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Happy New Year from WVPE

WVPE

Welcome to 2025! I’d like to share several thoughts:

1. This past year was one of our best ever! Thank you for your help getting us to this point.

2. This will be a pivotal year for WVPE as we look to add additional local journalism and capabilities.

3. We intend to conduct another programming survey through SurveyMonkey, so if you would like to participate, please make sure we have your email address.

4. Make sure you know how to listen to all three of our HD channels as WVPE will be considering adding a 4th (and final) channel. What programming would you prefer on a fourth channel?

5. While public broadcasting will face extra political headwinds this year, we have seen these storms before. NPR’s Director of Legislative Affairs has indicated getting all priorities of the new administration passed will prove more difficult than simply holding leadership positions in all branches of government. To keep abreast of challenges to public broadcasting, join: https://protectmypublicmedia.org/join/

6. Circling back to point #1, a reminder that over 85% of WVPE’s operational funding comes from local individuals and businesses. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, while important, is less than 10%; the State of Indiana also provides 5% of our budget through the Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations. You can help make 2025 our best year ever!

This New Year we wish all of you joy, gratitude, health and safety. Thank you for making WVPE your community partner.

Happy 2025 from myself and the entire staff at WVPE.

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Anthony Hunt - WVPE Station Manager