WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO INC (EIN 58-1445328)
Tax period: 2016-10-01 to 2017-09-30
Filed: 2018-03-14
IRS object ID: 201800739349300230
Schema version: 2016v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-03-14T11:18:44-04:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-09-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	383828234	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	CARTER P C	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	16 BILTMORE AVE STE 200	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHEVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	288013617	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-10-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	581445328	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WEST	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	8282104800	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	73 BROADWAY STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHEVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	288012929	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	DAVID FEINGOLD	PersonNm
Person Title	GEN MANAGER / CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	8282536875	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-03-14	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RUFUS W DOLLAR	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01293995	PTIN
Phone	8282599900	PhoneNum
Preparation	2018-03-14	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
At Submission Creation Device Id	D8AB8D36921CF03BD360323348BCD9DEA8888B35	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	08BD273990EA01E5E38543C8FC488B7685EB5954	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC RADIO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	DAVID FEINGOLD	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	73 BROADWAY STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHEVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28801	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,400,845	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.BPR.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1979	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	PUBLIC RADIO BROADCASTING, WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	17	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	17	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	23	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	73	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,043,363	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$2,162,645	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$70,176	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$65,890	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$69,960	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$106,532	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,183,499	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,335,067	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$939,962	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,086,882	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$590,045	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,190,831	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,278,738	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,130,793	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,365,620	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$52,706	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$30,553	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,484,005	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,289,796	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$197,057	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$171,618	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,286,948	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,118,178	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO, INC IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC MEDIA SERVICE THAT EXPANDS HORIZONS THROUGH NEW PERSPECTIVES AND LISTENING EXPERIENCES, PROMOTES THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS THROUGH NEWS AND INFORMATION, AND SHARES AND ENRICHES THE CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND TRADITIONS OF OUR REGION AND SOCIETY THROUGH CLASSICAL AND OTHER MUSIC AND THE ARTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,411,303	ExpenseAmt
Desc	WCQS/WNCPRI OPERATES A FULL-SERVICE PUBLIC RADIO STATION ON TWO CHANNEL FREQUENCIES SERVING 13 COUNTIES IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA. WCQS PROVIDES FAIR, ACCURATE AND IN-DEPTH LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND INFORMATION, DRAWING ON OUR NEWS STAFF AS WELL AS THAT OF NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND THE BBC WORLD SERVICE. WCQS ALSO OFFERS CLASSICAL MUSIC, JAZZ, BLUEGRASS AND FOLK MUSIC ALONG WITH INTERVIEWS WITH CREATIVE AND COMMITTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE REGION. WCQS SERVES MORE THAN 85 THOUSAND LISTENERS EACH WEEK.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$1,411,303	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (true)	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	17	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	1	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	23	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	17	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	17	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	JAN HILDEBRAND	PersonNm
Phone	8282104804	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	73 BROADWAY	AddressLine1Txt
City	ASHEVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	NC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	28801	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (19 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
KEN BRAME
CHAIRMAN	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CONNIE HAIRE
VICE CHAIR	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LYNN KILLIAN
SECRETARY	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GWENDOLYN WHITFIELD
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SANDRA BYRD
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAMES CANAVAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JON FEICHTER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LIZ FRANKS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT HOOPER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
AMY KELSO
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARYANN KIEFER
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DEE MASON
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LINDA LEWIS NELMS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN NOOR
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
TARA THEODOSSIS
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MAGGIE ULLMAN
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MELISSA WARGO
BOARD MEMBER	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
K JOHNSON BOWLES
BRD MBR (TO	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DAVID FEINGOLD
GEN MANAGER	40.00		Yes (X)	$110,541	$0	$11,054

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$110,541	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$11,054	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$2,162,645	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$6,982	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$2,162,645	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$11,892	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$11,892	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$63,950	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$20,793	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$43,157	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$43,157	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$43,157	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$10,271	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$48,921	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$5,194	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$10,271	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$43,727	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$53,998	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$53,998	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$93,167	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$39,791	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$53,376	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$53,376	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	MISCELLANEOUS	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$9,999	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$9,999	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$9,999	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,335,067	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$172,422	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120,977	TotalAmt
Program Services	$36,293	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$48,391	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$36,293	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$772,043	TotalAmt
Program Services	$421,243	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$104,035	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$246,765	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,119	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,482	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,896	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,741	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$76,128	TotalAmt
Program Services	$43,672	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,849	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$22,607	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,615	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,915	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,353	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$20,347	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,923	TotalAmt
Management And General	$21,923	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,486	TotalAmt
Management And General	$19,486	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$139,919	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,442	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$83,549	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$36,928	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$57,977	TotalAmt
Program Services	$41,831	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,281	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,865	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$361,256	TotalAmt
Program Services	$200,342	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,199	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$130,715	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$118,919	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,489	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,581	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$43,849	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,623	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,603	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,119	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,901	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$31,247	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,462	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,717	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$13,068	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,363	TotalAmt
Program Services	$759	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$1,604	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$81,572	TotalAmt
Program Services	$81,572	ProgramServicesAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,135	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,395	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,479	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,261	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
PROGRAMMING FEES	$390,430	$390,430
RESEARCH	$6,935	$6,935

