ALABAMA EDUCATION TELEVISION FOUNDATION AUTHORITY
2112 11th Avenue South Suite 400, Birmingham, AL 35205 www.aptv.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: The AETFA's sole purpose is to provide funding support for APT; therefore, it fully embraces the stated mission of APT as follows: "APT is committed to enrich the lives of Alabama citizens by providing essential educational services with the highest quality direct instructional content through digital streaming; by acting as an indispensable resource of Alabama's Storyteller; by promoting Alabama to the world as a unique community postured for business and growth; by working closely with Homeland Security and state agencies to provide a statewide network to disseminate information effectively in times of disaster; by bringing the very best in the world of music, theater, dance and the arts to enrich and inspire the lives of the people of our state; and by offering programming that educates the citizenry, giving them the means and the desire to reach their highest potential through the development of a strong work ethic bonded to honesty and integrity."

The Alabama Educational Television Foundation Authority (AETFA) was created in 1982 as a public corporation by Code of Alabama 16-7A-1. It's primary mission is to raise and expend funds in support of the mission of the Alabama Educational Television Commission (AETC) who's nine public television stations and one FM public radio station are licensed to the State of Alabama by the Federal Communications Commission. The funds raised by the AETFA supplement the budget of the AETC which receives annual appropriations from the Alabama State Education Trust Fund. Together, the AETFA and the AETC operate and do business as Alabama Public Television under the brand name of APT which is widely recognized throughout the state as well as nationally.

Education Services:1. Alabama Public Television impacts student learning in a variety of ways. In 2019, 425 teachers and administrators completed APT's online professional development courses, created and facilitated by APT Education staff, impacting 243,062 students. During 2019 there were 209,276 registered to particpate in live interactive learning adventures and another 12,497 students viewed archives of the interactive webcasts previously offered as live events. 2. Early Childhood Learning-AETFA, through its employed team of trainers and those of partner organizations previously trained by AETFA staff, conducted workshops throughout the entire state for educators and parents of children ages birth to 5. The workshops demonstrated ways to incorporate PBS children's programming broadcast by APT into a comprehensive learning experiences that also included reading activities related to the broadcast content. In addition to face-to-face training, APT offers early childhood courses online. During FY 2019, 548 workshops and online courses were conducted state-wide with 6,592 caregivers participating and impacting 108,891 children. A total of 24,982 books were distributed.

Programming and Broadcast Delivery:1. APT leases the majority of its content for television from the Public Broadcast System (PBS) and is a member affiliate of this distributor. APT also leases a smaller amount of its content needs from various other distributors. The AETFA assists directly with purchasing a portion of these costs which exceeded $2.3 million in fiscal 2019. 2. APT leases the majority of its content for its FM-public radio station (WLRH) located in Huntsville from National Public Radio (NPR) and several other distributors. The AETFA assists directly with purchasing a portion of these costs which exceeded $290,000 in fiscal 2019.3. The engineering, utility, technical and equipment costs of broadcasting television signals over the entire state on a 24 hour-7 day basis well approached $2.59 million in fiscal 2019 including that of WLRH-FM. The AETFA assists with paying for these expenses by purchasing needed equipment and paying vendor invoices directly when the state appropriation has been exhausted for the year.4. APT's association and membership in nationally recognized content distributors such as PBS and NPR provide viewers and listeners in the state with quality, commercial free television and radio that they depend on as a trusted source for educational content value and entertainment integrity.

Production:1. AETFA assists with the funding needs of APT to produce television programs on a local level. Such programs include Capitol Journal, Spotlight on Education, Subcarrier, Monograph and documentary specials. 2. APT and WLRH-FM continue to receive awards for locally produced television and radio programming along with educational content produced for the web. Through September 2019, the television operations has received 27 Southeastern Regional Emmy Awards, 57 Telly Awards, 2 Cine Golden Eagle Awards, 2 Edward R Murrow Awards, 4 Alabama Broadcasters Association Awards, along with numerous other industry awards. APT's educational content has received 6 Southeastern Emmy Awards, 12 Telly Awards, 5 Alabama Broadcasters Association Awards, and 12 National Education Telecommunications Association Awards among its awards. WLRH-FM has received 4 Alabama Broadcasters Association Awards and 2 Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards among its awards for radio production.

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