{"id":97505,"date":"2018-10-09T16:47:47","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T22:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ksut-radio-station-meets-1-million-fundraising-goal\/"},"modified":"2018-10-09T16:47:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T22:47:47","slug":"ksut-radio-station-meets-1-million-fundraising-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ksut-radio-station-meets-1-million-fundraising-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"KSUT radio station meets $1 million fundraising goal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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An artist rendering of the proposed KSUT radio station.<\/span>Courtesy of KSUT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

KSUT, a public radio station based in Ignacio, topped its fundraising goal of collecting $1 million by Sept. 30, a milestone that solidified a matching grant of $1 million from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, said Tami Graham, the station\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n

The station, which produces Four Corners Public Radio and Southern Ute Tribal Radio, has raised about $4.6 million toward its $5.3 million goal that would allow KSUT to move into a new building, produce more programing and establish an endowment fund to protect the station from potential federal revenue cuts.<\/p>\n

Almost 700 people and businesses gave $1,053,000, Graham said. Gifts ranged between $10 and $250,000, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of partnership between the tribe and 700 people of our community is unique, it\u2019s not something that you see for public radio,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n

The building the radio station operates out of is too small, she said; it was never designed to be a radio station. Employees share offices, and the quarters are cramped for about a dozen people who work there, she said.<\/p>\n

The cumulative $2 million from the tribe and donors will be used to retrofit a 5,000-square-foot former casino on the Southern Ute campus to house the new station and pay for new radio equipment, Graham said.<\/p>\n

The station also hopes to use funding to create new programing, particularly a media training center for Native Americans, Graham said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to become a national Native American media training center,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the revenue KSUT receives from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. That public money has been \u201crepeatedly threatened\u201d by the federal government and represents more than one-quarter of KSUT\u2019s funding, Graham said.<\/p>\n

So part of the money will be put into the Carlos Sena Legacy Fund in an effort to give the station a financial life raft in case CPB funding is cut, she said.<\/p>\n

The radio station plans to begin renovating its new building next year, although it is still fundraising to meet its goal.<\/p>\n

Anyone interested in donating to KSUT\u2019s capital campaign \u2013 25 percent of donations over $250 will be calculated as state tax credit \u2013 may visit KSUT.org<\/a> or call 563-5780.<\/p>\n

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