenneth and Mary Hopkins
Fred and Jeanne Howard
Mike and Becky Hughes
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Hyde
Judith Jesiolowski and
David Thompson
The Jack Schenker Charitable Trust
Mark and Jeanne Johnson
Mr. Alex L. Johnston
Reed and Judy Jopling
Larry and Anna Keith
Berit Kenin
Calvin and Margaret Konzak
Thomas Kraft and Suzanne Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Landau
Christina and Martin Lazoritz
Michael and Leslie Lebeau
Patricia Lee
Marie Legaz Whitley and
Michael P. Whitley
Rae and Mark Lembersky
Eileen Lennon and Barie Carter
Marcus Lien
The Litke Whidbey Charitable Fund
David and Charlotte Lomet
Terry and Christel Lundeen
Marlene MacKenzie
John MacLeod and Kathleen Williams
Captain Richard F. and Sinclair C. Malm
Mary Ann and John Mangels
David Mann and Ann Thomson Mann
Elizabeth L. Martin
Adele Maruo
Marcia Mason
Pamela McCabe
McDanel Land Foundation
Barbara McDaniel
Mary McDonald
Jeff McDowell and Jennifer Thomsen
William and Diana McGaw
Scott and Shelley McIntyre
The Memton Fund, Inc.
Stephen and Kim Miller
Stanley Minor
George and Pauline Mulligan
Douglas A. Murdock and
Elizabeth M. Rappaport
Peter and Tamara Musser
Neal and Amanda Myerson
Robert and Claudia Nelson
William Nelson
Paula Nemzek
Don and Melissa Nielsen Family
Foundation
Doug and Nancy Norberg
Beatrice Nowogroski
Obrzut Ling Foundation Inc.
John and Kathryn Olsen
Gordon Olson
Dan and Diane O’Neal
Mary Pattison
Bill and Janet Levy Pauli
Valerie D. Payne
Peggy Haberbush Charitable Fund
Don and Lisa Percival
Elizabeth Perera
Ursula Pfeffer
James Phillips and
Meredith Coleman Phillips
Margherita and John Pichugin
Gaye and Jim Pigott
Pinkerton Foundation
Sandy Pitler and Constance Parsons
Donald Pooley
thank you
John and Priscilla Privat
Raman Family Foundation
Charles K. and Doris D. Ray
Anne Repass
Robert Rhodehamel and Dana Snyder
James and Ardell Riddick
Ed and Marjorie Ringness
Jim and Jo Ann Roberts
David and Valerie Robinson
Jeff and Wendy Robinson
Bruce Roscoe and Anne Vedella
Isabel Rose
Stan and Michele Rosen
John and Nancy Rossmeissl
Eric and Margaret Rothchild
Mary Jo Ryan
Dana Samples and Sherry Kam
Beth Savage
Robbie Sawers
Henry T. Schatz
Wes Schreiber
John Selby
Deborah Seymour
Ashvini and Roomi Sharma
Alan and Sue Sherbrooke
Alan and Linda Shue
Sally Sieber
John Simmons
Karen Sloss
Scott Stender and Heidi Orde Stender
JT Stewart
Jodie Stolz and José Rivera
John Stratton and
Carolyn Webster-Stratton
Thomas Takeoka
Asa Tate and Keron Edwards
Louise Tolle
Jeffrey Van Gogh and Yuan Zheng
The Vancouver Foundation
Vijay and Sita Vashee
Joyce and David Veterane
Mr. and Mrs. James Wade
Jerry and Cheryl Waldbaum
Duane and Susan Waltos
Kate Webster
Douglas Winge
Grant Woodfield
Wyman Youth Trust
Yakima Valley Community Foundation
PATRON’S CIRCLE
$500 to $999
Anonymous (10)
John Aakre and Cynthia Michael
Michael Adler and Michel Lebas
David Aggerholm and Gwen Lundberg
The Al and Georgia Meier Foundation
Alaskan Observers, Inc.
Walter and Ruth Albach
Jack Alhadeff
Holly Allen
Peter Altmann and Donna Altman
Roger Anderson
Art Wolfe, Inc.
