Local, independent and non-commercial
Serving the mid-Willamette Valley
88.5 FM and kmuz.org
Voted “Best Radio Station” – 2012 and 2013!
What is KMUZ?
KMUZ 88.5 FM is a listener-supported, all-volunteer community radio station licensed in Turner, Oregon. Our signal reaches throughout the mid-Willamette Valley, from Salem to Albany, from Stayton to Monmouth and even includes the Santiam Canyon. Our mission is to celebrate and connect communities through locally-produced talk shows, information, music, and events.
Who runs this radio station?
KMUZ is 100% local! Residents of the mid-Willamette Valley are our DJs, program hosts, fundraisers, technicians, and office staff. This is a grassroots operation that was created to provide a voice for our community. We have a Board of Directors who makes executive decisions that are in the best interest of strengthening our home-grown community station.
What you’ll hear…
KMUZ is a collective of passionate individuals who share their knowledge of music, public affairs, cultural arts and local events. The diverse program schedule has something for everyone and continues to expand. To discover more about our programs, you can find our schedule on www.kmuz.org. Tune in to find out why we were voted “Best Radio Station” in a Statesman Journal reader’s poll in 2012 and 2013, our first two years of being on the air!
How you can get involved with KMUZ
Stream online at kmuz.org or tune in to 88.5 FM and you’ll discover your community through radio. If you’d like to delve in even further and become a KMUZ volunteer, contact us at volunteer@kmuz.org. There is always plenty to do! Help us with fund raising activities. Take our training and become a DJ yourself. Assist with carpentry, maintenance or projects at the station or transmitter site. Join our tech team and work on our computers and audio equipment. Help us in the office with administrative tasks. And you can make a tax-deductible donation to support KMUZ on-line or by mail.
We want YOU as part of our radio community!
Sponsoring radio programs
Businesses and organizations can support KMUZ by becoming an underwriter. Underwriting (sponsoring) is giving a tax-deductible donation in exchange for on-air mentions and a listing on our website. Show your support for your community station by becoming a KMUZ sponsor! For more information, email underwriting@kmuz.org.
What services does KMUZ provide?
- Entertainment through a wide variety of music, with a local focus and music you don’t hear on commercial stations
- Local event calendar aired twice daily
- Information through talk shows that cover mid-Valley public affairs and culture
- Public Service Announcements from area nonprofits and government agencies
- Business/Organization recognition through sponsorships and underwriting
- Training to area residents to become engineers, DJs and Program Hosts
- Promotion of local events via “roving reporters”
- An opportunity to be a part of this exciting venture with many volunteer opportunities!
For more information contact us:
Website: kmuz.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kmuz.885.fm
Twitter: @KMUZ885
Physical address: 245 Division St NE, Suite 300, Salem, OR
Mailing address: P.O. Box 12038, Salem OR 97309
Office: 503-990-6091
DJ Line: 503-990-6101
For volunteer opportunities: volunteer@kmuz.org
Find out about sponsoring: underwriting@kmuz.org
Submit a public service announcement: psa@kmuz.org
Submit an event for our on-air calendar: Go to “Submit Your Event”
General information: info@kmuz.org
The Forum is a show dedicated to letting you hear lectures, interviews, and forums of public interest to the mid-Willamette Valley. The topics of these recorded events include the environment, public policy, science, and general public affairs. The Forum: When you can’t be there in person. Fridays at 1pm. Repeats Sundays at 8am.
KMUZ has received official notice that our FCC license to operate KMUZ at 32 watts ERP (Effective Radiated Power) on 88.5 MHz has been renewed through February 1st, 2022. Reassuringly, no objections were filed against us so now we have government approved to make eight more years of hand-made, local artisan radio in the mid-Willamette Valley. Party on, Garth!