Post by blackcrowheart on Jun 12, 2006 10:27:27 GMT -5
Help most welcome for Indian stations Editorial Board
Argus Leader <mailto:Argus Leader>
June 7, 2006
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Finally, some good news for struggling Native American radio stations.
A $1.5 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has
established the Center for Native American Radio as a resource for the
roughly three dozen stations around the country.
It won't provide any funding for the stations, but it will offer advice
and direct them to organizations for grants and fund-raising.
"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.
It comes at a great time for South Dakota. Of our four Native American
stations, only one remains on the air - KINI-FM at St. Francis, which
receives funding from the Catholic church and donations.
Three others are down or gone:
* KSWS-FM at Sisseton lost its FCC license and is shut down.
* KLND-FM at McLaughlin has been off the air since April 10 because
of equipment problems.
* KILI-FM at Porcupine has been off the air since April 15, when
lightning hit near the station.
KILI, especially, is widely known to listeners throughout the
southwestern part of South Dakota. It is a unifying force for both the
Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations. Like most Native American stations,
it provides a mix of community news and announcements, along with
cultural education and entertainment.
"The mission of most of these stations is about cultural preservation,"
said Berryhill. "It's about economic development for the reservations.
It's about having a voice for their communities, an independent media."
Finally, some help.
Argus Leader <mailto:Argus Leader>
June 7, 2006
www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060607/OPINION01\
/606070319/1006
<http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060607/OPINION0\
1/606070319/1006>
Finally, some good news for struggling Native American radio stations.
A $1.5 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has
established the Center for Native American Radio as a resource for the
roughly three dozen stations around the country.
It won't provide any funding for the stations, but it will offer advice
and direct them to organizations for grants and fund-raising.
"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.
It comes at a great time for South Dakota. Of our four Native American
stations, only one remains on the air - KINI-FM at St. Francis, which
receives funding from the Catholic church and donations.
Three others are down or gone:
* KSWS-FM at Sisseton lost its FCC license and is shut down.
* KLND-FM at McLaughlin has been off the air since April 10 because
of equipment problems.
* KILI-FM at Porcupine has been off the air since April 15, when
lightning hit near the station.
KILI, especially, is widely known to listeners throughout the
southwestern part of South Dakota. It is a unifying force for both the
Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations. Like most Native American stations,
it provides a mix of community news and announcements, along with
cultural education and entertainment.
"The mission of most of these stations is about cultural preservation,"
said Berryhill. "It's about economic development for the reservations.
It's about having a voice for their communities, an independent media."
Finally, some help.