Norman Au-Yeung
Dorothy Ayers
Dina Baker
F. Bander
Wayne and Jacqueline Barnett
Gunilla Barnett
Hazel and Dallas Batchelor
Elizabeth Beck
Helen Bee
Carl and Renee Behnke
Anne Marie Bell
Michael and Sirpa Bell
Karen Bellamy
Mae Benne
Michael and Lucretia Berg
Madeleine Betz
Erika Bigelow
Martha and David Boes
Frank Bonnell
Sylvi Boomer
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Booth
Betty Borman
Charles Bowen
David and Debra Boyle
Paul and Debbi Brainerd
Ellen Brandstrup and James Patterson
Lael Ellis Braymer
Alec Brindle
Richard and Stephanie Brooks
Robin Brumett
Frederick Buckner and
Jane Hoyt Buckner
Karen Bunney
Robert Butler and Lorna Michael Butler
James Cahill
A. R. M. Cairns
Kelly Campbell
Sharon and Craig Campbell
Jerome and Mary Carbone
Richard and Cassandra Carothers
Janan Carter
Donald Cavanaugh
Central Okanagan Foundation
Kenyon Chan and Shirley Hune
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chesley
Vernita and Howard Christianson
Penny Cochrane
Carroll Colby
Barbara Collins
Molly Cone
Patrick and Pamela Cone
Cleveland and Marian Cook
Katherine Cooper
Mr. and Mrs. D. Couling
Cheney Cowles
Leslie and Janet Cox
Elmer Cranton
William Curtis
Tatiana Davidson
Alan and Susan Davis
Peter Davis
Barbara Day
Pam Delville-Pratt
Orest Demkiw
Bruce Devenney
John and Kathleen Dewhirst
Dennis and Debbie deYoung
Walter Ditlefsen
Jay Donald and Judith F. Ostrow
Jeanne and David Dryfoos
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ducey
thank you
Jane Duff
Joseph Dunn
Ray Eastwood
Charles and Gayle Ede
Karen Edwards and Deborah Meyers
Ehrlich-Donnan Foundation
John Ekse
Jerry and Julie Elkington
Thomas and Ruth Ellen Elliott
Ellen Ellis
Sara Elward
Francisca Erickson
Kristina Erickson
Tamsin and James Erickson
Bill Eyre
Faith and William Records
James and Birte Falconer
Jeannie Falls
Stephen Fan
Mark Farley and Janis Rue
Janice Farrell
Gerry Fedio
Ellen Ferguson
Walter and Barbara Ferris
Linda Finn
Susan Finn
Vera Fiorito
Esther Firth
David and Patricia Fischbach
Rita and Donald Fisher
Pat Fitzpatrick
Joan Flaschen and Salome Tettey
Eugene Flath
Paul Fletcher
Shirley Flies and Walter Kropp
Thomas and Sara Flint
Meagan M. Foley and Neil M. Gray
Grace Fraser
Sharon Friel
Anthony Gage
Arlene Galisky
Mr. and Mrs. E. Garrett
Jeffrey Garrison
Richard and Elizabeth Gatchel
Nina Gencoz
Mary Gentry
Janet George
Robert and Janice Gerth
Michael Gifford
Shirley Gifford
Margaret Goodacre
John and Gabriel Goudy
GPMCH Foundation
Claire and Paul Grace
Anthony Gray
Frank and Leigh Greaves
Michael Green
Gayle Green Smith and Richard Smith
Barbara Groves
Richard and Diane Haelsig
Jennifer Hafterson
Leslie Hagin and Michael Subit
Elizabeth Halloran
Mark and Ann Hamburg
Roderick Hamel
Adaline Hamm
Lawrence and Hylton Hard
Robert and Dana Harper
Hamilton Harris
Paul and Margi Harvey
Neil and Ann Hawkins
Patty Hayes
Gordon Hayward
John and Cheryl Heady
Paul Heller
Lucy Helm
Brian Henry and Rita Chin-Henry
Susan Herring
J. David and Carol Heywood
Edward and Agnes Hildebrand
Hollie Hilden
Steven and Sandra Hill
Walter Hillier
Barbara Himmelman
Lucienne Hinton
Karen and Paul Hogle
Beatrice Holleck
William Hollensteiner
Clifford Holtz
Ian Housego
Nancy Howard
Jeff Howard
Winifred Hoyer
Laurie and Rob Hoyt
Sally Hufbauer
Kathleen and James Hutchins
Diane Isonaka and David Galas
Jane Itzkow
Phyllis Janeway
Amy Johnson
Donald and Dona Johnson
Gwen Johnson
B. Arthur and Joy Johnston
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jordan
Shirley Kabernick
Norman Kaelber
Dorrise Kalbfleisch and Martha Purrier
Mike and Peggy Kanaga
Steven Kaneko
David and Gail Karges
Margot Kenly and Bill Cumming
