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>- Coverage of Community Events People love to see graduations, parades, pageants, and other community celebrations. We are pleased to say that we have covered all of them for as long as we can remember. We will continue to do so in 2003. >- Coverage of Local Sporting Events According to every survey we've ever done, coverage of local sporting events ranks as the number one type of programming viewers tune in to watch. The Van Production department is as healthy as it's ever been. We have a new production truck, the equipment is functioning well, and we have a strong production staff and technical support staff structure. Van production goals for 2003 include: '" Continue to fairly cover girls and boys high school sports i!I Continue to develop volunteer base "Expand intern presence "Introduce new sports such as la crosse, and semi-professional hockey and football "Maintain strong relationships with local athletic associations >- Additional Programs An interesting variety of additional programs have been developed as well. Viewpoint explores a topic in depth, highlighting local organizations and topics, while Taking Care of Business explores issues of concern to the business community. Plus we continue to cover the Anoka County Board Meetings, elections, debates, Chamber of Commerce speakers and school concerts and performances. Goals for 2003 include: "The creation of a talk show involving local state legislators "Producing any requested municipal programming "Documentary style program describing services offered at Media Center A lot more people know about us now than did a year ago. I credit the increased aware- ness on a stepped up promotional campaign that included efforts from ALL staff members. That doesn't mean we're done. Far from it. We have the following strategies in mind for next year: