KLZR Radio - Voice of the Wet Mountain Valley
Spirit Campaign Results The Spirit Campaign raised $17,765 with a $1,945.97 Foundation match for a total of $19,710.97. Along with funding from our donors and a match from the Colorado Media Project, KLZR raised a grand total of $35,810.97. Your continued support means the world to us and keeps community radio strong in the Wet Mountain Valley.
Taste of the Valley Taste of the Valley returns in August and is always a hit! This event is widely recognized as one of the Valley’s premier summer events where wine experts, great chefs and local residents who share a love of food and wine come together to celebrate our community radio station. Tickets will go on sale June 16th with cost set at $130 a ticket. We have engaged a caterer for the dinner who is currently developing a menu. This year we will be at the Pines Ranch on August 3....
Valley Ace Hardware 100th Anniversary On June 29, 2024, our local Valley Ace Hardware Store celebrated an incredible milestone - 100 years of service! KLZR there to greet hundreds of community visitors, share information about the station and help Ace Hardware celebrate. (Photo credit: Kathy Blaha)
IT and Operations Update We are undertaking a new update to the Green studio which started a few years ago with the Red studio’s update. Replacing the old ARC 8 with the new ARC 10 is easy enough, but comes with a multitude of upgrades to old cabling. Along with the console upgrade a few other things came along at the same time. The boom mic in the red studio failed so parts were ordered to upgrade the mic booms in both studios. Parts are in and that issue will be fixed this week. Then a CD...
Library Kids Take Over the Station The “Time to Read” Program Library Kids successfully took over the KLZR studios earlier this year. The kids had a great time sharing their favorite songs. The parents had a great time watching, listening and taking pictures. There were 12 student DJs sharing songs from Harry Styles, Mathew Mole, Nathan Evans, Post Malone, the Zac Brown Band, Willie Nelson, Burl Ives, Oh Wonder, Maroon 5 and many more.
It Takes a Team Pictured here are TC Smythe and her amazing, awesome,wonderful and fantastic volunteer crew which took down and put up tents, stages, sound systems, chairs and tables for 5 summer concerts, 2 block parties and the High Peaks Music Festival. Thank you!!
2023 Summer Newsletter Photo Credit: Paul Leach Nearly 100 guests enjoyed great food and wine at this year's annual Taste of the Valley signature dinner at Three Peaks Ranch. We'd like to thank the Ranch owners for being terrific hosts; our food and wine providers, Buffalo Gals and Coaltrain for a great dinner; all of our guests and supporters who made the dinner and silent auction a great success; and, thanks to our terrific wait staff!
2023 SPRING Quarterly Newsletter Photo Credit: Sherry Meier