WAMC Completes Million Dollar Winter Fund Drive

ALBANY, NY (02/16/2012)(readMedia)-- WAMC Northeast Public Radio finished its winter fund drive at 11:58 a.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in just under 11 days. A total of $1,001,835 was raised from 8,674 pledgers.

"To all our wonderful listeners, we can't tell you how much your support means to us," said Alan Chartock, WAMC Northeast Public Radio's President and CEO. "As long as you have our backs, we will continue to run the best radio station in America. We don't know how else to thank you properly."

The on-air fund drive began at 6 a.m. on Monday, February 6, 2012 with a roomful of enthusiastic volunteers taking the calls. Dedicated WAMC members and listeners called in and pledged on-line all day and into the night to help reach the goal.

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 6 am to 10 pm every day. Hundreds of regional businesses and organizations donated items, services, and food to the drive, wanting to be a part of the WAMC community and are dedicated to the care and feeding of all who helped. WAMC's fund drives are never 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, membership to NPR and network programming as well as all of the station's other day-to-day operations.

Money raised during the fund drive will support the following WAMC Northeast Public Radio's station network: WAMC-FM 90.3 FM HD, Albany; WAMC, 1400 AM, Albany; WAMK 90.9 FM HD, Kingston; WOSR, 91.7 FM, Middletown; WCEL, 91.9 FM, Plattsburgh; WCAN, 93.3 FM, Canajoharie; WANC, 103.9 FM, Ticonderoga; WRUN, 90.3 FM, Remsen-Utica; WAMQ 105.1 FM, Great Barrington, MA; WWES 88.9 FM, Mt. Kisco; 90.1 WANZ Stamford, NY,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; 106.3, Middletown; 102.1, Highland, NY and 90.9 FM, Milford, PA.; 97.3 FM, Cooperstown and on-line at www.wamc.org; www.facebook.com/wamcradio; www.twitter.com/wamcradio

Member-supported WAMC Northeast Public Radio broadcasts news, informational and cultural programming to listeners in portions of seven northeastern states. WAMC is an award winning producer of regionally based programming and an affiliate of National Public Radio, American Public Media, and Public Radio International. To become a member go to: http://www.wamc.org/support.html