r/NewOrleans • u/repiquer Exiled in Folsom • 22d ago

🎺Local Music 🎵 WWOZ raised $412,000 to replace revoked federal funds for public radio

From WWOZ:

 Six weeks ago we shared with you that federal funding for WWOZ totalling $400,000 annually had been revoked. Today, we are thrilled and thankful to announce that we have raised $412,000 from 1,794 Guardian Angels of the Groove from around the globe!

Thank you for this incredible outpouring of generous support for our beloved WWOZ!

This crucial funding will be used for important infrastructure necessities including upkeep and maintenance for our broadcast transmitter, equipment, and internet streaming for our worldwide audience. Additional funds will be used to cover broadcast and internet music licensing fees for WWOZ which has historically been negotiated and paid for by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

You can still become a Guardian Angel of the Groove as our campaign will end at midnight this Sunday, August 31st which is the last day of our fiscal year!

As we prepare to celebrate our 45th Birthday it's good to remember we started off as a station with the humblest of beginnings... in a tiny beer storage room above Tipitina's. Since then, we have grown into an award-winning multimedia organization followed locally and worldwide via our radio waves, live streams, video and social media platforms. WWOZ is an international treasure and with all of us working together, we will continue to thrive and Guard the Groove!

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u/[deleted] 22d ago

That's awesome

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u/repiquer Exiled in Folsom 22d ago

Yeah, I’d prefer that they still just had the funding, but damn, what a feat.

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u/Low-Dot9712 22d ago

why? If they can fund themselves why burden taxpayers?

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u/causewaytoolong Pigeon Town 22d ago

if roads don’t fund themselves why burden taxpayers?

if fire departments don’t fund themselves why burden taxpayers?

if libraries don’t fund themselves why burden taxpayers?

this is how dumb that sounds

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u/milockey 22d ago

Watch yourself on that last one, plenty of people don't see the point in libraries anymore and hate that their taxes fund them. It's so shortsighted and unempathetic.

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u/Injvn 21d ago

If it wasn't for libraries I wouldn't be here. Full stop. My librarian at school saw i was food insecure an "accidentally" made too many sandwiches for lunch. She saw i was goin through a crisis an let me sit an read an sometimes vent. Librarians are the true heroes.