About this project
KMUZ is Salem's first and only all-local community radio station! No satellite feeds. No corporate playlists. No commercials. Just relevant stuff you want to hear.
Like that guy up the street with the insane LP collection. That band you heard last month at The Space. The fascinating speaker who came to Willamette University but you were working that night and couldn't go. News, concerts, and events going on right here in town, covered live as they happen. Your favorite club, talking about how much fun it is to do the stuff you do.
We earned our FCC license (a massive paperwork process filled with lawyers and engineers). We secured a downtown space for our broadcast studio. Now we have to build the station--one piece of audio gear at a time.
Kickstart us by chipping in toward the heart of the station: our FM transmitter!
KMUZ will begin broadcasting in 2011. We're not on the air yet, so why donate?
* For a mere $40, you can become a Charter Member of KMUZ. This gives you bragging rights and clearly establishes your presence in the next "It" scene before 99% of the rest of Salem. Once we go on the air, Charter Memberships will no longer be available.
* Where else can you get a light switch, stapler, or door handle named in your honor? Your barista won't even do that for you, and how many clams do you drop there each month?
* It will be your first step towards contributing to the station and finding your role within it. Will you become a deejay, a producer, our FCC license administrator, or a smitten listener? They are all equally important and all depend on support in various forms--time, energy, expertise, passion, and of course money.
* It will help to bring Salem and surrounding area together as a community, providing a creative and inclusive outlet for the many viewpoints represented in our region, celebrating our common strengths and encouraging mutual support.
Stay tuned, get involved, and BE RADIO ACTIVE!
Our Mission: KMUZ 88.5FM is a non-commercial, educational, listener-sponsored radio broadcaster whose mission is stimulate, educate and entertain our audience by reflecting the diverse cultural heritage and artistic expression of our region, and that of the global community. We aim to involve our community by sharing music, culture, news and information not widely covered by the mainstream media.
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KMUZ is a project of the 501-(c)(3) non-profit Salem Folklore Community. Which means this is a tax-deductable donation. SFC also participates in the Oregon Cultural Trust, so a matched donation to OCT gives you a tax credit. You can't beat that with a stick.
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on July 11, 2010.
Pledge $10 or more
KMUZ Backer, level 1. You will receive a KMUZ pin to wear proudly in the name of People-Powered Radio! Plus your name will be listed on our website's Couldn't Do It Without You page.
Pledge $20 or more
KMUZ Backer, level 2. Receive the pin, the website acknowledgment, AND be the lucky owner of the inaugural first pressing of the KMUZ bumpersticker!
Pledge $40 or more
Charter Member. Get in on the ground floor of KMUZ! You'll receive a copy of Stereo Salem, a 2-CD compilation of 40 (yes, 40!) of the best Salem area musicians covering every genre of music you. Of course you'll get the pin, the bumpersticker, AND you'll be In The Loop about events and opportunities at the station and in our community. When we're On The Air at last, members and volunteers will have FIRST SHOT at applying for a spot on our programming schedule. If you want to be on the radio someday, now's the time to step up!
Pledge $88 or more
FM Band Charter Member. Now we're talkin'... All the irresistible goodies so far, the Membership (with that whole "first crack at proposing a show" bit), plus a soon-to-be coveted limited-edition "Kickstart KMUZ" T-shirt!
Pledge $100 or more
Premier Charter Member. The usual loot, plus: Sponsor a radio show of your choosing! For one whole month, every time the show of your choice airs, you will be acknowledged for bringing those sweet sounds to the airwaves. Imagine hearing it: you, your group, or your business, 8 times throughout a 2-hour block, supporting this great community resource! Doesn't it sound great?
Pledge $250 or more
Golden Microphone Charter Member. All right, this one is just too much to resist. You get all the swag AND the on-air acknowledgments, but for 3 MONTHS. BTW, if you prefer to not have your name mentioned, consider making the pledge in honor of someone you love or would like to recognize!
Pledge $500 or more
Diamond-studded Golden Microphone Charter Member. Everything (and we mean EVERYTHING) mentioned above with the following upgrade: *SIX WHOLE MONTHS* of on-air acknowledgment of you or your business! This is an *incredible* deal in terms of on-air name recognition, for your magnificent help with getting us ON THE AIR!
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KMUZ is made up of your friends and neighbors: Karen Holman, Tim Patterson, Vicki Darden, Melanie Zermer, Jeanine Renne, Steve Koc, Ryan Rogers, and dozens more. You can be part of it as well. Come by KMUZ.org, sign up to volunteer, learn about our next fun event, and BE RADIO ACTIVE!
