On June 30, Suzanne Greene, president of Summit Public Radio, had the honor of addressing The Summit Foundation Awards Reception. This is what she told them:
Who are we? Summit Public Radio is a non-profit organization that brings 7 radio stations and 3 antenna TV stations into Summit County. The radio stations include 2 NPR stations, KUNC and KUVO, 1 public all-classical music station, KCME, and KQSE, the only Spanish language radio station in the County.
All of these stations originate beyond the mountains that surround our community. The mountains prohibit these radio and TV signals broadcast from reaching us directly.
Without SPR’s main electronics site atop Baldy Mountain, these stations would not be available in our community. We receive these signals at Baldy and rebroadcast them to your homes and cars and businesses.
SPR provides our service through the hard work of our Board Members and the financial generosity of our Supporting Members and Foundations, such as TSF.
Thank You, TSF!
The support of TSF over the last decade has helped SPR meet many goals: In 1999, a TSF grant supported the acquisition of a building to house the majority of our electronics equipment. There is a plaque on the door as a reminder of your generosity.
In 2004, a TSF grant supported a major upgrade at Baldy Site – the construction and installation of a new antenna tower.
In 2009, we determined the need to acquire the land on Baldy on which the SPR Electronics Site is located. Since 2002, we have been leasing the land. The current and planned investments of SPR and our radio station partners suggested that we needed a more permanent arrangement. Purchasing the surface rights has accomplished our goal. A grant from TSF (and others) permitted SPR to close on this land acquisition on January 25, 2010. Thank you Summit Foundation for your continued support!