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BROADCASTING FROM CALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL, PBS KVIE IS A VALUABLE PART OF THE 16-COUNTY SACRAMENTO-STOCKTON-MODESTO TELEVISION MARKET. THE SERVICE ALSO EXTENDS TO ANOTHER 12 COUNTIES OUTSIDE THE DMA, SERVING VIEWERS IN 28 OF THE STATE'S 58 COUNTIES. PBS KVIE PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND SERVICES THROUGH TELEVISION, ONLINE CONTENT, AND LIVE ENGAGEMENT SCREENINGS AND EVENTS. AS A PBS STATION, PBS KVIE'S NATIONAL AND LOCAL PRODUCTIONS WORK TOGETHER TO ENGAGE THE MIND AND SPIRIT TO PROMOTE PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY GROWTH. AS THE ONLY LOCALLY OWNED AND MANAGED TELEVISION STATION IN THE 20TH LARGEST TELEVISION MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES, PBS KVIE REFLECTS THE COMMUNITY BACK TO ITSELF BY CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.CREATING AND PRESENTING PROGRAMS ABOUT ITS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, PROVIDING A SPRINGBOARD FOR ENGAGEMENT, DISCUSSION AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING.PBS KVIE EXPANDED ITS PRODUCTIONS TO INCLUDE MORE KEY LOCAL SERVICES, INCLUDING NEW LOCAL PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF ARTS, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, LOCAL HISTORY, HEALTH, CIVIC ISSUES, AND REGIONAL LIFESTYLE. THROUGH NEW AND ENGAGING CONTENT, PBS KVIE'S ONLINE AUDIENCES GREW ON KVIE.ORG, KVIEKIDS.ORG, AND THROUGH NEW SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS. PBS KVIE ALSO CONTINUED TO WORK ON STRENGTHENING ITS FINANCIAL POSITION. PBS KVIE CONTINUED EDUCATION TO SERVE FAMILIES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, COMMERCIAL-FREE CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING.PBS KVIE'S LOCAL SERVICES DEEPLY IMPACTED THE GREATER SACRAMENTO REGION. THE YOUNGEST VIEWERS LEARNED THEIR ABC'S AND 123'S THROUGH THE STATION'S ON-AIR PROGRAMMING FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND FREE ONLINE AND ON-DEMAND CHILDREN'S CONTENT. RECENTLY TRANSPLANTED RESIDENTS LEARNED THE RICH HISTORY OF THEIR NEW COMMUNITY THROUGH PBS KVIE PROGRAMMING, BOTH ON-AIR AND ONLINE. AND LONGTIME RESIDENTS EXPLORED MORE IN-DEPTH ISSUES THAT IMPACT EVERYONE.IN FY24, WE PRODUCED 15 STUDIO SACRAMENTO EPISODES THAT FEATURED LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IN TWO SEPARATE EPISODES, SCOTT SYPHAX HELD ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITH SACRAMENTO MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG AND WITH BASIM ELKARRA OF CAIR SACRAMENTO VALLEY/CENTRAL CA, EACH SHARING THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF THE REGION, THE CURRENT CRISIS, AND THE FUTURE MOVING FORWARD. OTHER EPISODES INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS AND PUBLIC POLICY, THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE REGION, WHO WILL BE THE NEXT MAYOR OF SACRAMENTO AND THE ISSUES THEY WILL FACE, AND WHAT TO EXPECT IN BUSINESS, RECREATION, AND ARTS IN 2024. GUESTS INCLUDED CONGRESSMAN DR. AMI BERA, CONGRESSMAN TOM MCCLINTOCK, FORMER SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCILMEMBER JEFF HARRIS, SACRAMENTO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY THIEN HO, THE SACRAMENTO BEE'S CALIFORNIA OPINION EDITOR MARCOS BRETN, AND SANJAY VARSHNEY OF GOLDSTONE WEALTH MANAGEMENT.IN FY24, WE MOVED OUR FOCUS OF CELEBRATING OUR REGION'S ARTISTS TO AN ACTIVE AND VIBRANT PRESENCE ON INSTAGRAM. FOURTEEN NEW ARTIST FEATURES AND OTHER ARTS STORIES WERE CREATED, INCLUDING