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U:SA is collaborating with KPBS San Diego and BDO on a grant-funded research project designed to ascertain the services institutional/university-licensed stations receive from their licensee and charges/fees for those services compared to other stations of similar size, as well as current market rates for the same services.

With your participation in this survey, you will receive a copy of the data and analysis at no charge, allowing you to review your station's services and fees compared with similar stations nationwide.


Over the past decade, University support for public media stations has eroded, while fees have climbed.


At what point are you receiving benefit for the station; and at what point does the university support become an expense rather than a benefit?


By participating and sharing your data in this baseline research project, you'll receive a FREE compilation of the research findings that can help you make the case for negotiating the fee-basis for services provided by your licensee.


The research phase for this project closes March 9, 2022. Please respond now in order to take advantage of this offer.


Virginia M. Dambach, Executive Director, U:SA
* Please provide a short narrative that outlines the station's services - radio, TV or joint broadcast services.
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* Briefly outline the station's organizational structure as an institutional licensee. Provide any details that will be helpful in interpreting the detailed data you provide.
0/500
  1. Regarding station staffing levels and budget please provide:
Number of Full-time Staff (FTEs) work at the Station?
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# of Part time student assistants
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Number of part-time employees who are not students
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If your station relies on volunteers to perform staff functions, please indicate the number of volunteers and the average hours worked per week
0/50

2 Please indicate how your station manages each business unit//department [Check all that apply]
* Finance & Accounting
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* Procure to Pay (Purchasing to Accounts Payable)
0/250
* Banking & Cash Management
0/250
* Grant Management
0/250
* Human Resources (HR and Payroll)
0/250
* Risk Management/Insurance
0/250
* Information Technology (web site/email/db management)
0/250
* Legal Services
0/250
* Taxes & Tax Reporting
0/250
 
* 3a What is a reasonable estimate of the annual cost of all services received from the university or other external organizations in the previous question?
0/250
* 3b What is the estimate of the annual cost of service based upon? Fixed fee? % of Revenue? etc.
0/500
* 3c How do you monitor service levels from the external organization? For example, IT downtime reports or monthly meetings to discuss functional areas and improvement opportunities.
0/500
* 4 Specifically distinguish what services are provided internally versus by the licensee or external organization.
0/500
* 5 a What are the external support services provided for HR? [Check all that apply]
0/250
5 b What are the names of the critical software/systems used by the unit/department? What specific functions do those systems manage? What entity owns, controls access to each of these (Station, University, Foundation, Outsourced provider, or other?) Please answer in the following format: Example 1: "ADP is used to input station employee salary information and process payroll. Access is managed/granted by the university."
0/500
5 c How many FTEs are assigned to station work in HR and Payroll? (Specify # of internal and # of external shared staff and approximate total hours of support provided each week.)
0/250
* 6 a What are the external support services provided for Finance and Accounting? [Check all that apply]
0/250
6 b How many FTEs are assigned to perform station work in the Finance & Accounting Department (specify number of internal & number of external shared staff and appproximate total hours of support provided each week.)
0/250
* 6 c What are the names of the critical software/systems used by the unit/department? What specific functions do those systems manage? What entity owns, controls access to each of these (Station, University, Foundation, Outsourced provider, or other?) Please answer in the following format: Example 1: "ADP is used to input station employee salary information and process payroll. Access is managed/granted by the university."
0/50
7 What are the specific external support services provided for Banking & Cash Management? [Check all that apply]
0/250
7 a How many FTEs are assigned to perform station work for Banking and Cash Management? (Specify # of internal vs # of external shared staff and approximate total hours of support provided each week.)
0/250
7 b What are the names of the critical software/systems used by the unit/department? What specific functions do those systems manage? What entity owns, controls access to each of these (Station, University, Foundation, Outsourced provider, or other?) Please answer in the following format: Example 1: "ADP is used to input station employee salary information and process payroll. Access is managed/granted by the university."
0/500
8 What specific external services are provided in Grants Management? [Check all that apply]
0/250
8 a How many FTEs are assigned to perform work for the station in Grants Management? Specify # of internal and # of external shared staff and approximate total hours of support provided each week.)
0/250
8 b What are the names of the critical software/systems used by the unit/department? What specific functions do those systems manage? What entity owns, controls access to each of these (Station, University, Foundation, Outsourced provider, or other?) Please answer in the following format: Example 1: "ADP is used to input station employee salary information and process payroll. Access is managed/granted by the university."
0/500
9 What are the external IT services provided? [Check all that apply]
0/250
9 a How many FTEs are assigned to perform station IT work? (Specifiy # of internal and # of external shared staff and approximate total hours provided each week.)
0/250
10 What external legal services are provided to the station? [Check all that apply]
0/250
10 a How many FTEs are assigned to perform legal work for the station? (Specify # of internal and # of external shared staff and approximate total hours of support provided each week.)
0/250
11 What services are performed for the station in Risk Management? [Check all that apply]
0/250
11 a How many FTEs are assigned to work in Risk Management/Insurance for the station? (Specify # of internal and # of external shared staff and approximately total hours of support provided each week).
0/250
12 What external tax services are provided to the station? [Check all that apply]
0/250
12 a How many FTEs are assigned to perform tax services for the station? (Specify # of internal and # of external shared staff and approximate total hours of support provided each week.)
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* Station Call Letters & Name
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* Licensee Name
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City & State
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* General Manager Name/Title
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* General Manager Email Address
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* Direct Phone Number
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If there is anything else about the licensee or outsourced services/fees you'd like to share with U:SA and BDO please use the space below:
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