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Sturgis Trust Awards $33K Grant to Little Rock Public Radio
The donation will fund upgrades like improvements to remote broadcasting equipment, newsroom recording capabilities and transmitter infrastructure. read more >
Little Rock Public Radio Receives Anonymous $50K Donation
The gift will fund equipment upgrades and repairs at KLRE’s transmitter site, including replacing a transmitter damaged by a lightning strike. read more >
Little Rock Public Radio Names Grace Zafasi as Director of Development
She'll oversee fundraising, underwriting, and membership services for KUAR and KLRE. read more >
Anonymous Donor Gives $100K to Classical Radio Station KLRE
The donation comes at a key time for the station, which is in need of equipment upgrades and infrastructure repairs at the site of KLRE’s transmitter. read more >
KUAR Veteran Nathan Vandiver Stepping Down as GM
Vandiver has led the campus station and NPR affiliate KUAR-FM, 89.1, and classical music outlet KLRE-FM, 90.5, since March 2016. read more >
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Public Radio Says Thanks a Million — and a Half
An anonymous benefactor gave a record $1.5 million to University of Arkansas at Little Rock Public Radio, home to central Arkansas’ NPR station, KUAR-FM, 98.1, and the state’s only classical music FM station, KLRE Classical 90.5. read more >
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Anonymous Donor Gives Record $1.5M to UA Little Rock Public Radio
The amount is 10 times what the broadcaster was seeking during its fall fund drive. read more >
COVID Subsumes KUAR Fundraiser; Arkansas Tourism Pauses Media Plan
The COVID-19 pandemic’s pummeling of media and advertising is leaving collateral damage everywhere, from newspapers to TV newscasts to radio, including public radio and statewide tourism marketing. read more >
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Ben Fry’s Death Prompts Flood of Grief, Tributes
The outpouring was swift and heartfelt after University of Arkansas at Little Rock public radio leader Ben Fry died in his sleep March 10 after almost 30 years of shaping campus stations KUAR and KLRE. read more >
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