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Do You Love AMR? Here's How You Can Get Involved To Assure Our Future!

 

This is Scott Smith, General Manager of Allegheny Mountain Radio, and I’d like to take a moment to talk about the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The CPB is an American publicly funded non-profit corporation, created by The Public Broadcasting Act in 1967 to promote and help support public broadcasting. The corporation's mission is to ensure universal access to non-commercial, high-quality content and telecommunications services.

Many people think CPB, NPR and PBS are one and the same, but this is not the case. NPR and PBS do get funding from the CPB – roughly 1% of their total budgets. The bulk of CPB funds got to support small rural tv and radio stations, including Allegheny Mountain Radio. CPB funding accounts for approximately half of our annual budget.

A government funding appropriation bill which recently passed out of subcommittee would end all funding to the CPB. If the CPB goes away, NPR and PBS will be fine – Allegheny Mountain Radio will not. We will not be able to continue in our current format. What AMR would become is unsure yet, but it would likely mean the closure of one or more stations, reductions to an already small staff, and the loss of our local focus, and flavor.

If Allegheny Mountain Radio is important to you, I would urge you to contact your Congressional representatives and ask them to ensure continued funding for CPB.

.Convenient ways to do this are by visiting the website www.protectmypublicmedia.org, or by calling the U.S. House of Representatives switchboard at 202-225-3121 or the U.S. Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121, where you will be directly connected to your representatives’ office.

And as always, thank you for your support!

Allegheny Mountain Radio Day Sponsorships

An Allegheny Mountain Radio Day Sponsorship allows you to support your local community radio station while also acknowledging a special day or event for a loved one, friend or colleague such as birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, holidays, promotions, christenings or other special occasions or memorial for a loved one.

Allegheny Mountain Radio

Allegheny Mountain Radio is a network of three community stations which are public and non-commercial: They are operated by volunteers and a small paid staff. Pocahontas Communications Cooperative, the licensee of the stations, is a non-profit organization formed in April 1979 for educational and charitable purposes and to operate community radio stations. Financial support is derived from individual donations, business underwriting and grants.

Allegheny Mountain Radio

Allegheny Mountain Radio is a network of three community stations which are public and non-commercial: They are operated by volunteers and a small paid staff. Pocahontas Communications Cooperative, the licensee of the stations, is a non-profit organization formed in April 1979 for educational and charitable purposes and to operate community radio stations. Financial support is derived from individual donations, business underwriting and grants.

OUR COMMUNITY. BE A PART OF US!

Allegheny Mountain Radio serves the Allegheny Highlands of the two Virginias: Our coverage area includes Pocahontas County in West Virginia and Bath and Highland County in Virginia. Learn more about these communities by following the links below.

POCAHONTAS COUNTY

“The Birthplace of Rivers”

BATH COUNTY

"Where Dream's Come True”

HIGHLAND COUNTY

“Virginia’s Little Switzerland”

OUR COMMUNITY. BE A PART OF US!

Allegheny Mountain Radio serves the Allegheny Highlands of the two Virginias: Our coverage area includes Pocahontas County in West Virginia and Bath and Highland County in Virginia. Learn more about these communities by following the links below.

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Pocahontas County

"Birthplace of Rivers"

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Bath County

"Where Dream's Come True"

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Highland County

"Virginia's Little Switzerland"

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SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY RADIO

Help keep Allegheny Mountain Radio on the air.

SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY RADIO

Help keep Allegheny Mountain Radio on the air.

PLEDGE BY MAIL

Allegheny Mountain Radio
9836 Browns Creek Road
Dunmore, WV  24934

PLEDGE BY PHONE

Call AMR at 1-800-297-2346 between 9 AM and 5 PM.
We will take your pledge information and follow-up by sending you an invoice.

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