Broadcasting

Saturday Event

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This Saturday, October 21, 2017, 2-3:30 PM, Friends of Community 
Media (FCM) Forum will feature a videoconference / webinar with Lewis 
Friedland, professor of journalism at the University of 
Wisconsin-Madison, and author and editor of multiple works in this area 
including "The Communication Crisis in America, And How to Fix It"  
(2016) (Palgrave).


Venue:


KKFI Annex
3901 Main St.
Kansas City, MO  (rear door, second floor)


Title:  Communication’s Challenge to Democracy


      This is the October 2017 episode of the FCM Forum, which hopes to 
catalyze improvements to media and in the greater Kansas City area.


      Hope to see you.
      Spencer Graves, Secretary
      Friends of Community Media
ph:  408-655-4567

https://journalism.wisc.edu/staff/lewis-a-friedland/

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Ascertainment at KKFI 4/20/17

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Community ascertainment at KKFI – all welcome
 
Just a reminder of what MC Richardson has been working on to make our organizations more inclusive. This would be a good chance to explain and learn why media awareness and reform are important. Attached is a flyer we will pass out as well an updated FCM fact sheet.
 
I’d encourage anyone that can, to attend.
 
-=Tom Crane=-
 
The news release is below:
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2017
Contact Person – M.C. Richardson
Coordinator and Consultant
Mobile (816) 694-2273
KKFI 90.1 FM COMMUNITY ASCERTAINMENT FORUM
 
KKFI MID-COAST RADIO PROJECT,INC. will host its FIRST Community Ascertainment Forum this Thursday April 20, 2017 in KKFI Annex Room 6-8 p.m. location 3901 Main Street after 5:00 p.m.
 
you must enter rear entrance and park in Great American Bank’s Parking Lot. Take elevator to second level.
 
Mid-Coast Radio Project, Inc. KKFI is one of 200 Community Stations in the nation non commercial will bring together 18 Community Organizations, Agencies or Neighborhood Groups to voice their concerns and or issues for the betterment of Kansas City. These organizations are normally overlooked by previous held ascertainment gatherings, nor are the groups able to share their upcoming events with these meetings.
 
Some of the guest organizations include: Black Agenda Group, KCMO and Northeast Johnson County NAACP, Greater Kansas City Buffalo Soldiers 150 Celebration, Juneteenth Emancipation Proclamation Celebration, KCMO Human Relations Civil Rights Div., Midtown Kiwanis of Kansas City, FIRST CALL Drug and Alcohol Abuse,, League of Women Votes of Jackson County/Clay/Platte Counties, NEW GRAY PANTHERS, Eggs and Enlightenment, 24 HOUR FAITH TRAINING CENTER, Friends of Community Media Hogan College Prep Academy, TY-COR Great Plains Indians and Watkins Foundation Slave Cemeteries History.
 
This first of a kind event has invited various Media Groups located in Greater Kansas City which attendees can greet and meet. KKFI which is THE FLAG SHIP. And targeting PEOPLE of COLOR not limit to. Event Open to Public Refreshments served.
 
Other KKFI Community Ascertainment Forums scheduled for 2017 are July 20th and October 26th. Interviews can be arranged and electric outlets are available if needed.
Newspapers needing photos contact Jerry Lockett at (816) 588-9264, Groovy Grant (816) 756-7620 or M.C. Richardson