WWOZ Board of Directors General Manager s Report Wednesday, April 8, 2015

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1 1. Membership. As of February 28, 2015, WWOZ has received $974,750 in donations for FY During the same period in the previous year (September 2013-February 2014), WWOZ members donated $961,571. During the current reporting period, 4,603 individual members donated to WWOZ: 1,661 sustaining members gave $104,054 (11% of all revenue) and approximately 2,509 out-of-state members gave $458,000 (47% of all revenue). In the month of February 2015 alone, WWOZ received $288,049 in donations, a 31% decrease over donations received in February 2014, a month during which WWOZ saw a surge in sales due to purchases made prior to an announced price increase for the WWOZ Brass Pass. As of March 25, 2015, WWOZ had sold 2,572 Brass Passes to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. 2. Spring 2015 Membership Drive. WWOZ s spring 2015 Membership Drive began on March 3, 2015 and ended with a live broadcast from Kermit s Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge on March 13, Thanks to the hard work of WWOZ s volunteers, show hosts, musicians, and staff, the spring drive was highly successful, with WWOZ receiving $588,955 in pledges from 2044 new or renewing members. 3. Underwriting. As of February 28, 2015, WWOZ has earned $195,123 in underwriting and sponsorship revenue for FY 2015, an increase of 64% over the same period in FY 2014 from September 1, 2013-February 28, 2014, underwriting and sponsorship revenue totaled $119,235. As of April 6, 2015, Sponsor Services had secured $55,000 in sponsorship for the 27 th Annual WWOZ Piano Night, taking place on April 27, Since the March 2015 report, First NBC Bank, Chevron, Entergy, and The Sexton Companies have committed $5,000 each to sponsor Piano Night. On March 16, 2015, WWOZ contracted with an additional underwriting & sponsor services representative, Elaina Thompson, for an initial six-month period. Ms. Thompson will work with WWOZ staff member Melanie Merz to reach out to potential sponsors and underwriters in four key commercial sectors: health care, legal services, financial services, and real estate. Sponsor Services signed nine new agreements in March 2015: Patois: The New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival; Live Nation; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art; Shell (promoting its sponsorship of the 2015 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival); the Backroom at Buffa s; the Tipitina s Foundation for Instruments A Comin 2015, The Goodnight Show with John Calhoun, The Blood Center, and the Louisiana Public Health Institute s Healthier Air for All (sponsorship of WWOZ s live broadcast from the 2015 French Quarter Festival). 4. Major Giving. As of February 28, 2015, WWOZ has received $96,714 from major donors for FY 2015, a 3% increase over the $94,396 received from September February During the month of February 2015, Major Giving received $3,714, compared to the $1,000 received during the month of February Page 1 of 8

2 5. French Quarter Festival Bloody Mary Bar. WWOZ Community Board Member Bob Edmundson and Kathleen Parke will once again host a French Quarter Festival Bloody Mary Bar on Saturday, April 11, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to noon. All WWOZ Board members and New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Board members are invited to attend. 6. Swamp Shop. As of February 28, 2015, total FY 2015 revenue for the WWOZ Swamp Shop was $40, For the month of February 2015, Swamp Shop brought in $3327, a 4% increase over February The Swamp Shop retail location in the Louisiana Music Factory accounted for 70% of February 2014 sales. On March 13, 2015, Swamp Shop was on hand to sell WWOZ merchandise at the live broadcast from Kermit s Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge on the last day of the spring 2015 WWOZ Membership Drive. 7. Outreach. WWOZ Outreach was on hand at the membership drive s live broadcast from Kermit s Treme Mother-in Law Lounge, signing up members in person at the party and handing out gifts. On March 21-22, 2015, WWOZ staffed an outreach booth at the 2015 Congo Square New World Rhythms festival, and raffled off a WWOZ flag. WWOZ was a media sponsor of the Young Leadership Council s Wednesday at the Square concert in Lafayette Square Park on March 18, 2015, featuring Bonerama and Louisiana Spice. WWOZ Outreach will coordinate Brass Pass distribution at six venues in 2015, and will offer free gifts and other incentives to its members who pick up a WWOZ Brass Pass in person. The Brass Pass distribution events are as follows: a. 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday-Sunday, April 10-12, 2015 WWOZ Swamp Shop inside the Louisiana Music Factory 421 Frenchmen Street b. 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday, April 17, 2015 Rouses Supermarket 701 Baronne Street, New Orleans c. 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, April 18, 2015 Whole Foods Market 5600 Magazine Street, New Orleans d. 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, April 19, 2015 Whole Foods Market 3420 Veterans Blvd, Metairie e. 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday-Wednesday, April 20-23, 2015 WWOZ 1008 N Peters St, Second Floor, New Orleans Page 2 of 8

