December 15, 2006
Saving KYMC
I've definitely heard about KYMC far, far more than I've actually heard KYMC. But the left-of-the-dial radio station's been a stalwart of both the Westplex and the local music scene for the better part of three decades, so it's with some concern that there's an open letter/website going live, indicating that 89.7 fm may soon be no longer.
Here's a link to the site: http://www.savekymc.net/.
If so moved, they're looking for letters, e-mails and calls of support to the West County YMCA, to keep the station afloat after the New Year.
In fact, if we're in wish-list mode, it'd be nice to not only hear that the station's still going to be active, but to hear that streaming could go live. Matt Distelrath's "Hindsight" show is probably my favorite on the local airwaves, but the low wattage of KYMC's made hearing it an impossibility. Here's hoping that his show gets picked up elsewhere on the dial. (Can KDHX get cooler? Would the Point invest in a quality rock show? Dunno, dunno.)