Federal Grant Helps WMOT With Production Costs
May 15, 2006, MURFREESBORO – A $41,733 Corporation for Public Broadcasting grant will help WMOT-FM with production costs, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced.
“WMOT is a great asset to Middle Tennessee,” said Gordon. “These funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will enable WMOT to continue its high-quality broadcasts.”
WMOT-FM plans to use the funds to cover one-half of two salaried positions, with the remainder going toward transmitters or program production, said John High, the station’s director of Broadcasting.
CPB administers the money Congress appropriates for local public television and radio stations. WMOT received a portion of the largest grant program, the Community Service Grant, which enables stations to produce or acquire local and national programming; to strengthen local services, such as out reach initiatives and educational workshops; and for operational expenses.
“The idea of the program is to help stations get funding above and beyond what they can raise from the community,” High said.
WMOT-FM has received Community Service Grants since 1980.
The station, housed on the Middle Tennessee State University campus, reaches nearly 2 million people in the Middle Tennessee area, according to U.S. Census figures.
