The public-broadcasting-insider newspaper Current passed along a survey from The Chronicle of Philanthropy on executive compensation at large nonprofits in 2008. The salaries can be higher than the current presidential salary of $400,000 (and the current congressional salary of $174,000). The list includes national executives and leaders at large stations like WNET (New York), WETA (Washington), WTTW (Chicago), and KCET (Los Angeles.)
Former NPR C.E.O. Kenneth Stern, who departed in 2008, is atop the pubcasting list, receiving $1,319,541 as part of his four-year contract. Another former exec, PBS C.O.O. Wayne Godwin, who served from 2000 to 2008, was paid $398,063. Current PBS C.E.O. Paula Kerger, $534,500, up from $424,209 at end of fiscal 2007.
Rounding out the list, in descending order: Laura Walker, CEO of WNYC Radio, $474,808; Al Jerome, KCET president, $426,688; Jeff Clarke, CEO, Northern California Public Broadcasting, $406,501; Neal Shapiro, WNET president, $400,570; Sharon Percy Rockefeller, WETA president, $391,904; Thomas Conway, WNET v.p., $374,321; Daniel Schmidt, WTTW president, $347,491.
William Kling, Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media president, $347,217; Jonathan Abbott, WGBH president, $337,870; Jon McTaggart, MPR/APR CEO, $313,967; Joseph Bruns, WETA executive v.p., $303,108; Linda O'Bryon, Northern California Public Broadcasting chief content officer, $282,360; Paula Apsell, senior exec producer at WGBH, $278,209; Dean Cappello, chief creative officer, WNYC Radio, $272,072; Deborah Hinton, KCET exec v.p., $251,446; Dennis Haarsager, NPR interim CEO, $219,369; and Reese Marcusson, WTTW CFO, $214,397.
This comes after we learned from The Washington Post a few weeks back that NPR weekend anchor Scott Simon brings home more than $300,000 a year. It's always worth remembering these numbers at pledge-drive time. How far will your donation go?
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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That explains why they need
September 29, 2009 - 13:58 ET by FeynmanFanThat explains why they need to have so many fund raisers. I thought it was so they could continue the great programming.
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KERA here in Dallas has a
September 29, 2009 - 15:51 ET by MaximusBraveheartKERA here in Dallas has a cache of cash ($20M cash, total assets are $30M) that they have invested. In the past, someone said they had it in a risky investment. KERA spends $3.4M on fundraising ($2.5M of that on the public drives vs. remainder going after corporate)while making only $9M off the public fund raising part. 27% expense seems high when they have volunteers doing the work. Where is all that $ going? Total budget is $16M/yr. I wonder how that compares to a local FM station? FYI they just bought out a great local Christian station FM 91.7. Now to be NPR...music I think while doing the standard format on 90.1.
http://www.kera.org/...
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There's a Funny or Die video
September 29, 2009 - 14:05 ET by BKeyserThere's a Funny or Die video in there somewhere. /sarc
It has been said that,
September 29, 2009 - 14:17 ET by black47211It has been said that, "Crime does not pay".
I beg to differ.
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Citizen Commentators Unite!
There is no need for "Public Broadcasting"
September 29, 2009 - 14:23 ET by MightyMouthEven if there were, it shouldn't be National "Progressive" Radio!
"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"
Nevermind that this has GOT
September 29, 2009 - 14:25 ET by G. MayNevermind that this has GOT to be criminal. What the hell are these guys doing to deserve that kind of cash?
I wonder...
September 29, 2009 - 14:37 ET by Joe Blogs...if he surfs for porn at work.
Wanna bet?
Tim.. PBR - Still the place to start redistribution of weatlh !!
September 29, 2009 - 15:00 ET by Gary HallTim. A lot of folks at NPR make a lot of money. Remember this:
Those Soft-Voiced Anchors at NPR Make the Big Bucks, Dec. 12, 2008, in which NPR by laying off 64 employees played out an early and leading role in the country's unemployment situation.
I'd like to repeat a note I made back then:
In Dec. 2008, in December, 2008, NPR announced that they are laying off 64 lowly employees.
A little napkin math said to me: If the top 15 paid folks there at NPR, with Pres. and VP next to their name, and the top 5 paid editors and hosts would accept a $100,000 salary cap (are you listening, Pres. Obama) during this period of economic downturn, the $2,962,516 saved annually could provide a comfy salary of $46,289 each, for the 64 EE's told to go packing for the holidays. Oh, the posterior of it all..
(;~/ gary
Left Hypocricy
September 29, 2009 - 15:01 ET by OhmingThe current main page at HuffPo is demonising CEOs that make millions. How conveinent that they left out the NPR CEO.
The Goode Family
September 29, 2009 - 16:55 ET by changein2012ABC's "The Goode Family" had an episode that dealt with NPR pledge drives and the well paid personalities and management behind them. It was one of the funniest and saddest things I have ever watched. I have been subjected to NPR radio for years by a significant other, and can tell you ABC was right on the money with this episode (shocking). Too bad the left cannot take a joke, they have alot of material to work with.
I don't get any of these
September 29, 2009 - 19:31 ET by RR GOPI don't get any of these non-profit outfits paying these people so much money, not to mention the perqs we probably don't even know about.
How come the Libtards never whine, "Oh, think of the money that could be used for poor people instead!".
Of course, that only applies to the military and NASA.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Correction
September 29, 2009 - 19:47 ET by Sergeant ROCKThe Minister of Public Enlightenment at NPR makes $1.3 million a year, not a lowly CEO.
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One rule for the elite;
September 29, 2009 - 20:41 ET by TenebrousOne rule for the elite; another rule for us. The elite deserve big salaries because they're doing it "for the people", and supposedly they're raping children "for the people" too. Who are we, the unwashed common man, to dare question?
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