Our Mission

The Station Sourcing Group negotiates favorable pricing and terms with qualified vendors on behalf of public radio and television stations for equipment, software and services. In addition, we provide ongoing support to stations, and we are a source for the latest in technology advances, updates on products and equipment, and related information. 

Value Proposition

Our value proposition to the public media community is our system wide expertise, our strong vendor relationships and our exclusive rights, granted to us by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), to the results of the comprehensive system-wide technology survey commissioned by CPB.

How We Do It

We use the detailed CPB survey data to consolidate potential buying needs for those stations registering with us and then use that information to negotiate preferred discount pricing with qualified vendors. For those stations willing to pool their vendor-specific near/medium-term purchasing plans we also offer our expertise to negotiate volume discount pricing – something individual stations cannot do easily.

Production & Master Control

• Remote & Mobile Studios

• Production Control Rooms

• Digital Distribution

• Other Production & Master Control

Traffic & Automation

• Traffic Management & Scheduling

• Metadata Management

• Rights Management

• Automation

• Other traffic & automation

RF Broadcast

• Transmitters

• Translators

• STL & TX Distribution Network

• Other RF Broadcast

Common Infrastructure

• Broadband Internet

• Cybersecurity

• HVAC

• Station Generators & UPS

• Other Common Infrastructure

Production & Post

• Studio & Field Cameras

• Switchers & Character Generators

• Post Production

• Digital Distribution

• Remote Studios & Trucks

• Other Production & Post

Traffic & Schedule

• Traffic Management

• Rights Management

• Other Traffic & Scheduling

Master Control Operations

• Station Specific Integrated Receiver/ Decoders

• Automation Systems

• Archive Storage

• Master Control Room

• Playout Servers

• Branding, Graphics, & EAS

• Linear Digital Distribution

• Others Master Control & Operations

RF Broadcast

• Transmitters

• Towers & Antennas

• STL & TX Distribution Network

• Translators

• Other RF Broadcast

Common Infrastructure

• Broadband Internet

• Cybersecurity

• HVAC

• Station Generators & UPS

• Other Common Infrastructure