Dear Friends of Huntley Community Radio (HCR),<\/p>\n
In response to HCR\u2019s most frequently asked question: \u201cWhat\u2019s Happening\u00a0<\/em>with the Radio Station<\/em>?\u201d<\/em>, here\u2019s HCR\u2019s current update:<\/p>\n \u2022 HCR is on-schedule to \u201cgo live\u201d by mid to late September, in time for an \u201copen house\u201d including tours of our studio and offices during Huntley Fall Fest.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 On May 30, the Huntley Park District (HPD) Board of Commissioners officially approved a HPD\/HCR licensing agreement that gives HCR sole occupancy of needed office space in the HPD Deicke Park building.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 HCR moved into its Deicke Park building space on June 1. This office space contains built-in workstations, desks, and cabinets, but HCR now seeks donated office chairs for its volunteers and guests.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Centegra HealthSystem became a \u201cDouble Platinum Level\u201d sponsor of HCR by contributing a very generous donation to our station.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Seventeen members of the newly formed HCR Programming Development Committee held their first meeting on June 7 to present and discuss a variety of program concepts. Further meetings will be held in sub-committees to develop these concepts into HCR programs.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 HCR has sufficient funds to purchase its radio station equipment and operate as an internet radio station through mid-2013. Additional funding is needed to continue HCR operations through 2013, and to purchase equipment and construct a tower to become a low-power FM station (LPFM). HCR will continue to actively seek funding to meet its financial needs.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 HCR will apply for a \u201cConstruction Permit\u201d from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prepare for its LPFM operation as soon as the FCC opens its LPFM application window which is anticipated by late summer.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Huntley Community Radio will hold two identical social gatherings for its volunteers and prospective volunteers to mingle and learn about HCR volunteer opportunities on Sat. July 7, between 10:00am\u201312:00pm, and Sat. July 14 between 2:00pm\u20134:00pm. Please join us for either event in the Social Hall of the Park District Deicke Park Building. Light refreshments will be served, and a tour of the HCR studio and offices will be given.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Check us out at <\/em>www.facebook.com\/huntleyradio <\/em>. You don\u2019t have to be a Facebook member to view our site. While at our site, click on \u201cFAQs about HCR\u201d to get answers to Frequently Asks Questions about HCR, and \u201cHCR Programs\u201d to see the template for our daily programming schedule. And if you have interest in volunteering, click on \u201cVolunteer Here\u201d. No broadcasting experience is necessary; you\u2019ll receive formal and hands-on training.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 Our website is under development, but you can view its progress at <\/em>www.huntleyradio.org\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Allen Pollack<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Friends of Huntley Community Radio (HCR), In response to HCR\u2019s most frequently asked question: \u201cWhat\u2019s Happening\u00a0with the Radio Station?\u201d, here\u2019s HCR\u2019s current update: \u2022 HCR is on-schedule to \u201cgo\u2026 read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hcrnews","category-status-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huntleyradio.com\/hcr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}