KRFY announces membership drive
—Courtesy photo KRFY is getting get to host its annual membership drive. Picture above are Morning Show co-hosts Chris Bessler and Suzy Prez during a show last fall with Day of Hope organizers organizers Dale and Vicki Jeffres and Cedar Hills Church pastor Eric Rust.
Want to see, hear — and personally take part in — the inner workings of our town’s community radio station, 88.5 KRFY?
You chance comes up Friday and Saturday, June 10-11, when KRFY conducts its annual membership drive with live broadcasts on display downtown for all to come watch, and even try out a few words over the air.
From 9 a.m.-9 p.m. both days KRFY will be broadcasting live at the Crosby Building, at First Avenue and Cedar Street just adjacent to the Cedar Street Bridge. Disc jockeys will be queuing up the music in between live performances each hour by local musicians and interviews with leaders of community organizations.
Visitors to the broadcast studio are invited to come watch, hear the in-studio concerts — and will even be invited to speak in short interviews to give their own on-air shout out to family and friends.
Of course, the event is also a fundraiser for KRFY. There will be a phone bank where people may call in to 208-265-2992 anytime during the two-day drive, to become a member or make a donation.
KRFY has only two part-time employees and is almost entirely powered by volunteers, from the broadcasters to production and technical personnel. KRFY Station Manager Suzy Prez said the goal is to raise $20,000 in donations during the drive, crucial to fund the ongoing operations of the radio station.
“This membership drive provides a primary funding source for our budget,” she noted, “and we hope we can involve virtually anyone who appreciates the value that non-commercial community radio brings to our area. We are a diverse community and our goal is to represent all the music, information and views recognizing that richness.”
“We hope people will come by on June 10 and 11, say hello, tune in — and become members and donors, too!” Prez added.
Each year KRFY works with a downtown building owner to set up live broadcasts and concerts so that community members can visit and watch and even join the process.