SAN DIEGO--KNSJ
Radio and Activist San Diego are hosting The People’s Ball, a gala and night of
dancing with musical performances and surprise guests, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013
at the World Beat Center at 2100 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101.
This gala is to raise funds to bring a new and needed radio voice to San Diego—KNSJ
89.1 FM out of Descanso, a truly independent community radio station of the
people, by the people and for the people in San Diego county’s border region.
KNSJ radio is already streaming original local community
programs online at www.knsj.org
from contributors such as San Diego’s East County Magazine,
the San Diego Troubadour, Ricardo Beas, David Rovics, Philip Raquel, Zenger’s
Newsmagazine, and band Liquid Blue. A list
of KNSJ’s current shows can be found here.
What now stands between having this unique non-commercial
community-based radio station of, by and for the people on the airwaves, and
losing the FCC license altogether, is $20,000 and 5 months.
The $20,000 will purchase an $11,000 specially manufactured
antenna, $4,000 for installation of the antenna, and $6,000 for the purchase of
additional equipment for the KNSJ Radio studio. A full list of the
financial break down can be seen on the KNSJ Radio Indiegogo fundraising
campaign page at www.indiegogo.com/knsjradio.
“It was a 1 year application process,” KSNJ Radio founder
Martin Eder explained. “Then the FCC gave us 3 years to get on-air.
We are down to the last five months, so its do or die time.”
Tickets for the People’s Ball can purchased online at www.knsj.org
About KNSJ Radio:
KNSJ Radio, YOUR Network for Social Justice, is an
independent, non-commercial community radio station in the San Diego County and
border region area. KNSJ is a radio station of the people, by the people
and for the people, and as an independent media outlet will give a voice to
hundreds of thousands of people currently unheard. KNSJ Radio is a
project of Activist San Diego, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
KNSJ’s vision is to train and empower organizations and community
members to produce their own news, culture and media, believing that a vibrant
democracy depends on information, communications, and mobilization of, by, and
for the people in our local and global society.
