System/Policy
Seattle’s KEXP launches signal in San Francisco Bay Area
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The music station purchased San Francisco’s KREV for $3.75 million in an October bankruptcy auction.
Development
Stations, networks see potential for planned giving
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More public media fundraisers are working to build planned giving programs, inspired by recent large bequests to stations and the untapped potential of another giving channel.
Development
Seattle music station KEXP receives its largest gift ever
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Building relationships with donors through a capital campaign led KEXP to a $10 million bequest.
Development
Development leaders say capital campaigns require commitment from executives, community
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“You immediately become hyper-aware of how good, or not good, your relationships with people are.”
Stations
Seattle’s KEXP receives state funds for new headquarters
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The new studios are expected to open next spring.
Programs/Content
Music stations aim for wider audience with VuHaus, a hub for videos
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VuHaus gathers in-studio music videos already being produced by Triple A–format stations onto a single platform.
System/Policy
University of Washington files to transfer KEXP license to friends group
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The move comes as KEXP conducts a $15 million capital campaign for a new headquarters.
System/Policy
Washington’s WAMU aims to buy signal south of D.C.
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WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C., will enter the Fredericksburg, Va., market with the pending purchase of 8,000-watt WWED 89.5-FM. WAMU has proposed to buy WWED from the Educational Media Corp., a nonprofit Christian ministry based in Spotsylvania, Va. According to an asset purchase agreement filed with the FCC, WAMU licensee American University will pay $375,000 for WWED and a booster signal in Fredericksburg. WWED and sister station WWEM-FM in Lynchburg, Va., went dark as of Aug. 1, 2013, according to fredericksburg.com.