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Public radio's 30 year milestone in Amarillo and KanZ Radio roots
The piece recounts the 1970s genesis of High Plains Public Radio in southwest Kansas and Amarillo, from the Kanza Society founding in a Garden City dining room to FCC licensing in 1979 and a June 29 1980 debut. It highlights volunteer effort, major $105000 grant funding, USD 457’s donated school, and early staff training under Doug and Kathy Holt. The narrative frames public radio as a community resource blending school, library, concert hall and Chautauqua, uniting locals around diverse sounds and ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Corporation
Kanza Society
Garden City
Kansas
Roger Unruh
Quentin
FCC
USD
Pierceville
High Plains Public Radio
Topeka
Public TV
Gary Hathaway
Ulysses
Hathaway
High Plains Public Radio Board
Lamar
Colo
Dennis Bosley
Bosley
Yale School of Organization and Management
McKinsey & Company
New York
Denver
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
Station Resources Group
HPPR
Colorado
U.S. 50
la Junta
Colorado College
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Public Radio