KNOM Radio Mission http://www.knom.org/wp 96.1 FM | 780 AM | Yours for Western Alaska Sat, 29 Aug 2015 02:03:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 Anvil City Square’s New Grass Ready to Shine for Solstice http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/06/18/anvil-city-squares-new-grass-ready-to-shine-for-solstice/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/06/18/anvil-city-squares-new-grass-ready-to-shine-for-solstice/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2015 19:11:10 +0000 http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=16887 With the orange fence down and the square now open, city crews are moving on to the second phase of the renovation: making room for a new playground.]]>

Just in time for the weekend summer solstice festivities, the orange fence is being rolled up and Nome’s Anvil City Square has officially re-opened.

The city road crew—along with the workers from the Parks and Recreation department—officially took down the orange plastic mesh fence, just days shy of one year after it was put up to protect a re-seeding project.

“It’s totally open,” said City Manager Josie Bahnke on Tuesday. “I’ve been informed there have been visitors and locals there taking pictures and playing on the lawn.”

Bahnke said it’s now on to phase two of the square’s renovation. As the fence went up, the old playground and swing sets were taken down. City crews have brought up the grade of the playground’s pad in the square’s northeast corner, making room for a new playground that will be more than twice the size of the one it’s replacing.

Bahnke said the new playground equipment will start being installed by the end of the week.

A schematic of the playground expansion planned. Image: Nome Parks and Recreation Dept.

A schematic of the playground expansion planned. Image: Nome Parks and Recreation Dept.

The new playground equipment, designed by Nome’s own Parks and Rec department alongside Oregon-based Playcraft Systems, is set to include more than 13 components. That includes swings, crawl tubes, and “spring riders” in the shapes of a salmon and a bear.

But Bahnke said there were still some final pieces of floral flair to which others have pledged to attend.

“Some finishing touches still need to take place,” she said. “A lot of the dredge buckets have been reserved by the Nome Preschool Association to plant flowers.”

Anvil City Square is now fully open for everything from picnics to people watching—but Bahnke says it may take crews a bit of time to completely install all the elements of the new playground.

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Through a Glass, Brightly http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/03/04/through-a-glass-brightly/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/03/04/through-a-glass-brightly/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:23:07 +0000 http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=14760 Thanks to you, construction continues with the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios. The latest work involves the glass windows partitioning one room from another.]]>

Sawing, hammering, drilling, nailing: through the late winter, the noises coming from our downtown Nome studios aren’t just those passing through our microphones and sound boards.

Construction continues to move forward on the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios.

Courtney inside our digital studios

photo: David Dodman, KNOM.

With carpeting and soundproofing now essentially complete, the latest work on our under-construction studio spaces involve the glass windows partitioning one room from another. There’ll be ample visibility between our studios, allowing on-air deejays or news readers to communicate more immediately with other staff members and vise-versa. (First-year volunteer Courtney Cousins is pictured, here, giving the studios a quick walk-through last month.)

Glass windows inside our digital studios

Glass windows separating the rooms of our new digital studios. photo: David Dodman, KNOM.

As always, you can find more about our digital studios project — and see other, recent newsletter articles on our construction progress this winter — by visiting our digital studios page and exploring our past newsletters.


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In Our Volunteers’ Home: a Floor to Walk On, a Stove to Cook On http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/03/04/in-our-volunteers-home-a-floor-to-walk-on-a-stove-to-cook-on/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/03/04/in-our-volunteers-home-a-floor-to-walk-on-a-stove-to-cook-on/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:14:43 +0000 http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=14756 A few recent upgrades to our volunteer dormitory aren't just making it a more comfortable home; they're an investment for a crucial part of our mission.]]>

The New Year has brought renovations to KNOM — and not just within our major studios construction project.

Our volunteer house has received some minor upgrades, as well.

Within the dormitory that we maintain for our full-time volunteers, a new floor and a large rug are making the already-comfortable house just a bit more well outfitted. (They’re replacements for a commercial-grade carpet, installed in the early 1990s, that was actually older than some of our current volunteers and, at the time of replacement, worn down to the subfloor.) After many years of casseroles, omelettes, and pots of tea, the volunteers’ kitchen stove was broken beyond repair and has also been replaced, with the glass-top model pictured.

