CPB Compliance - KAFM Radio

CPB Compliance Document

Grand Valley Public Radio CO Inc. dba KAFM 88.1 Community Radio

Meetings
Grand Valley Public Radio CO Inc. dba KAFM 88.1 Community Radio holds license for public radio station 88.1 FM, Grand Junction Colorado. KAFM complies with Section 396 (k) (4) of the Communications Act by providing notice to the public before holding public meetings of the Board of Directors and meetings of the members, and the Community Advisory Board. Notice of these public meetings is posted on the website kafmradio.

In addition, all such meetings, are posted on our website and that meetings are open to the public. This meets the CPB requirement that this information is conveyed on 7 consecutive days prior to each meeting.

Subject to reasonable limitations (such as size of available meeting space), all members of the public are permitted to attend any of the meetings above without condition such as registration or providing any personal information. All or portions of any board or committee meeting may be "CLOSED" to the public in the event matters relating to individual employees, proprietary information, litigation or other matters which are confidential upon advice of counsel or financial information obtained on a confidential basis, or other matters deemed by the board to be inappropriate for public disclosure. If a meeting is closed, an explanation will be disseminated in the same way that an open meeting is posted, following the meeting.

Financial

KAFM makes accessible a series of public documents and information as part of our commitment to honoring our Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) requirements, which provides a portion of our annual support. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact us.

KAFM includes the following in the CPB folder of its public file:

Community Advisory Board

KAFM holds at least two but optimally six Community Advisory Board meetings each year.
Community Advisory Board membership and minutes of the meeting will be kept in the CPB folder in the public file and on KAFM’s website.

The Community Advisory Board has a distinct membership from the organization’s governing Board of Directors.

KAFM strives to ensure that Members of the CAB represent a diverse cross-section of the community.

Minutes of the meeting indicate that the CAB is performing its primary functions under the CPB rule:
1. establish and follow its own schedule and agenda, within the scope of the community advisory board's statutory or delegated authority;
2. review the programming goals established by station;
3. review the community service provided by the stations;
4. review the impact on the community of the significant policy decisions rendered by the station; and
5. advise the governing board of the station whether the programming and other significant policies of the station are meeting the specialized educational and cultural needs of the communities served by the station. The advisory board may make recommendations to the governing board to meet those specialized needs.

EEO

Licensees and Permittees of public broadcast stations with fewer than five full-time employees are not subject to the reporting and public records requirements in provision of Section 396 (K) (11) of the Communications Act. KAFM does not meet the five-full-time-employee threshold (i.e. has fewer than five). As such, the FCC EEO Public File Report complies with the FCC's EEO rule and is posted on the website, with a copy placed in the Public Inspection File of the station. It is the policy of KAFM to comply with all FCC and CPB EEO requirements. KAFM does submit annual statistical reports regarding employment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Donor Lists and Political Activities

1. KAFM will comply with all current laws and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service, and with all other applicable Federal law or regulations governing political activity and lobbying.
2. KAFM will not sell, rent, lease, loan, trade, give, donate, transfer or exchange its membership or donor names with any outside organization for any purpose.
3. KAFM maintains active control of its contributor and donor lists, and takes all appropriate measures to ensure against unauthorized use of such lists. The bylaws of the organization do not allow any use of its membership and contributor/donor lists by any outside parties.
4. The organization periodically reminds contributors/members/donors that its lists are never used outside of the organization.

Station Activity Survey

KAFM is a member-supported, volunteer-oriented community radio station dedicated to excellence and diversity in musical, cultural and public service programming. KAFM fills a vital role in the Grand Valley of Western Colorado as an accessible forum for the presentation of music, arts, culture and information by and for the local community.

KAFM fills a vital role in the Grand Valley of Western Colorado as an accessible forum for the presentation of music, arts, culture and information by and for the local community. We are a member-supported, volunteer-oriented community radio station dedicated to excellence and diversity in musical, cultural and public service programming. A large part of our focus is on our in-house produced Community Affairs Show that airs daily interviews and information about, and for, local charities and non-profits, schools, educational resources, Public Health, Civic matters, and area businesses that provide essential services in the communities we broadcast to.

KAFM – Produces local art, cultural and informational content through daily features and segments, including; Mesa Money Minute, Kids’ Stories, Crimestoppers, and the Entertainment Calendar. We also air daily ongoing syndicated features that focus on issues related to our community that include; Health in a Heartbeat, Sound Beat & Earthdate.

KAFM provides 200 non-profits a platform to share information through our Daily Magazine Show “The Community Affairs Show,” to get their messages out about their upcoming fundraisers, need of donations and volunteer needs.

We started a collaboration with a nearby local community Fruita, and the Fruita Chamber of Commerce to bring a new show called Fruita Roots that focuses on local businesses, health and civic services in the community. We partnered once again with the Fruita Area Chamber to bring the 2nd annual Music & Mulligan's Golf Tournament at Adobe Creek National Golf Course. Bringing in 3 local bands to perform during the event, and holding a silent auction.

