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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$913,294
Total expenses
$919,228
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$39,318
Program service revenue
$852,420
Investment income
$60,874
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,047,766
Total liabilities, end of year
$104,385
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,943,381
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: NCSA PROGRAMS

    total $732,796 · related or exempt $732,796

  • 2b · Program service revenue: TV MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $38,635 · related or exempt $38,635

  • 2c · Program service revenue: RADIO MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $37,300 · related or exempt $37,300

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CONVENTIONS/SEMINARS

    total $24,677 · related or exempt $24,677

  • 2e · Program service revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $13,565 · related or exempt $13,565

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $5,447 · related or exempt $5,447

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $60,874 · excluded $60,874

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $39,318

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $303,405

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $62,866

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,581

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,633

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,554

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $12,924

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $76,331

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $89,581

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,256

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $42,271

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,752

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $169,490

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $864

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,367

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND INTERNET

    total $14,202

  • 24b · Other expenses: COMPUTER SOFTWARE

    total $13,401

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $4,102

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOARD EXPENSES

    total $3,240

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $12,090

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,915,688 · end of year $1,734,009

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $94,220 · end of year $221,923

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,645 · end of year $14,584

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $19,479

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $16,166

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,178 · end of year $3,313

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $73,937 · end of year $73,937

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,473 · end of year $29,365

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $42,860

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $75,020 · end of year $75,020

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,949,315 · end of year $1,943,381

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS INTENDED TO EDUCATE BROADCASTERS TO ASSIST THEM IN BETTER SERVING THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND TO FOSTER STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BROADCASTERS, THE CITIZENS OF TENNESSEE, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND FEDERAL AND TENNESSEE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICIALS.

  • THE TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS (THE "ASSOCIATION") HAS LONG MAINTAINED A NONCOMMERCIAL SUSTAINING ANNOUNCEMENT PROGRAM ("NCSA PROGRAM") THROUGH WHICH MEMBER AND NONMEMBER RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS IN THE STATE VOLUNTARILY DONATE AIRTIME WHICH THE ASSOCIATION, UNDER THE PROGRAM, MAKES AVAILABLE TO GOVERNMENTAL AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ACHIEVE STATE-WIDE COVERAGE OF THEIR ACTIVITIES, EVENTS AND PROGRAMS WHICH BENEFIT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NCSA PROGRAM, THESE ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS PAY THE ASSOCIATION CUSTOMARILY A FRACTION OF WHAT IT WOULD COST THESE ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PURCHASE THE AIRTIME FROM INDIVIDUAL STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AT NORMAL COMMERCIAL RATES. THE MONIES RECEIVED BY THE ASSOCIATION ARE USED BY THE ASSOCIATION SOLELY FOR ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSES, SUCH AS CONDUCTING SEMINARS FOR STATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. IMPORTANTLY, THE NCSA PROGRAM SERVES TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE BROADCAST INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENTAL AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chris Baker

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $204,341
    From this org
    $189,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,550
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,791
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $14,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $204,341

  • D Whit Adamson

    PRESIDENT-EM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Brenda Heidt

    VP OPERATION

    Total calculated
    $79,775
    From this org
    $74,900
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,875
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hallie Colombo

    MEMBER SERVI

    Total calculated
    $38,714
    From this org
    $38,714
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Rick Wimberly

    OUTREACH COO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Reed

    ADMINISTRATO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Marty Parham

    DATA COORDIN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Doug Pierce

    COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rob Mortensen

    GOVERNMENT R

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Haskell

    LEGISLATIVE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Allison Warren

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tony Richards

    PAST CHAIRMA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jasmine Hardin

    CHAIRMAN ELE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • George Devault

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Widener

    VP TV

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ernest Harper

    VP RADIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Hunt

    DIR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Callie Starnes

    DIR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelsey Gresham

    DIR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nichole Hartman

    DIR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Quillen

    DIRECTOR EAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Protzman

    DIRECTOR EAS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Malone

    DIRECTOR MID

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susie James

    DIRECTOR MID

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr George Flinn

    DIRECTOR WES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Starnes

    DIRECTOR WES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Steve Early

    DIRECTOR ASS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Forte

    NAB BOARD ME

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
30 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503039349302670

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