Hey, Turner, Stayton, Sublimity, Monmouth, Independence, Salem, Keizer and the mid Willamette Valley, we are broadcasting live community radio on the left end of the dial at 88.5 FM. Listen to our programming on your FM radio or online with our simulcast online stream. Visit kmuz.org and see how you can get involved in the planet’s latest community radio station.
Great help from Pat, Vickie, Maggie, David and Chris at Magic at the Mill. These folks pulled in dozens of visitors and made station IDs with all the kids. Andrew recorded and hacked up the audio files and has put several in the top of the hour ID. Listen for these kids, they are so cool!
Randy Hill, Chris Lehman, Allie Learn and Rummagin’ Ray were slated for this evenings lineup. Our magical guests were thrilled to see the DJs at work.
Chris Lehman
Randy Hill
Allie Learn and Joe Strauch
2011 has been an extremely productive year for KMUZ that has culminated in going On The Air on December 17! Thanks to past support from donors, along with the thousands of hours spent by dedicated community members, we have surmounted many obstacles with our all-volunteer effort.
Ongoing payments for the transmitter equipment and monthly operational expenses of over $500—soon to be over $1,000 by midwinter—necessitate financial support more than ever. Please consider becoming a supporter of KMUZ with your donation of $40, $100, or more. All of your donations are 100% tax deductible, and best of all, you’re investing in the growth of our area’s first community-run radio station!
Click on the “Donate” button on the right or mail your check to KMUZ-FM, P.O. Box 12038, Salem OR 97309. Many thanks and best wishes for 2012 from the KMUZ family.
We’ve set a goal of $885 in donations for today. :) There are still 5 more hours. We have received $360 so far today from five donors, so we are over 1/3 of the way there!
In this past year we have accomplished so much and achieved our dream to bring community radio to the Mid-Willamette Valley. We so need a little more help in order to make our station and transmitter site of the quality needed to give you great local programming. Be a part of the KMUZ family!
Join KMUZ Jan. 14th for our Open House and Studio Tours
KMUZ will be hosting an Open House and Grand Opening celebration on January 14, 2012. There will be an Open House with tours of the studio that Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. In the evening, the Board will be hosting a happy hour event in the Dye House from 5:00 – 7:00 pm, where we’ll be thanking sponsors and volunteers, and encouraging people to build partnerships with us. Be happy, join the KMUZ family and promote community radio!
Gilgamesh Brewery beer and wine from Anthony Dell Cellars will be available for purchase. KMUZ is proud to partner with these local craftspeople and merchants.
KMUZ’s production room has had a makeover. Adding some sound traps and getting the gear off the floor will allow our programmers to be efficient. With the donation of a new turntable, we’re now able to incorporate vinyl into the production process, too. Thanks to Carl Beilstein and CT Holman for their efforts.
Carl gives Kelley his approval for a great show at KMUZ’s Grand Opening. Thanks all to the hundreds of folks who came down to the Mill to help us celebrate this momentous occasion. Under Vicki Darden’s tutelage the event was well organized, informative and fun for everyone involved. KMUZ, your community radio, get involved!
With all of the news about flooding, school closures and more, we’ve found that our Facebook page is more lively than ever. If you have information to share or want to see the latest, please jump over to our page on Facebook. Lots of people are sharing information and will continue to do so.
Alex Carmichael broadcasts the Chandelier Swing live from the KMUZ bunker on Friday the 20th as we dodge the flood.
The waters were rising last Thursday night the 19th of January, and when they got within about 8 inches of the bottom of the floorboards at our Mission Mill studio, we bugged out! Andrew Esther and Rick Quenden, our tech guys, took the gear critical to broadcasting and streaming and set them up in Tim Patterson’s basement and within 46 minutes we were back on the air and online!
KMUZ broadcast from the basement for 22 hours before deciding it was okay to move it all back to the Willamette Heritage Center location, so we unplugged at 10 PM and within 36 minutes the signal was back online and on the air.
Kudos to all who stepped up to make this happen!
PS. The Statesman Journal even covered this event. And here’s a collection of flood photos, including several that show how close the water actually got to our studio floors.
When you consider what KMUZ is bringing to the Mid-Willamette Valley with its unique programming, and divers collection of volunteers striving to bring you important news, information, discussion and a great variety of music, it’s important to seriously consider digging in to your pockets a bit to help support the station.
One easy – nay, PAINLESS – way of doing that is to sign up for a monthly withdrawal. In the top right column of this page you’ll see a “Help KMUZ” section which gives you a chance to donate easily through our website. There are two options: the first is a single donation in the amount of your choice. The second is a selection of ‘auto-payment’ options. The drop-down box gives you a choice of making monthly donations in the amounts of $5, $10, $15, $20 or $25 dollars. Once you sign up, you’re committing to becoming a monthly supporter of KMUZ. Yes, your donations are tax-deductible. And yes, we really appreciate it!
Please consider starting your monthly donations today!
(Press Release)
KMUZ-FM, the community radio station serving Salem and the mid-Willamette Valley, is looking for a new home. The all volunteer radio service has been broadcasting from the Mission Mill at the Willamette Heritage Center. “Thanks to the facilities of the Heritage Center and the generosity of the law firm of Crowell Ing LLC, KMUZ has had a great place to start at the Mill,” said Board President Karen Holman. “We were able to get KMUZ on the air and get our feet under us in our WHC studio location.”