The volunteers' new stove

The volunteers’ new stove. photo: David Dodman, KNOM.

The renovations are incremental, but improvements like these nonetheless show our ongoing investment not only in the properties we hold but, especially, in the volunteer program that so crucially helps to make our entire operation possible. While we always operate mindful of how to make the most of the dollars we receive, we work, too, to best preserve the buildings in which we’re so fortunate to work — and, in the case of our volunteers, to live.

Thanks for making it all possible; you’re (literally) supporting us from the ground up.


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In the New Year, New Strides for Our Digital Studios http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/01/02/in-the-new-year-new-strides-for-our-digital-studios/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2015/01/02/in-the-new-year-new-strides-for-our-digital-studios/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:10:34 +0000 http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=13751 Both within our ledgers and within the walls of our nascent digital studios, we’ve made exciting strides even since our last newsletter hit the printers and the web.]]>

It’s been a long time coming, but we’re so excited to report that 2015 will finally be the year that our nascent digital studios make the transition from construction site to completed building.

Both within our ledgers and within the walls of our new office spaces, we’ve made exciting strides even since our last Static hit the printers and the web.

First, our finances: funds for the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios now stand at $815,532.70. Readers may note that this is a substantial increase from our to-date fundraising sum from even just a few weeks ago. This is thanks to a handful of major donations, the largest of which is a $111,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a nonprofit based in Washington state that helps support efforts to “strengthen the… educational, cultural, and spiritual base” of the Pacific Northwest (including Alaska).

The Murdock award was confirmed and made public just after our last Static deadlines for 2014, and we’re so grateful to begin the New Year with this surge of generosity and momentum. The Murdock grant caps off the generosity of so many thousands of individuals and endowment organizations and completes the necessary funds for our new construction.

To put it simply: the construction and outfitting of our new studios is now paid-for. The remainder of our fundraising goal — the $185,000 we have left to raise to push us to the $1 million mark — will go towards the renovations needed for our existing, current studios and facilities, including our AM transmitter site.

Digital Studios, December 2014

Inside our digital studios annex, mid-December 2014.

And our new studios are not only paid-for, but they’re also closer to being inhabitable. While they are still missing broadcast equipment, the spaces are now outfitted with proper soundproofing and energy-efficient, LED lights (such as those general manager Ric Schmidt is inspecting in the photo at top), and they’re being laid with carpeting as we go to press.

Thank you for standing with us for so many months as our studio project has inched closer to reality! We still have much work to do, but we couldn’t be happier with the state of our project as the calendar turns over into 2015. As always, to learn more, visit our digital studios page.


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Update News: April 29th, 2014 http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2014/04/29/update-news-april-29th-2014/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2014/04/29/update-news-april-29th-2014/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:56:57 +0000 http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=8656 In Tuesday’s news:

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A Step Forward for Our Studio http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/12/18/a-step-forward-for-our-studio/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/12/18/a-step-forward-for-our-studio/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2013 21:05:20 +0000 http://www.knom.org/wp/?p=6306 Just before Thanksgiving, we received great news for our digital studios renovation project. The Rasmuson Foundation – a supporter of non-profit causes throughout Alaska – has…]]>

Just before Thanksgiving, we received great news for our digital studios renovation project.

The Rasmuson Foundation – a supporter of non-profit causes throughout Alaska – has awarded our mission a $50,000 grant for the construction and outfitting of our new studio space. The grant is matching, which means that we’ll receive the Rasmuson funds after we’ve raised another $50,000. Our current digital studio funds (without the Rasmuson grant) are just shy of $525,000; our goal is $1 million.

To help and learn more, visit our digital studios page.


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The project turns inward http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/09/24/the-project-turns-inward/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/09/24/the-project-turns-inward/#comments Wed, 25 Sep 2013 01:15:51 +0000 http://www.knom.org/mission/wp/?p=1428 Our construction – on the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios – heads indoors as winter nears.]]>

Our construction – on the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios – heads indoors as winter nears.

By the time you read this, we expect to be in the early stages of putting in electrical wiring, insulation, and all the other components that will transform our structure into a fully-functional studio annex.

