submitted by James Yeager, Torrance County Public Radio committee:
On August 22, tune your radio to 88.7 and get a taste of our new community, public, non-commercial radio station. KXNM will transmit a low power signal on 88.7 FM during the Sunflower Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Conditions and technology permitting your FM radio should receive the program in central Mountainair.
Volunteers from the KXNM Community Foundation will be located near the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument parking lot on Broadway. Visitors are encouraged to fill out a KXNM listener survey for the station to voice their preferences and radio listening interests, and hear about volunteer DJ opportunities. The volunteers operating the booth will be interviewing artists, musicians, poets, and folks in general at the Sunflower Festival.
Efforts to establish a community-based public radio station for Torrance County have been in the works for two years. The timeline for KXNM Radio projects a full powered 24/7 broadcast facility to be fully on-air by August 2011 with the 40,000-watt signal covering most of Torrance County. Stop by and check out your new public radio station!