3 8. New Media. On March 26, 2015, WWOZ s audio stream provider StreamGuys introduced an innovative new software-as-a-service platform called SGrecast, which will allow WWOZ to implement an automatic and continuous two-week archive of our broadcast programming for on-demand listening. During the spring 2015 WWOZ Membership Drive, WWOZ.org featured unedited HD video of the majority of the live in-studio musical performances for the first time. 9. New Orleans Calling Live from Basin Street Station. WWOZ hosted its sixth and seventh videotaped live music events at Basin Street Station, featuring performances and live interviews: Kyle Roussel and Donald Harrison Jr. on March 25, 2015, and Panorama Jazz Band and Topsy Chapman on March 26, The interviews will be produce programming using edited WWOZ Video footage of the event. 10. WWOZ Video. WWOZ Video was on hand to capture live in-studio performances during the spring 2015 Membership Drive. On March 15, 2015, WWOZ Video and Indywood Cinema on Elysian Fields Avenue co-hosted a screening of Hot Pepper, Les Blank s 1973 documentary on the life and music of noted zydeco artist Clifton Chenier. 11. Spring 2015 Membership Drive In-Studio Performances. March 3, 2015: March 4, 2015: March 5, 2015: March 6, 2015: March 7, 2015: March 8, 2015: March 9, 2015: March 10, 2015: March 11, 2015: March 12, 2015: Kid Merv, Margie Perez, Nigel Hall, James Singleton and Rex Gregory The Pfister Sisters, Alex McMurray and the Tin Men, Chip Wilson and Freddie Blue, Brad Walker Quintet Roamin Jasmine, Kenneth Terry Brass Band, Mississippi Rail Company, Bill Summers Panorama Jazz Band, Dwayne Dopsie, Solar Strut Trio Jose Fermin Ceballos, Chegado Meschiya Lake, Deacon John Norbert Slama, New Breed Brass Band, NOCCA Jazz Ensemble Jayna Morgan, The New Orleans Steamcog Orchestra, Davell Crawford, Stanton Moore Quartet, Debbie Davis and Josh Paxton Snake and The Charmers, Jon Cleary Louis Ford, Landry-Walker Chosen Ones Brass Band (Cuttin Class), Marc Stone Band, Sharon Martin 12. In-Studio Guests. March 17, 2015: March 18, 2015: Ryan Link, Rob Cambre, Rachel Orneas, Mario Padilla Tom Parker, Alex Pangman, Jodi Borello, Louie Duet, Bryan Englebert, Katie Opsahl-Lister, Jeremy Johnston Page 3 of 8