This was the second year of new Mental Health Show, titled “Mind Matters” in collaboration with Western Slope NAMI Mental Health. Mind Matters airs bi-monthly about topics of mental health resources. Inviting mental health related local non-profits to participate so that we can share their information with the local community.

We added a Community Affairs Show called “Vet Talk” to service our large community of farms and animal lovers.

A new show titled, “Western Colorado Sports Round-up" was added for a monthly segment during Community Affairs Hour. This show highlights Colorado Sports in the region, Bicycling, hiking, skiing, ice hockey, baseball, football and golf.

Another new show added in 2022 was “Building Bridges” interviewing our local government commissioners and the initiatives available in the community.

We collaborated once again with The Gay & Lesbian Organization of Colorado, in 2022 for a Matching Monument Member Grants… Along with area businesses that Matched their giving. We were able to increase our sustaining members through the week long campaign in August 2022.

We continued our collaboration with Colorado Mesa University for a monthly program featuring guests from the college academics, arts, and athletics departments. We have an ongoing Internship Program for University Students

This year we received grants from diverse organizations such as The Gay & Lesbian Organization of Colorado, Fidelity Charitable Foundation, Western Colorado Community Foundation, the Jewish Community Foundation of Phoenix/The Ellen and Jere Friedman Donor Fund, The City of Grand Junction and the Business Loan Fund of Mesa County aka The Lion's Club, and Charities Aid Foundation of America.

KAFM has, since its inception, had unwavering commitment to the entire Grand Valley of Colorado. In doing so, KAFM has filled a unique and critical niche as a public vocal forum for the citizens of the Grand Valley.

Interviews with nonprofits are made into Podcasts, and in the last six years, over 134,300 podcasts were downloaded for our non-profit organizations worldwide. In 2022 our podcast downloads equaled 21,238. Our hosts and guests share the podcasts and we also utilize our website and social media channels to post our Podcasts.

We saw an increase in inquiries about health care through our weekly segments with Mesa County Public Health and our new Mental Health Show, Mind Matters. Our messaging was directed at providing information on area resources for mental health, drug addiction, homelessness and well checks.

Our Mental Health Show is in collaboration with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives. We have received phone calls and letters thank us for the information.

Included among the non-profit organizations we support through on air messaging and interviews are:

Disabled persons: Colorado Discover-ability, Strive, Hilltop Resource Center and we partner with ARC Thrift stores giving them 20% of all car donations.

Education, K through 12: Riverside Educational Center, Community Impact Council, Museum of Western Colorado, local Rotary Clubs, the Lions Club, Western Colorado Community Foundation, D51 schools, Independence Academy, and also our “Kids’ Stories” program where Junior high students write stories and with a retired D51 teacher, come to KAFM to record and produce their Stories.

We collaborated once again with The Gay & Lesbian Organization of Colorado, in 2022 for a Matching Monument Member Grants… Along with area businesses that Matched their giving.

Health: Mesa County Public Health is a weekly feature with up-to-date and accurate information on the COVID-19 Pandemic,

Alcohol/Drug/Substance Abuse: Mind Springs Health, Mesa County Suicide Prevention, Colorado Behavioral Health Task Force, Hilltop Resource Center, United Way Mesa County and NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Housing and Homeless Shelters: Homeward Bound and their 2nd Facility opening with Interviews and participated in their promotional video, Child & Migrant Services, the Joseph Center.

Recreation and Sports: Grand Valley Outdoors, Colorado Parks and Rec, Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Grand Valley Outdoors, City of Grand Junction Parks and Recreation.

Senior Citizens & Aging: Boomers & Beyond, Colorado Parks & Rec, Hilltop Resource Center, United Way Mesa County.

Youth Development activities: “Kids’ Stories” program where Junior high students write stories and with a retired D51 teacher come to KAFM to record and produce their Stories. We sponsor The Grand Junction kids’ Write On and Art Beat competition and invited first place winners to read their submissions on air.

We were able to start construction on a new ADA Compliant studio in our building, with a finish date in early Spring 2023. This studio will make it possible for those with disabilities to access the studio and be part of our Community Affairs Show. This studio will also be equipmed for Sight and Hearing Impaired.

We were able to participate in NPR Live Sessions to offer exposure to artists come to the Radio Room for live performances. And we continued with Radio Room Sessions... Video tapped acoustic live music sets with interviews for streaming on Facebook.

In the future our goals are to continue the Radio Room Concert Series. In early 2022 we partnered with VuHaus Group and launched our City Page with NPR Music Live Sessions. We would not have been able to include this in our 2022 budget had it not been for our CPB funding.

We were also able to continue our branding of the station and further develop our new website.

