Does UNC-TV believe that the CPB/CSG and PBS formulas should be linked?
Not necessarily. The issue is not formula linkage but formula fairness. UNC-TV believes that the industry should recognize that it is necessary to mitigate the extreme disparities caused by the formulas for some state networks. Fortunately, the current CSG Review Panel recommendations begin to address the disparities for state networks. 2. Why does UNC-TV think the current formulas are unfair? The unfairness of these formulas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways. • CPB gives a base grant to public television stations. Generally, each station serving a community receives a base grant. However, as a state network, UNC-TV receives just one base grant even though we have stations serving 11 individual communities throughout the state. In FY2000 North Carolina ranked 48th out of 50 states in receipt of per capita CPB/CSG funds. The current proposals begin to address this inconsistency. • PBS includes population in calculating what stations should pay, while CPB gives no credit to statio
