Our staff and our programming content is diverse

KSVR offers large blocks of public information and news programming in English and Spanish. The volunteer staff is composed of about 45 community volunteers year round, and depending on whether the college is in session, an additional 15 students. The Operations and Traffic is shared between a part time professional and a student. Responsibilities include the daily log pages, the EAS compliance and the PSA/promo scheduling. The Music Library is managed by djs and students. The Underwriting / Membership / Fundraising Coordinator is a half time professional. Our newest member is a full time Spanish Program Director who is in charge of the Spanish speaking volunteers. The Spanish Program Director also develops new programming focused on outreach to parents of school children, and helps develop significant Spanish language news offering. The Community Advisory Board meets several times per year to make recommendations regarding programming direction and staffing goals.

Our staff and our programming content is diverse. We do not have representation from every culture or background, but we have open doors. Our present paid and unpaid staff is about 75 percent Latino. If you link to our program pages you will discover a wide variety of resources offering diverse and challenging content!

Also visit our Links page to find out about the licensee, Skagit Valley College, and about the radio and journalism programs at the college, along with our two national program provider networks.

KSVR trains college students and community volunteers to produce radio programs. KSVR is one of only several full-power college and community radio stations in the Northwest to offer programming from the Pacifica Foundation radio network (KSVR celebrated 10 years with Pacifica in May 2007).

Here is a very short historical tour of KSVR-FM:

How time flies! KSVR-FM was born, so-to-speak, in the spring of 1973. We were all much younger then, and KSVR could be dialed by going to 90.1 on your FM dial.

KSVR was first located at the old library building on the Skagit Valley College campus, and was operated by students with a faculty advisor in 1982.

The station began operating with only 10 watts of power, so that its range was very narrow, including only the town of Mount Vernon. And can you believe it — we had no stereo transmission. Horrors!

In the mid-80's KSVR pushed up to the 100-watt range so that its range was much wider. Not as strong as the station that the famous Wolfman Jack used to broadcast from. But much stronger, at any rate.

From about 1990 to 1991 KSVR-FM moved to the Joe Reeves Hall at the Skagit Valley College campus, and began to broadcast in stereo. Big time! The transmitter was at this location, also.

In 2001, KSVR could be received by dialing in 91.7. Also, during this time, the antenna tower moved up to Little Mountain City Park.

Many have worked at KSVR-FM during those years, and we thank you very much!