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DocuSign Envelope ID: E9553E7D-3748-4C37-A9D7-602D42934ACC t A - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> 2. AGENCY INFORMATION <br /> Please provide the following information about your agency (Limit of 2 pages total): <br /> a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year) <br /> b) Agency's Purpose/Mission <br /> c) Types of Services the Agency Provides <br /> d) Agency's Experience with Similar Programs as the Funding Request <br /> e) Other Pertinent Agency Information <br /> a. Date of Incorporation: January 30, 1997 <br /> Years in Operation: 19 years as a non-profit, 11 as a community radio <br /> station. <br /> b. Mission or Vision Statement (if applicable): Facilitating the exchange of <br /> ideas and music with particular regard for those who are overlooked or <br /> under-represented by other media outlets. Providing a mechanism for <br /> volunteers to become creators and contributors. <br /> c. Locally owned and operated broadcast media <br /> Training for residents in radio production and broadcasting <br /> Practical broadcasting experience for residents <br /> Delivery of public service announcements <br /> In depth interviews with area politicians, government officials, authors, and other <br /> leaders. <br /> Programing produced by local teenagers <br /> A significant number of radio programs produced by local African-American <br /> programmers <br /> Local event calendar <br /> Locally produced Spanish language programs <br /> d. WCOM has been providing all these services to the community since late <br /> 2004. Our 73 volunteer hosts range in age from 15 to 84 and include blind <br /> and elderly hosts. <br /> e. Brief History of Agency: Public Gallery of Carrboro was originally created <br /> to facilitate the extraordinary Art on Weaver public art project in 1997. <br /> Ruffin Slater filed an application with the FCC for a low power FM radio <br /> license in June 2001 for WCOM. License granted in December 2002. In <br /> September 2003 WCOM received a federal PTP grant for 75% of startup <br /> costs. WCOM began broadcasting in 2004 from an old bank building on <br /> Weaver Street in Carrboro with its transmitter at Scroggs Elementary in <br /> Chapel Hill. The studio moved first to 208 East Main and then in September <br /> 2012 to space rented from The ArtsCenter. The Carrboro BOA named <br /> November 6, 2014 "Community Radio Day" in Carrboro to recognize <br /> WCOM's tenth anniversary. <br /> Main Application 5/25/2016 10:00:47 AM .. of 20 <br />