ARTIST PROFILES OF MULTIMEDIA ARTIST PAMELA J. PETERS, WHO USES HER ART AS A VESSEL TO TELL THE STORIES AND PRESERVE THE LEGACY, DEDICATION, RESILIENCE, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND LIVES OF NATIVE AMERICANS; PHOTOGRAPHER, FILMMAKER, AND EDUCATOR ROBERT SILVER WHO HAS USED THE EXPRESSION OF ART AS A TOOL TO DISCOVER MORE ABOUT WHO HE IS AND HOW HE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD; WATERCOLOR ACRYLIC ARTIST MARCELLIA BOMBOLA, WHO BELIEVES THAT ART CAN HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE WORLD; ARTIST DANI GARCIA, WHO THROUGH HER PHOTOGRAPHY HAS FOUND HEALING WITHIN HER OWN LIFE WHILE EXTENDING HER TALENT AND VOICE TO INSPIRE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, COLLABORATION, AND SUCCESS; AND ARTIST LISA DANILES, WHO CONTINUES TO EXPLORE THE LEGACY OF AND HONOR "WE ALSO SERVED" MILITARY MEMBERS THROUGH THE UNSUNG HEROES LIVING HISTORY PROJECT THAT EDUCATES AND SHOWCASES EXHIBITS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND BEYOND. ROB ON THE ROAD CONTINUED TO BROADEN ITS SCOPE ON PBS KVIE, SERVING AS A CORNERSTONE FOR SHARING OUR REGION'S NARRATIVES THROUGH INSIGHTFUL INTERVIEWS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE INDIVIDUALS AND LOCALES DRIVING OUR COMMUNITY'S SUCCESS.IN FY24, WE DELIVERED 13 NEW HALF-HOUR EPISODES ALONGSIDE 21 SEGMENTS FOR BROADCAST AND ONLINE PLATFORMS. AMONG THESE PROGRAMS, ONE STANDOUT EPISODE TOOK VIEWERS BEHIND THE SCENES TO EXPLORE ONE OF OUR REGION'S HIDDEN GEMS: THE SIEMENS TRAIN FACILITY, WHERE TRAINS ARE CRAFTED TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS ACROSS THE NATION. ADDITIONALLY, VIEWERS WERE TREATED TO AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE UC DAVIS MIND INSTITUTE, A PIONEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTION FOCUSED ON AUTISM AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. ROB ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION WITH MIND'S NEW DIRECTOR, MARJORIE SOLOMAN, SHEDDING LIGHT ON SACRAMENTO'S IMPACT ON AUTISM RESEARCH AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT FEATURED THE UNVEILING OF SAINT JOHN'S SQUARE, A SANCTUARY FOR FORMERLY HOMELESS MOTHERS, ILLUSTRATING HOW PROVIDING A FRESH START AND A SENSE OF BELONGING CAN TRANSFORM LIVES AND LEAVE ENDURING LEGACIES. OUR EPISODES SPOTLIGHTED CHANGE-MAKERS AND INNOVATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS PART OF OUR ONGOING FUNDED INITIATIVE, ROB ON THE ROAD: REGION RISING. NOTABLE FIGURES INCLUDED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND LABOR MOVEMENT ICON DOLORES HUERTA, ADVOCATING FOR FAIRNESS IN TODAY'S WORLD; SACRAMENTO COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN CARLOS MCMILLAN FUENTES, SHARING THE JOURNEY BEHIND HIS WORLD-PREMIERE COMPOSITION, "CONCERTO DA REQUIEM;" EVELYN JENSEN, CEO OF IMPACT100 GREATER SACRAMENTO, RALLYING WOMEN TO COLLECTIVELY DRIVE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION; AMANDA MCCARTHY, CEO OF RIVER CITY FOOD BANK, DISCUSSING THE CHALLENGES OF FEEDING THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST FOOD-ABUNDANT REGIONS; AND DAVID HEITSTUMAN, CEO OF THE SACRAMENTO LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER, REFLECTING ON THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF A $1 MILLION PHILANTHROPIC DONATION FROM MACKENZIE SCOTT.IN FY24, WE PRODUCED OR ACQUIRED EIGHT VIEWFINDER EPISODES, WHICH EXPLORED CIVIL RIGHTS, HISTORY, NATURE, ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES, AND OTHER KEY TOPICS THROUGHOUT OUR DIVERSE REGION. