2018-11-08T07:49:15-06:00 2018-06-30 BDO USA LLP 150 Boush Street Suite 1100 Norfolk VA 23510 990 2017-07-01 540843118 Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association Inc % TOM MOREHOUSE HAMP 7578899400 5200 Hampton Boulevard Norfolk VA 235081507 BERTEL SCHMIDT PRESIDENT & CEO 7578899400 2018-10-16 true James E Prince III P00559346 7576407190 2018-10-16 162.249.82.12 54222620183125000004 2018-11-08 P 61CE8145AE0FCA86B591966C4CD1245B6EB464FC 27745B154FC8052976959A067951EB614792E4C1 2017 2018-06-14 16:35:46Z Bertel Schmidt 5200 Hampton Boulevard Norfolk VA 235081507 20236528 false X WWW.WHRO.ORG X 1961 VA TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF THE CITIZENS IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES BY RESPONDING TO THEIR NEED TO TO BE ENGAGED, EDUCATED, ENTERTAINED AND ENLIGHTENED. 35 34 146 166 407141 -388016 9052376 6209823 4784238 5083887 54519 976232 998057 1076145 14889190 13346087 0 0 0 0 7514560 7089368 0 0 1650615 6930673 6861742 14445233 13951110 443957 -605023 23081388 21459942 5165459 4973628 17915929 16486314 X The Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. (t/a WHRO) ("WHRO") is a diverse regional public media non-profit organization serving more than 2.2 million citizens in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. WHRO promotes education, culture, and citizenship through a variety of media services and community events. WHRO provides inspiring and educational television programs through its public television stations, and it provides music, news, and public affairs programming through its radio stations, live streams on the WHRO website, and through the WHRO media app and contact on the digital platform. Founded more than 50 years ago to support classroom education, WHRO employs creativity and technology to serve its mission of enriching audiences with content that educates, entertains, and engages. WHRO also delivers educational content in the form of digital learning objects to students and educators throughout Virginia through its online learning distrib false false 6970463 BROADCAST AND DIGITAL CONTENT- WHRO is the the local public television broadcaster in southeastern Virginia, providing quality television programming on four channels 24 hours a day. From childrens shows like Sesame Street, Daniel Tigers Neighborhood and Ready, Jet, Go! To PBS showcase programs like NOVA, Masterpiece, PBS Newshour, American Experience and Frontline, WHRO TV 15 provides quality programming for all ages. Local broadcasts and digital content include, Curate, Cinema 15, Music & Might, local Congressional and Senatorial Debates and a documentaries such as #YoungSingersProject and Comedy Bootcamp. WHRO broadcasts educational television that delights children while building reading, science, technology and math skills, programs for life-long learning, public affairs analysis and documentaries, performance programming celebrating cultural diversity and the country, acclaimed history, science and nature programming, and the best in Independent Films. WHRV 89.5 FM radio is the place to hear NPR programs like Morning Edition and All Things Considered, American Public Medias Marketplace, as well as alternative, jazz and folk music. Call in shows HearSay with Cathy Lewis and Another View hosted by Barbara Hamm Lee provide a forum to the open exchange of ideas and opinions. Podcasts/Broadcasts include Mind Over Manners, Out the Box Album of the Week, This Week in Mal's World, Opening Night with Rebecca Evans, Birdnotes, Strome Business Minute, Educationally Speaking, The Emerging Leaders Smart Pill, Writer's Block and Arts Conversations. WHRO 90.3 FM radio provides 24-hour classical music and fine arts programming and is an important connection between the many fine performing arts organizations in the area and the community through partnerships to record and broadcast concerts, promote events, and highlight the rich cultural offerings of our region including broadcasts of performances by visiting artists with the Virginia Arts Festival, Virginia Symphony and Virginia Opera. 1135231 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY - Serving the needs of the community, providing internet access to schools and students, and telecommunications for cell phone companies 24/7, 365 days. Provides technology services to the internal staff and platforms for streaming services. Provides maintenance, repair and engineering services for television and radio studios and our transmitters located throughout southeastern Virginia. 2494070 EDUCATION - HRETA, Inc., owned by 19 Virginia School Divisions, delivers early learning, teacher training, and online content creation and distribution services, including 24 online high school education courses correlated to the Virginia Standards of Learning, and a digital asset library of over 154,000 rich media elements provided to over 100,000 registered public, private and home school teachers and students, and all school divisions in the state. We also provide online high school and college dual credit Advanced Placement courses, offered through Virtual Virginia, a service of the Virginia Department of Education. 10599764 true true false false false false false false false true true false false true false false true false false false false false false true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false true 66 0 146 true true true false false false false true true false false false false X 35 34 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true false false true false VA X X X TOM MOREHOUSE 7578899400 5200 HAMPTON BOULEVARD NORFOLK VA 23508 BERTEL SCHMIDT PRESIDENT & CEO 40.0 0.0 X X 231490 0 16509 LIST OF DIRECTORS ATTACHED DIRECTORS 0.