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

[Don Mussell]

Hi Heather and all, 
I hope I was not misunderstood, and was not meaning tio infer that WRFG was neglecting 
it's community. Assessing community needs and making changes to adapt to a different world 
is a part of every non-commercial station operation in the US. It has to be. As Lorenzo Milam 
used to say, it can be like rock gardening in an obscure place, but does not have to be, and 
should be a community effort as much as possible. 
To Max, all I can say to your questions is that the big signal over the Atlanta metro is pretty 
essential for reaching everyone in this major city. What WRGF had before was a limited signal, 
and many who wanted to listen could not hear it. I agree that the tower arrangements are a work 
in progress, and Heather knows this better than I do! 
I wish WRFG all the best, and I hope that this will all be worked out for the better. 

Sincerely, 

Don Mussell 
Consulting Engineer 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Heather Gray" <hmcgray at earthlink.net> 
To: "wrirmax" <wrirmax at gmail.com>, "Don Mussell" <dmsml at well.com>, normstoc at wort-fm.org 
Cc: grc at peak.org, "NFCB List" <listserve at nfcb.org> 
Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2015 10:18:08 AM 
Subject: Re: [grc] [NFCB List] Article about WRFG - Atlanta 

Dear Max - we are looking at all possibilities. 

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


From: wrirmax < wrirmax at gmail.com > 
Reply-To: wrirmax < wrirmax at gmail.com > 
Date: Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 4:12 PM 
To: Heather Gray < hmcgray at earthlink.net >, Don Mussell < dmsml at well.com >, Norm Stockwell < normstoc at wort-fm.org > 
Cc: wrirmax < wrirmax at gmail.com >, " grc at peak.org " < grc at peak.org >, NFCB List < listserve at nfcb.org > 
Subject: Re: [grc] [NFCB List] Article about WRFG - Atlanta 

Possibly this is in the "shows your ignorance" category ... 

Would it kill WFRG to move down to a cheaper tower and/or lower power to save money ... see if you jad enoigj rural listeners to bother? 

Small towns have been shrinking and dying for decades and becoming more and more homogenously white and conservative (and not likely listeners/doners) ... so maybe its not worth the power ... 

Sincerely, Max 



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-------- Original message -------- 
From: Heather Gray < hmcgray at earthlink.net > 
Date: 05/03/2015 4:02 PM (GMT-05:00) 
To: Don Mussell < dmsml at well.com >, normstoc at wort-fm.org 
Cc: grc at peak.org ,NFCB List < listserve at nfcb.org > 
Subject: Re: [grc] [NFCB List] Article about WRFG - Atlanta 


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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