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Show Community Wireless Readies First Birthday Celebration fiscal year with the funds to begin the transmitter, news upgrade and other programming program-ming projects. The goal of the five day event is to raise $20,000. The transmitter itself will cost betweet $8 and $10,000. Feulner noted, adding the newly acquired AP Network is also expensive, costing nearly $4,000 a year. It costs a lot of money to do quality programming, he said, noting at the same time. KPCW is not known for paying high salaries. The top wage paid now is $800 per month, with two of the station's three full time employees being paid partially parti-ally through the federally funded CETA job program. Speaking of finances Feulner Feul-ner stated the station's finance committee will be having the station's books audited at the end of the year. That audit as well as the station's tax-exempt status and other material is available for public inspection inspect-ion at the Memorial Building during business hours. Feulner conluded that because bec-ause of the continuing support of the stations volunteers, contributors an program underwriters the presenting all segments in town and is. he said, a "working board with a lot of energy and good ideas." "That's not to take anything any-thing away from the original board." said Feulner adding. add-ing. "Without them, there wouldn't be a radio station." Something else Feulner said he and the station is particularly happy about is the tremendous dedication of the station's volunteer programmers, pro-grammers, some of which work at the station over 20 hours a week. We have a great group of people, many of which have been on the air since the station signed on. Out-volunteers Out-volunteers are the greatest resource the station has and we've got some very creative people on the air." Feulner went on to say Program Director Dan Wilcox Wil-cox had done a tremendous job training and scheduling the over 50 volunteers who weekly are on the air. Looking back on the past year. Feulner said he thought the station had kept all the promises it had made to residents during the two years it took to build the station. He stated KPCW had. in particular, made an outstanding effort in the news and public affairs 1 "The station that Park City built" is alive and well and looking forward to a year of growth, with substantial 1 upgrading of the station's programming and signal , strength. July 2. today, is the first anniversary of the day that , Park City Mayor John C. Green. Jr. cut the "ceremonial "ceremo-nial wire" at the official sign-on celebration and Blair Feulner stepped to the ' microphone to announce ( over the airwaves that "You are listening to the station Park Citv built. KPCW. 91.9 FM stereo." "It's been an exciting and at times frustrating year." KPCW General Manager Blair Feulner said Tuesday, concerning the first 12 months operation of the "volunteer voice." the list-ner-supported. non-commer- , cial station located at the' i Memorial Building. On the "frustration" side of i things. Feulner reported that technical problems plague-ing plague-ing "Edna", the station's 1947-vintage transmitter. , caused the most "fear and , loathing" during the year. "We should have kno.vn Edna would be a pain when ' she died the second day we were on the air." he commented. station looks forward to a productive second year. "I would just like to thank everyone who has supported the station this past year... it's that support that keeps the staff and volunteers going 18 hours a dy. 365 days a year." programming area. He cited the dedication and professionalism of volunteers volunt-eers Mat Madsen. Roger Morphew and Ron Burnett, all of who have had prior professional radio experience. experi-ence. "In my opinion, its the news and information area that the station has had and will continue to have the most impact because KPCW is the only source of daily, local news." In line with that news committment. KPCW this past week joined the Assoei ated Press Radio Network which provides the statioi with hourly news, sports, feature and business news via telephone hookup with New York. Future plans call for the station to hire a full-time news director, apply for a remote broadcast radio license, li-cense, and build news studios in the Coalville-Kamas Coalville-Kamas and Heber City areas. What this all means, of course, is the station will need more funds, with the Financial Affairs Committee looking at the possibilities of doubling the station's present pre-sent $50,000 a year budget during the next fiscal year. That's why, said Feulner, the station has scheduled its second "Radio-thon" fundraiser fund-raiser for next week, July 8 to 9. The purpose of the special programming and appeals for money is so the station can begin the new With the addition of Chief Engineer Bill MacDonald to the staff two months ago and the expenditure of nearlv 51 .000 in test equipment and tubes. Feulner said Edna was now is the best shape it probably has" been in 20 years. 1 "That doesn't mean it ' won't die tomorrow." he (v added, noting equipment , suppliers "laugh a lot" w hen ( called concerning parts of t the ancient transmitter. ' Plans are. however, under- ? " wav to raise the money for a new transmitter and an ! application has been filed 1 with the Federal Communi- ' cations Commission to move . the transmitter to a new site , on top of Quarry Mountain, i According to Feulner. the a new site will greatly improve ' the station's signal, especial ly in Park Meadows., Holi-' Holi-' day Ranch, Prospector ' Square and Snyderville, in- ' eluding Summit Park. The station hopes to raise the money in time to build the new installation this fall. ' Besides the accomplish ment of just keeping the , station on the air in excess of f 7.000 hours during the last 12 months with predominate- ' ly volunteer broadcasters, I one of the accomplishments ' the station is most proud of r is its new board of trustees. ' Expanded from 13 to 29 in April. Feulner says the new governing board of the F - non-for-profit corporation is r a "broad-based" group re- ' r r |