Bringing
back local radio to you
In an effort to protect localism in
radio, the FCC developed a program in 1999 called LPFM Community
radio. This program was designed to combat the effect of huge
commercial media conglomerates that tend to monopolize the airwaves.
LPFM enables independent radio stations like "FunRadio 957" to be an
integral part of the local community.
In
June of 2001, an application was filed with the FCC for a local
LPFM community radio station in Gainesville.
Over the next 5 years we patiently waited for the FCC to
process and hopefully approve our application.
In May of 2006, the FCC granted a licence to
WERF-LP & "FunRadio 95.7" was born.
Then, on July
4th, 2007, WERF-LP Hit the airwaves and returned Rockin' Oldies music
to Alachua County for the first time in 10 years.
Most of our listeners don't
realize
that we are a none-profit, all volunteer, operated radio
station. It's not some satellite fed music service.
Everything originates right here in Gainesville,
Florida. There are no corporate directors or consultants who
tell us what to play. We do give careful consideration to our
listeners' comments and take their advice seriously. We are
always happy to hear from you.
Volunteers run
this station
The
voices you hear on the air, as well as all the technical and business
support of the station, is done by unpaid volunteers. FunRadio 95.7FM
(WERF-LP) is a bold effort to bring something different to Alachua
County. We chose oldies as our base format because we wanted to fill an
unserved niche in our community. In addition to our basic format, we
also offer opportunities for other non-profit organizations and groups
to buy time on WERF to produce and air their own programs. Blocks of
time can range from 30 minutes per week up to 3 hours per day. Of
course, public service announcements for any non-profit, community
based, event or group are always aired at no charge on WERF. We're part
of the Alachua County community and we're here to help.
We
Need You!
Operating
a radio station is expensive, even
when it is small like us. The support of our listeners and our
commercial sponsors is so very important in keeping FunRadio on the
air. Our expenses include music licensing, acquiring music, tower
rental and utilities, just to name a few. These add up to hundreds of
dollars every month. When there's a shortfall, the expenses are paid
out of the pockets of our directors. We hope that you'll help keep
FunRadio on the air by investing in your station.
We can Help You!
Underwriting is not a one-way street. When you underwrite programming
on WERF, not only are you helping us serve the community, but your
business can get a huge benefit, too. If you want to increase your
business, just click here
to find out more about underwriting opportunities on WERF.
Broadcast
the news about your community event.
If you or your non
profit organization, like a church, club, civic group,
Boy/Girl Scouts, school or the ladies knitting society is having an
event that your neighbors need to know about, tell us, and we'll give
you on air publicity.
It's free! Just
,
to tell us about your event. You can
also
call us at 352-505-7884 or Fax the information to 352-380-0230.
Submissions concerning date-specific events must be made at least 4
weeks prior to that event.
Pre-produced PSAs for your organization are gladly accepted .
They should be no more than 30 seconds in duration and can
be e-mailed to us, in MP3 format along with a requested start date and
stop date.
Management reserves the right to reject or
modify announcements that are not in keeping with station
standards.
Broadcast Your
Events Live or Recorded!
In addition to the free PSAs above, WERF-LP can
supply air time, at a nominal cost, for organizations
that want to broadcast their message to the listening public.
Examples include: churches/church services, civic
organizations and schools that want to produce programs to air on
WERF-LP. Programs of a
general public service interest that do not promote a specific
organization may be aired for free as space permits. Management reserves the right to reject
programs
that are not in keeping with station standards or format.
Please
to
find out more about broadcasting
your programs on
WERF-LP!
The
funds generated from sponsorship announcements are what keeps FunRadio
on the air. We can't do this without you. Your support is
essential.
Click Here to find out more about
underwriting opportunities or
call our Business Office at (352)
505-7884, or just
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