July 8, 2019 From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… Many of you are familiar with the familiar voice of KWMR’s Transmitter Wrangler Richard Dillman. If you call KWMR, he’s on the voicemail system. If you listen to KWMR you will hear Richard’s voice associated with the Emergency Alert System, several station identifications, and he…
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June 2, 2019 From Amanda’s Messy Desk… In 1776 on July 2, the Continental Congress voted to declare independence in a closed session, but it wasn’t declared publicly until July 4th. So let the festivities begin! I’m pretty sure that we can all agree that lots of fun can be had without blowing things up….
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June 25, 2019 From Amanda’s messy desk… Time flies when you are having fun, or so it seems. While I can’t say that blondes have more fun, I can say that time is speeding by at an alarming rate. As my roots grow in (not fast enough) I am in awe of the fact that…
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June 18, 2019 A note from Amanda, I believe I met Jerry in 2006, a year before I became a volunteer programmer at KWMR. We met because we both had English Shepherd pups. He had his Mika, and our dogs were close in age. We’d get the pups together to play in my yard and…
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When Jaime Crespo worked here and did the Program Logs for the on-air studio, every week he would come up with a new nickname for Tony Palmer (host of Sonic Sunspots). One of my favorite was Tony “Deep Tracks” Palmer, primarily because it was spot on! And Tony isn’t the only KWMR host who digs…
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May 7, 2019 From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… KWMR is very proud of the Youth DJ Project. It has been going in in one form or another for as long as KWMR has been around (over 20 years). Lots of creative young folks have graced the airwaves; KWMR currently works with the youth centers…
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April 30, 2019 From the messy desk of Amanda Eichstaedt… When I was a very small child, and up to about the age of ten, I had very light blonde hair. They call kids with hair like that “toe headed” or “tow head” and it is based on the fact that the hair color was akin…
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On this day (5/2/1999) KWMR went live as an FM radio station. Today, 20 years to the day, KWMR is launching the KWMR Mobile App! Here’s the link to download the KWMR Mobile App for iPhone and Android: https://kwmr.org/apps Happy Birthday to KWMR! Life is short, don’t listen to bad radio! Check it out and if…
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Monday, May 13 from 5:30 – 8:30 PM at Lagunitas Brewing Company’s Tap Room in Petaluma! $10 at the door. Kids Free. Family Friendly Food for Sale at Venue!
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Thank you to everyone who made this possible – the volunteers, the community, and the 462+ donors who helped us cross the finish line. You helped us raise $42,500+ in 10 days! We feel the love. Thank you for valuing independent media in West Marin. If you didn’t have a chance to pledge during the…
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