The station was set up in a suite of rooms within the Crowell Ing law offices at the Willamette Heritage Center, using space excess to the needs of the firm. According to KMUZ Treasurer Dave Hammock, “We were able to use the Mill studios at no charge, but our hosts’ space requirements have changed and KMUZ needs to leave the nest and find a new home. We knew this would eventually happen.”
After periodic testing through the late summer and fall, KMUZ-FM signed onto the airwaves for good on December 17th, 2012. The station broadcasts at 88.5 MHz FM. Treasurer Hammock, who will also coordinate KMUZ’s relocation effort, says the studio is connected to the transmitter via a relatively flexible internet link. “This simplifies our move,” says Hammock “Once we locate and occupy a suitable studio site we can switch operations to the new Control Room in just a few hours. There will be very little down time for the station.”
KMUZ-FM had an unexpected trial run of such a relocation during the recent flooding when the Willamette Heritage Center studios were threatened by rising waters. Volunteers grabbed the essential radio gear and moved to a Board member’s house on higher ground. After broadcasting “from the bunker” in the residential basement for a day, the equipment was returned to the mill as the waters receded.
A permanent move will be more complicated and require substantial efforts by station volunteers. The current studio and office location will become unavailable at the end of February. The KMUZ Board has established a working group to seek a new facility and plan the move. As financial resources are limited (as they are for any young non-profit organization in 2012!), KMUZ is hoping to find advantageous terms of occupancy wherever the studio ends up. Listeners, supporters or interested parties who have ideas for the Studio Relocation group are encouraged to contact KMUZ move coordinator Dave Hammock at treasurer@kmuz.org.
KMUZ is moving to downtown Salem! The new permanent location of the KMUZ studios will be at 245 Division Street NE, Suite 300 (former location of Allied Video Productions). Immediately following the receipt of keys on Thursday, March 1 volunteers are assembling to move. Our target date for the entire move to be complete is March 6.
The space is perfect for us — plenty of room for a broadcast studio, a production studio, administration office, space for techies to work on equipment, and even a common 
area for hanging out with fellow KMUZers! This is a very exciting development in the establishment of our community radio station and we are thankful to Crowell Ing LLC for donating space in the Mission Mill until we became ready to leave the nest.
Anyone who would like to offer help of any kind that would be related to our move, please contact Dave Hammock at dhammock(at)comcast(dot)net.
New and Improved!
Muchos Gracias to Mike Johnson, broadcast engineer and Rick Quendun, board member & tech support. They’ve been on the hill most of the day getting community radio back into the community!!
And of course, the humble Dave Hammock, giving them support. Thank you all!
Please go to the website and donate now!! We gotta pay that broadcast engineer to keep him happy and helping.
Congratulations to Dan Beacham, winner of our David Sedaris Ticket Raffle!!!
Dan likes hiking, slow walks on the beach, Ken ’till 10, Punk Rock w/ Dropkick, Rummagin’ Ray, The Chandelier Swing and many other shows on KMUZ!
Thanks for your support Dan!
In what was a somewhat surprising result, KMUZ Community Radio, has been named Best Radio Station in the Statesman-Journal’s annual “Best Of the Mid-Valley” competition — not too shabby for a radio station less than a year old…
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to vote!
KMUZ needs volunteers to help with our first ever on-air pledge drive, coming May 7 – 13!
Can you answer a phone or perform other simple but nonetheless important tasks?… Then you’re exactly who we’re looking for!
If you can help, please contact Dave at 503-990-6091 or treasurer@kmuz.org
NOTE: NEW, IMPROVED PRICES!
“Join KMUZ at Soul in the City – an all-ages benefit for KMUZ on Sat. June 2. Doors open at 6pm, show starts 7.
ClockWorks Cafe & Cultural Center in downtown Salem will host KMUZ’s second annual community party.
Enjoy Gilgamesh brews and food as you move to the soulful hip hop sounds of Salem’s own Rich McCloud.
Groove to the reggae-funk of Sol Seed, Max Ribner Band and Faraji.
All proceeds from this massive love-letting go to KMUZ community radio.
Tickets are on sale now at brownpapertickets.com or at ClockWorks.
$5 pre-sale and $7 at the door.
And if music isn’t enough, come for the hula hooping, belly dancing, live painting and massage.
KMUZ thanks event sponsors: Culture Shock, Mama’s Fire Gourmet Hot Sauces, Gilgemesh Brewing,
Illahee Vineyards and ABC Printers.“
DOUBLE CHALLENGE HAS ENDED – THANK YOU FOR YOUR PLEDGES.
THE PLEDGE DRIVE CONTINUES – STAY TUNED FOR MORE CHALLENGES!!!
PLEDGE CHALLENGE — LIMITED TIME ONLY!!!
All pledges made from now till 4:00pm PST will be matched by a lovely listener in Portland. So, everyone who donates now will have their donation doubled!!
BONUS: The first caller to pledge $100 will receive a pound of Joe Mocha coffee to go with their KMUZ coffee mug!
Its day three of our first-ever pledge drive, and we’re off to a great start!
Please keep your donations coming, tell a friend or two, and support community radio!
Call 503-990-6091 to make a donation.
Thank you KMUZ listeners!
But we’re not done yet…
You have pledged the money we need to buy a new transmitter of our very own! We’re going to celebrate this important milestone by recalibrating our official pledge drive goal to match the broadcast frequency of our new transmitter: 88.5
So, our new pledge goal is… $8,850!
