Jazz 91.9 WCLK, Clark Atlanta University and Atlanta’s jazz radio station, is fundraising to make up for lost federal funding.
WCLK, one of the largest jazz radio stations in the country, is working to raise $300,000 after the Trump administration eliminated over $1 billion in national public broadcasting funds in July.
“WCLK is an integral part of Clark Atlanta University and a cherished asset to the broader community,” Wendy Williams, the station’s general managers since 1994, wrote in a letter to the Atlanta jazz community. “…We appreciate [the community’s] continued support, and with [their] generosity, we will meet this moment and emerge even stronger.”
WCLK has raised over $175,000 of its $300,000 goal, which will supplement the 13 percent of its anticipated budget lost with the federal cuts and help maintain a staff of 11 full-time and 12 part-time employees, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
WCLK, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, joins the ranks of other local broadcast stations that have been impacted by the federal cuts. WABE also lost 13 percent of their budget and ended “City Lights Collective,” a weekday arts and culture show after just three months.
WCLK’s fundraising campaign ends on Nov. 30. Donate here.
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