If you contributed to The Classical Network this week during our end-of-the-fiscal-year membership campaign, thank you so much for your support. We deeply appreciate your commitment to and concern for maintaining the best in classical music programming for our community and beyond, in a world where the kind of quality and variety we strive for is increasingly hard to find.
Unfortunately, as of 6 p.m. Friday – the end of our on-air fundraising – we came up considerably short of our goal. We’ll see what comes in over the weekend, in the form of electronic contributions, but talk around the station is that cuts will have to be made. That doesn’t mean we’ll be going anywhere, but some of the shows may have to be put on hiatus. In a worst case scenario, as happened a few years ago, local hosts could be removed from the air waves until we are able to balance our budget. (I’m not saying that’s going to happen, but I speak from experience when I say that it has been done!)
The fiscal year does not end until midnight, the morning of July 1. That means anything you contribute through the time Sunday rolls into Monday will count toward our bottom line. If you haven’t gotten around to doing so, I hope you will extend a hand to help us down from the scaffold in the form of a financial contribution at our website, wwfm.org. Click on the donate tab at the top of the page.
We remain your friends in classical music radio. Thank you for your steadfast support of WWFM – The Classical Network.
