Today, YU and I sponsored a day of the Spring Fund Drive for WFHB Community Radio in Bloomington, Indiana -- my home town, and current place of residence. See www.wfhb.org for live online streaming.
Is this something more than a way to get my book mentioned twice an hour, all day and night, heard in six counties? Well, yes. I have volunteered with WFHB since 2007 in the News Department, and its accomplishments in service to the six-county area are astonishing.
As a full-power FM community broadcasting non-profit, WFHB is is run and programmed entirely by volunteers, more than 200 of them, plus four paid staff members. This makes the station's content, format, planning and administration fully accountable to the community -- its volunteers and listeners.
With local news and election coverage, a free-form music mix, free publicity for service non-profits, and generous focus on local bands and venues, WFHB does more with its under-$250,000 budget than other community stations do with twice the money and more paid staff. I hope YU readers can tune in or log on, enjoy, and support a leader in community media!
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