Category Archives: membership drive

Surprise gifts from our Arts Partners

A lot of  our listeners stop listening while we’re having a pledge drive….perhaps they’ve already given their pledge for the year….perhaps they don’t need to hear all the wonderful reasons to support our station, because they are already supporting it and know what a treasure it is. Understandably, they love KMFA because of the constant, beautiful music we offer.

However, here is an insider’s tip: our Cultural Arts Partners often provide gifts of tickets, so we can offer them as incentives throughout each day of the pledge drive.  These are surprise giveaways, spontaneously offered on the air, and some folks have really scored some GREAT tickets! Just now, Kevin Patterson dropped by with some tickets to the Austin Lyric Opera’s upcoming performance of Emmanuel Chabrier’s The Star. Just like that, the next three callers got tickets to this amazing event! So, with just one pledge, they got great tickets AND they get to support classical-music radio all year.

We’ve also given away tickets to the Texas Early Music Project, some theater tickets to FronteraFest, and even tickets to Texas Performing Arts events.

Stay tuned for some incredible offerings coming up, like passes to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and Austin Classical Guitar Society…. and of course, we are still playing lots of wonderful classical music!

~posted by Alison @ KMFA 🙂

What a GREAT Day!

summer_songIt’s our last day of the Fall Pledge Drive, and we are mere dollars away from our goal as I write this… and everyone is excited and buzzing about, even more than usual!

Announcers are humming as they play music and chat between breaks; my fellow staff members are singing a few bars as they dash back and forth from the pledge room to the Master Control booth; volunteers are excitedly taking calls and sharing the fun as they talk on the phone; and everywhere, someone will spontaneously burst into laughter.

It’s my favorite day of the drive, and while we are always thrilled to achieve this goal, I’m a little bit sorry to see it end. The flurry of activity, the calls and comments of listeners, the fast-paced interaction with colleagues and volunteers…. as well as the insights, observations, and humor that our beloved on-air announcers share with us as they ask us to step up and pledge… these are some of my favorite things about the Pledge Drive.

Before we are swept up in the final wave of pitching and pledging and applause, I just want to thank all our listeners and donors for keeping Austin classical!

Thanks again,

~Alison Cowden, office manager

A Poem for our Pledge Drive

Hi, I’m Kelsey Padgett, a UT student who has had the good fortune to be a long-time intern here at KMFA.

As you may know, our Fall membership drive is coming up fast, and we are excitedly preparing. I get to help open listener correspondences, including letters of joy and encouragement from devoted listeners.

Recently we received a beautiful poem about the classical music we air on KMFA, 89.5, and I asked if I could share it on our blog:

The Sounds of KMFA

From out of

The past,

Sounds of today.

Sounds for

Your day

And mine.

Sounds to

Work to,

Sounds to

Play to,

Sounds to

Relax to.

Sounds of

Giants

Coming across

The years,

Coming Through

The atmosphere,

Coming to

Calm, enlighten

And inspire.

Sounds of Genius

Talking in

Musical notes,

Through metal,

String, and reeds.

Sounds of conversations

Among instruments,

Teasing, Taunting,

Luring us

From our depths

To their heights,

Sharing their

Gift

With humanity.

Sounds of

Classic beauty

Traveling

Sophisticated equipment

To modern ears,

Sounds uniting

Past and present

In a timeless

Union.

Author: Viola Rutz

Thanks so much Mrs. Rutz, and everyone who gives their support during our membership drive.

~ Kelsey Padgett, Production & Development Associate

Thank Heavens for Volunteers!

Volunteers make it happen

Volunteers make it happen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Friends of KMFA!

We have just wrapped up our Fall Membership Drive, and one thing I am constantly reminded of is how very helpful our volunteers are! Not only do they provide necessary services (with minimal guidance or instruction), but they are also advocates of our wonderful station. They consider KMFA a sanctuary of classical music, and they offer their time and expertise in return. We couldn’t do it without them. They are great friends of this community effort to support a local, classical radio station!

So, I’d like to salute every one of our fine volunteers, and thank you for all your excellent efforts on our behalf! You have our gratitude and admiration.

~Alison,
Office Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, and KMFA Member