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KMUZ Kicks of Roger Steffens Kickstarter Project

We're heading to the streets to help bring Roger Steffens' The Life of Bob Marley' show to Salem for a fund-raiser for the radio station. On the morning of August 31st, we launched an online grass-roots effort through Kickstarter.com to raise funds to bring Roger and his 2-hour multi-media show to town.

Check out the project here - and donate what you can! And thank you for all that you do!

Vijay Iyer Talks About Community Radio

Another in our continuing series of why artists support Community Radio. Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer talks about his experiences in Hawaii, where he discovered how local radio connects a community with its own music and can promote a greater awareness of local culture.

Why I Support Community Radio...

Supporting Community Radio means different things to different people. Kristin Thomson discusses her reasons for liking community radio...

Kickstart KMUZ!

KMUZ was recently approved by the folks at KICKSTARTER.COM to be hosted on their fundraising site! We have 30 DAYS to raise $5,000 for our transmitter - but the catch is, if we do not raise the full amount by 1:00am on July 11, then we get $0. Please visit http://budurl.com/KMUZkickstart and check out the sweet premiums. For even as low as $10 you can get a goodie, and with the higher levels the premiums become completely irresistible. Remember, even $10 helps, and what helps even more is making a pledge and then spreading the word! Thanks for helping kickstart KMUZ.

KMUZ Membership Drive Kick-Off

On Monday, June 7 KMUZ was lucky enough to have a bunch of talented and fun artists head down to Venti's Basement Bar and play in the Name of Community Radio for our Membership Drive Kick-Off! An engaged crowd showed up to support the musicians and KMUZ, and in two hours we raised $1,200 (surpassing our goal by $200)! We hope all of our supporters know how important and timely every dollar is. Every donation over $40 included a Charter Membership to KMUZ. All of this income will be used to make headway in getting on the air as well as live streaming. Thank you to Lisa Nunes, Venti's, all of the musicians!!! This was the first of many community gatherings where KMUZ will be a presence. Watch for us on First Wednesdays and other fun events throughout the summer!

Commercial vs. Non-commercial radio: One Man's Experience

In the competitive radio marketplace, it's easy to divide all of a community's radio signals into two groups: commercial vs. non-commercial. As a long-time radio veteran, it's my experience that rarely do people move from one of those groups to the other...and back. But when someone does experience both approaches to programming and marketing a station to its audience, it's enlightening to learn from their experiences.

Take the story of WYMS Milwaukee Program Director Mark Keefe. Here's a guy who spent years working for a non-commercial station, then moved into the much more competitive world of commercial radio. And then a decade later he went back. Given that his career path is a bit unusual - especially since he had great success in both arenas - by hearing his story you can gain a lot from his perspective. If you're at all interested in how the two radio worlds work, this is a very interesting (and brief) article.

Why Support Community Radio? Tom Quirk Says it Helps His Band

Tom Quirk of the band 'Too Much Joy' talks about how community radio airplay has helped his band:

KMUZ Podcast: State of the Station, May 2010

http://kmuz.org/media/blogs/Podcasts/KMUZ-SOTS-May29-2010-56k.mp3

KMUZ Executive Director Karen Holman and host Tim Gordon sit down to discuss the 'State of the Station' in this wide-ranging discussion. From fund-raising to summer membership drive events...from a little history of the FCC license application to pending grant applications...from potential KMUZ programming to on-air training...it's all here in this first 'State of the Station' podcast.