WAMC CONCLUDES FALL FUND DRIVE

WAMC/Northeast Public Radio finished its fall fund drive at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2008. A total of $801,273 was raised.

WAMC's on-air fund drive began at 6 a.m. on Monday, September 22, 2008 and ended in just over five days. 6,975 pledgers helped the station meet its goal. Dedicated WAMC listeners locally and nationally called and pledged on-line all day and into the night.

"Our gratitude knows no bounds for all those people who have done so much for WAMC during the drive. In the midst of a financial crisis that threatens to be the worst since 1929, our listeners came through as never before," says WAMC President Alan Chartock.

In addition to all the people who pledged during the on-air drive, hundreds of dedicated volunteers from all over the WAMC listening area answered phones, donating their time at the station's Albany studios from 6am to midnight every day. Also, hundreds of regional businesses and organizations donated items, services, and food to the drive, wanting to be a part of the WAMC community. WAMC's fund drive could not have been possible without the combined efforts of all the contributing sponsors and supporters. For a listing of supporters, visit online at http://www.wamc.org/.

WAMC's fund drives help support the station's award-winning local and regional reporting and programming as well as all of the station's other day-to-day operations.

WAMC/Northeast Public Radio is a non-commercial, listener supported public radio network broadcasting 24 hours a day to portions of seven New England and Middle Atlantic States. All broadcasts can also be heard on-line at http://www.wamc.org/.

WAMC, 90.3 FM, Albany NY; WAMC, 1400AM, Albany NY; WAMK, 90.9 FM, Kingston NY; WOSR, 91.7 FM, Middletown NY; WCEL, 91.9 FM, Plattsburgh NY; WCAN, 93.3 FM, Canajoharie NY; WANC, 103.9 FM, Ticonderoga NY; WRUN, 1150 AM, Utica, NY; WAMQ, 105.1 FM, Great Barrington MA; ; 93.1 FM, Troy; 99.3 FM, Oneonta; 97.1 FM, Hudson; 107.1 FM, Warwick; 107.7 FM, Newburgh; 103.9 FM, Beacon; 96.5 FM, Ellenville; 106.9, Middletown; 102.1, Highland, NY; 90.9 FM, Milford, PA and on-line at http://www.wamc.org/.