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 THOMAS MOREHOUSE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 40.0 0.0 X 127139 0 4396 VIRGINIA WERNER ASSISTANT SECRETARY 40.0 0.0 X 60508 0 1976 DIANE ROGIC DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SUPPORT 40.0 0.0 X 166318 0 4986 BRIAN CALLAHAN CHIEF EDUCATION OFFICER 40.0 0.0 X 112547 0 13668 CHRIS GUNNUFSEN ENGINEERING & IT OFFICER 40.0 0.0 X 101847 0 4355 HEATHER MAZZONI VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT 40.0 0.0 X 101210 0 17789 JEFFREY SMITH DIRECTOR OF BUS. 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THE FUNDS ARE CONTROLLED BY THE BOARD AND $155,000 PER YEAR IS DISTRIBUTED TO FUND OPERATIONS UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. PART X, LINE 2: WHRO IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION, WHICH HAS BEEN DETERMINED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO BE EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL TAXES ON INCOME DERIVED FROM ACTIVITIES RELATED TO EXEMPT PURPOSES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. IT IS SUBJECT TO INCOME TAXES ON PROFITS, IF ANY, GENERATED FROM ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE UNRELATED TO ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE. FASB ASC TOPIC 740, INCOME TAXES, PRESCRIBES A RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT ATTRIBUTE FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT OF A TAX POSITION TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. WHRO'S MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THE IMPACT OF THE GUIDANCE TO ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MANAGEMENT IS NOT AWARE OF ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, AND HAS NOT ACCRUED THE EFFECT OF ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS AS OF JUNE 30, 2018. WHRO RECOGNIZES INTEREST AND PENALTIES INCURRED, IF ANY, RELATED TO INCOME TAX POSITIONS AS OTHER INTEREST EXPENSE AND PENALTIES EXPENSE, RESPECTIVELY. WHRO HAS A NET OPERATING LOSS CARRYFORWARD OF APPROXIMATELY $2,433,000 AND $2,045,000 RELATED TO ITS UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME AT JUNE 30, 2018 AND 2017, RESPECTIVELY, THAT WILL BEGIN TO EXPIRE IN 2029. WHRO'S INCOME TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINIATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES, GENERALLY FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE THEY WERE FILED. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, WHRO IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL TAX AUTHORITIES FOR YEARS BEFORE 2014. Reconciliation Schedule D, Parts XI Line 2D, and XII line 2D Part XI line 2d reports a net decrease totaling $829,692 to the corresponding amount of revenue reported on the audited financial statements. The net decrease consists of the following: the sum of (i) change in value of a split interest agreement [$89,831]; and (ii) tower rent expense [$777,730], reduced by investment management fees [$37,869]. Part XII line 2d reports a net decrease totaling $739,861 to the corresponding amount of expense reported on the audited financial statements. The net decrease consists of tower rent expense [$777,730] reduced by investment management fees [$37,869]. X X X X true DMW WORLDWIDE LLC Direct Mail Program Mgt false 70490 70490 X true true X false false false false false false false false false BERTEL SCHMIDT PRESIDENT & CEO 231490 7405 9104 247999 DIANE ROGIC DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SUPPORT 166318 0 0 0 4986 171304 X 1132 85232 FAIR MKT VALUE false false true SCHEDULE M, LINE 32B: WHRO USES A THIRD PARTY ORGANIZATION TO COLLECT DONATED CARS, SELL THEM AND HANDLE THE LEGAL PAPERWORK. ADDITIONAL INITIATIVES INCLUDE: THE WHRO VOICE, A RADIO READING SERVICE FOR THE VISUALLY AND PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED, FEATURING READINGS OF THE VIRGINIAN PILOT, THE DAILY PRESS, AND OTHER REGIONAL PUBLICATIONS. THE SCENE, WHICH SHOWCASES THE ARTS IN HAMPTON ROADS BY COVERING EMERGING ARTISTS WITH FEATURE WEBISODES. LET'S EAT, A BLOG OFFERING INSIGHTS FOR THE LOCAL FOODIE AND THE WHRO'S VETERAN'S PROJECT AND ONLINE FORUM WHICH FOSTERS DIALOGUE ABOUT VERTERAN'S ISSUES AND OFFERS RESOURCES AND SOLUTIONS. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: PRODUCTION & PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS. TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INFORMATION AND TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF WHRO. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11: THE BOARD RECEIVES A COPY OF THE RETURN BY E-MAIL BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: ONCE A YEAR, DURING THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, WE POLL THE BOARD AND HAVE THEM FILL OUT AND SIGN A WRITTEN STATEMENT. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: WE PUT THE ANNUAL REPORT (CONTAINING FINANCIALS) ON OUR WEBSITE. OTHERWISE, EVERYTHING IS IN OUR PUBLIC FILE AND IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9, CHANGES IN NET ASSETS: CHANGE IN VALUE OF SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT 89,831 FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 2C: THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS MEET WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE EACH YEAR BEFORE AND AFTER THE AUDIT. THE AUDIT IS REVIEWED WITH THE AUDITORS AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE BEFORE BEING APPROVED. 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