[grc] [NFCB List] Article about WRFG - Atlanta

[Heather Gray]

Dear Don and All:

While it¹s true that we managed to move our new tower location 8 years
ago, the challenge we face is that Richland Towers that owned the original
contract was sold to American Tower. We were able to negotiate with
Richland with the ebb and flow of the fund drives but not so with American
so we are needing to go back to the drawing board as it were.

Believe me - we recognize the importance of what we have. We always need
to raise more money even and especially in the midst of the economic
downturn from 2008 and we are definitely working on that and reassessing
everything - both board and volunteers are doing this - and that¹s a good
thing! Along that line 2 weeks ago we sold our first car at auction, as we
are now part of the car donation initiative that we learned about through
the Pacifica Affiliate Taskforce.

We are thankful for the community radio network altogether and the
assistance of affiliated engineers when we made our move.

Peace,

Heather Gray
WRFG-Atlanta 89.3FM
404 234 4630 (cell)





On 4/30/15, 8:39 PM, "Don Mussell" <dmsml at well.com> wrote:

>Hi All, 
>This is particularly troublesome. But it points to the need for stations
>to be 
>a community resource that the community cares enough about to support.
>The 
>WRFG broadcast signal was impaired since the sign-on in the early 1970's,
>but 
>was finally upgraded in 2007 to the current coverage over the entire
>Atalanta metro 
>area. Perhaps bad timing when you consider the economic downturn in 2008.
>Better 
>late than never! 
>But 8 years on since then, the community is not stepping up to the plate,
>or 
>something is not working. Something more needs to be done to help Atlanta
>find 
>this station and recognize it as a compelling and useful (not to mention
>entertaining) 
>resource. And of course WRFG needs to be a compelling and useful resource
>as well. 
>Similarly, a long-time non-commercial station out in California (KUSP in
>Santa 
>Cruz) is facing financial problems that may well result in being taken
>off the air by the
>current management, and sold to an out-of-town consortium, who will then
>program 
>classical music via satellite and remove any possibility of a local
>community station 
>ever coming back. In KUSP's situation, trying to do the same old thing
>over and over 
>again and expecting different results seems to be the real problem.
>They are in the difficult positions they are in for somewhat different
>reasons, but 
>the results could be the same, the loss of a great signal and a loss to
>both communities. 
>KUSP signed on in April of 1972, and WRFG signed in July of 1973. I think
>we could 
>all learn from their experiences, and it appears that they could learn
>from the collective
>experience of NFCB stations how to survive and thrive.
>
>Don Mussell 
>Consulting Engineer
>
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