094 GET JAZZED UP! SUPPORT WMOT-FM’S ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 29, 2006
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Keith Palmer, 615-898-2800


MTSU’s Public Radio Station Celebrating 38th Year of Service

(MURFREESBORO)—WMOT-JAZZ89’s annual membership appeal and on-air fund-raising drive is under way to help the station bolster its budget after severe state funding cuts for 2006-07.
The campaign, which runs through Thursday, Oct. 12, will benefit Middle Tennessee State University’s nonprofit, public broadcasting radio station. This year also marks the jazz and National Public Radio member station’s 38th anniversary.
Supporters beat WMOT’s all-time total giving record in 2005-06 with a record $96,000 in underwriter and listener gifts, but station officials say that amount still won’t quite pay the bills without additional corporate and individual support.
“Those who listen to and enjoy WMOT must support it financially,” said Keith Palmer, WMOT director of development. “Pledge so that radio in Middle Tennessee keeps swinging.”
WMOT-JAZZ89 is located on the FM dial at 89.5 and online at www.wmot.org.
As a public broadcasting station and a public service of MTSU and its College of Mass Communication, WMOT relies on funding through federal government, MTSU and the public through membership dollars, business support underwriting and fund-raising ventures.
For information on how you can help, visit www.wmot.org anytime or contact 615-898-2800 or 615-255-9071.


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ATTENTION, MEDIA: For a color TIFF of the WMOT-JAZZ89 logo, please contact Gina E. Fann in the Office of News and Public Affairs via e-mail at gfann@mtsu.edu or by calling 615-898-5385. Thanks!