Long Beach’s only community-organized nonprofit Public Radio station is asking the public for help in order to purchase new equipment and continue providing independent media across the airwaves and online.
KLBP has been operating in Downtown Long Beach since 2018 online and on 99.1 FM with a small budget and even smaller crew. The future of the station is now unknown, as the crew’s transmitter stopped working last month, according to a Gofundme page started by one of the crew members.
A transmitter is an electronic circuit that transforms electrical power into a radio frequency. KLBP has set a goal of $6,600 in its fundraiser to purchase a new transmitter. As of March 28, the group has been able to raise $1,121.
“From the beginning, Our mission at KLBP has been unwavering over the air or on the internet stream: in amplifying the voices of the marginalized,…
