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Eight Delivers… On Our Mission

• Education of Children» 9 hours each weekday of high-quality children’s programming –

Sesame Street, SuperWhy, Arthur, Sid the Science Kid, Curious George, Barney, CyberChase & Electric Company

• Balanced News & Public Affairs » Newshour , NBR, Washington Week, Frontline, Now, Bill Moyers,

Wide Angle, POV, Tavis Smiley, McLaughlin, BBC World News, Charlie Rose

• Lifelong Learning» Nova, Antiques Roadshow, History Detectives, Scientific

American Frontiers, Globe Trekker, Nature, Cooking Shows, Ken Burns, Wild!

• Celebration of Arts & Culture» American Masters, Evening at Pops, Soundstage, Live from

Lincoln Center, Red Green, Masterpiece Theatre, Great Performances, Rick Steves, Rudy Maxa, American Experience

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Eight Delivers… Local Perspective

Local Productions• KAET's Award-Winning Arizona Collection

Celebrating the people, places and history of Arizona with this award-winning television anthology.

• HORIZONKAET's award-winning public affairs program, explores issues in-depth using a combination of pre-taped reports and in-studio discussion. Hosted by Ted Simons.

• HORIZONTEKAET's weekly forum for Hispanic perspectives and helps educate all audiences about issues of particular interest to our Latino community. Hosted by José Cárdenas.

• SpecialsSpelling Bee, Eight Cooks … specials

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Eight Delivers… via MultiMedia

• TV» Eight HD – PBS & Local Productions

(8/708)» Eight Create – Travel & Cooking (80)» Eight World – News & Public Affairs (88)

• Online• Outreach & Education• Eight Magazine

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Eight Delivers… Impact

• 3 TV channels – 8,500 hrs/year• Arizona’s most attended arts venue• Arizona’s largest preschool• Arizona’s largest history museum• Community Service

» Azpbs.org/ArizonaExpert» Azpbs.org/StrongKids» Azpbs.org/MortgageCrisis

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Eight Magazine

• Month at a Glance (p. 6-7)• Great resource for your favorite area of interest

• Best Bets (p. 8-11)• New and upcoming programs

• Primetime Calendar (p. 32-33)• Eight Create Primetime Calendar (p. 54-55)

• DIY, Travel, Cooking, Hobby programming• Eight World Primetime Calendar (p. 56-57)

• 24 hours Public Affairs programming• KBAQ Production Studio (p. 58-59)

• KAET and our relationship with KBAQ

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Eight Create -- DTV 8.2, Cox 80

• Do-It-Yourself programming» This Old House, The New Yankee Workshop, Garden

Smart» Knit and Crochet Today, Donna Dewberry

• Cooking» Lidia’s Italy, Simply Mind, America’s Test Kitchen

• Crafts/Painting» Sewing with Nancy, The Joy of Painting,

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Eight World -- DTV 8.3, Cox 88

• News and Public Affairs» PBS NewsHour, Nightly Business Report, HORIZON,

Religion and Ethics Newsweekly• History and Culture

» Arizona Stories, Books and Co.• Science and Nature

» Nova, NATURE

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Eight Delivers… Reach

• Eight reaches 85% of Arizona households• Over 1 million unique viewers each week• Eight consistently ranks among the most

watched PBS stations in the U.S.• Eight’s Website gets 100,000 visitors each

month• Over 45,000 Eight Magazines sent each

month• ASSET serves every school in Arizona

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Eight Delivers… Trust

• PBS is the most trusted media in America and is considered the best use of federal tax dollars.

• PBS Kids is the #1 educational media brand when compared to Leapfrog, Nick Jr., Playhouse Disney, Discovery Kids, National Geographic Kids and more.

Source: 2009 GfK Roper Poll

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Eight Delivers… Because of You

KAET Annual Operating Budget – FY09

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Eight’s Facilities

• ASU Downtown campus a boon to community involvement

• Increased access to/for decision makers• Central location enhances “Arizona PBS”

image• Studio A – mediated community

engagement

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For more information

Kelly McCulloughGeneral Manager

602-496-2422 Kelly@AzPBS.org

Thank you!

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Eight Delivers… Excellence

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Eight Delivers… Community Service

Eight specializes in the education of children, unbiased news and public affairs, lifelong learning

and the celebration of the arts & culture.