Dr. and Mrs. George Kenny
Carol King
W. Kingsley
Edgar Kirsopp
Douglas and Lynn Kloke
Kenneth and LeeAnne Knechtel
George and Barbara Jean Koch
Clark Kokich
James Kuhlman and
Teri Wiseman-Kuhlman
Hy Kurfirst
Jim and Dawna Lahti
Carolyn Lake and Mike Boone
Fenton Lane
Helen-Jean Langdon
James and Edith Laurent
Terry Lavender
Linda Lawson
Ruth Leach
Cristina and Mark Ledesma
Lester LeRoss
Kathryn Lewis
Charles and Cecilia Li
Linda Werner Associates
John Lindsay
thank you
Lee Lindsay
Shirlee and Milton Lindsay
Jane Logan and Robert Ostericher
Michael and Adelaide Loges
Richard and Marion Loney
Richard and Sally Lunstrum
Delmar Mackenzie
Warren MacKenzie
David MacLaren
Jan MacLellan
Michael and Wilawan MacLeod
Ron Maier
Charles and Judi Manke
Michael and Katherine Manning
Timmie Marr
Christina Marra
William Marsh
Caleb Marshall
Grace Marshall
John Mason
Marcia Mason
Dr. and Mrs. John McCann
Diana McDonald
Michael and Julia McDonnell
Mary McGourty
Paul and Marie McGuigan
Frances Mead
Robert and Debra Meyerson
Norman Milks and Susan Mason-Milks
Kyle and Julie Miller
Arlene Mitchell and Lillian Baer
Donald and Pamela Mitchell
L.E. and Margaret Moholt
Patricia Mooney
Kathleen and George Moran
Barbara Morgridge
Tom and Pat Moses
Richard and Sheila Moulton
Mike Mowat and Janet Runbeck
Dr. Ian Mugridge
Grace Munro
Gloria Murphy
Janet Murphy
John and Nadine Murray
Sally Mussetter
Larry and Sue Myers
Kevin and Sharon Neal
Bill and Sally Neukom
Robert Nicklas
Richard Noffsinger
Norco Products Ltd.
Linda Nordstrom
Susan Norton
Donald and Naomi Nothstein
J. Stanton and Sherry Nye
Mardie and Mark Oberle
James and Katherine Olson
Emmett Omar
Vance O’Neill
Ann Ongerth
Rosemary Orr-Rice
Lynn Ostenson
John and Mary Pat Osterhaus
Bud Oujla
James Paden
Gordon Parke
Calvin Patrick
Sandra Pauly
Gaylen Payne
Danae and Laurie Peaker
Karen Pease and Bob Barlow
Jack Petersen
Randal Peterson
Irene Peyton
Philanthropy Preceptorship Fund
M. Philley and Monica Butler
Irene and Hans-Karl Piltz
Johanna Polit
William and Joan Potter
Michael and Diana Powell
Vincent and Margaret Pratt
Donald and Darcy Price
B. Priestman
Luia and Erik Pulkka
Thomas Puszka
Foster and Lemoine Radford
Balan and Lalita Raman
Sue and Tom Raschella
Lorraine Redmond
Dawn and Axel Rehkatsch
Sumi Reid
Ronald Rempel
Scott and Katherine Renschler
Ruth Rickert
Helen Roberts
Mike and Marcia Rodgers
Ronald Rodier
Oscar Roncato
Ellie and John Roser
Arthur and Mabel Rosvold
Steve and Nancy Russ
Richard Rynes
Sage Foundation
Sheila and John Scates
Carl Schaber and
Christine Christensen-Schaber
Ms. Lois E. Schaefer
Sonia Schmitt
Irene and Paul Scholtens
Max Schreiner
Dianne and Patrick Schultheis
Nancy Schultz
Marcia and Don Schwendiman
Stephen Scofield
Maureen Scott
Eliot and Christine Scull
Donald and Barbara Sedgwick
George Shields
Craig and Nancy Shumate
Bernard and Susan Silbernagel
Don Sirkin, CBIC
Bob and Leni Skarin
Gene Slape and Marian Svinth
Mary and James Sletten
Phyllis Sloan
Norma Smith
Janice J. Sorensen
David and Helaina Sorey
Katie Stack
Mary Stansbury
Patricia Stark
Mr. and Mrs. John Starling
Ann Stevens and Debra Madsen
Mary Stevens and John Akin
Fiona Stevens-Guille
Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart
thank you
Dorothy Stimpson
James and Kathryn Stoetzer
Marvin and Barbara Stone
Bob and Ethel Story
Katie Strong
Todd Stryker and David Walsh
Marvin and Patricia Sundquist
Yae Suzuki
Adam Szofran and Lisa Maves
Patricia Tall-Takacs and Gary Takacs
Alice Tamcke
Morton Tavel
Cheryl Tedrow
Mary Thie
James Thomas
Stuart and Barbara Thomson
Sara Throckmorton and Joseph Vance
Linda Tonn
Joan Tupper
Unique Wine Company, Inc.
