EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

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Organization: EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (EIN 62-1173293)
Tax period: 2012-07-01 to 2013-06-30
Filed: 2013-10-18
IRS object ID: 201312919349301001
Schema version: 2012v2.3
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 D
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2013-10-18T10:23:55-05:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2013-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MITCHELL EMERT & HILL PC	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	416 ERIN DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	KNOXVILLE	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	379196205	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2012-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	621173293	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC	BusinessNameLine1
Business Name Line2	COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION	BusinessNameLine2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	EAST	NameControl
Phone	8655950242	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1611 E MAGNOLIA AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	KNOXVILLE	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	379177825	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	VICKIE LAWSON	Name
Title	GENERAL MANAGER	Title
Phone	8655950242	Phone
Date Signed	2013-09-24	DateSigned
Authorize Third Party	true	AuthorizeThirdParty

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	LARRY A MITCHELL EA	Name
Phone	8655222396	Phone
Date Prepared	2013-09-25	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2012	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	VICKIE LAWSON	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1611 E MAGNOLIA AVENUE	AddressLine1
City	KNOXVILLE	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	379177825	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	2664231	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.ETPTV.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1983	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	TN	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	OPERATION OF PUBLIC TV STATION.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	15	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	22	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	210	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2569936	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	2435932	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	53387	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	175883	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	13188	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	11338	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	24251	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	41078	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	2660762	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	2664231	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	896012	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	925013	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	8619	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	2648	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	452040	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	1782131	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1981901	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	2686762	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	2909562	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-26000	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-245331	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	4837896	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	4619989	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	101586	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	113211	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	4736310	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	4506778	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	OPERATION OF PUBLIC TV STATION.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	2190345	Expense
Description	OPERATION OF PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS WETP AND WKOP FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE EAST TENNESSEE VIEWING AREA.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	2190345	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	true	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	true	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	13	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	22	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	15	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	TN	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	ETPCC	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8655950242	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1611 E MAGNOLIA AVE	AddressLine1
City	KNOXVILLE	City
State	TN	State
ZIP Code	37917	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	FormerFormer
WILLIAM STEPHENSON
CHAIRMAN	5.00	X	0	0	0
JAMES T NORMAND
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
HAROLD WOODS
TREASURER	5.00	X	0	0	0
BILLY G TINDELL
SECRETARY	5.00	X	0	0	0
JOE ARMSTONG
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
ELIZABETH HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
ED WHEELER
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
SHIRLEY FOX ROGERS
VICE CHAIRMA	5.00	X	0	0	0
ROSALYN TILLMAN
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL NICHOLS
VICE CHAIRMA	5.00	X	0	0	0
JAMES GALBRAITH
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
PETER ALLIMAN
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
WILL BUNCH
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
JIM FREEMAN
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
VICKIE LAWSON
PRESIDENT	40.00		70317	0	9343	X
TERESA JAMES
FORMER PRESI	5.00		15692	0	0		X
FRANK MILLER
FORMER VICE-	5.00		15000	0	0		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	101009	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	9343	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	true	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Government Grants	731908	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	1704024	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	2435932	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
ECOINVESTIGATORS FUND	79997	79997
OTHER PRODUCTION REVENUE	52555	52555
SCHOLARS BOWL	33290	33290
BE MORE AWARDS	10000	10000
GED	41	41

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	175883	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	11338	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$11,338	ExclusionAmount

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	ExclusionExclusionAmount
TOWER LEASE	20930	$20,930
PBS COPYRIGHT(CABLE ROYALTY)	8784	$8,784
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	7456	$7,456

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	3908	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2468	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$1,440	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	41078	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2664231	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	178351	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$49,948	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	750927	Total
Program Services	519764	ProgramServices
Management And General	66981	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	164182	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	118195	Total
Program Services	90326	ProgramServices
Management And General	7146	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	20723	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	55891	Total
Program Services	39914	ProgramServices
Management And General	1740	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14237	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	63916	Total
Program Services	1000	ProgramServices
Management And General	62916	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2648	Total
Fundraising	2648	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3134	Total
Program Services	92	ProgramServices
Management And General	1724	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1318	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	163852	Total
Program Services	31655	ProgramServices
Management And General	5882	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	126315	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	48	Total
Fundraising	48	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	411044	Total
Program Services	359031	ProgramServices
Management And General	12932	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	39081	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23045	Total
Program Services	9262	ProgramServices
Management And General	4504	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9279	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	9908	Total
Program Services	6614	ProgramServices
Management And General	749	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2545	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	374966	Total
Program Services	355005	ProgramServices
Management And General	19961	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	42892	Total
Program Services	23550	ProgramServices
Management And General	11492	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7850	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
NIGHT PROGRAMMING	548144	548144
MEMBERSHIP FEES	45232		45108	124
TN DOE GRANT EXPENSE- PRO	41309	41309
ECOINVESTIGATORS EXPENSE	39366	39366