4 12. In-Studio Guests (cont). March 19, 2015: March 20, 2015: March 23, 2015: March 24, 2014: March 25, 2015: March 26, 2015: March 27, 2015: March 29, 2015: March 30, 2015: March 31, 2015: Betty Paulin, Dwayne Paulin, Fred Goodrich, Jasmine Ratliff, Mykia Jovan, Pauline Patterson, Mary Jae, Joe Black Revolution, Norman Dixon, Maureen Rice, Marianne Abbot, Andrew Bower, Rosemary Kimble, Jennifer Stephens, Roland Guerin Patrick Brady, Richard Ellis, Douglas A. Finley Banu Gibson, Brittany Ford, Kacey Chaos Carol Anderson, Michael Zuvovec, Franz Hautzinge, Isabelle Duthoit, Jerry Gidden, Brianna Bell, Brice Miller Dana Wilson, Barry Stephenson, Cleopatra Degher, Darius Degher Chief Fiyo, Carnell Matthews, Ryan Burrows, Sr., Mark Samuels, Dick Hyman Derrick Freeman, Daria Graham, Eric L. Cager, Dana Abbott, Jimmy R., Tulio Murillo, Rafael Perales Derrick Freeman Brad Walker, Crystal Bright, Conor Taft, Steve Taft, William Parker, Jay Pennington, Marion Tortorich, Monica McIntyre 13. Live Remote Broadcasts. March 13, 2015: WWOZ Membership Drive Party Kermit Ruffins Mother-in-Law Lounge Featuring the Treme Brass Band, Kermit Ruffins & the BBQ Swingers, Alvin Youngblood Hart March 21-22, 2015: 2015 Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival Presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans Featuring Moyuba with Michael Skinkus, Yissy Garcia, Alexey Marti, Tank and The Bangas, Hot 8 Brass Band, Rebirth Brass Band Page 4 of 8

5 14. Upcoming Live Broadcasts. Friday-Sunday, April 10-12, 2015: WWOZ Board of Directors French Quarter Festival Esplanade in the Shade Stage presented by French Quarter Festivals Inc. Various locations, New Orleans Featuring The Idlewood String Federation, Neshia Ruffins & The Young Franchise Band, John Mooney and Bluesiana, Eric Lindell, Johnny Sketch and The Dirty Notes, Mississippi Rail Company, Ingrid Lucia, Guitar Slim Jr., The Tin Men, LosOtros, Robin Barnes, Creole String Beans, and Astral Project Friday-Sunday, April and Thursday-Sunday, April 30-May 3, 2015: 15. Press New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans Artists TBA Great Falls Tribune [Montana]/greatfallstribune.com: Doug Wendt garners music prize Richard Ecke, April 5, 2015 Previous recipients of [the Ralph J. Gleason Award] grants include Pete Seeger, Michael Franti, Ornette Coleman, Los Lobos, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Sun Ra, Charles Brown, Mike Seeger, Chris Strachwitz, Allen Toussaint, Jorma Kaukonen, Diane di Prima, David Murray, WWOZ-FM, and other people and organizations. Esquire.com: Out on the Weekend Charles P. Pierce, April 3, 2015 Weekly WWOZ Pick To Click: Last Man Out Of Babylon (Brother Dege): Yeah, I pretty much still love New Orleans. Page 5 of 8

6 15. Press (cont). BroadwayWorld.com: Southern Rep Theatre to Present BOUDIN: THE NEW ORLEANS MUSIC PROJECT April 3, 2015 Southern Rep Theatre has announced details for its upcoming production of BOUDIN: The New Orleans Music Project. Southern Rep teamed up with WWOZ 90.7 FM and a volunteer Story Krewe to ask locals all over New Orleans to answer the question, How has New Orleans music saved your soul? The stories they collected form the basis for this original musical production celebrating the people, the music, and the magic of New Orleans. The New Orleans Advocate/theneworleansadvocate.com: Mad Hatter s luncheon; SweetArts 2015 Nell Nolan, April 2, 2015 The Warehouse Bash featured a Vintage Vinyl Dance Party with WWOZ s DJ Brice Nice and Pop-Up Parlor hosted by Oliver Manhattan. Esquire.com: Out on the Weekend: Palm Sunday Comes Upon Us Charles P. Pierce, March 27, 2015 Weekly WWOZ Pick To Click: Immigrant Song (The Tin Men) And a bonus track in keeping with the above! And, yeah, I pretty much still love New Orleans. WWL-TV/wwltv.com: Preservation Hall album joins National Recording Registry Dominic Massa, March 25, 2015 Other New Orleans artists and recordings to have been named to the [National Recording Registry] over the years include: Louis Armstrong, Professor Longhair, Jelly Roll Morton, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, King Oliver, the Wild Tchoupitoulas and radio station WWOZ. Page 6 of 8

