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KOTZ Radio asks Northwest Arctic Borough for FY25 donations amid staffing shortfall
Summary
KOTZ Radio representatives requested FY25 donations and help recruiting a program manager; assembly members discussed prior borough funding, potential lobbying support and whether the borough could underwrite or allocate ARPA funds.
KOTZ Radio representatives Lenora Moses and Pierre Lonewolf presented a written request to the Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly asking for FY25 donations and help addressing a program manager and personnel shortage.
BAF Chair Reid Magdanz questioned whether the borough should lobby on the station’s behalf in Juneau; Member Lincoln Carr asked what other funders have been approached and Member Craig McConnell confirmed the station’s last borough funding remains in savings. Vice President Elmer Armstrong Jr. asked finance staff about the ARPA balance; no dollar amounts were disclosed in the minutes. Members discussed whether the borough could underwrite the station or include it in lobbying priorities.
No appropriation was made at the Jan. 28 meeting; the station’s letter will be considered further and may be included in upcoming lobbying efforts.