Bruce and Suzette Van Aken
John VanBuskirk and
Kitty Van Doorninck
Victoria Foundation
Rebecca and Jose Villa-Arce
Jeff and Georgia Vincent
Timm Waibel
Pat Walker
W. Warman
Sara Waterbury
David Webster
Weintraub Family Foundation
Advised Fund
Delma Welch
Bryan and Katie Welsh
Elizabeth Wheelwright
Maxine White
Cynthia Whiteside
Don and Mary Wieckowicz
Ann Wilde
Dr. David and Diana Williams
Rod Williams
Tom and Carol Williams
Ward and Rita Willits
Marilyn Willman
Gail Wilson and William Patterson
Maureen Wilson
John and Doris Wimpress
Steven and Nicole Winard
Deborah Winter
Shirley M. and James R. Wright
Michelle Wyles
J. Thomas and Billie Ylvisaker
Rebecca A. Zerngast, DDS
David and Christine Zloty
Legacy Circle
The KCTS 9 Legacy Circle honors the
generous and farsighted donors who
have made plans now for gifts that will
support KCTS 9 sometime in the future.
Anonymous (39)
Julie Balinski
Susan M. Beardsley
Boyd and Sharon Benson
Richard C. Berner
Aha Blip
Gregory W. Bowman
Susan K. Brekke
Sally Cahill Brookbank
Lisa Sable Brown
Ann Burgund
Lynn K. Bursten, Ph.D.
Steve and Georgene Camp
Jeanne W. Carlson
Richard and Cassandra Carothers
J. Tina Carriuolo
David and Beverly Christie
Mike and Lisa Cochrane
Christine A. Cook
Carol L. Cotton
Cris Craig and Brian Steely
Henry and Suzanne Cram
Thelma Creighton
Carol T. Crickman
Geoffrey Crooks and
Elizabeth Morrison
Hans and Martha Dankers
Mary Davison
Dee Dickinson
Wally Eckberg
Rosalie Edburg
Sara Elward
Jay and Linda Emory
David N. Feist
Bruce and Gerri Ferguson
Mark and Diana Gillis
Inger and Ulf Goranson
Leslie Grace
Janet Gratzer
Winifred Mary Hatcher
Andrea Jean Helman
Marilyn J. Hoekstra
Christina Horst
Dallas and Mary Hurd
Albert and Mary Lou Hurst
Amy Johnson
Frederick Johnson
Susan E. Johnson
Reed and Judy Jopling
Maureen Kelly
Arthur Law Knight
Jan Knutson and
Edward W. Hutchinson
Ronald and Mary Kowalski
Anita Legsdin
Dr. Robert K. and Sheila A. Leik
Cheryl L. Lotz
Wendell and Barbara Loveless
Michael and Rebecca McGoodwin
Mabel Meyers
Kirk Miller and Jacque Ellis
Marjorie A. Movius
Richard Nau
Jane E. Neubauer
Shirley R. Nicholls and William G. Smith
Shirley J. Nicholson
Elaine Nonneman
Gordon Olson
Elizabeth Perera
Karen M. Peterson
Sarah B. Phillips
Barry Preis
William and Delia Purdy
Beverly M. Rasmussen
thank you
Angie Rawson
Anne Repass
Kelly Riley, in memory of my sons
William and James
Orell and Judy Russi
James Salomon
Peggy L. Schafran
Joe Schneider
George Selvidge
Phil Sensabaugh and Nancy Vittor
R. Leo Shipley
Karen Shoaf-Mitchell
Donald Sirkin
Patricia Morgan Smith
Elsie Sorgenfrei
Shannon and Donna Stafford
Virginia Barkley Surridge
Christine Sydneysmith
Yvonne Tate
Judy Thomas
Linda Thorson
Dan and Alison Timidaiski
Brian Torgerson
Sharon S. Victor
Jody Waits
William Waring
David F. Watling
Ada Lou Wheeler
Mark Wheeler and Cynthia Johnson
John Whiteaker
Marie Legaz Whitley and
Michael P. Whitley
Kathy Whitten and John Hutsell
Margaret S. Williams
Douglas and Dianne Wills
Charles N. Wilson
Alcena and John Woods
Patricia Woroch
Judith P. Yeakel
Darlene Zandell
Judith Zemcuznikov
Bequests Received
Estate of Irene Block
Estate of Eugene C. Bond, M.D.
