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WRIR’s Party for the Rest of Us

January 18, 2012 in Richmond by Fan Works | No comments

WRIR’s 7th Birthday Party Is February 3rd

Join WRIR 7pm, Feb. 3, at the Glorious Renaissance Ballroom!

There will be 3 room of entertainment, djs, comedy, spoken word at more.  A $10 Donation at the door benefits WRIR and inclues access to all entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and birthday cake!  Come to Broad Street for First Fridays and help us celebrate 7 years of Richmond Independent Radio.

(Poster Design by Team Eight)

We’ll have live performance in three rooms featuring -

Plus, performances from:

The party will be from 7pm to Midnight at The Richmond Renaissance Ballroom, 107 West Broad Street.

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Live at WRIR Volume 1

September 6, 2011 in Graphic Design, Kevin, RVA Creative by Fan Works | No comments

WRIR‘s Live at WRIR Volume 1 makes its debut for the Summer Fund Drive 2011. A long road, but a worthwhile and rewarding one to say the least, Live at WRIR is the result of the hard work of the bands, and the mighty volunteers at WRIR. Kevin had a blast being part of this and helping out with the design and to have the opportunity to work with some truly stellar folks up close and personal. Truly a community effort, Live at WRIR is what WRIR is all about. You can learn more about the Fund Drive and Live at WRIR right here. 

WRIR is also hosting a CD release party at Bogart’s in the Fan at the beginning of the Fund Drive…

Since we first began broadcasting in 2005, WRIR 97.3fm Richmond Independent Radio has invited musicians into our studios to perform on the air. On September 17th, WRIR will release a compilation of these exclusive live performances by international and local artists from the past 6 years. Live at WRIR Volume 1 is a limited edition CD available exclusively during WRIR’s 2011 Summer Fund Drive.

To celebrate its release, WRIR will host a party at Bogart’s in the Fan, featuring live sets from:

Splork! (reunion)
Ms. Proper
Pedals On Our Pirate Ships (solo)
Peace Beast
Moossa

Cover is a $5 donation to WRIR. You can also make your pledge and pick up a copy of Live at WRIR Vol. 1 at the show!

Or, donate online at: WRIR

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WRIR ’11 Spring Fund Drive T-Shirt Contest

February 11, 2011 in Kevin, RVA Creative by Fan Works | No comments

My other job is ramping up for the ’11 Spring Fund Drive, so it’s time to get the cortex working … WRIR is putting the call out for their t-shirt design contest. It’s a fantastic way to show your support for community and independent radio, in Richmond and across this great land. Below is the info on the contest … We’re all excited to see what comes in because coming from you makes it that much sweeter …

“WRIR 97.3 LP FM announces its Spring 2011 T-shirt design contest to complement the independent radio station’s Spring Fund Drive.  From February 1st – March 6th, 2011, WRIR will solicit designs from local as well as national artists. If chosen, the winner’s artwork will appear on the hundreds of T-shirts worn by WRIR supporters each year.  The winner will receive WRIR’s top fundraiser package, as well as be credited on-air and online throughout the Fund Drive.

Like 2010, we will only hold ONE t-shirt design contest this year.  If you want the chance to have your art on the front of the nicest people in Richmond, be sure to send us your design by March 6th.

Design Criteria:

The following 3 items MUST be included in your design to be considered:

  1. “WRIR”
  2. “97.3 FM”
  3. “Richmond Independent Radio”

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Sweet Swag

November 4, 2010 in Kevin, Richmond by Fan Works | No comments

The WRIR ’10 Fall Fund Drive is in full swing this week … give-aways, CDS, live bands everyday … and much, much more. Head on over to WRIR and show some love and support … there are various levels of pledging available so don’t be shy: any and all support is put to good use and appreciated by a staff of peerless volunteers who pump out the quality for what Paste Magazine called one of “the best little radio stations in the U.S.”

Already got your shirt and/or record bag? {What? Go get one …} They let K do it, so let us see you in it … and keep that tote filled; that’s the kid of baggage we all need more of. No matter what your mother says.

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Pumped for WRIR

October 15, 2010 in Graphic Design, Kevin, Recent Work, Richmond, RVA Creative by Fan Works | No comments

WRIR, home of Kevin’s Sunrise Ocean Bender, is gearing up for it’s Fall Fund Drive … coming up right around the corner, October 29 – November 7 {early bird donations start this weekend}. This season’s drive is the ‘official’ introduction of the WRIR Fund Drive logo.

The logo will be featured on this year’s pledge premiums {WRIR t-shirt and tote}, as well as used on fund drive related materials. WRIR has two fund drives every year, Spring and Fall, and is a scorching time around the station: guests, in-studio live performances by local bands, plenty of fuel generously donated by Richmond restaurants, and, of course, the best DJs, hosts and tireless volunteers …

We’re thrilled that Kevin, who is on the Marketing Committee for WRIR, was able to lend a hand to one of, in Paste Magazine’s words, the “best little radio stations in the U.S.”

Richmond Independent Radio is a fresh new voice, on the air since January 1, 2005. We broadcast music you DON’T hear on the radio dial with live local DJ’s doing real live shows. In addition to our locally produced music shows, we offer a wide range of National and Local news programming that covers issues unrepresented by other media.

WRIR is a true community radio station.

  • We are locally owned, and by charter can never be bought out by any non local entity.
  • The station is operated by volunteers from the Richmond community. Our staff consists of your neighbors playing music, sharing news and operating the station.

Thank you for listening.

:: More info at WRIR.org

:: WRIR’s 2010 Monster Mashquerade

:: More info on Sunrise Ocean Bender

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WRIR Needs Your Vote!

September 2, 2010 in Richmond by Fan Works | No comments

WRIR 97.3 FM Seeks Refresheverything.com Grant for Community Newsroom

WRIR is asking for a grant to diversify locally-produced radio news in a market big enough to need it, strong enough to volunteer for it and brave enough to air it. With the Community Newsroom, WRIR will train more citizen-journalists to collect and report independent radio news.

WRIR LP 97.3 FM, Richmond’s independent radio station, is seeking the community’s help to get a grant to fund construction of a Community Newsroom. WRIR would use this broadcast studio to gather and report more local, independent news. Presently WRIR has volunteers who produce the local news segments aired every weekday. With the Community Newsroom, WRIR will train more citizen-journalists to collect and report independent radio news. WRIR’s proposal is in the running for a $50,000 grant and will compete for votes at www.refresheverything.com/wrir. Refresheverything.com is an online competition to fund projects that will have a positive impact on their community. You can vote online or via your twitter or Facebook accounts. You are allowed to vote every day in September with the last vote taken on September 30th.

“WRIR is very excited about this grant. It is a different approach to fundraising. Our listeners, supports and volunteers decide if we get the grant by voting every day either online or by text. If they do, WRIR has the chance to build a state-of-the-art studio with limitless potential! WRIR will also use the studio as back-up in the event of equipment failure in our main studio. It is our responsibility as the City of Richmond’s official emergency broadcast outlet” —  says Liz Humes, President of Virginia Center for Public Press the parent non-profit of WRIR.

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