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,953	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,438	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$414	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,101	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,365,620	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,411,303	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$364,272	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$590,045	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$150,293	BOYAmt
EOY	$170,614	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$517,439	BOYAmt
EOY	$283,771	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$14,915	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,576	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$40,994	BOYAmt
EOY	$24,905	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,309,864	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$838,647	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$484,273	BOYAmt
EOY	$471,217	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,146,969	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,190,924	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$129,122	BOYAmt
EOY	$138,789	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,484,005	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,289,796	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$143,223	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,850	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$30,422	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,104	BOYAmt
EOY	$22,012	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$26,730	BOYAmt
EOY	$18,334	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$197,057	BOYAmt
EOY	$171,618	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,769,509	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,927,766	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$517,439	BOYAmt
EOY	$190,412	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,286,948	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,118,178	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,484,005	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,289,796	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$30,553	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$89,811	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$88,619	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	-$274,611	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$42,036	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,726,350	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,675,906	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,912,199	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,043,363	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,162,645	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,520,463	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,726,350	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,675,906	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,912,199	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,043,363	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$2,162,645	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,520,463	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$9,520,463	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,811	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$22,121	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$53,250	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$58,999	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$75,842	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$243,023	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,380	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$63,079	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$48,059	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$44,331	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$63,375	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$221,224	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$9,984,710	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.95350	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.96150	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II, LINE 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	FUNDRAISING RAFFLE 199,916 MISCELLANEOUS 21,308	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,146,969	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$62,309	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$18,354	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,190,924	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$1,197,559	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$36,413	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$87,003	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,146,969	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$362,844	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$876,048	ContributionsAmt
Other Expenditures	$41,333	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$1,197,559	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$301,660	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$61,184	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$362,844	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$279,927	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$21,733	ContributionsAmt
End Year Balance	$301,660	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	1.00000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$11,579	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$11,579	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,117	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$293	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$824	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,297,168	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$838,354	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$458,814	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$471,217	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN ENDOWMENT	Desc
Book Value	$1,190,924	BookValueAmt
Method Valuation	F	MethodValuationCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$1,190,924	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,574,081	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$89,811	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$88,619	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Other Revenue	$60,584	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$239,014	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,335,067	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,335,067	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,468,240	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$102,620	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$102,620	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,365,620	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,365,620	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART V, LINE 4	THE BOARD-DESIGNATED ENDOWMENT IS USED TO BENEFIT THE GENERAL BUDGET. THE BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED AN ANNUAL 4% DRAW DOWN ON EACH ENDOWMENT. REQUESTS FOR DRAW DOWNS ARE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE AND RECOMMENDED TO THE FULL BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	THE ORGANIZATION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SEC 501(C)(3) EXCEPT ON NET INCOME DERIVED FROM UNRELATED BUSINESS ACTIVITIES. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPT. 30, 2014, 2015, AND 2016 ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE IRS, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER THEY WERE FILED.
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 2D	FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSE 39,791 DIRECT RENTAL EXPENSE 20,793
SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D	FUNDRAISING EVENT EXPENSE 39,791 DIRECT RENTAL EXPENSE 20,793 UNCOLLECTABLE PLEDGES 42,036

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	CAR RAFFLE	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$93,167	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$93,167	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$30,114	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$9,677	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$93,167	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$93,167	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$30,114	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$9,677	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$39,791	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$53,376	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO, INC IS A COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC MEDIA SERVICE THAT EXPANDS HORIZONS THROUGH NEW PERSPECTIVES AND LISTENING EXPERIENCES, PROMOTES THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS THROUGH NEWS AND INFORMATION, AND SHARES AND ENRICHES THE CULTURE, HERITAGE, AND TRADITIONS OF OUR REGION AND SOCIETY THROUGH CLASSICAL AND OTHER MUSIC AND THE ARTS.
FORM 990, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 6	ANSWERING PHONES, BASIC CLERICAL WORK, HOSTING EVENING ON-AIR PROGRAMMING, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 1A	THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ORGANIZATION TOGETHER WITH THE CHAIRS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND SUCH ADDITIONAL PERSONS AS THE BOARD SEES FIT. THE COMMITTEE EXERCISES THE AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHEN THE BOARD IS NOT IN SESSION, EXCEPT AS LIMITED BY STATUTE. ANY ACTION TAKEN BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BECOMES THE ACTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHEN REPORTED TO TEH BOARD AT ITS FIRST MEETING THEREAFTER. THE BOARD HAS THE AUTHORITY TO AMEND, RESCIND, OR TAKE FURTHER ACTION ON ANY ACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE RETURN WAS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT WITH ASSISTANCE AND OVERSIGHT BY MANAGEMENT. UPON COMPLETION AND REVIEW, THE RETURN WAS PROVIDED TO THE FINANCE AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES FOR DETAILED REVIEW, THEN PROVIDED TO ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	EACH RESPONSIBLE PERSON SHALL DISCLOSE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON AN ONGOING BASIS AS SOON AS THEY BECOME APPARENT SO THE BOARD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THEM AND DETERMINE AN APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ADOPTED AN ANNUAL REVIEW FOR THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE ORGANIZATON. THIS REVIEW, DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH INPUT FROM THE FULL BOARD, IS PERFORMED WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THE REVIEW FOCUSES ON THE PRESIDENT AND CEO'S ACTIVITIES IN LINE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION STATEMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN, AND MEASURABLE GOALS. THE REVIEW CONTAINS A MECHANISM TO ASSESS HOW EFFECTIVELY THE OFFICERS HAVE IMPLEMENTED BOARD POLICIES AND DECISIONS AND WORK TOWARDS FUTURE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIALS ON JANUARY 24, 2018.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE AND IN THE STATION'S FCC PUBLIC FILE. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	UNCOLLECTABLE PLEDGES -42,036