KGHP likely casualty of budget shortfall

[crainbebo]

A majority get their news from Facebook or social media nowadays, if you're under 40 yrs. of age, maybe even 50. Here in Yakima, the TV news quality continues to go down and the Yakima Herald is only 3 days a week in print. I can't imagine what it's like for newspapers in rimshot areas near Seattle (Skagit Valley Herald, Peninsula Daily News, Kitsap Sun) are they seeing a drop in subscribers just like everywhere else?

 

[Kelly A]

I'm a low-grade dyslexic and that obsession with team sports caused me to drop out of one school and abandon high school completely after a semester at another. I was great at track and swimming, but when forced by the curriculum to play football, baseball and basketball I was and extreme embarrassment and ridiculed by teammates. (To this day, I can't watch any of those three sports).

And don't forget, being a THESSSsssPIAN!

 

[RF101]

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/gateway/g-news/article285163477.html

New story about strategy to save KGHP. Kudos to the young reporter from the Tacoma News-Tribune for grabbing all the angles and gritty details for us radio junkies...


Salient two paragraphs:

"Hagel shared Feb. 8 that it costs the district about $12,000 a year to maintain the license and station, based on last year’s numbers. That accounts for a contract engineer who is paid around $3,000 for the upkeep of the equipment and other things. "

“The value on the open market of the station as a whole right now is $100,000,” Hagel shared."

 

[fordranger797]

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/community/gateway/g-news/article285163477.html

New story about strategy to save KGHP. Kudos to the young reporter from the Tacoma News-Tribune for grabbing all the angles and gritty details for us radio junkies...


Salient two paragraphs:

"Hagel shared Feb. 8 that it costs the district about $12,000 a year to maintain the license and station, based on last year’s numbers. That accounts for a contract engineer who is paid around $3,000 for the upkeep of the equipment and other things. "

“The value on the open market of the station as a whole right now is $100,000,” Hagel shared."

I had to make sure that I read that right. $100,000 seems pretty steep for a radio station with a transmitter in a non-desirable location.

 

[valvashon]

I had to make sure that I read that right. $100,000 seems pretty steep for a radio station with a transmitter in a non-desirable location.

I used to volunteer there. You've read my take on this station. Move the comma one place to the left and you might find a buyer.