Welcome to GMCR – Gila / Mimbres Community Radio!
1st Up
It was the final Farmers Market of the season. Click here for pics & audio.
Next, we’re upgrading our site in anticipation of our upcoming debut of 24/7 live streaming on the net and frankly, the new site may be a bit untidy for a couple of weeks with a bad link here and a missing photo there but fear not! We’ve already got most of it in place and will be adding new features in the coming weeks. So please pardon any mess as we continue to upgrade.
We’d like you to know that all the content on our upcoming streaming will be available at no charge, but you must register with a name and email address to access it.
Click here to register for free access to all our programs
and here for more info on Membership and Registration.
Not a member, yet? That’s easily remedied!
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
GMCR has a feature article in the October 2011 issue of Desert Exposure. Thanks to Richard Mahler for his interest and support of Community Radio! Click here to read the article.
News Flash!
The initial meeting of the Progressive Voters Alliance of Grant County / PVA-GC (http://pvagc NULL.org/) – took place on Wednesday evening at the Silco. There was a great turnout and high level of participation. Click here for more information and audio of the complete event.
Please join us for our regular meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 5pm. We meet in the Silver City Coop Meeting Room – Thanks, Community Partner! – behind the Coop at the end of 6th Street. If you fall in the Big Ditch, you went tooo far! Out next meeting will be 13 December 2011.
Thanks for your interest in Community Media!
Nearly six years ago, a group of local residents began meeting to discuss the state of radio in Grant County.
In the following weeks it was decided that
we would create a new radio station
covering all of Grant County that would be
- Member Based
- Listener Supported
- Non-Commercial
- Non-Profit
- Volunteer Operated
- Locally Focused
We proceeded to incorporate as a New Mexico non-profit corporation and obtain federal 501(c)(3) tax-deductible status. We raised money, hired expert legal and engineering consultants and were rewarded with great enthusiasm and broad community support for our efforts. Finally, we applied to the FCC for a full power FM NC/E – non-commercial / educational radio license.
And guess what?
Gila / Mimbres Community Radio is proud to announce that we have been granted our CP – Construction Permit – by the FCC and can now proceed to build the station.
This has been an arduous and sometimes discouraging undertaking but we have passed over a major hurdle in bringing a progressive local voice to our airwaves.
Now we can all REALLY begin to
- Think Music of All Kinds
from right here in our local community and around the world - Think News and Public Affairs
that examines all sides of issues rather than the narrow or non-existent coverage of mainstream media - Think Local Issues and Concerns
addressed in depth on an ongoing basis - Think Diversity
that reflects the interests of our community - Think Regular Spanish Programming
on a range of issues and interests - Think Volunteer DJs and Program Hosts
from right here - Think the Best Available Programs
from across the country and around the world - Think of a Public Forum
where community voices can be heard
This is the vision of GMCR.
Please click here to view or download our current press release.
And click here to view or download our brochure.
Want to get involved? Click here for ways to do it.
And For Gosh Sakes! We have Call Letters! Check us out!
The coming weeks and months will be busy, busy, busy and offer many opportunities to contribute and become involved in a variety of ways. We know that many of you have radio experience as well as other skills that will be essential to getting on the air so please contact us and let us know how you would like to join in this effort.
| Board of Directors | |
| Jesse Franklin Owens | Chair |
| John Fridinger | Vice Chair |
| Kyle Johnson | Secretary / Treasurer |
| Ken Keppeler | Director |
Please visit often to keep abreast of the latest developments and feel free to contact us at email@gmcr.org (email null@null gmcr NULL.org)
