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[Gila / Mimbres Community Radio]

*/Not Dead Yet/*.

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Gila / Mimbres Community Radio
KURU 89.1 FM / GMCR.org
519 B North Bullard Street
Silver City, NM 88061
575.597.4891 / email at GMCR.org


On 6/22/2020 10:21 PM, al davis via grc wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:54:48 -0500
> David Klann via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
>> Sigh. I'm sad to report that KVOY is silent. Their website
>> (https://voicesofok.org/) is still up, but they were unable to continue
>> due to lack of funding and went "dark" a while ago.
>>
>> According to FCC data, the frequency is currently licensed to the
>> Chickasaw Nation. I recall Mary Francis telling about the sale of the
>> station to them.
>
> Confirming that KVOY is now KWPV.  It has been sold to The Chickasaw
> Nation.
>
> This is good news.  They have been working at this for a while, and I
> was worried that it might not go through and be lost completely.
>
> To say "lack of funding" would be an oversimplification.  This is a
> full power intended to be a rim-shot.  Mary Francis and her group are
> based in Norman, and the station doesn't reach Norman.  In spite of big
> effort, they never really connected with the community people in
> Wynnewood and Pauls Valley where the station actually covers.  Mary
> Francis kept it going for a few years, essentially by herself.
>
> Sadly, it seems that very few of the new community stations from the 
> 2007 and 2010 windows got licensed and are doing well. There are a few 
> success stories, but mostly it was a blood bath.
>
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Gila / Mimbres Community Radio
KURU 89.1 FM / GMCR.org
519 B North Bullard Street
Silver City, NM 88061
575.597.4891 / email at GMCR.org