THEFT & VANDALISM Strike WGRV The Groove

[Jazz_Kat]

http://www.thegroove.org/

THEFT & VANDALISM

Strike WGRV The Groove -- Help Needed NOW

STOLEN…thousands of dollars of sound/broadcasting equipment.
VANDALISM…of signs and other property items.

WGRV The Groove has recently experienced several attacks from Thieves and Vandals…These items are not insured.

The Groove needs this important equipment to properly maintain the radio station plus the Jazz events we provide to you and this community.

Without this equipment, The Groove will be forced to possibly cancel selected events... PLUS alter a huge part of our broadcasting area, meaning thousands of you will lose your Jazz.

Do you want to lose your Jazz..??

It’s up to You -- Help Us Now. Spread the word!!!

The Groove needs to raise $15,000 – NOW to replace the missing equipment and repair the damages.

There are 3 ways YOU can help:

1) Go to our website today (www.TheGroove.org) and make an online donation by clicking the donate/pledge side button.

2) Mailing your checks of support today to: WGRV The Groove, P.O. Box 100085, Palm Bay, FL 32910

3) Call 321-951-9310 anytime before or during our On-Air radio fundraiser during the days of (to be announced) and make your generous and appreciated donation

If YOU have ever listened to this Groove radio station or have been to any of the hundreds of FREE community Jazz events The Groove has hosted over the last 6 years, We need you now!!!

Don’t rely on others…We ask you to do you part today. It’s not the amount of your donation, it’s the point that you make a donation that is important.

Help The Groove – we are a totally listener supported public radio station with an entire volunteer staff.

Where are you Groove Jazz Fans…???

 

[pellmell]

These items are not insured.

That's not smart.

 

[PTBoardOp94]

These items are not insured.

That's not smart.

My thoughts exactly. I was reading that sentence and my brow almost instinctively furrowed.

 

[AnotherCat]

This is so sad. I guess someone in that area needed audio equipment they couldn't afford :-[, or needed the money that resale would bring . A few weeks ago Acoustic Alchemy's tour bus was broken into while it was parked in a hotel parking lot and most of their instruments and equipment was ripped off. C'mon people. Don't take stuff that doesn't belong to you!

Insuring the equipment was probably prohibitive cost-wise since this station is a nonprofit on a shoestring budget, relies heavily on listener donations, and the area is hurricane and flood prone so coverage of any type is high and hard to get. To tell the truth I have never heard of a radio station getting broken into like. The brunch show I work with is on in the same market, it's a lovely place with lots of nice people and has been quite a hotbed of support for this music. Guess everybody isn't so nice. I just got hit by a massive vet bill but I'm gonna send them a lil' something. Everything counts in small amounts.

 

[FreddyE1977]

I seem to recall a news story from that part of the country a few years ago where someone was
going around vandalizing and stealing from radio stations. Turned out he was assembling the parts
to put together his own pirate station (which made him very easy to catch once he went on-air)

 

[Interstate 78]

I seem to recall a news story from that part of the country a few years ago where someone was
going around vandalizing and stealing from radio stations. Turned out he was assembling the parts
to put together his own pirate station (which made him very easy to catch once he went on-air)

Great story. I'm sure that wound up in the "dumb criminal" archives we hear all about on the news. It's amazing how dumb some people are.

 

[Bill Betten]

I wonder if a police report was filed on the theft and vandelism, interesting.