During FY 2009, PTFP awarded $19,947,448 million to fund 112 projects:

Thirty-nine (39) grants for the digital conversion of television awarding $11,486,041.

One grant for the digital conversion of radio for $123,481.

Thirty-five (35) grants to extend new public radio service awarding $4,812,521.

Thirty-four (34) grants to replace urgently needed equipment at public radio and television stations awarding $2,785,657.

            Two (2) nonbroadcast distance learning grants awarding $549,783.

One grant for $189,965 to plan for the transition of Radio Reading Services from the SCA (Subsidiary Communications Authorization) channels of analog radio to HD digital radio.

Included in the above totals are four grants awarded on an emergency or expedited basis for $1,006,453.

List of the 112 Awards

RADIO AWARDS - (63 awards; $6,422,781)

■          Thirty-five (35) radio projects for $4,875,943 will provide first public radio service to over 400,000 people and provide additional service to almost 2 million people. Two of the projects will fund booster stations to improve service to portions of New York City where coverage is shadowed by Manhattan skyscrapers. The following communities will receive first or expanded public radio service: (CA) Bella Vista, Burney and Susanville; (CO) Boulder, Dove Creek, Montrose, Salida and Wiley; (GA) Milledgeville and Young Harris; (ID) Caldwell; (KS) Manhattan; (MD) Frederick; (MN) Cloquet, Hinkley, Nett Lake and Redwood Falls; (MS) Greenville; (MT) Box Elder (Rocky Boy Indian Reservation); (NC) Okracoke; (ND) Fort Totten; (NM) Des Moines, Shiprock (Navajo Indian Reservation) and Tucumcari; (NY) Acra, Mt. Beacon and New York City; (OR) Bend and Brightwood; (SD) Spearfish/Belle Fourche; (VA) Gloucester Point, Gloucester Courthouse and Lexington; (WA) Medical Lake, Mount Vernon and Port Townsend; (WY) Fort Washakie (Wind River Indian Reservation).

■          A $123,481 grant will permit KPBX-FM, Spokane, WA, to distribute additional program streams for broadcast on five digital repeater stations in Omak, Oroville, Twisp, and Brewster, WA; and Kellogg, ID.

■          One RRS project was funded. This is a $189,965 planning grant to National Public Radio to determine the feasibility of digital conversion of radio reading services from the sideband channels of analog FM radio (Subsidiary Communications Authorization service), using consumer HD radio receivers, and to consumer-test a voice codec to support efficient digital transmission.

■          Twenty-six (26) projects for $1,296,814 will replace urgently needed equipment at public radio stations. Three of the radio projects were awarded on an emergency basis. These include: a grant of $23,151 to Denver Educational Broadcasting to replace a failing studio-transmitter link; a grant of $69,790 to the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications due to a forced relocation; and a grant of $181,588 to Ohio State University to replace a tower due to forced relation.

■          The largest of the sixty-four radio grants, for $322,364, is a project for Dine' Agriculture, Inc. to construct a new public radio station on 90.5 MHz in Shiprock, NM, that will provide first and local origination service to 31,883 people and additional service to 11,166 people on the Navajo Indian Reservation and the Four Corners area of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah

Complete List of the 63 Radio Projects

TELEVISION AWARDS (47 awards; $12,974,144)

■          Thirty-nine projects on the slate for $11,486,041 will allow for the following areas to continue digital television conversion:

►Major population centers including: Los Angeles and San Diego, CA; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN; New York City, NY; Cleveland, OH; and Dallas, TX

►State networks in Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and West Virginia

►Other markets and rural areas including Fresno, CA; Pensacola and Tallahassee, FL; Mangilao, GU; Charleston, IL; Bloomington, IN; Grand Rapids, MI; Thompson Falls, MT; Williston, ND; Reno, NV; Buffalo and Plattsburgh, NY; Athens and Dayton, OH; Claremore, OK; Chattanooga, Memphis and Nashville, TN; Austin and Lubbock, TX; Harrisonburg, VA; and Casper, WY

►Projects to upgrade analog translators to digital at Gallup, Las Vegas, Raton, Taos, and Thoreau, NM

►Projects to restore television service through the construction of digital facilities in communities near Bellevue, Boise, and Pocatello Idaho; Chinle, Crowpoint, and Shiprock on the Navajo Reservation in NM; and areas north and west of Spokane, WA

►One award, to Prairie Public Broadcasting, was made on a expedited basis for the maximization of KWSE-DT, Williston, ND.

Complete List of the 39 Digital Television Projects

■          Eight (8) television awards, for a total of $1,488,103 were made to replace urgently needed equipment.

■          The largest of the forty-seven television grants ($731,924) is a digital conversion award to Prairie Public Broadcasting for the signal maximization of KWSE-DT, Channel 11, Williston, ND, by purchasing and installing a 750 ft. broadcast tower, VHF antenna and transmitter equipment.

Complete List of the 47 Television Projects

NONBROADCAST (2 awards; $549,783)

■          Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Salisbury, NC, received $50,142 to activate an interactive distance education classroom at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, by purchasing interactive classroom and connectivity equipment including cameras, projectors, codecs, a control system, microphones, and monitors.

■          The University of Hawaii/PEACESAT received an award of $499,641 to continue distance education, videoconferencing and medical services to Pacific island nations and U.S. territories.

Complete List of the 2 Nonbroadcast Projects