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED A PROGRAM ON THE STATEWIDE WATER CHALLENGES FACING CALIFORNIA IN THE FACE OF DROUGHT, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND INCREASED DEMAND; THE HISTORY OF WALTER GORDON, A UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETE WHO WENT ON TO ADVANCE CALIFORNIA AND U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS; CALIFORNIA'S BIGGEST FLOODS AND HOW THEY IMPACTED OUR STATE'S HISTORY AND FUTURE EFFORTS TO PREVENT THEM; A LOOK AT BODY AUTONOMY AND SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH THE EYES OF FOUR LOCAL PEOPLE WITH DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES; AND EXPLORING THE VAST EMIGRANT WILDERNESS IN OUR SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS.IN FY24, WE COMPLETED PRODUCTION ON THE FIFTH SEASON OF INSIDE CALIFORNIA EDUCATION, A STATEWIDE SERIES OF HALF-HOUR EPISODES FOCUSING ON THE STATE'S PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. PARTICULAR FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ON IMPORTANT TOPICS LIKE THE NEED FOR SECURE HOUSING FOR K-12 AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, THE GROWING EMPHASIS ON MENTAL AND SOCIAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO HELP STUDENTS LEARN FINANCIAL AND CIVIC LITERACY, EXPLORE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND OBTAIN PRACTICAL AND EMPLOYABLE CAREER SKILLS. THE SERIES CONTINUES TO BE WELL-RECEIVED BY OTHER CALIFORNIA STATIONS AND BY GENERAL VIEWERS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN CALIFORNIA EDUCATION. FOR SEASON 5, ABOUT $450K IN FUNDING WAS RECEIVED FOR EIGHT NEW K-12 AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS.IN FY24, KVIE AND MORE THAN 88% OF ALL PBS STATIONS CONTINUED TO AIR EPISODES OF AMERICA'S HEARTLAND. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2005, EPISODES HAVE AIRED MORE THAN 440,000 TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PBS SYSTEM. A SECOND MAJOR GRANT REQUEST ($500K) FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WAS APPROVED IN THE FALL OF 2022, ALLOWING AMERICA'S HEARTLAND TO BEGIN PRODUCTION ON 10 NEW EPISODES FOR ITS 18TH SEASON.

AS AN EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTER, PBS KVIE IS KNOWN FOR ITS PBS KIDS OFFERINGS LIKE "SESAME STREET AND "DANIEL TIGER'S NEIGHBORHOOD," PRESENTING 9,231 HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING ACROSS OUR MAIN HIGH-DEFINITION CHANNEL AND OUR 24-HOUR PBS KIDS CHANNEL IN FY24.EVERY DAY, CHILDREN ACROSS OUR REGION OF CALIFORNIA EMBARK ON AMAZING ADVENTURES AND MAKE NEW DISCOVERIES THROUGH PBS KIDS PROGRAMS ON PBS KVIE. THE NEW SERIES "LYLA IN THE LOOP" PREMIERED ON FEBRUARY 5, 2024. IT'S A FUNNY AND ENGAGING NEW ANIMATED SERIES FOR KIDS AGES 4-8 ABOUT LYLA LOOPS AND HER FANTASTICAL BLUE SIDEKICK, STU, WHO USE CREATIVE AND CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.STRATEGIC PROBLEM-SOLVING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS TO HELP THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY.IN ADDITION, KVIE PARTNERED WITH THE SMUD MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & CURIOSITY TO PRESENT PBS KVIE CURIOSITY DAY AT MOSAC. HELD ON MARCH 23, 2024, AT MOSAC, THE DAY CENTERED AROUND FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY INSPIRED BY PBS KIDS PROGRAMMING. THE DAY FEATURED HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES, A SCAVENGER HUNT, EXHIBITS, A PLANETARIUM SHOW, AND SPECIAL GUESTS PEG, CAT, AND CURIOUS GEORGE.