About KVMR

KVMR Mission Statement

A vibrant community is well informed and involved, embraces diversity, respectfully shares opinions and fosters economic and social justice. KVMR builds community by bringing people together to celebrate the music of the world and give voice to the community.

KVMR Core Values Statement

As a community, KVMR:
  • Is volunteer-based and listener-supported.
  • Encourages free and open communication with an emphasis on cultural diversity and material often ignored by commercial media.
  • Promotes positive social values including equality, diversity, non-violence, a sustainable environment, and social and economic justice.
  • Honors and encourages creativity in programming, providing opportunities for the innovative, the experimental, and the traditional.
  • Fosters an inclusive community that includes a wide geographic area, while encouraging local access and involvement.
  • Has the courage and integrity to allow expression of views that diverge from the mainstream.

KVMR's Community Calendar and
Public Service Announcement Policy

KVMR, a listener supported radio station, provides on air Community Calendar (CC) and Public Service Announcement (PSA) service to the community. If you have an upcoming event or fundraiser that you would like to have announced, please review our policy for details. Your feedback on our CC/PSA policy is encouraged and welcome.

Click here for KVMR's Community Calendar and Public Service Announcement Policy


KVMR Equal Employment Opportunities Report

KVMR FM is an Equal Opportunity Employer, click here for KVMR's Equal Employment Opportunities Report


Volunteer Profile
Tammy Rust

Tammy Rust, click here to meet Tammy Tammy's KVMR volunteer career began approximately 2 years ago, when she came in to help answer phones for our thrice annual membership drive. She had met our chief Engineer Paul Paterson who told her about his job here, and it sounded like so much fun she had to come to KVMR to see for herself how things were around here. ...

Click here to meet KVMR Volunteer Tammy Rust


Staff Profile
A Fond Farewell to Charlotte Dawson

Charlotte Dawson, our receptionist, click here to bid a fond farewell to Charlotte Dawson Anyone who has called or entered our front office has probably spoken with Charlotte Dawson. Charlotte has been a steady presence Monday through Thursday mornings for the past 6 years, and Thursday November 8 was officially her last day as our receptionist. All of us here at KVMR wish her well in her retirement! ...

Click here to here to bid a fond farewell to Charlotte Dawson


Broadcaster Profile
Kieth West

I was born in Enid, Oklahoma, in 1948 and moved to Orange County in 1954 ahead of my parents who moved up a year later. I stayed with my uncle until they arrived and a year later, we moved to San Jose.

Click here to meet Kieth West


Planned Giving and Estate Planning

... I'm leaving a gift to KVMR because I admire the cultural leadership and the passionate work of its people. Three decades of KVMR's locally driven growth and evolution proves to me that my gift will be deployed and enjoyed by thoughtful, pragmatic folks.

Click here to learn more about
Planned Giving and Estate Planning


Underwriter Profile
Ike's Quarter Cafe

"Our mission is to create a comfortable restaurant where there is something for everyone," says Ike Frazee of the restaurant he and wife Adrienne started seven years ago. A look at their menu would suggest that they have succeeded. Attending the Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Festival year after year led Ike and Adrienne to a love of New Orleans-style cooking, ...

Click here to learn more about Ike's Quarter Cafe


From KVMR's Volunteer Coordinator

Edy Cassell, KVMR's Volunteer Department Volunteering at KVMR... What You May Not Know!

When I think about KVMR and what this radio station would be without volunteers, the simple answer is-it wouldn't be. KVMR has a scant paid staff of about 12 people. Contrast that with a volunteer database that contains over 700 volunteers, and you start to get the picture. Volunteers are the voices you hear on the air 24 hours a day and 7 days a week....

Here's more from Edy Cassell, KVMR's Volunteer Coordinator


From The Program Director

Click here to read a note from our Program Director, Steve Baker Passages

You'll be hearing a bright, young sound late Sunday nights on KVMR. Now alternating with The Outpost on Sunday nights is Notes From the Underground with one of our newest and youngest broadcasters, Julia Boorinkis Harper. ...


