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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 >
Education / Media & Marketing

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 >
Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

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 >
Media & Marketing

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 >
Education / Media & Marketing

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 >
Education / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

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 >
Mary Waldo, a former KUAR staff member, right, reacts in joy with UA Little Rock Public Radio General Manager Nathan Vandiver, left, after learning of a $1.5 million gift to the station.
Education / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

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 >
Travis Napper
Tourism

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 >
Ben Fry, the late general manager of KUAR and KLRE.
Education / Media & Marketing

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 >