Pledge Drive Earns $8,860 for KUCI-FM
A weeklong fund-raising drive that ended Monday brought $8,860 in pledges for KUCI-FM, according to Kevin Stockdale, adviser to the student-run radio station at UC Irvine. Stockdale said the pledges “far exceeded our expectations,” which ranged between $2,500 and $5,000.
The pledge drive launched the station’s effort to raise $75,000 needed to install a new transmitter that would boost the station’s power from 24 to 200 watts and expand its now-marginal presence (at 88.9 FM) on the Orange County airwaves.
The next fund-raising event will probably be a benefit concert early next year. Meanwhile, Stockdale said, station officials are developing a business plan in hopes of persuading the university administration to back a loan that would allow KUCI to install the transmitter in the near future, then pay off the balance over a five-year period.
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