Here's more from Steve Baker


From KVMR's Underwriting Coordinator

Click here to read a note from our Program Director, Steve Baker EARTH DAY
We Have Met The Enemy, And He Is Us

Earth Day 2008 offers an opportunity to once again examine how we relate to our mother ship, and what we can do in our own lives to ensure that it continues to function. Throughout its nearly 30-year history, KVMR has held a commitment to promoting a healthy environment, airing programs such as Soundings and The Bioneers. We invite you to join us at a series of free Earth Day events in our region this month, which KVMR will be helping to promote and sponsor.


Here's more from Richard Gorman


From The General Manager
Click here for a note from David Levin, KVMR's General Manager

KVMR Two?

I've been reviewing a study that was conducted a while back by Arbitron and Edison Media Research on the subject of radio's digital platforms-those places you go to receive your radio fix. The study interviewed about 2,000 people to investigate Americans' use of various forms of traditional, online (radio programming delivered on the Internet) and satellite media.

Click here for more from KVMR's General Manager


A Message From KVMR's Board
Click here for a note from Joey Jordon, KVMR's Board of Directors

KVMR is available to everyone in our community

I shared a wonderful experience this evening with an entire hall of friends and neighbors. These were folks I have seen around town for years; at the market, the Horticultural Society or town hall meetings. Some I know well. Some I had met before. Some I met for the first time tonight. They were all lovely and welcoming. We packed boxes for Nevada County residents who are currently abroad, serving in the armed forces. ...

Click here for more from KVMR's Board President


A Message From KVMR's Board Vice President,
Lee Osborne

You Make The Difference

We have completed our Make A Difference Winter membership drive. We truly cannot thank you member supporters and new members who joined or renewed your during this drive enough. It sounds trite, but it is true. Thanks to the staff and broadcasters who worked so hard and delivered during the drive! And big thanks to you, our listeners, who support us always!

Click here for more from KVMR's Board President


KVMR's Board Of Directors

As a community radio station the majority of those involved with the KVMR are 100% volunteer, including our board of directors. Please click here to meet KVMR's board of directors, or visit any of the following links for board meeting minutes and other reports. The minutes of our Board of Directors meetings are posted in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format for public review. If you need the free Adobe Acorbat Reader please click here.

Message From The President Board Member Bios
Board Meeting Minutes Mission Statement
and Core Values
2004 Organization Assessment Report
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf format)

KVMR Photo Galleries

KVMR has assembled a small photo gallery of a recent California World Music Festival, KVMR's new Banner Mt. Tower construction, and KVMR's 5th Annual Celtic Festival.

KVMR's 2003 Broadcaster Awards On Tuesday Dec 16th more than 350 people came together to hear the results of the 2003 KVMR Broadcaster Awards.
KVMR fm 89.5 Listener Supported for 25 Years - Click here for a little look back. KVMR's 25th anniversary is a great occasion to take a little look back at a quarter century of Listener Supported Community radio.
KVMR's 6th Annual Celtic Festival and Marketplace produced some great music, delightful memories and wonderful pictures. KVMR's 6th Annual Celtic Festival and Marketplace produced some great music, delightful memories and wonderful pictures.
July 4th
2002
Here's a few pictures from the 4th of July parade 2002 from KVMR's remote broadcast booth at the New York Hotel
Here's a few pictures from KVMR's 5th Annual Celtic Festival Here's a few pictures from KVMR's 5th Annual Celtic Festival
Click to view a few pictures from the California World Music Festival 2001 Click to view pictures from KVMR's Live Broadcast of the California World Music Festival 2001
Click here to see pictures of KVMR's recent Transmitter and Antenna construction on Banner Mt. Click here for pictures of KVMR's recent Transmitter and Antenna construction on Banner Mt.

     
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