Estate of Arline F. Boveé
Estate of Paul A. Carlstedt
Estate of June Crowe
Estate of Goldie F. Ericson
Estate of Katherine (Kitty) J. Heller
Estate of Anne M. Larsen
Estate of Cameron McLean
Estate of Jeffrey E. Newman, M.D.
Estate of Margaret Pacquin
Estate of William Rappel
Estate of Dolly Richendrfer
Estate of Elinor I. Riedlinger
Estate of Dottie Selby
Estate of Maureen Sewell
Estate of Marguerite West
Estate of George A. Whitehead
Matching Gifts
We are also grateful to the organizations
that supported KCTS 9 through their
employee matching gift programs.
Abbott Laboratories Employee
Giving Campaign
Adobe Systems Inc.
Aerojet Delivers Annual Campaign
Aetna Foundation
Alaska Airlines
Allstate Giving Campaign
Amgen Foundation
AT&T Foundation
Attachmate Corporation
Bank of America
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
BlackRock
Boeing Employees’ Credit Union
BP Foundation
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Corporation
CA Technologies
Carillon Point Account
Chevron Humankind
Christensen O’Connor Johnson
Kindness
Chubb & Son Insurance
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Coinstar Cares
Costco Wholesale
Darigold Inc.
DirecTV Matching Gift
ECG Management Consultants
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Emerson Electric Company
Employees Community Fund of Boeing
ExxonMobil Foundation
GE Foundation
General Mills Foundation
Give With Liberty
Goodrich Corporation
Google
Grainger
Hewlett-Packard
IBM Corporation
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Johnson & Johnson
JP Morgan Chase
Key Bank
Laird Norton Tyee Trust Company
Lease Crutcher Lewis
LexisNexis
Macy’s Foundation
MASCO Corporation
Matthew G. Norton Company
Mentor Graphics Foundation
Microsoft Corporation
Millennium Company
MSNBC
Murphy Oil Company
National Semiconductor Corporation
Nintendo of America
Nissan Motor Corporation USA
Oracle Corporation
Pemco Foundation
Pepsico Foundation
thank you
Pfizer Foundation
Plum Creek Foundation
Portland General Electric Company
Progressive Insurance Foundation
Prudential Foundation
Puget Sound Energy Foundation
Qualcomm
RealNetworks Foundation
The Regence Employee Giving
Campaign
Russell Matching Gifts Program
Saltchuk Resources, Inc.
Starbucks Matching Gifts Program
Symetra Financial
Synopsys Philanthropic
TELUS Community Connections
The Boeing Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Merck Company Foundation
The Standard Employee Giving
Campaign
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Tootsie Roll Industries
Truist
Union Pacific Corporation
US Bancorp
US Bancorp Foundation
US Bank Corporation
Verizon Foundation
VMWare Foundation
PROGRAM GRANTORS
Alaska Airlines
BECU
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Bob Hall Auto
Central Valley Bank
Central Washington University
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
(CPB)
First Choice Health
Floyd and Delores Jones Foundation
4Culture
John C. and Karyl K. Hughes
Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
McDonald’s Of Yakima
Michelsen Packaging
M. J. Murdock Foundation
Muckleshoot Charity Fund
PCC
PEMCO Insurance Foundation
Paul and Terri Schaake
The Seattle Foundation
Solarity Credit Union
Space Needle, LLC
Thorner, Kennedy & Gano P.S.
