General Manager Newsletter | February 2016

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Fifty years ago, students and staff gathered in the Student Union to sign an application to become, KUWR, ’s “Educational FM Station”. If you have a memory to share or would like to submit a testimonial of your own click here.

Caroline Ballard successfully moderated the Women In Wyoming’s Legislature Forum.

The Forum on Women in Wyoming’s Legislature was held February 25, 2016 at Cheyenne’s Little America Hotel as part of the Leap Into Leadership conference and Leadership Wyoming Class of 2016. Take a behind the scenes look at the forum by following us on Instagram.

Always eager to meet listeners, WPM General Manager, Cultural Affairs Director, and Development Officer headed out to meet WPM enthusiasts in Driggs, Victor, Alta, and the overall Teton Valley. Anna Rader was recognized in NPR’s digital  Left Photo: WPM’s Micah Schweizer (right) and Ry Woody (middle) newsletter, The conversing with Teton Valley Resident. Scoop, for WPM’s online promotion of NPR Music’s 2015 Tiny Desk Contest.

Paul Montoya installed a new site monitoring and control system at each of our 26 transmitter sites. These systems ensure reliability and a high quality signal.

Ben Slater and the “For 50 years has proudly served Wyomingites and engineering team those who travel through our beautiful state or access us electronically. live streamed the Women in Listeners and supporters made the first 50 years possible. Wyoming’s We look forward to the future knowing that they will keep Legislature Forum. public radio and media close to their hearts.”

Christina Kuzmych General Manager Wyoming Public Media

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Survey: Teachers Confused On Climate Change February 14, 2016 | Aaron Schrank

 Yellowstone Cutthroat Rebounding  Living On Top Of Forgotten Oil And Gas Wells  Wage Theft Claims Surge As Oil Prices Fall  House Votes To Change Education Funding Cut  Why Aren’t More Westerns Shot In Wyoming?  Wyoming Native Attempts To Solve Riddle Of Burma’s Highest Peak

Natural Resources Legislative Education Wyoming Minute & Energy Session

 More Bad News For Coal-Mine Reliant States  Administration Announces Temporary Freeze On Federal Land Mining Leases  Supreme Court Issues Blow To Obama’s Climate Legacy  Coal Country Reacts To Supreme Court Stay on Obama Clean Power Plan  State Of The State: Wyoming, Connecticut, and Kentucky  Gun Background Checks And Mental Health Records  In Rural America, Homeless Population May Be Bigger Than You Think  Colorado, Wyoming Plan For River Water Share  Abandoned Oil Facilities Not Monitored In State, Can Be Difficult To Find  Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells Lurk In Developing Areas Across West  Abandoned Wells Could Have Major Consequences

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