Pressroom
For Immediate Release August 23, 2006
CPB Awards Grants to 85 Public Radio Stations For Transition to Digital Service
Washington, D.C. -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced $7.74 million in grant awards designed to help 85 public radio stations in 28 states, including 49 stations serving rural and minority audiences, purchase the equipment needed to transition to digital radio.
"Public radio must be equipped to participate fully in the digital revolution," said CPB President and CEO Patricia Harrison. "Building on support from Congress, state governments and local communities across the nation, these critical grants will help ensure the success of public radio's digital transition and new and better radio broadcast service for the communities these stations are connected to."
In addition to offering superior sound, digital broadcast technology allows public radio stations to significantly expand the scope and quality of their program services beyond that which is currently available.
The grants announced today are the latest in a series of awards designed to assist public radio and television stations with their transition from analog to digital broadcast technology. Since 2002, CPB has distributed digital transition grants to 540 public radio stations and 324 public television stations. These grant awards are funded through the approximately $220 million Congress has provided to CPB to help both public radio and public television stations with their digital transition needs.
Recipients of today's grant awards include:
California
KUBO-FM (Calexico), KVUH-FM (Laytonville), KNHM-FM (Bayside), KNCA-FM (Burney), KPMO-AM (Mendocino), KNSQ-FM (Mount Shasta), KNHT-FM (Rio Dell), KJPR-AM (Shasta Lake City), KSYC-AM (Yreka), KNYR-FM (Yreka)
Colorado
KPGS-FM (Pagosa Springs)
Connecticut
WMNR-FM (Monroe), WRXC-FM (Shelton)
Iowa
KTPR-FM (Ft. Dodge)
Idaho
KNWO-FM (Cottonwood), KRFA-FM (Moscow)
Illinois
WVIK-FM (Rock Island), WNIJ-FM (DeKalb), WNIU-FM (Rockford), WSIU-FM (Carbondale), WRTE-FM (Little Village)
Indiana
WVUB-FM (Vincennes)
Kentucky
WEKU-FM (Richmond), WEKH-FM (Hazard)
Louisiana
KSLU-FM (Hammond)
Michigan
WNMU-FM (Marquette)
Minnesota
KFAI-FM (Minneapolis)
Missouri
KDHX-FM (St. Louis), KUMR-FM (Rolla)
Montana
KUFM-FM (Missoula)
North Carolina
WFQS-FM (Franklin)
North Dakota
KCND-FM (Bismarck), KDPR-FM (Dickinson), KDSU-FM (Fargo), KFJM-FM (Grand Forks), KUND-FM (Grand Forks), KPRJ-FM (Jamestown), KMPR-FM (Minot), KPPR-FM (Williston) Nebraska
KUCV-FM (Lincoln), KVNO-FM (Omaha)
New Hampshire
WEVJ-FM (Gorham), WEVC-FM (Jackson)
New Mexico
KUSW-FM (Farmington), KUTE-CP-FM
New York
WEOS-CP-FM (Ithaca), WNYE-FM (New York), WNED-FM (Buffalo)
Ohio
WAPS-FM (Akron)
Oklahoma
KCSC-FM (Edmond)
Oregon
KBPS-CP-FM (Gleneden Beach), KQHR-FM (Hood River), KSMF-FM (Ashland), KSRG-FM (Ashland), KSBA-FM (Coos Bay), KLMF-FM (Klamath Falls), KSKF-FM (Klamath Falls), KOOZ-FM (Myrtle Point), KTBR-AM (Roseburg), KSOR-FM (Roseburg), KSRS-FM (Roseburg), KSJK-AM (Talent)
South Carolina
WSSB-FM (Orangeburg)
South Dakota
KILI-FM (Porcupine)
Texas
KACU-FM (Abilene), KHID-FM (Harlingen), KMBH-FM (McAllen), KEDT-FM (Corpus Christi)
Virginia
WCNV-FM (Heathsville)
Washington
KSER-FM (Everett), KUOW-AM (Tumwater), KPBX-FM (Spokane), KSFC-FM (Spokane), KZAZ-FM (Bellingham), KNWV-FM (Clarkston), KQWS-FM (Omak), KNWP-FM (Port Angeles), KWSU-AM (Pullman), KWWS-FM (Walla Walla)
Wisconsin
WLBL-AM (Auburndale), WHHI-FM (Highland), WHLA-FM (La Crosse), WHWC-FM (Menomonie), WHBM-FM (Park Falls), WHDI-FM (Sister Bay)
About CPB
CPB is a private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress in 1967 and is steward of the federal government's investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,100 locally-owned and -operated public television and radio stations nationwide, and is the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television and related online services.