Our future studio space has come a long way in just a few months; it’s a testament to the hard work of our construction crews and the incredible support of our KNOM family. Pictured within are general manager Ric Schmidt and visiting supporters Tom and Marian Braun (read more about the Brauns here).

Our future digital studios, interior

Our new digital studios – an expansion of our current studio space – will both increase our offices and modernize them. The construction and renovation will replace our aging, analog equipment (audio wiring, sound boards, etc.) with digital tools that will be more cost-efficient and far easier to maintain; this is a key benefit, since equipment maintenance is such a challenge in rural Alaska. We view this project as vital to our mission; it will lay a crucial groundwork for the decades to come.

To date, our studio funds are just past the halfway point of our goal. As always, to learn more or to get involved, we invite you to visit our digital studios page. Or just give us a call! (907) 443-5221.

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This article is part of the October 2013 edition of our newsletter, The Nome Static.

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Two special volunteers http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/09/12/two-special-volunteers/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/09/12/two-special-volunteers/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2013 18:49:52 +0000 http://www.knom.org/mission/wp/?p=1389 We are blessed with volunteer help from two long-time supporters of KNOM.

Tom and Marian Braun from Colorado are spending two weeks at KNOM. Now retired, they travel the country donating their time to worthwhile charities. They drive their motor home throughout the United States, sometimes building homes for Habitat For Humanity, and they even lent a helping hand in Joplin, Missouri after a tornado struck that community.

Marian has designed new insulated curtains for the KNOM volunteer community house; she’s cutting, trimming, pinning, and sewing material, transforming them into beautiful window coverings.

Tom has taken charge of scraping and painting duties at KNOM’s AM transmitter and generator buildings. With all the rain during the week, the painting project was put on hold while Tom worked to rebuild the site’s crumbling tower fencing.

Tom and Marian also provided the funds for both of these projects. We thank them for their devotion to the KNOM Radio Mission. Please keep them in your prayers.

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Construction update http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/04/26/construction-update/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/04/26/construction-update/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:15:25 +0000 http://www.knom.org/mission/wp/?p=1019 Work on our studio expansion project – the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios – has reached an important milestone! Thanks to your continued support, our dedicated construction crew has been able to complete the outside “box” of our annex: its floor, walls, and a sturdy, insulated roof, all of which can be seen, inside and out, in the photos above.

Our studio renovation, as you may know, will convert KNOM’s broadcasting tools from its aging, analog equipment to all-digital hardware, which will be far less expensive and complicated to operate, repair, and maintain. The new construction will be essential to our mission’s continued operations for many years to come.

Now that the outside of our new studio space is close to completion, the more complex work of installing our digital hardware – and raising the funds for this crucially-needed gear – lies ahead. As we go to press, our digital studio funds stand at $487,946.19; it’s enough to pay for the empty building with about $14,000 left over to go toward equipment, which we estimate will cost $358,430. To learn more or to help, visit our Digital Studios page or call 907-443-5221.

 

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This article is part of the May 2013 edition of our newsletter, The Nome Static.

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An exciting milestone! http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/01/31/an-exciting-milestone/ http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2013/01/31/an-exciting-milestone/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:30:40 +0000 http://www.knom.org/mission/wp/?p=769 It’s both exciting and humbling to report the continued progress of our campaign for the Tom and Florence Busch Digital Studios. We’ve just passed a crucial landmark; with donations now approaching $500,000, we have enough funds to build Phase 1 of the project, the outside frame of our studio annex.

The digital studios project will expand our studio space (into the lot pictured) and renovate it: replacing our aging, analog equipment with digital hardware that will be more cost-efficient to maintain.

As we go to press, we’re still eagerly awaiting the beginning of Phase 1 construction, which has been delayed, in part, because of the complications of wintertime weather in rural Alaska (as pictured) and the limited construction workforce in our region.

Also, we continue to seek funds for Phase 2 of construction: the renovation of our existing studios and the purchase of new digital broadcast equipment.

We thank you for your continued support and ask for prayers. Together, we’re moving forward! To learn more, visit our digital studios page.

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This article is part of the February 2013 edition of our newsletter, The Nome Static.

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