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	215045	Total
Program Services	125313	ProgramServices
Management And General	26042	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	63690	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2909562	Total
Program Services	2190345	ProgramServices
Management And General	267177	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	452040	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	196779	BOY
EOY	234009	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1018005	BOY
EOY	982226	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	45559	BOY
EOY	72473	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1344	BOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4835	BOY
EOY	4835	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	93146	BOY
EOY	83841	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	6842293	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	3874115	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3215822	BOY
EOY	2968178	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	262406	BOY
EOY	274427	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4837896	BOY
EOY	4619989	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	33153	BOY
EOY	53258	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	68433	BOY
EOY	59953	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	101586	BOY
EOY	113211	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	785741	BOY
EOY	899175	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3950569	BOY
EOY	3607603	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4736310	BOY
EOY	4506778	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4837896	BOY
EOY	4619989	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-245331	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconciliation Unrealized Invest	15799	ReconciliationUnrealizedInvest
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Financial Statement Separate	X	FinancialStatementSeparate

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	X	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2302868	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2339148	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2395524	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2569936	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2435932	CurrentTaxYear
Total	12043408	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	709791	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	53762	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	58687	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	53387	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	178351	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1053978	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	20086	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	26285	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	24251	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	38610	CurrentTaxYear
Total	109232	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3012659	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2412996	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2480496	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2647574	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2652893	CurrentTaxYear
Total	13206618	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	568518	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Total	568518	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	568518	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Total	568518	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	12638100	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	54135	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	11003	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	7811	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10542	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	11338	CurrentTaxYear
Total	94829	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	54135	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	11003	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	7811	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	10542	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	11338	CurrentTaxYear
Total	94829	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3066794	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2423999	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2488307	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2658116	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2664231	CurrentTaxYear
Total	13301447	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.95010	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.94710	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.01000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.01000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amts ArtPublicExhibitionAmts

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Assets In Part X	4835	AssetsInPartX

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collect Used For Preservation	X	CollectUsedForPreservation
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	35000	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	35000	BookValue

Buildings Buildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	719642	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	444092	Depreciation
Book Value	275550	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	103651	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	73009	Depreciation
Book Value	30642	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	5748966	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	3171847	Depreciation
Book Value	2577119	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	235034	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	185167	Depreciation
Book Value	49867	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	2968178	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	ACCRUED VACATION LEAVE	Description
Amount	$59,953	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	59953	TotalOfAmounts
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	2798734	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	15799	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	118704	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	134503	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	2664231	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	2664231	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	3028266	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	118704	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	118704	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	2909562	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	2909562	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePayment
Supplemental Nonqual Retire Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRetirePlan
Equity Based Comp Arrangement	false	EquityBasedCompArrangement
Comp Based On Revenue Of Filing Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFilingOrg
Comp Based On Revenue Related Orgs	false	CompBasedOnRevenueRelatedOrgs
Comp Based Net Earnings Filing Org	false	CompBasedNetEarningsFilingOrg
Comp Based Net Earnings Relate Orgs	false	CompBasedNetEarningsRelateOrgs
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPayments
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractException

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

TitleTitle	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrg	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrg
TERESA JAMES
FORMER PRESIDENT	15692	15692
FRANK MILLER
FORMER VICE-PRES	15000	15000

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	BOARD MEMBERS UPDATE CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES AFTER EACH JOB CHANGE OR BOARD CHANGE
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT/GENERAL MANAGER IS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. COMPENSATION FOR ALL OTHER OFFICERS/KEY EMPLOYEES IS DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A "PUBLIC FILE" AT THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
OTHER CHANGES IN NET ASSETS EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9	PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT OF 240,377 TO BEGINNING NET ASSETS AS OF 7/1/11 DUE TO DISPOSAL OF FIXED ASSETS.

EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2012

Return header ReturnHeader

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Filer Filer

Name Name

US Address USAddress

Officer Officer

Preparer Preparer

Form 990 IRS990

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (5 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Advertising Advertising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Occupancy Occupancy

Travel Travel

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Insurance Insurance

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Total Assets TotalAssets

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasis

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Gifts Grants Contrib Received509 GiftsGrantsContribReceived509

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Total509 Total509

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Art Public Exhibition Amts ArtPublicExhibitionAmts

Land Land

Buildings Buildings

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Equipment Equipment

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

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