UNDERWRITING AND SPONSORS
Our corporate sponsors help ensure quality programs and local productions on PBS KANSAS. Please show your appreciation by supporting our sponsors and be sure to tell them "Thank You" for making your favorite programs possible.
- Exclusive Support: Up to 4 total businesses sponsoring a particular program, each business receives a :15 second message both before and after the program.
- General Support: a : 15 second message that airs between programming but not tied to a particular program.
UNDERWRITING
PBS KANSAS makes a difference to both its viewers and the communities it serves. Your company can also make a difference by supporting your community through programming on Channel 8. PBS KANSAS is able to offer a wide variety of programming thanks, in part, to the generous financial support of the these companies and foundations. Consider joining these corporate sponsors by underwriting one of your favorite programs. It is an investment in your company and your community.
Please read the Benefits of Becoming a Corporate Sponsor. If you are interested, please contact Terri Brooks, Director of Development, at tbrooks@kpts.org or 316-838-3090 ext. 221 for information on the many benefits of corporate underwriting.
Benefits of Becoming a Corporate Sponsor
Less clutter: There is only 5:01 non-programming minutes per hour on PBS. Your brand stands out among your best potential customers and has greater impact. Compare this to:
- TV Networks - 15:12 minutes
- Cable Networks - 14:14 minutes
Becoming a Corporate Sponsor
- Builds brand trust and loyalty
- Increases visibility with highly desirable audience
- Enhances your credibility
- Helps with recruiting new staff
- Distinguishes you from your competitors
- Influences purchase intent
Types of Underwriting Sponsorship
- Program Exclusive - up to 4 total businesses sponsoring a particular program, each business receives a :15 second message both before and after the program.
- General Support Announcements - a :15 second message that airs between programming but not tied to a particular program.
What Sets Us Apart
- Flexibility in airing programs
- Our signal is free over the air, households don't need to subscribe to receive PBS KANSAS Channel 8
- Locally owned and operated/viewer support (Community licensed)
PBS Viewers
- Are Affluent, Are Active Investors, Are Educated, Are Influential and Are Leaders
- 73% can recall corporate sponsors
- 60% are inclined to purchase products from a sponsor
- 10% more likely than the average US citizen to hold post graduate degrees
- 17% more likely than the average US citizen to own a home valued at $500,000+
- 30% more likely than the average US citizen to own a vacation home
- 45% more likely than the average US citizen to own $150,000 in stocks
- 53% more likely than the average US citizen to have been a published writer
- 55% more likely than the average US citizen to have taken an active part in a local civic issue.
Viewing Among Cable Households
- 82% of cable households that watch PBS DO NOT tune into A&E
- 80% of cable households that watch PBS DO NOT tune into CNN
- 85% of cable households that watch PBS DO NOT tune into The Discovery Channel
- 74% of cable households that watch PBS DO NOT tune into The History Channel
EXCLUSIVE SUPPORT
American Experience
Carol A. Roberts
Sarachek Trust
American Masters
American Woodshop
As Time Goes By
Edward and Karen Rabenseifner
Ask This Old House
The Best of The Family Dinner Table
Best of Sewing with Nancy
Cooking Programs on Create 8.3
Curious George
Cyberchase
Doc Martin
Edward and Karen Rabenseifner
Sarachek Trust
The Spice Merchant
Father Brown
Edward and Karen Rabenseifner
Fit 2 Stitch
Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
Frontline
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital
Sarachek Trust
Historic Buildings of Kansas, Part II
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein
It's Sew Easy
Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors That Define Us
Market To Market
Martha Bakes
Masterpiece
Sarachek Trust
Paul Ross Charitable Foundation
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital
The Spice Merchant
Memorial Day Scroll 2023
MotorWeek
Nature Cat
One On One with Victor A. Hogstrom
TZ Productions
PBS NewsHour (Fridays)
The Edith Stunkel Foundation
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital
The Spice Merchant
PBS NewsHour Weekend
Positively Kansas
Douglass Investment Group
F. Price Cossman Memorial Trust (Intrust Bank Trustee)
Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital
Quantum Credit Union
Ready Jet Go!
Rick Steves' Art of Europe
Rick Steves' Europe
Samantha Brown
Science Education Programming on Channel 8.1
Secrets of the Dead
Sarachek Trust
Sedgwick County Commission Meeting (CC)
This Old House
Victory Garden
What's Up Wichita?
GENERAL SUPPORT
The Active Age | F.H. Kaysing Company LLC |
A - 1 Singer Sewing Center | Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland |
Bill's Sewing Center of Hutchinson | KMUW (Wichita's NPR Station) |
Bluestem Communities | Lattner Family Foundation |
Bonavia Family Charitable Trust | Lewis H. Humphreys Charitable Trust |
The Bug Lady | Lead4Change |
Dillons | Sarachek Trust |
Envision, Inc. | The Spice Merchant |
Falun Dafa Association of Kansas City | WIBA (Wichita Independent Business Association) |
