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Engaging Communities on the Economy

CPB’s Engaging Communities on the Economy (ECOE) grant program assisted 37 stations in convening civic leaders, community partners and citizens in a dialogue around regional and local economic issues. Stations created collaborative projects in response to the financial crisis, addressing topics from homelessness and the working poor to predatory lending, home foreclosure, and health care needs. 


Through the ECOE program, stations developed working partnerships with over 214 local organizations nationwide. As with the related Facing the Mortgage Crisis initiative, the stations used the Web and social networking extensively to publicize their efforts.  As a result, they produced 72 in-person events that attracted over 2,700 active participants, and 44 additional stand-alone programs for broadcast on-air and online.

 

The stations have also created 162 My Source testimonials related to their ECOE projects across print, on-air, and online platforms.  Some of these have been highlighted here:

Audio Testimonials

 

KALW - San Francisco Bay Area, CA

My Source for tuning into the town meeting of the air.

My Source for information, secrets, and for adventures around my community in San Francisco and the Bay Area.

My Source for all the interesting little corners of the Bay Area that I wouldn't have found otherwise.

 

KAWC - Yuma, AZ

My Source for news.

My Source for news from Arizona and around the world.

My Source for news and all kinds of local programming.

 

KKCR - Kaua'i, HI

My Source for being heard.

My Source for sharing ideas and concerns with others regarding important local issues.

My Source for being heard as well as getting information on issues facing Kaua'i.

 

KNAU - Flagstaff, AZ

My Source for news, commentary, and classical music.

My Source for news from Sedona and the world.

 

New Hampshire Public Radio

My Source for the real story on the economy.

 

WEAA - Baltimore, MD

My Source for financial information.

 

WNYC - New York, NY

My Source for objective information from knowledgeable and thoughtful individuals almost any time of day.

My Source for life outside my life.

 

WTIP - Grand Marais, MN

My Source for community involvement in producing local and sustainable food.

My Source for community connections, and this year, for tasty food!

 

WYEP - Pittsburgh, PA

My Source for navigating the economy.

 

Links to some of the stations' ECOE Web sites may be found below:

 

Arkansas Educational Television Network

 

KALW-FM San Francisco Bay Area, CA

 

KAWC Yuma, AZ

 

KKCR Kaua'i, HI

 

KNAU Flagstaff, AZ

 

Louisiana Public Broadcasting

 

Nebraska Educational Telecommunications

 

New Hampshire Public Radio

 

Southern Oregon Public Television

 

WBGU Bowling Green, OH

 

WCNY Syracuse, NY

 

WHYY Philadelphia, PA

 

WILL Urbana, IL

 

WNIN Evansville, IN

 

WPSU State College, PA

 

WTIP Grand Marais, MN

 

WXXI Rochester, NY

 

WYEP Pittsburgh, PA