88.5 KRFY has begun an underwriting campaign in the north Idaho business community. Underwriting is when a business, organization, or individual contributes money or services to 88.5 KRFY Panhandle Community Radio and receives on-air acknowledgements for the support.

According to FCC guidelines, "noncommercial educational stations may acknowledge contributions over the air, but they may not broadcast commercials or otherwise promote the goods and services of for-profit donors or underwriters."

KRFY is offering an underwriting package that is simple and straightforward. For more information, please call (208) 265-2992. If no one is in the office, leave a message and a KRFY representative will be back in touch with you.

On Friday afternoon, January 20, the studio at KRFY came alive with the sounds of Tingstad and Rumbel. Nancy Rumbel and Eric Tingstad were in Sandpoint for a benefit concert for the Sandpoint Waldorf School on Saturday evening at the Panida Theatre. Tingstand and Rumbel, a Grammy Award Winning duo for Guitar and Woodwinds, played two songs "live" in the studio during the interview. In the interview the duo talked about their collaboration for over twenty-five years, their individual music interests, and their composing process. Many thanks to Jeff Poole for producing the interview and live performances.

From left to right: Nancy Rumbel, Jim Healey, Eric Tingstad, and Jeff Poole

From left to right: Nancy Rumbel, Jim Healey, Matt Jablon

There will be a Volunteer Meeting on Monday, January 23, at 6:00 pm at the Sandpoint Library on 1407 Cedar Street. We will meet in rooms 103-104. The purpose of this meeting is to meet KRFY's Executive Board and the station's production manager, to thank the volunteers for offering their time, to go over volunteer guidelines, and to answer questions that volunteers may have. This meeting is mandatory for all volunteers. If you cannot make this meeting, please let Jim Healey (President, Executive Board) know (263-8178).

We at KRFY regret the need to turn off the internet stream as of January 14, 2012. There will be a brief interruption in our broadcast to accomplish this. We are forced to temporarily turn the stream off because the required reporting is beyond our technical capabilities at this time, and content regulations differ from on-air regulations. We will restart the internet stream as soon as possible! Thank you for supporting your community radio!

Join us for a second public meeting to help determine the sustainability of KRFY Sandpoint Community Radio. We will convene at the East Bonner County Library at 5 pm Wednesday December 28th. The library is located at the corner of Cedar and Division in Sandpoint. We hope to convey to everyone attending what is necessary for community supported public radio to stay on the air. Call us at 208-265-2992 for further information.

A public meeting regarding  Sandpoint Community Radio's ability to continue broadcasting  will be held Wednesday, December 21st at 5 pm. This meeting takes place at Monarch Mountain Coffee at 208 N 4TH Ave in downtown Sandpoint. Find out what it will take to keep community supported public radio alive in North Idaho.