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CapRadio cuts 12% staff and cancels shows
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It's complicated. By not streaming, you miss the audience completely.
They did put in a bid for the 107.9 auction a couple years back. Lord knows what they would’ve done with a third station…likely jazz, but possibly AAA a la the “Hey Listen” show.
I’m sure if a full-powered class B station in town that isn’t a rimshot goes for cheap, they may be interested in it (despite the irony of this being a RIF post).
The Sacramento Bee has this great backgrounder on the mess. Some serious issues raised..
This looks like a self-inflicted wound , a classic case of mis-management. They are in serious arrears with their vendors...
Salient points from The Bee:
..."But CapRadio’s problems are much deeper than a shifting media landscape, former employees and current management say: three costly construction projects combined with falling revenue have pushed the nonprofit media organization to the financial brink."
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"In 2019, CapRadio announced that it bought a 34,000-square-foot property at Seventh and I streets downtown that would become its new headquarters, bolstered by a $2.25 million investment from Sutter Health. Then the station announced it was investing in a second building: a live performance venue on Eighth and J streets, now scheduled — after over a year of delays — to open in December."
"Meanwhile, the station was amid a 15-year, $2 million radio tower relocation project. The tower is responsible for transmitting KXPR’s classical and jazz music station."
This looks like a self-inflicted wound , a classic case of mis-management. They are in serious arrears with their vendors...
Salient points from The Bee:
..."But CapRadio’s problems are much deeper than a shifting media landscape, former employees and current management say: three costly construction projects combined with falling revenue have pushed the nonprofit media organization to the financial brink."
.....
"In 2019, CapRadio announced that it bought a 34,000-square-foot property at Seventh and I streets downtown that would become its new headquarters, bolstered by a $2.25 million investment from Sutter Health. Then the station announced it was investing in a second building: a live performance venue on Eighth and J streets, now scheduled — after over a year of delays — to open in December."
"Meanwhile, the station was amid a 15-year, $2 million radio tower relocation project. The tower is responsible for transmitting KXPR’s classical and jazz music station."
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Perhaps it's related to the management deal CapRadio has with the university.
Why is NPR allowing Capital Public Radio to run their programs, if they haven’t been paid?
The stations basically own NPR. Station GMs make up their board of directors. I suspect they're aware of the debt and have allowed a certain amount of lattitude.
Revoking CapRadio's membership would be an extreme step. Given that NPR provides all but four hours of prgramming from 2am to 9pm, if NPR revoked their programming the station would probably fail quickly, and NPR would not get paid in full.
How can they pay for their NPR membership now, if they’re allegedly in debt to NPR for millions of dollars for programming?
The other issue that the article didn’t really get into is the multiple stations and translators - I’d be interested to know how much those are costing CPR to operate.
Also I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the reason they dumped the music shows was so they didn’t have to pay as much for music royalties.
The membership is how they pay for programming. So they're the same thing.
Thanks for explaining
Not a huge amount. Cap Radio is working with a budget of approx. $15 million. The vast majority of that budget will go to paying local staff and paying NPR and APM for programs.
Running all the transmitters, including utilities, tower rent and preventative maintenance, is certainly less than $1M per year, and probably less than $500k per year.
I wish I had even 1/8th of that budget, but i don't want those expenses lol.
Our biggest expense here is power.. 75 cents kwh.
Sacramento State University will take over operational control of Cap Radio following an audit of its records:
radioinsight.com
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www.insideradio.com
Sacramento State University To Take Over Operational Control Of Capital Public Radio Following Organizational Audit
Sacramento State University has released the details on an organizational audit and taking direct University supervision of Capital Public Radio
radioinsight.com
and
University Takes Over Operations Of Sacramento’s CapRadio.
California State University Sacramento has taken operational control of CapRadio after an audit revealed significant financial problems at the public radio organization. The audit was initiated by Robert Nelsen, the
Not surprised. They dug a big hole and couldn't find a way out. They're going to have to get out of some of those construction projects that are eating up money. The University as a bunch of seats on the board, so I imagine they'll clean house, and shop around for another group to handle operations.
Yikes!Sacramento State University will take over operational control of Cap Radio following an audit of its records:
Sacramento State University To Take Over Operational Control Of Capital Public Radio Following Organizational Audit
Sacramento State University has released the details on an organizational audit and taking direct University supervision of Capital Public Radio
and
University Takes Over Operations Of Sacramento’s CapRadio.
California State University Sacramento has taken operational control of CapRadio after an audit revealed significant financial problems at the public radio organization. The audit was initiated by Robert Nelsen, the
Probably for the better, IMHO. I’m sure Sac State doesn’t particularly want to be involved with the day-to-day operations of a handful of far-flung radio stations, but at least bills will get paid and students will be able to get internship opportunities.
I wonder what the straw that broke the camel’s back was…new KXPR tower?
Several issues came up in an audit.
So they resorted to presenting false books to their board of directors? Mega Yikes.
I agree that they can't find their way out. They are just as insolvent as Ed Stolz -- if not for the backing of Sac State.
It sounds like their books were incomplete, not false. And there’s a quote in the article that says they can make payroll. That’s not “insolvent”.
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