We were able to hold our five successful concerts with a Partnership at Grande River Vineyards during the Spring / Summer of 2023.

Diversity Statement 2023

The following information is presented in response to the request by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a brief statement of the diversity goals Grand Valley Public Radio, Inc., the licensee of KAFM.

The service area for KAFM 88.1 includes Grand Junction, Fruita and Palisade, plus small towns and unincorporated areas in Mesa County, Colorado. Grand Junction is situated 247 miles west-southwest of the Colorado State Capitol, Denver. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 58,566, making it the 15th most populous city in the State of Colorado and the most populous city on the Colorado Western Slope. Grand Junction serves as a major commercial and transportation hub within the large area between the Green River and the Continental Divide. It is the principal city of the Grand Junction Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a population of 147,083 in 2011.

Service Area Demographics:
91.78% White, 0.60% African American, 0.94% Native American, 0.76% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 3.81% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.86% of the population and 13.8% in households of 65 years or older.

Diversity is important to the public service mission of KAFM, and those elements that receive the most attention through the station's programming are culture, ideas, music, community engagement, geographic location, gender and generation. KAFM does not take a position on specific, controversial community issues, political perspectives or religious beliefs as part of its program service, although these topics are frequently covered in cultural and community affairs programming.

Through our community affairs programming, KAFM is consistently exposed to people, organizations and cultures across the community and these connections are utilized to recruit from and promote to various groups for the purpose of staffing, volunteers, membership on the licensee's governing board and other committees working on behalf of KAFM. The station is conscious of the value of keeping diversity at the forefront of content planning and meaningful decision-making processes for the organization, but we should and do have goals to continue to improve

To address and increase diversity KAFM will:

Maintain active membership in culturally diverse civic organizations
Seek input from members of the community and our audience on how to best meet personnel and topic/content diversity
Increase capacity to host events and programs that address a variety of cultural/ethnic/gender and generationally diverse populations
Ensure postings of staff openings, governing board positions and community advisory board participation options are promoted through diverse organizations and media that targets those organizations

Non-Discrimination Policy Statement 2023
It is the policy of the Board of Directors of KAFM Community Radio, that there shall be no unlawful discrimination or harassment against applicants for employment, employees or volunteers for the organization because of race or color, religion or creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, military status, genetic information or other protected status.

KAFM BOARD MEMBERS

Name	Officer & Seat	Phone & Email	Employer & Position	City/County of Residence	Term Ends
Marianne Griffin	President Member Elected	970-903-5390 marianneinmancos@gmail.com	Retired	Grand Junction, Mesa County	2026
Linda Callahan	VP Member Elected	773-266-0405 platinumlinda1@gmail.com	Powur Solar Independent Energy Consultant	Grand Junction, Mesa County	2026
Julia Coffey	Treasurer Member Elected	678-859-3869 julia@seedstrust.com	Seeds Trust Co-Owner, President	Grand Junction, Mesa County	2027
Linda Taylor	Secretary Member Elected	970-201-9387 thefuncouple@msn.com	Retired	Grand Junction, Mesa County	2027
Tamara King	Member Elected	520-491-0572 Trking912@gmail.com	Grand Valley Music Store Owner	Grand Junction, Mesa County	2027
LeeAnn Wright	Member Elected	315-481-7910 lcarr1064@gmail.com	GJ VA Hospital Health Technician	Grand Junction, Mesa County	2028

KAFM STAFF

Name	Job Title	Hire Date	Email	Phone
Cyrene Jagger	Executive Director	01/27/20 FT	Cyrene@KAFMcommunityradio.org	970-241-8801 x 207 c: 951-303-7536
Betty Ries	Traffic Director	05/23/16 PT	Betty@KAFMcommunityradio.org	970-241-8801 x 210 c: 303-257-3330
Katie Meyering	Program Director	08/31/20 FT	Katie@KAFMcommunityradio.org	970-241-8801 x 223 c: 970-433-6088
Ramona Winkeller	Corp. Dev. Director	09/12/11 FT	Ramona@KAFMcommunityradio.org	970-241-8801 x 201 c: 970-623-4159
Guy Curwick	Interium Music Director	11/27/23 PT	Guy@KAFMcommunityradio.org	970-241-8801 x 206 c: 970-712-0771
Robert Evans	Radio Room Manager High Note Productions	Vendor	robert.evans.176@gmail.com	c: 970-640-5989
Caitlyn Washington	Promotions Manager Event Coordinator	06/26/23 PT	Caitlyn@KAFMcommunityradio.org	970-241-8801 x 205 c: 970-773-3954
Jeff “Coach” Shuldener	Community Affairs Director	PT (Vol)	Coach@KAFMcommunityradio.org	970-241-8801 x 202 c: 970-256-1179
Joe Konicek	Engineer	PT (Vol)	Joekonicek564@gmail.com	c: 970-261-8102

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