From Amanda’s Messy Desk, Tuesday November 6th: On Sunday we moved the clocks back one hour, gaining an additional 60 minutes of weekend, which I wholeheartedly savored. KWMR completed our Fall Pledge Drive on Wednesday, October 31 at 10:30PM. After tallying up the final donations, we have successfully reached our $50,000 goal!!!

TUE  |  Nov 6 10 AM “Turning Pages: Special” Wendy McLaughlin interviews author Meghan O’Gieblyn about her new book, Interior States. 4 PM “Youth DJ” New group of radio youth from the San Geronimo Valley!

We are 9 days into our 10 day Fall Pledge Drive right now. As of 12:45pm today, we still need to raise $14,628 in the next 1.5 days, to reach the $50,000 goal. We hope that you can dig the importance of this funding for KWMR’s ongoing operations. We use it for paying rent, utilities, payroll, and ongoing…

Beggars would ride. A Scottish proverb about if wishing for things could make them true. Pledge drive is sort of like that. I think everyone that runs a hand-to-mouth non-profit can relate. We know the money is out there. We see the crowdfunding successes, the endowments at large universities, the huge bequests that help build…

Coming Up This Week TUE  |  Oct 23 (Second Day of Pledge) 4 PM “Youth DJ Project” The Cosmic Kid brings us Women in Rock. 5 PM “Epicenter” Herb Kutchins in conversation with Dan Monte. 10 PM “70s After Dark” Tune in for a special Halloween artist spotlight on Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo!