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CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND FOUNDATIONS SUPPORT NATIONAL/LOCAL PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION. 11 11 14 166 0 0 4535560 4027076 0 0 410392 248662 0 0 4945952 4275738 0 0 0 0 925153 979525 0 0 1379518 2864101 3162418 3789254 4141943 1156698 133795 11820306 12323523 254683 279322 11565623 12044201 X THE ARKANSAS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK FOUNDATION (DBA ARKANSAS PBS FOUNDATION) SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF ARKANSAS PBS TO EDUCATE, INFORM, ENGAGE, AND INSPIRE LIFELONG LEARNERS ACROSS THE STATE. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND FOUNDATIONS SUPPORT NATIONAL/LOCAL PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION. 0 0 1590674 PROGRAMMING ACQUISITIONS FOR BROADCAST ON ARKANSAS PBS'S MAIN CHANNEL AND ITS SUBCHANNELS (ARKANSAS PBS KIDS, ARKANSAS PBS WORLD, AND ARKANSAS PBS CREATE). INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, CORPORATE SPONSORS, AND FOUNDATION GRANTS HELP SUPPORT THE COSTS OF KEEPING HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC MEDIA PROGRAMMING AVAILABLE FOR BROADCAST ON AIR AND ACROSS A VARIETY OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS. 728641 PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION COSTS FOR LOCAL PROGRAMS TO BE BROADCAST ON ARKANSAS PBS AND ITS VARIOUS DIGITAL PLATFORMS. IN ADDITION TO THE PROGRAMMING PURCHASES FROM PBS AND OTHER NATIONAL PUBLIC MEDIA DISTRIBUTORS, ARKANSAS PBS CREATES LOCAL PRODUCTIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE HISTORY, CULTURE, AND RELEVANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF ARKANSAS AND ITS RESIDENTS. ARKANSAS PBS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF LOCAL PRODUCTION THROUGH GRANTS, BUSINESS SPONSORSHIPS/UNDERWRITING, AND MAJOR GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALS. 205388 PRINTING AND PUBLICATION OF MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDES FOR DISTRIBUTION TO CONTRIBUTORS. MORE THAN 24,000 MEMBERS SPAN ACROSS THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, AS WELL AS MO, OK, TN, AND LA, WHO RECEIVE A MONTHLY PROGRAM GUIDE AS A BENEFIT OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP. 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