Manager's Desk

  May 19, 2013

This is from the Manager’s Desk.  Once again, the members of KGOU have stood up and have been counted. I am very happy to report that membership pledges of support have continued to come into KGOU, and we are now past our spring membership goal of $180,000.

This is great news and it means we can finish off this fiscal year and start the new one in July with confidence that listener support remains strong.

May 12, 2013

This is from the Manager’s Desk.

I’m sure you’ve heard that NPR is ending the broadcast run of “”Talk of the Nation” on June 27th. KGOU has carried “Talk of the Nation” since 1996 and you have consistently supported the program.

Because of the show’s popularity, we were just as surprised as you at the news.

Ending TOTN was not our decision, but we now must decide what to do next. NPR’s announcement also affected other program producers, and everyone’s plans are still in flux.

May 5, 2013

This is from the Manager’s Desk. The spring semester of twenty thirteen is nearly over and we must say goodbye to some students.

In our largest Radio News class ever, we had 9 students:  Joey Adams, Kate Carlton, Brett Coppenbarger, Cailey Dougherty, Kiana King, Brant Morrell, Ana Nospal, Ajinur Setiwaldi, and Hayley Thornton. Their last stories will air on Assignment Radio on May 12 at 12 noon.

Hunter Clausen participated in the Radio Practicum class.

April 27, 2013

This is from the Manager’s Desk.  Well, on some days it feels like you have a lot of energy and can spend that energy on very productive things.  Then things don’t happen as fast as you had expected, or wanted.

So you redouble your efforts, keep a stiff upper lip, and move forward.  And things don’t happen as fast as you had expected or wanted.

H.T. Palmer said, Try, try, try again.  Master Po said, “Patience, grasshopper.”  Wait for it, wait for it.  April showers bring May flowers.  A watched pot never boils!

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As I’ve been pondering KGOU’s fortunes, I realized something I want to confess this week. You may find it strange, but maybe not.

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For KGOU’s 30th anniversary year, I want to share a bit about KGOU’s financial picture this fiscal year and do a quick comparison to the past.

Bob Dylan: There is nothing so stable as change.

March 31, 2013

This is from the Manager’s Desk.  When I celebrate an anniversary, I am nostalgic about the past, and I take pleasure in the present, but I really like thinking about the future.

This is from the Manager’s Desk.

A lot has changed since KGOU became a public radio service in 1983. I joined KGOU as General Manager in 1988, so I’ve seen a lot of those changes.

This is from the Manager’s Desk.

Welcome to the new KGOU web page!  We have had this public now for a while, tweaking here and fixing there, but overall we hope you will think this is an improvement.  You will see that it keeps many of the features from the past webpage, but this one is organized differently and looks fantastic.

The annual external audit for KGOU’s fiscal year 2012 is now complete, and I have posted the report in the “About” section on the KGOU web page.