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October 23, 2008 Dear Board Members: Here is a quick update on your radio station: - Virgil Porter has joined KSDP as a D.J. and he is already making a substantial contribution to the station. Virgil is on the air in the morning and afternoon and working behind the scenes to import music and update the station's website, www.apradio.org. With Virgil's technical expertise, we finally have a correct program schedule online. - Earlier this week, the radio station got the go ahead from the Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc. Capital Grants review committee to move forward with its wind study. The study will cost several thousand dollars all of which will be covered by the Capital Grants Program. The study will analyze the wind data collected by TDX in Sand Point during an eighteen month period beginning in 2004. The detailed report produced by the study will support our wind turbine grant application. The decision also means KSDP will not have to do its own twelve month wind study. The advance of these project funds is a monumental accomplishment. - Tony Gorman fed a statewide, news frenzy for several days late last week with his reports about a missing diver who was eventually found alive. Tony's reports were broadcast on the Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN), distributed by the AP Wire service in Alaska and versions of his reports appeared in the Anchorage Daily News and on KTUU, the NBC affiliate in Anchorage. The radio station's call letters were mentioned in the NBC report. - The radio station is also eagerly awaiting the Rasmuson Foundation's decision on its twenty-five thousand dollar studio renovation grant application. The next Board meeting will be on November 20, 2008 in the Library Conference Room. Have a great Thanksgiving! Sincerely yours, Kells Hetherington General Manager
Here is a quick update from your radio station: - We have posted the D.J. position around town and on the station's website. Job applications are due by September 26, 2008. - The radio station has applied for grants of $5,000.00, $25,000.00 and $50,000.00 from the Alaska Community Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation and Conoco Phillips Foundation, respectively. Award decisions will be announced by year end 2008. Sand Point Mayor Glenn Gardner wrote a letter authorizing the proposed renovations. A copy of his letter is enclosed. - A grant request for funds to conduct a twelve month wind study at the tower site has been submitted to the Denali Commission. Additionally, the Sand Point City Council at its next meeting will consider making the proposed KSDP alternative energy project a "Community Priority." The legislative distinction would improve our chances of being funded by the Denali Commission. The research grant submitted to the Denali Commission is a request for roughly eighty-five thousand to do the wind study. - Tom Bohn of B2B Networks visited the station in August and installed the Cisco router that had been sitting idle next door since well before my arrival. The installation of the equipment enhances our internal computer network. Tom is working to install software onto a computer he will send back to us. When we receive the computer, we will work with Tom to integrate the new production software. Tom is also working with TelAlaska to setup a web stream of our on-air signal. - The Market Place Morning Reports have disappeared from our programming lineup. The program was causing the station to go off air for several minutes during Morning Edition. The problem should be a thing of the past. - Finally, the radio station is preparing grant applications to the Alaska Energy Authority and the Alaska Humanities Forum. Our application to AEA will request funding for the wind turbine energy project. The project was earlier proposed to the Denali Commission, which responded with a request that we conduct a twelve month wind study to support our application. Our AEA application will request project funds to construct the wind turbine. The station will also submit an application to the Alaska Humanities Forum for a grant to offset the cost of a regional, Alaska Bush music program. I look forward to seeing all of you at the next Board meeting in early October 2008. Sincerely yours, Kells Hetherington General Manager *This newsletter can now be found at www.apradio.org under the header "About Us." |
