April 16, 2019 From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… “How is the KWMR Pledge Drive going?” Wow, I thought you would never ask! It’s going great! People are calling 415-663-9050 to pledge, and they are also pledging online at kwmr.org. We are plugging along to our $40,000 goal! If you have already pledged we THANK…
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From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… April 9th, 2019 It Is Happening Again… This Friday, April 12th KWMR’s Spring Pledge Drive will kick off at 8 AM. This will be my 18th Pledge Drive since joining KWMR in June of 2010. I know, I know, you may be thinking “Not another pledge drive!” But…
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April 1, 2019 From the messy desk of ̶A̶m̶a̶n̶d̶a̶ ̶E̶i̶c̶h̶s̶t̶a̶e̶d̶t̶ WAYLON… It’s been a while since I have contributed to the Round Up. I have been busy being a puppy. I come to KWMR occasionally, but now that I can “be trusted,” I spend most days hanging out with my pal Tula at the…
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3/26/19 From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… KWMR turns 20 officially on May 2, 2019. That is the day that the switch was flipped at the old Green (formerly red) barn just down the road. You could not pay me to go back and be 20 years old. I was young, broke and trying…
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3/19/19 From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… It should come as no surprise to you that KWMR has super heroes. I mean, the programmers are cool enough, but ratcheting it up a notch, to have real live superheroes, now that is cool! But you don’t know how cool it is when I showed up to KWMR…
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3.12.19 From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… Plum trees are busting out with pink and white blossoms all over West Marin. If you keep your eyes peeled you will also see daffodils, fritillaria, and LOTS of weeds growing after the ample rain. Regardless of how you feel about daylight saving, we did spring forward early…
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3/5/19 — From Amanda’s Messy Desk…. Kudos is a strange word. It’s not plural, it comes from Greek and means praise. It is an appropriate word to use for the teamwork that was displayed by the crew that held down the fort last Tuesday at KWMR. Who would have thought that the employee that lives…
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2/26/19 From Amanda’s Messy Desk… I spend a fair amount of time in this column writing about things that are happening in the community, fundraisers and KWMR events, as well as writing about our dog, Waylon. There are some cool things happening on the airwaves, so this column is dedicated to that….
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2/19/19 From Amanda’s Messy Desk….. Full disclosure. I have never donated a vehicle. Mostly because I have never had a vehicle to donate. I did have one that would have been worthy of the cause, but I found a sucker, er I mean, nice person who liked to tinker, to take on my old car,…
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2/12/19 From Amanda’s Messy Desk….. KWMR’s Sweethearts of the Radio concert was great fun! We appreciate the musical offerings of Teja Gerken, Rainy Eyes, and the LoWatters! We also appreciate the many volunteers to helped the event take shape. As we look towards our upcoming year we are equally as excited about many of the…
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