Summary
Organization name
Public Media Company
2001
Tax id (EIN)
84-1558401
Category
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
3300 Arapahoe Ave Suite 217Boulder, CO 80303
Boulder County, CO, US
Public Media Company is a small but mighty nonprofit. Our team is united in the belief that mission-driven public media is essential to the health of our communities and our society. We work every day with public and independent media organizations, helping them expand their impact, serve their communities, and secure their futures.
Our team has decades of experience working in and for public media organizations, as well as deep expertise in nonprofit business, finance, strategy, and leadership. We provide expert guidance, business resources, and connections to help clients serve the needs of their communities, regardless of their size, location, or wealth. Since 2001, we’ve worked with nearly 400 organizations in all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico.
Contributions to Public Media Company extend the reach of our services and solutions, ultimately strengthening public media and local communities from our homebase in Boulder, CO and beyond. With our wealth of experience and entrepreneurial spirit, combined with your generous donations, we possess the necessary tools to usher public media into its next era.
Testimonials
"Public Media Company’s industry knowledge and connections were invaluable. We now have new relationships to help us strengthen as a community resource for Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute tribal members and everyone in the Four Corners."
- Tami Graham, Executive Director, KSUT & Tribal Radio, Ignacio, CO
"Public Media Company has grown to be an important and crucial resource for leading stations across the country. At a time when the future of public media is less than a foregone conclusion, Public Media Company has become an essential partner to entrepreneurial outlets in planning and executing growth strategies. Their expertise in station acquisition has enabled the system to grow its national reach and impact."
- Roger Lamay, General Manager and NPR Board Chair, WXPN, Philadelphia, PA
"As a small community radio station, it’s difficult to get information about how we’re performing and how that compares with peers – and Public Media Company gave us that for the first time."
- Ashley Krest, General Manager, KVNF Community Radio, Paonia, CO
Mission
Public Media Company is a non-profit strategic consulting organization with a mission to foster sustainable and innovative public and independent media growth.
Background Statement
Originally established as Public Radio Capital, Public Media Company emerged as a national nonprofit organization in 2001, under the guidance of Station Resource Group, an association of public radio station leaders. Two renowned industry leaders, Susan Harmon and Marc Hand, were entrusted with the mission to fortify and broaden public radio services across the nation.
From our homebase in Boulder, Colorado, the charge was to address two challenges in the media industry at that time: the concentration of commercial TV and radio channels in the hands of dramatically fewer corporate owners, and the unchallenged capacity of large, well-funded religious broadcasters to dominate the marketplace for the noncommercial spectrum.
The idea was highly entrepreneurial. We would provide strategic business consulting and financial services directly to public media stations, with the goal of strengthening the network of public media stations around the country. For over 20 years now, the wisdom of this approach has been achieved through more than 400 engagements with public media organizations, securing access to public media services for more than 80 million people, representing one in every four Americans.
With a name change that reflects our dedication to strengthening all facets of public media, Public Media Company has made a transformative impact on the industry and stands as an indispensable resource for stations contemplating expansion, institutions considering partnerships or mergers, and public media organizations in search of innovative service.
One project at a time, we've assisted public media organizations around the country acquire, merge, and partner with others, launch new formats and analyze options for business expansion to help create a stronger, more sustainable network of non-profit local media.
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Organization Data
Boulder, CO 80303