EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (EIN 62-1173293)
Tax period: 2011-07-01 to 2012-06-30
Filed: 2012-11-26
IRS object ID: 201233319349300433
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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	2012-11-26T13:37:32-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2012-06-30	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	2011-07-01	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	2012-10-03	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	2012-10-16	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	2663116	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.ETPTV.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
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	0	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	25	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	110	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	2395524	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	2569936	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	58687	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	53387	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	7811	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	13188	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	26285	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	24251	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	2488307	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	2660762	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	1154225	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	896012	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp Prior Year	13216	TotalProfFundrsngExpPriorYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	8619	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	365297	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	2083310	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	1782131	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	3250751	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	2686762	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-762444	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-26000	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	5188888	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	5078273	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	185394	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	101586	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	5003494	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	4976687	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	OPERATION OF PUBLIC TV STATION	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	2135911	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	2135911	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
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	17	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	25	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	0	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	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	false	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	false	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	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 (18 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	FormerFormer
RUSSELL RAMSAY
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
BEAR 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
SHAN HARRIS
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
KAY SENTER
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
STEVE HODSON
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0	X
DIANA MORGAN
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
SHIRLEY FOX ROGERS
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
DORIS SHARP
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
ROSALYN TILLMAN
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
MARK JENDREK
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
MICHAEL NICHOLS
BOARD MEMBER	5.00	X	0	0	0
VICKIE LAWSON
PRESIDENT	40.00		56006	0	9143	X
TERESA JAMES
FORMER PRESI	40.00		0	0	0		X
FRANK MILLER
FORMER VICE-	40.00		0	0	0		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	56006	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	9143	TotalOtherCompensation
Formers Listed	true	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Government Grants	748375	GovernmentGrants
All Other Contributions	1821561	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	2569936	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
SCHOLARS BOWL	24969	24969
GED	11618	11618
BE MORE AWARDS	10000	10000
OTHER PRODUCTION REVENUE	6800	6800

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	53387	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10542	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$10,542	ExclusionAmount

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	5000	Other

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	2354	Other

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	2646	Other

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2646	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2646	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	ExclusionExclusionAmount
NEXTEL LEASE	21480	$21,480
PBS COPYRIGHT(CABLE ROYALTY)	2256	$2,256
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	515	$515

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	24251	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2660762	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	56033	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$34,793	ExclusionAmount

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	732495	Total
Program Services	528309	ProgramServices
Management And General	47031	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	157155	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	104751	Total
Program Services	80321	ProgramServices
Management And General	3389	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	21041	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	58766	Total
Program Services	39560	ProgramServices
Management And General	8031	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	11175	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	65118	Total
Program Services	5584	ProgramServices
Management And General	59534	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8619	Total
Fundraising	8619	Fundraising

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1500	Total
Fundraising	1500	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	128358	Total
Program Services	26841	ProgramServices
Management And General	2666	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	98851	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	366632	Total
Program Services	326499	ProgramServices
Management And General	12562	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	27571	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7876	Total
Program Services	6533	ProgramServices
Management And General	356	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	987	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	5281	Total
Program Services	1377	ProgramServices
Management And General	1111	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2793	Fundraising

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	377363	Total
Program Services	356823	ProgramServices
Management And General	20540	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	45414	Total
Program Services	21744	ProgramServices
Management And General	13785	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	9885	Fundraising

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
PBS/SIP	561362	561362
MEMBERSHIP FEES	51312	51312
COMMUNICATIONS	41109	25754	7150	8205
NIGHT PROGRAMMING	25907	25907

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	104899	Total
Program Services	77985	ProgramServices
Management And General	9399	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	17515	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2686762	Total
Program Services	2135911	ProgramServices
Management And General	185554	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	365297	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	280569	BOY
EOY	196778	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	779159	BOY
EOY	1018005	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	24371	BOY
EOY	33937	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7929	BOY
EOY	11622	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	1344	EOY

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	114395	BOY
EOY	93146	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	10925948	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	7469748	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3708501	BOY
EOY	3456200	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	269129	BOY
EOY	262406	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5188888	BOY
EOY	5078273	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	106938	BOY
EOY	33153	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	78456	BOY
EOY	68433	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	185394	BOY
EOY	101586	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	582737	BOY
EOY	785741	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4420757	BOY
EOY	4190946	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5003494	BOY
EOY	4976687	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5188888	BOY
EOY	5078273	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-26000	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-807	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	true	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	true	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

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	3822936	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	2302868	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2339148	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2395524	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2569936	CurrentTaxYear
Total	13430412	Total

Gross Receipts From Admissions GrossReceiptsFromAdmissions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	37031	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	709791	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	53762	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	58687	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	53387	CurrentTaxYear
Total	912658	Total

Gross Receipts From Non UBI GrossReceiptsFromNonUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	20086	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	26285	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	24251	CurrentTaxYear
Total	70622	Total

Total509 Total509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3859967	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3012659	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2412996	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2480496	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2647574	CurrentTaxYear
Total	14413692	Total

Amts From Subst Contributors AmtsFromSubstContributors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	568518	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	568518	Total

Support From DQ Ps Etc SupportFromDQPsEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	568518	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Total	568518	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	13845174	PublicSupportTotal509

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	122031	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	54135	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11003	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	7811	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	10542	CurrentTaxYear
Total	205522	Total

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	122031	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	54135	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	11003	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	7811	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	10542	CurrentTaxYear
Total	205522	Total

Total Support Total TotalSupportTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3981998	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3066794	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	2423999	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	2488307	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2658116	CurrentTaxYear
Total	14619214	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Percentage509	0.94710	PublicSupportPercentage509
Prior Year Support Percentage	0.92910	PriorYearSupportPercentage
Investment Income Percentage	0.01000	InvestmentIncomePercentage
Prior Yr Invest Income Percentage	0.02000	PriorYrInvestIncomePercentage
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY509	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY509

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied

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
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

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	424130	Depreciation
Book Value	295512	BookValue

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovements

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	103651	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	71267	Depreciation
Book Value	32384	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	9737441	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	6704574	Depreciation
Book Value	3032867	BookValue

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	330214	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	269777	Depreciation
Book Value	60437	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	3456200	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	ACCRUED VACATION LEAVE	Description
Amount	$68,433	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	68433	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	2660762	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	2686762	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-26000	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	-807	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	-807	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-26807	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	2749811	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	-807	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	89856	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	89049	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	2660762	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	2660762	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	2776618	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	89856	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	89856	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	2686762	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	2686762	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	COLLECTIONS AND RELATION TO EXEMPT PURPOSE	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4	ReturnReference
Explanation	SMALL COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL PAINTINGS PRESERVED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.	Explanation

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Severance Payment	true	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)

TERESA JAMES
FRANK MILLER

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	SEVERANCE, NONQUALIFIED, AND EQUITY-BASED PAYMENTS	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 4	ReturnReference
Explanation	TERESA JAMES 109,712 0 0 FRANK MILLER 68,131 0 0	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 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.
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.

EAST TENNESSEE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION: Form 990, tax year 2011

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

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Address US AddressUS

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (18 entries)

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (4 entries)

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssets

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expenses LessCostOthBasisSalesExpenses

Gain Or Loss GainOrLoss

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (3 entries)

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

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

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

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

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

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Form990 Schedule J Part II Form990ScheduleJPartII (2 entries)

Form990 Schedule J Part III Form990ScheduleJPartIII

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (3 entries)

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