Tree Top
Tulalip Tribes
Washington Apple Education
Foundation
WSECU
Yakima Federal Savings & Loan
Yakima Regional Medical and
Cardiac Center
Yakima Theatres
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
Program Underwriters
AARP
ACT Theatre
Advanced Podiatry
Advanced Vocational Solutions Inc
AEG Live
AF Hovey
Alana Antique and Estate
Amen Clinics Group M.
Amtrak
Anthony’s Homeport
Bailadores de Bronce
Bank of America
Barnett Implement Yakima
Bartell Drugs
BECU
John & Connie Bloxom
Blue Sky Cleaners
Bob Hall Auto
Book-it Repertory Theatre
Broadway Center for the
Performing Arts
Burke Museum
Carey Motors
CBS Films
Central Washington Comprehensive
Mental Health
Central Valley Bank
Central Washington Recycling
Chartwell Senior Housing
Children’s Museum
Chinook Book
Christine Palmer and Associates
City Career Fair
Community Health Plan
Creative Dance Center
David Evans
Domo Rugs
Don Jones Productions
Eastside Prep School
Edmonds Center for the Arts
Elliott Insurance
Emerald Downs
EMI Music Canada
Emirates
Fairmont Waterfront
5th Avenue Theatre
First Choice Health
Forest Ridge School
425 Magazine
Gasperetti’s
GET
Good Fruit Grower
Gourmondo
Greater Seattle Business Association
Group Health Midwives
Honda
Horizon House
Hyatt Family Facilities
IBS Treatment Center
thank you
International Rescue Committee
Island County Tourism
John I. Haas, Inc.
KCLS
KDNA/Sea Mar
Keeney’s Office Supply
Kenmore Air
King County Department of Elections
KING FM
KIMA TV
Kirkland Performance Center
KKMO/Sea Mar
KPLU
KUNW (Univision)
LA Philharmonic
Latino Expo
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
LifeWise
Live Nation
LMA
Marqueen
Mayflower Park Hotel
McKinney Glass
Microsoft
MOHAI
Mount Rainier Visitors Bureau
Museum of Glass
National Geographic Live
National Parks Conservation
Natural Buys
New Growth Event Solutions
NFFTY
Northwest Art Alliance
Northwest Center
Northwest Film Forum
Northwest Railway Museum
Northwest Sinfonietta
Office Solutions Northwest
O’Loughlin Trade Shows
(NW Flower/Garden)
Olympia Film Festival
Pacific Coast Feather
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Northwest Ballet
Pacific Science Center
Palmer Wirfs and Associates
ParentMap
PCC Natural Markets
PEMCO
Port of Seattle
Portage Bay Café
Pro Hardware
Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
Rainy City Midwifery
Rotary Club of Yakima
Royal BC Museum
Paul and Terri Schaake
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Arts and Lectures
Seattle Center
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle Children’s Theatre
Seattle Dining
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle Latino Community Fund
Seattle Latino Film Festival
Seattle Opera
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle Symphony
Seattle Theatre Group
Seattle Wine Awards
Seed Productions
Shaw and Sons Funeral Directors
Solarity Credit Union
Solid Ground
Sony Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures
Spanish Hazardous Waste
Spectrum Dance Theater
St. Regis Hotel
Stoel Rives
Subaru
Subaru SBR/UND/130
Sundown M Ranch
Ryan Swanson
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma Dome
Teatro Zinzanni
Terril, Lewis & Wilke Insurance
of Yakima
The Ruins
Thompson Audiology
Top Ten Toys
Tourism Vancouver
Town & Country Market
Townsquare Media
Tree Top
20th Century Fox
Union Gospel Mission
United Way of Central Washington
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group: Renee Fleming
University Book Store
US Bank
UW Medicine
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver Opera
Vancouver Sun
Victoria Clipper
Washington Dental Foundation
Washington State Secretary of State
WFPA
Wild Ginger
Wray’s Thriftway
WSECU
Yakima Federal Savings
Yakima Federal Savings & Loan
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima National Bank
Yakima Regional Medical and
Cardiac Center
Rotary Club of Yakima Southwest
Yakima Theatres
Yakima Valley Business Times
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital
Zirkle Fruit