Western States Public Radio
2006 FALL CONFERENCE Anchorage, Alaska
Updated August 9, 2006
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here for registration, travel and site-seeing information.
DATES: WSPR’s Fall 06 Conference will be held on Monday, October 2 and Tuesday, October 3. Both days of the conference are scheduled for full day sessions.
CONFERENCE HOTEL: WSPR will meet in the Alyeska Prince Hotel and Ski Resort
, Alaska’s Four Star hotel resort “jewel,” which is located in Girdwood, 30 minutes south of Anchorage. Our local host, Alaska Public Media, has negotiated a very attractive $99 room rate
which stations can opt to trade out for underwriting. Click
here for details.
CONFERENCE AGENDA:
Western States Public Radio
2006 Fall Conference Agenda
Sunday, October 1
Unless Otherwise Indicated All Events
are in the Columbia B/C Room
8:00 pm CPB Dessert Reception – Prince Court Room
- 9:30 pm
Monday, October 2
7:30 am Breakfast & Registration – Prince Court Room
· Welcome
9:00 am Break
9:15 am Session: Keynote Address
· Lawrence Wilkinson, Heminge & Condell, Chair
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Session: Audience 2010 and What It Means For Your Station
· Joanne Church, Radio Research Consortium
12:00 pm Break
12:15 pm Session and Lunch – Prince Court Room
· Pat Harrison, CPB, President
1:45 pm Break
2:00 pm Session: Building and Supporting a First Class News Team
· Duncan Moon, Alaska Public Media, Dir News
· Whayne Dillehay, Atwood Prof. of Journalism, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Session: CPB Updates and System Investment: Priorities for the Future
· Greg Schnirring, CPB, VP, Radio
· Jeff Luchsinger, CPB, Dir. Radio System Investment
4:45 pm Break
5:00 pm Session: NPR New Realities Workshop
- 6:15 pm and Reception – Prince Court Room
7:00 pm Dinner – Prince Court Room
Generously Sponsored by Harris Corporation
With Entertainment by Kicaput Singers and Dancers
Tuesday, October 3
8:00 am Breakfast and Annual WSPR Business Meeting – Prince Court Room
· Election of Board Members
9:00 am Break
9:15 am Session: Our Federal Funding Future
· Sen. Ted Stevens (R – AK)
· Mike Riksen, NPR, VP Government Relations
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Session: Strategic Business Planning for Tomorrow’s Radio
· Mike Starling, NPR Labs, Executive Director
12:00 pm Break
12:15 pm Session and Lunch: Opportunities for Public Broadcasters in the Digital Age – Prince Court Room
· Alisa Miller, PRI, President
1:45 pm Break
2:00 pm Session: HD Radio for Managers – What’s Next?
· Harris Corp., Radio Broadcast Systems/Broadcast Comm. Div.
o Debra Huttenburg, VP/General Manager
o Hal Kneller, Mgr., Public Radio Initiatives
o Chris Pannell, National Sales Mgr, Radio RF and Studios Systems
· Jim Paluzzi, Colorado Public Radio, VP New Media/Technology
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Session: Legal 101- Ask the Attorney
· Ernest Sanchez, Sanchez Law Firm
4:45 pm Conference Adjourns
We are extremely pleased to acknowledge the Harris Corporation for generous support in making the Monday Evening Dinner possible.