Spokane Public Radio Membership and Donation Form Annual or additional contributions to Spokane Public Radio are always welcome. Mail to: Spokane Public Radio,1229 N. Monroe St., Spokane, WA 99201 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT The Guide Name(s) ______Your Connection to Spokane Public Radio Volume 41 / No. 3 July to September 2021 Address ______Looking and Moving Forward Day Phone ( ) ______Evening Phone ( ) ______Dear Listeners, It’s been a year… our communities and citizens have gone through a E-Mail ______year of pandemic illness and economic upheaval. Spokane Public Radio Type of Gift/Pledge experienced severe broadcast malfunctions for weeks at a time as fire, □ New membership □ Extra Gift □ Renewing Member □ Payment on Existing Pledge smoke, and ice issues caused service failures and prevented maintenance □ Challenge Grantor Donation Amount $ ______and repairs. I accompanied our chief engineer up the hillside several times in the snow and we climbed towers to make repairs. These sites were often Payment Option inaccessible, and repair trips sometimes required several attempts even as □ Sustaining Membership - ongoing monthly gift with automatic membership renewal these situations led to extended service outages. In many areas, SPR is the □ Credit/Debit card (see below) □ Auto Bill Pay from my bank only media service available—and to our dismay, our service sometimes failed when it was most needed.
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has been better news: SPR has been □ EFT - for Sustaining monthly Pledge securely on-line: awarded $1 MM in state capital funding WA to address these issues over the next Charge Information spokanepublicradio.org two fiscal years. This recent state grant □ Visa □ Mastercard □ Discover □ AMEX is designated specifically for capital Card #______Exp. ______/______broadcast equipment and repairs—it / Spokane, WA / Spokane, / Spokane, / Spokane, / Spokane, WA / Spokane, cannot be used for operational funding. fm fm
Name on Card ______fm Hearn Brothers Printing Brothers Hearn Walt’s Mailing Service & Presort Service Mailing Walt’s This means that your gifts, membership, □ No Guide Newsletter □ Email link to The Guide □ Send me The Guide via U.S. Mail and support of the station remain as critical as ever to our service. Our gratitude goes In the past year of the pandemic, our corporate support (public radio out to the Washington State Legislature, Spokane Public Radio Public Spokane Street Monroe 1229 North 99201 WA Spokane, 509.328.5729 91.1 KPBX Ideas and Music News, 92.1 ID / KIBX Ferry, Bonners 91.9 / KPBW WA Brewster, / 89.3 OR Enterprise, / 91.9 WA Coulee, Grand ID / KLGG 89.3 Kellogg, 88.5 / KOMQ WA Omak, 90.9 / KPBG WA Oroville, ID / 101.7 Sandpoint, / 90.7 WA Spokane, South Hill, / 103.9 MT Falls, Thompson 91.1 / KTWP WA Twisp/Winthrop, 91.9 KSFC Ideas and Conversation News, ID / 100.3 d’Alene, Coeur / 88.9 WA Omak, 92.1 ID / KXJO Maries, St. 90.3 KPBZ Radio Remix at: Stream / kpbz.org / ksfc.org kpbx.org advertising) and events have also taken a beating. Yet you, our listeners, and by Printing by Mailing and the taxpayers of Washington, for several generous funding organizations, have stepped up in major ways to their recognition of the importance of help us overcome large shortfalls in revenue. Because of your generosity, our our service. And the cost is minimal: service to you and our communities has continued more or less uninterrupted Amortized over the next 20 years, this (except as noted previously). National, state, and private grants have helped comes to about $.25 each year per SPR replace this necessary operational income. Again: Thank You. Washington citizen to help us secure this These grants have come in the form of one-time emergency funding that public radio service to 750 communities has helped sustain the station through trying times. They have helped us retain over 20,000 square miles. Thank You. staff and programs, news and information, so that we can continue providing Our work on these upgrades begins these services to you. Find us online at July 2021 and is scheduled to be completed So as things return to something like “normal,” we hope that our revenue by June 2023. The most immediate priority also returns to previous levels. SPR has survived and will continue to provide is to replace severely compromised an excellent public radio service. It’s thanks to your generosity that this is so. emergency generators, transmitters, and 90.3 - Podcasts The board and staff are undertaking a strategic plan to be sure SPR remains Radio SpokanePublicRadio.org antennas. Some of this equipment has been strong to serve our very wide coverage area for generations to come. We’ve in service since the station began operations 40 years ago—and some was already taken major steps, and there is much more to come. And we can’t say it purchased second-hand then. Transmitter sites and facilities will be hardened often enough: Thank You! On behalf of the staff, board, Community Advisory KSFC 91.9 - News
