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Mary Ellen DavisThis is the calm before the membership
drive storm. My desk holds five stacks of underwriters’ files, all
related to the spring drive through gift certificates and on-air challenges.
Our underwriters, like our members, are faithful and relentless in their
support. Like you, they commit to helping us because they want to minimize
the on-air portion of the drive. When you receive your renewal letter in
the mail, please re-join as soon as possible. We truly appreciate it, and
along with that good feeling you get from doing the right thing, you’ll
receive gift certificates, EarlyBird discounts, and special member-only giveaways
all year long.
Some great live entertainment is coming to Colorado Springs!
On Friday
the 28th of March, Alvin Youngblood Hart will be opening for Etta
James at
the Pikes Peak Center. Then, the following evening, Art
Garfunkel will be
doing his Garfunkel-thang on the same stage. We've got tickets we're giving
away on air, so be listening....
On Friday night the 4th of April, Daniel Johnston will
be at a book signing and performance at Smokebrush Theater. For those of
you not familiar with Daniel Johnston, his influence in the art world is
pretty amazing. His music has won acclaim from artists like David Bowie,
Eddie Vedder, Beck and Matt Groening. Member discount tickets are on sale
now at KRCC.
Legendary bluesman, BB King will be at the PIkes Peak Center
on April 9th, and we'll be giving away tickets for the show on KRCC - don't
touch that dial!
KRCC has teamed up with The Black Sheep to promote the Kimya
Dawson concert
on April 21st. If you saw last year's Grammy nominated film "Juno,"
you heard Kimya's music in the soundtrack. Again, member tickets will be
on sale soon at KRCC.
Wilco is coming to town on May 8th! Tickets for the
Pikes Peak Center show are on sale now at Ticketswest.com, but we'll be
giving away tickets for that one as well if you're feeling lucky and want
to hold off....
Member-only ticket sales are brisk for Ira Glass in Armstrong Hall on June 14th - we open up sales to the general public on April 1st, so don't wait on this one. I foresee a mad rush wanting in on the entertainment.
We're also lining up Blues Under the Bridge II. This years festival on June 21st will feature Koko Taylor and numerous other acts. Tickets will be going on sale soon, and, yes, if you're a member of KRCC you will get a substantial ticket discount.
KRCC hires News Director!
We've spent the past month or so reading resumes and interviewing candidates
for News Director at KRCC. I'm happy to say that we've made an offer to a candidate
and it has been accepted. We'll make an official announcement in the coming
weeks.
While we're down a News Director, our network of stringers and freelancers
has really come through for KRCC. Brian Larson
and Kirk Siegler from KUNC have been great
about pitching us stories. Grace Hood and Shelly Schlender at KGNU have
been contributing as well. If you haven't already, check-out Shanna Lewis'
Prayer Scarves piece that we ran recently [LINK].
Michelle Mercer's recent piece on drilling
in Baca National Wildlife Refuge brought a lot of comments and praise
to KRCC. We've even been lucky enough to run Eric "Buzz-kill" Whitney's
stories from his new post at KCFR as their
health reporter. And of course, our intrepid Rocky Mountain Community Radio
Capitol Coverage reporter Bente Birkeland has sent us a story nearly every
day! If you haven't had a chance to check them out, along with her regular
excellent work, I recommend listening to her Capitol
Coversation series. We've been running it on Fridays and Mondays.
She gathers a number of her print-reporter peers for very interesting and insightful
weekly conversations about the week's events at the capitol and the effects
of those events in a regional and national context.
Delaney
Utterback
Station Events...
I have to say that I love the Spring Membership Drive. It always seems
to fly by, and our annual Open House prior to the drive seems to get
better every year. I hope you can make it out on
the 19th and 20th of April. We'll have treats for all, from gelato to our
usual array of campy trinkets for visitors, though I think we've learned
our lesson with the bacon flavored mints.
In honor of Earth Day, which coincides with our open house, we'll have
two different computer and technology recycling services at the station.
Each service charges a small fee to recycle old computer equipment, and KRCC
will receive a portion of that fee. All gelato and food during the Open House
will be served on TaterWare... utensils and dishes made from potatoes! Who
knew?
We'll
have live music in the backyard throughout the weekend, including, I'm told
there is a chance, Euforquestra. Additionally, Amy Goodman, host
of Democracy Now, plans to stop by the station around 3pm on Sunday to
speak and sign her new book STANDING AGAINST THE MADNESS:
Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times.
I hope you can make it down to the station! Please
renew your membership or become a new member of KRCC today!
Do you LastFM? We do. Join us! http://www.last.fm/group/KRCC
self-portrait
Delaney Utterback
KRCC-FM General Manager
PS Check our newest EarlyBird Card offers... [CLICK
HERE]
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