7 15. Press (cont). Gambit/BestOfNewOrleans.com: One Night on St. Claude Avenue Emma Discher, Anna Gaca, Jeanie Riess, March 23, :15 a.m. DJ Soul Sister's Hustle dance party inside Hi-Ho Lounge begins to fill with people hopping from cabs. Allen and Jenny Blow and Chelsea Beaver sip white wine from the lone pub table on the sidewalk. They're self-described burners, attendees of the annual Burning Man event in the Nevada desert, and hold regular events with their regional community. The Blows live a few blocks away and are longtime fans of Soul Sister's WWOZ-FM radio show. The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: WWOZ Piano Night 2015 talent announced: Robert Glasper Experiment, and more Alison Fensterstock, March 23, 2015 WWOZ has posted the initial lineup for the 27 th edition of Piano Night, the awardwinning community radio station's annual blowout keyboard revue held at the House of Blues on the Monday night between weekends of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. (Fittingly for the show's 27th year, in 2015 that Monday falls on April 27.) The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: WWOZ Spring Membership Drive features New Orleans Guardians of the Groove Sue Strachan, March 20, 2015 Since 1980, WWOZ FM-90.7 had been a community resource, ensuring that the city's local musicians and other creative souls have an on-air forum to showcase their work. In early March, the radio station held its annual Spring Membership Drive helmed by the membership staff of Crystal Gross, Lauren Del Rio, Melanie Merz, Dimitri Apessos and Duane Williams, as well as volunteers where musicians and bands such as the Stanton Moore Trio, Margie Perez, Dwayne Dopsie, and Davell Crawford, to name just a few, stopped by the station to perform or help out. The culmination was on March 13 with a live broadcast at Kermit's Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge, where the Treme Brass Band, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Kermit Ruffins, himself, performed. Examiner.com: 2015 New Orleans Jazz Festival: Survival Guide, part three, night shows March 20, 2015 House of Blues is a famous venue in the French Quarter and has loads of entertainment during Jazz Fest. Their annual event, Piano Night a benefit for WWOZ is on the same night as the Instruments A Comin benefit at Tipitina s. Page 7 of 8

8 15. Press (cont). NolaDefender.com: Finding Mardi Gras Indians on St. Joseph's Night March 19, 2015 WWOZ is also an invaluable asset, broadcasting sightings as they are called in. The Times-Picayune/NOLA.com: Raiders of the Lost Ark or Streetcar Named Desire? Both classics return to big screen, plus more local movie events Mike Scott, March 10, 2015 [Indywood Cinema] will also team with WWOZ for two screenings of director Les Blank s 1973 documentary Hot Pepper (5 and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 15), about zydeco king Clifton Chenier. Irvin Mayfield: New Orleans Commons New Orleans Jazz Playhouse New Orleans: Basin Street Records, 2015, page 103. In New Orleans, our community radio station is a stand-alone icon. WWOZ perfectly captures everything that is free flowing about this city. The disc jockeys are all volunteers, and they get to play whatever they want. Thus, music that normally would not be heard on the radio, let alone embraced, can find an eager, loving audience. Without WWOZ, I never would have learned about pianist James Booker, blues singer Marva Wright, or rock-and-roll man Jessie Hill. I m grateful, too, that WWOZ has introduced my own music to its listeners especially when I was just starting out. Thank you, WWOZ, for giving a young artist a platform when he needed it most. Now, this isn t to stay that WWOZ doesn t frustrate at times. I ve driven home at 4:00 a.m. and heard music on my car radio that sounded like throw-up in my ears. That, however, is a price I m willing to pay, as long as the community gets to hear the music of their choice, the sounds of their heritage. Dave Freedman is the longtime General Manager of the station. He s the last bohemian executive in America, as well as an anti-seasonal dresser. He started WWOZ down the path of online broadcasting long before many other radio stations caught on. I love my community radio station. Without WWOZ, my neighbors wouldn t know what I do for a living. Page 8 of 8