Category: Manager’s Memo

Manager’s Memo 09-30-2016

Thank you for your involvement and support of 88.3 The Journey. Almost 400 listeners contributing more than $92,000! Thank you so much. As always, there are many people who deserve special thanks. A special thanks to two dozen volunteers who came and gave of their time to answer phones, pray with listeners and provide delicious snacks and refreshments. We appreciate you helping make Sharathon a hu ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 09-16-2016

You can see the pictures on our Facebook page. The concrete is curing for our antenna base and the anchor brackets for the guy wires. The final invoice has been submitted for payment on the new antenna and it should ship in a few days. If all goes according to plan it will arrive at the tower site during Sharathon. After more than four years of planning, fundraising, engineering studies and checki ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 09-02-2016

My pout has turned to a tentative smile now, because just one thing remains. The soil coring reports came back fine and with no surprises. The final construction drawings have been prepared, stamped and delivered to the city for a building permit. Now we wait just a few more days, we hope, for construction to begin on our new tower. In the meantime, we’ve arranged for someone to do the dirt and ba ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 07-31-2016

The answer to prayer I like the least is when He answers “Wait.” I love yes of course, and I’ve learned “no” is always in my best interest, even when it takes years for the reason to unfold. But “wait” has always been tough. Especially when it’s a project I’ve been working on for years. Just after I wrote and recorded my last memo, I got a call from the tower company that’s supervising our little ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 07-27-2016

I’m excited about writing this Manager’s Memo. This one should be the last one I write before we begin construction on the new tower and antenna project. After this one, they should all be about dirt piles, concrete and stacking steel in the air, with encouragement to check out the website and Facebook page for pictures and video. As I write this, our total stands at $28,887.82, what I think is en ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 07-14-2016

It’s amazing what a few days walking on the beach in 65-degree weather and time with friends and family can do. And best of all, while I was taking a few days off so we can build a tower before summer is done, we made great progress on the project. One of the first things we did when we got back in the office was to run the tally on antenna donations. As of a couple of days ago, we are close to $2 ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 06-21-2016

In the midst of the hurry around here, working on the new tower and antenna, wrapping up the fiscal and school year and taking a few days off before tower construction begins, a press release came through my inbox not long ago. It was from our audience ratings vendor, Radio Research Consortium. They work with non-commercial radio stations on audience research across the country. The notice was the ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 06-07-2016

It’s been an amazing couple of weeks at the Journey. Eighty of you have contributed more than $17,500 towards our new antenna project, including Maggie, who sent in seventeen dollars to help with the project. Maggie is seven and listens to the Journey all of the time. Twenty-nine have given $250 or more. We need $28,000 to pay for the antenna, mounting hardware and the cost of installation. That m ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 05-20-2016

I have good news, even better news and great news! We have everything we need from all of the government entities involved to break ground on our new tower and antenna upgrade project. Good news! The even better news is I have ordered our new antenna at about a third of the quoted price when we started the project last year. The money we have raised for the project so far, almost $9,000, is enough ... Read More

Manager’s Memo 04-22-2016

I’m excited about what God is doing in our audience and the growth on the horizon for the Journey with our tower and antenna project. The paperwork is submitted for a building permit. The final design of the top section of the new tower to match our new antenna is underway. We found a new “used” tower to fit our needs which will save us thousands of dollars. We hope to break ground in late May or ... Read More