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Indian radio stations have source of help By CARSON WALKER May 28,
2006 - 01:49:00 pm PDT
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - American Indian radio stations have a new partner
helping them broadcast an eclectic mix of community programming to
reservations across the country.
The Center for Native American Radio offers 33 radio stations that serve
Indians, helping with programming, accounting, engineering and
fundraising, which is a big challenge for most of the noncommercial
operations.
<http://adsys.townnews.com/c50466984/creative/tdn.com/ap_state_wa_tile/1\
9347.gif?r=http://www.tdn.com/ads/redhot.pdf> A $1.5 million grant
from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting established the center,
which is overseen by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters
in Oakland, Calif.
America's 4.2 million Indians often live on reservations located far
from each other, increasing the sense of isolation for some of the
nation's poorest, most vulnerable groups. Radio stations that cater to
Native Americans' interests could help boost morale, provide networking
opportunities and give them a sense that they aren't alone, proponents
say.
"We're now this unified group. Before, the stations were sort of on
their own and a lot of them felt isolated," said Peggy Berryhill,
director of services and planning for the center. "So now they're
beginning to see their collective strengths and share their assets and
issues and begin moving forward."
The center doesn't provide funding, but it connects stations with people
and groups who know how to find money that's available, she said.
Idaho doesn't have any Indian radio stations; the nearest are in Oregon,
which has two FM stations, in Pendleton and Warm Springs in the eastern
part of that state. There's also an AM station in Topboy thingyh, Wash., run
by the Yakama Nation Tribe. In South Dakota, KILI-FM on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation has been off the air since an April 15 lightning
strike. CNAPR referred the station to a consultant who knows how to
write grant proposals, said Tom Casey, business manager and development
director.
The station requested a $201,000 emergency grant from the Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program at the Department of Commerce in
Washington, which could help KILI replace the antenna, transmission line
and transmitter, and install a grounding system.
The station has six months to raise $40,000 to $50,000 in matching money
and is halfway to its goal, Casey said.
He hopes to hear back on the grant within weeks.
CNAPR's help with the grant was priceless, he said.
The center also tipped him off about another funding program to help the
station go digital, Casey said.
"We're going to come back stronger than ever with new transmitting
equipment and new studio equipment and we'll be in good shape," he said.
Berryhill said strengthening Indian radio stations helps Indian
communities maintain their traditions and sovereignty. "The mission of
most of these stations is about cultural preservation," she said. "It's
about economic development for the reservation. It's about having a
voice for their communities, an independent media."
On the Net:
Center for Native American Public Radio: www.cnapr.org/
National Federation of Community Broadcasters: www.nfcb.org/
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program:
www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp/
A service of the Associated Press(AP)
2006 - 01:49:00 pm PDT
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - American Indian radio stations have a new partner
helping them broadcast an eclectic mix of community programming to
reservations across the country.
The Center for Native American Radio offers 33 radio stations that serve
Indians, helping with programming, accounting, engineering and
fundraising, which is a big challenge for most of the noncommercial
operations.
<http://adsys.townnews.com/c50466984/creative/tdn.com/ap_state_wa_tile/1\
9347.gif?r=http://www.tdn.com/ads/redhot.pdf> A $1.5 million grant
from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting established the center,
which is overseen by the National Federation of Community Broadcasters
in Oakland, Calif.
America's 4.2 million Indians often live on reservations located far
from each other, increasing the sense of isolation for some of the
nation's poorest, most vulnerable groups. Radio stations that cater to
Native Americans' interests could help boost morale, provide networking
opportunities and give them a sense that they aren't alone, proponents
say.
"We're now this unified group. Before, the stations were sort of on
their own and a lot of them felt isolated," said Peggy Berryhill,
director of services and planning for the center. "So now they're
beginning to see their collective strengths and share their assets and
issues and begin moving forward."
The center doesn't provide funding, but it connects stations with people
and groups who know how to find money that's available, she said.
Idaho doesn't have any Indian radio stations; the nearest are in Oregon,
which has two FM stations, in Pendleton and Warm Springs in the eastern
part of that state. There's also an AM station in Topboy thingyh, Wash., run
by the Yakama Nation Tribe. In South Dakota, KILI-FM on the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation has been off the air since an April 15 lightning
strike. CNAPR referred the station to a consultant who knows how to
write grant proposals, said Tom Casey, business manager and development
director.
The station requested a $201,000 emergency grant from the Public
Telecommunications Facilities Program at the Department of Commerce in
Washington, which could help KILI replace the antenna, transmission line
and transmitter, and install a grounding system.
The station has six months to raise $40,000 to $50,000 in matching money
and is halfway to its goal, Casey said.
He hopes to hear back on the grant within weeks.
CNAPR's help with the grant was priceless, he said.
The center also tipped him off about another funding program to help the
station go digital, Casey said.
"We're going to come back stronger than ever with new transmitting
equipment and new studio equipment and we'll be in good shape," he said.
Berryhill said strengthening Indian radio stations helps Indian
communities maintain their traditions and sovereignty. "The mission of
most of these stations is about cultural preservation," she said. "It's
about economic development for the reservation. It's about having a
voice for their communities, an independent media."
On the Net:
Center for Native American Public Radio: www.cnapr.org/
National Federation of Community Broadcasters: www.nfcb.org/
Public Telecommunications Facilities Program:
www.ntia.doc.gov/ptfp/
A service of the Associated Press(AP)