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KPBX 91.1 - Music & News and help SPR avoid these existential problems in the future. -Cary Boyce, President and General Manager Continued on the back page Coming Up with Spokane Public Radio KPBX Program Grid / July-September 2021 KSFC Program Grid / July-September 2021 Festival at Sandpoint - SPR Media Partner July 29 - Aug. 8, Memorial Field in Sandpoint Mon Tues ed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues ed Thurs Fri Sat Sun The Festival at Sandpoint has 9 different events Mid Mid ranging from country and the blues to classic rock ra illian i e ire all at one location. You can bring your own food and Hour drinks or buy them there. Find tickets and more info at a a FestivalatSandpoint.com. a a orld Art on the Green - SPR Media Partner C orld Ser ice orld Radio Networ Radio July 30 - Aug. 1, North Idaho College Campus a C a Networ Art On The Green is 3 days of art, music, and food on the orld Ser ice campus of North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Art a a on the Green is free to the public and features seasoned as well as emerging artists, classes, live music, and more. You a a can find more details at ArtOnTheGreen.org. NPR s Morning dition C orld Ser ice ee end ee end Spokane County Library District Presents a a dition dition Author Lisa Napoli - SPR Media Partner Thursday, Aug. 5, 6:30 p.m. Online ocal News NPR s C Newshour Saturday Sunday a a a a a a a Spokane County Library District presents author Lisa ee end dition Climate eft Right Napoli discussing The 24-Hour News Cycle & How It ee day Arts Calendar One Center Created a World of News Junkies. Napoli has written a a a a a p p a NPR s Morning dition ee end Arts Calendar Tra el w/ T number of books including her most recent about the Ric Ste es Radio Hour founding female journalists of NPR. You can register for a a a a a Poetry Moment a a this online event at scld.org. As Me Inspired On Point Another SpokeFest - SPR Media Partner, Sept. 4 - 12 a Morning Classical a Classical Classical The Ta eaway NPR s SpokeFest returns as a virtual event in 2021 for it’s 14th year ee end dition a Music Music a with lots of routes chosen to fit all levels of cyclists from New Piano Footlight an eonard Guitar ploring thin ait ait You et beginner to pro. You can choose your own or pick one of Releases ench Parade Hour Music Munstedt Oa land Science on t Tell Me Your Garden SpokeFest routes during this event. Find more information p p Public Art or s The Moth This Friday On the orba at SpokeFest.org. 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Mar etplace i e Selected NPR s All Things ire Shorts On Point Repeat of a m Considered p NPR s All Things Considered p Whitworth Presents Madeleine Albright ocal News at NPR s All Things The aily C orld -SPR Media Partner, Wednesday, Sept. 29, Considered Mar etplace Ser ice 7:30-9 a.m. at The Spokane Convention Center p p p p p p All Songs irector s Men Charge Whitworth University is pleased to present Madeleine oodsongs NPR s All Things Considered The oo shelf Mo ies Alt atino Choice The rite Albright, who served as the nation’s 64th secretary of state, p p Santa Fe Swingin Rhythm Fresh Air City Arts as the featured speaker at Whitworth’s fall President’s A Harmonia Chamber own International Fresh Air with Terry Gross Chamber Music the ane Atlas Americana ee end ectures Leadership Forum. p Theatre p The ohnson s Global A ay Spanish or s Chicago Friday Improbable As It Happens i e ire Programming Updates The A Night a History of Pop illage w/ ords p Hour Symphony p • Music That Matters is now the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival Mondays at 7 p.m. This Philharmonic with Mi e Nati e America Calling The Selected American The Orchestra Soul on KPBX ife Score Grabic i press Soundspace also heard li e M-F from a- a on KP Pulse Shorts p p • Northwest Arts Review is now Art Works, Thursdays at 12 p.m. on KPBX with an City Arts orld ig Picture ait ait a til a at Afterglow The Common- Alternati e •The LA Philharmonic is now on KPBX every Wednesday at 8 p.m. Return a Roadhouse ealth Club ectures Radio Affairs Science Science on t Tell Me p Midnight to the p • Your Weekly Constitutional has be replaced by City Arts and Lectures on Tuesdays Night ights Odyssey eale St Hearts Friday Tech at 10 p.m. on KSFC an Munstedt a Now a Re iew Source Cara an of Space C orld Ser ice Nation e Show • Inside Olympia has changed to Left, Right & Center from KCRW in Santa Monica, Sundays at 7 a.m. on KSFC *Newscast at top of the hour *Newscast at top of the hour