KEXP Loses New Studio Funding, Gets Half of It Back

[Bongwater]

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/912/061/2012-912061474-098baa77-9.pdf

here is a copy of their last tax return, interesting reading.

I love this "KEXP's mission is to enrich people's lives through championing music and discovery"

and

"Non-commercial radio programming to further the exempt purposes by bringing culturally and technologically meaningful music experience to the general public."

You can only imagine what KRAB wrote on their tax papers back in the day....

 

[Kelly A]

http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/912/061/2012-912061474-098baa77-9.pdf

here is a copy of their last tax return, interesting reading.

That is interesting. Five out of six senior management are compensated in the six figure range.

 

[AQH]

That is interesting. Five out of six senior management are compensated in the six figure range.

Don't forget you're going off of the 2012 tax filing. After three likely COLAs since then, it's probably six out of six now.

 

[boombox4]

^^^^^ they've obviously come a long. long way from one or two paid staff and the rest being just a bunch of hard working, unpaid volunteers (as it was in the 1980's & early 1990's).

 

[TheBigA]

Don't forget you're going off of the 2012 tax filing. After three likely COLAs since then, it's probably six out of six now.

If these guys can raise $15 million in donations, they deserve 6 figure salaries.

 

[LITTLEBOYBLUE]

They've come a long way since the 70's when I lived in dorm across from KCMU...someone called and asked me to fill in on the station (someone didn't show up). I didn't know their music so brought an armload of singles, such as Bee Gees & Barry White. That lasted about 20 minutes before someone came frantically barging into the studio to escort me out. Was told I was NEVER to do another shift on that station again. It was the beginning of a beautiful mutually-exclusive relationship in which both parties were VERY happy.

 

[fordranger797]

If these guys can raise $15 million in donations, they deserve 6 figure salaries.

And if they put all of their salaries together, they can build that addition to their new building that is so important.