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F O C U S C O M M U N I C AT I O N S & T E C H N O L O G Y
Atlantic Canada. Every week, radio
gets around 225,000 listeners and TV
around 200,000 viewers.
"Mainers recognize the value of
public broadcasting perhaps to a larger
extent than any other state in America,"
owing in part to being a large state
with a small population, notes Michael
Socolow, who teaches journalism at
the University of Maine. He adds: "At
a time when the commercial industry
faces serious challenges, Maine Public
is providing a vital public service that's
more important than ever."
For Vogelzang, who spends much of
his time connecting with constituents,
the key metric is the more than 50,000
households who contributed to Maine
Public in the past year. e nonprofit
gets 51% of its funding from member-
ship and donor support, 19% from cor-
porate support and 12% each from state
and federal coffers. While state support
for public broadcasting is rare, Augusta
relies on the only statewide broadcaster
for its Emergency Alert System.
'All things Maine'
Maine Public's core service is inde-
pendent news.
To boost capacity for reporting and
original journalism in both radio and
TV, Vogelzang has added news and
digital staff, expanded news and pub-
lic affairs programming, and upgraded
Maine Public's digital platform, laid
out in a five-year strategic plan that's
about to conclude. Vogelzang says the
next plan will have a similar focus.
C O N T I N U E D O N F O L L OW I N G PA G E
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MAINE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
Transmitter
Microwave relay
Television translator
FM translator
S O U R C E : Maine Public Broadcasting
