KRVM
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"It’s n great experience.” Clark
said ' It's the only station 1
know where an average joe can
come off the street and be put on
the air."
Students like Clark, ns well as
a number of adult volunteers,
will no longer have the chance
to take advantage of this voca
tional education station if finan
cial problems caused by 1‘ton's
ballot Measure 5 force it off the
air. The school district has been
forced to cut expenditures for
most of the KKVM programs.
The 47-year-old station,
which operates out of Churchill
High Schools and Sheldon, must
now become self-supportive.
About 78 percent of the station's
$103,000 general operating bud
get was previously supported by
the school district’s general
fund, said Kathryn Dysart.
school district spokeswoman.
Tuesday. )KI) Broadcasting,
owner of the KAVE radio sta
tion, offered hope to the suffer
ing station. KKVM. ‘H O I’M. and
|ED Broadcasting entered a
school-business partnership that
will put the eclectic KAVE
music back on the air and hope
fully save the station.
As well as donating the use of
their 2,500 compact disc library
to KKVM. JED Broadcasting will
provide the station with pro
gram consulting and volunteer
training. Starting May 10.
KKVM. which is currently an
adult contemporary music sta
tion. will play the donated
KAVE music weekdays from fi
a.in. to 7 p.m.
The change will hopefully
bring more support to the sta
tion. As a public station, it can
not advertise, so school officials
hope to increase financial sup
port from listeners and under
writing.
Carl Sundberg. KKVM general
manager, said students are excit
ed about the switch and present
ed a similar idea to him before
a
‘It’s the only
station I know
where an average
joe can come off
the street and be
put on the air. It’s
more important
than football or
baseball. In radio,
everyone gets a
chance
Kyle Clark.
KRVM student DJ
ttit?\ realized the dual was taking
pirn »• The partnership with JEI)
Broadcasting, he said, will not
< hange the amount of student
input at the station and a num
ber of student and volunteer
programs will stay intai t
We need to find new, cre
ative wavs to develop support."
Sundberg said "I'm absolutely
convinced that this is a very
noble thing we're try ing to do '
Jim Jones, a senior at Sheldon
High, said the change will
increase student interest in the
radio station because a large
number of students do not like
the music that is currently
played About JO students cpnt
the station last year when it
switched from an alternative
rock to an adult contemporary
format, he said.
"The reason W'hy they left is
because they didn't want to play
the music they didn't like,”
Jones said.
KRVM'* partnership with JED
Broadcasting, however, does not
promise the station's survival
And like Jones, Clark would be
upset if the station was forced
off the air.
"It's more important than
football or baseball." he said.
"In radio, everyone gets a
chance."
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KAVE
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'Through our own personal meetings with Ior
dan, d is our contention that hit is not interested in
selling the station," a spokeswoman said
"Although, of course, it is Iordan s prerogative to
do what he wants with his station, we re disap
pointed and frustrated that he has reneged on his
promise to sell the station — music library includ
ed — if we found a buyer "
Seaman said the decision to enter the partner
ship with KKVM was made after he met individu
ally with the prospective buyer Because of the
financial crisis created by 1900 s Ballot Measure 5,
KKVM was on a limited time frame and needed a
commitment, he said
The potential buyer told Seaman he was inter
ested in purchasing the station but wasn't able to
actually commit to a deal Seaman said he
informed the buyer of KRVM's predicament, but
the buyer was still unable to make an offer
"1 feel like I lived up to any commitment 1 made
to Friends of the KAVE.” Seaman said "We were
very good lu everyone who worked ,il the KAVF.
.mil I in upset (hill tins is muling this way
I)rsf)iti> tln« Friends of the KAVF's i l.nm Hint
t)n-\ did not hiivn enough fiiiniii ml information to
meet nrigiii.il deadlines. Neuman said lie had con
f.ii ted the buyer long Indore the absolute deadline
and offered to give him infornintlon
"I'm sorry that it wasn't able to work out for
every single person, hut I’m disappointed with the
Friends of the KAVF's rent tion," he said. "I gist
feel good that the ninsii is hni k on the mr "
The school-business partnership brought an end
to Friends of tfie KAVK, but the group says it will
lie hack in one form or another tiecmise of its love
for music.
Once the group Inis cleared its administrative
expenses, it will return large donations to contrib
utors and donate the remainder of the money
raised to Women Space, a non profit organization
that provides shelter and support services for (wit
tered women and children.
"We are not at issue with KKVM." a spokes
woman said. "We wish KKVM the best in their
attempt to survive.”
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