Yes, we ARE going on-air this Sunday! We hope you can join us at the Harbor Landing building, 7th and 7th, to hear some great local music, have some good snacks, and record your greeting to the community. You can also stream at ktwh.org of course!
Details for Sunday afternoon:
1:00 – sign-on! broadcasting at 99.5fm, and streaming at ktwh.org
and in the Harbor Landing atrium:
1:15 – Austin Engelhardt, violin/fiddle virtuoso
2:00 – THUG – Two Harbors Ukulele Group
3:00 – Jim Madison, singer-songwriter
3:45 – Hannah Rey
and sometime during the afternoon we’ll have a short acknowledgments segment in the atrium.
Meanwhile KTWH on-air will be interspersing radio-themed music with short interviews of many of our programmers to get a sense of who they are and what they will be doing. Music in the atrium is not being broadcast, but each of the performers will be interviewed on-air as well. The entire afternoon’s broadcast will be recorded for broadcast at some future time. So come to the open house, and listen to the broadcast at a later time – we would like to see you here!
Below are our launching program grid and a short description of many of the programs. The schedule is subject to change as we evolve.
It’s Official! KTWH will launch on Sunday, September 13 with special programming and an Open House Sunday afternoon from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Regular programming will begin on Monday, September 14 at 7:00am.
Stay tuned for more details soon!
KTwH will be testing its on-air signal using a three hour sample of upcoming programming. Tune in at 99.5fm between about 10:00am and 6:00pm on Saturday July 11!
We will air pre-recorded samplings of programs as well as you and your neighbors giving our station ID between segments. It will be about a 3 hour loop, repeated through the day. Be sure to check us out and let us know where you can hear us! You may communicate with us via Facebook (Two Harbors Community Radio), our email THCommRadio@gmail.com, by stopping at our Heritage Days booth, or calling our new office phone: 218-595-6195! (Sorry, anyone out of the area – we won’t be streaming online this time. But we will be once we get on-air and stay there.)
After several months of the “Raise the Antenna” fundraising campaign over this past winter, KTWH’s antenna is finally raised! Friday June 5, Four Star Construction of Superior climbed the tower we are using and fixed our antenna atop, which will broadcast KTWH’s 100 watt signal to Two Harbors and environs.
This step brings us measurably closer to getting on-air this summer. Remaining steps include connecting the antenna to the studio in the Harbor Landing building with the fiber optic network and completing training of the volunteer programmers on board so far. Programs are already being recorded in the studio, samples of which can be heard on the Listen tab of this website and under Radio News.
THCR/KTWH still welcomes more program proposals and always will. The station is being created to be the voice of Two Harbors, its seasonal residents and visitors. Applications submitted now might not be ready to go on-air when the station first start up, but training will be on-going and there will be slots available in the schedule.
Until KTWH’s schedule is filled with local programming, we will also offer unique programming from other community radio stations across the country, things you don’t hear anywhere else on the local FM radio dial. KTWH will offer Two Harbors a distinctive sound and new listening experiences, and we expect to stream our programming online as well.
Although the antenna is successfully raised, fundraising will be an ongoing endeavor. Annual memberships are now available beginning at $60/year, the premium for which will be a newly designed T-shirt commemorating our inaugural year. All donations are appreciated and may be made at the Donations page of this site (soon to be updated with this year’s membership premiums), or sent to PO Box 622, Two Harbors, 55616. Membership premiums will be available at our Heritage Days booth this July. And there will be underwriting opportunities for local businesses and organizations. Contact THCommRadio@gmail.com for details.
Kristi Peterson’s third graders did some creative writing this spring, and we have two students reading their own creations for KTWH. First up is Ashlyn Blankenship, reading The Three Little Chips and the Big Bad Salsa Man.
Ashlyn
And next we have Kenzie Sunday, with The Three Little Rattles and the Big Bad Baby. Sounds like we have a theme going here…
Kenzie
KTWH volunteer John Bathke interviews Katya about this year’s Sea Change adventure on Lake Superior. They talked not long before Katya left Knife River with her family and four interns to do climate change education while circumnavigating the lake in their sail boat. (Pictured are Katya and Mark Gordon, in their element)
On May 5, 2015, Big Dave Anderson of Brimson recorded his program demo (The Beat Farm) with guest musician and friend Kelly Lusk at KTWH’s studio – becoming the first person to actually record anything in the new studio – a landmark day for Two Harbors Community Radio!
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Arna being coached by our engineer Bruce Holmen.
Get an idea of what to expect from KTWH from Arna’s program demo recorded May 8, 2015:
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Tom calls himself our Chief Sawdust Maker, among many other things. Here he reads to us from Politically Correct Bedtime Stories.
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Work on the studio continues as we progress toward on air broadcast this summer.
Wires are getting connected…An electrician also came in and fixed the breaker won’t stop tripping.
Equipment is being set up…
And volunteers are trying it out !
Stay tuned for information on the installation of the antenna, coming soon!
