[TWIAR] TWIAR Funding

[w2xbs]

Hello everyone..

I wanted to drop everyone a line about the financial
situation with This Week in Amateur Radio.

This Week in Amateur Radio converted into a dual
service to better serve the ham radio community
earlier this year. We now offer two versions of
the ham service, our full length version which covers
all the news and contains our exclusive special
features, and our news only Headline News version.

THE HAM SERVICE has received minimal funding so far
this year, and almost all production and equipment
maintenance costs have been coming out-of-pocket from
our staff here in Albany.

Heres the stats:

12 weeks this year, the ham service had funding
grants of $20/week.

31 weeks this year, the ham service had no outside
funding sources, and expenses were covered by in-house
staff.

THIS WEEK IN AMATEUR RADIO INTERNATIONAL has
fared a little better. TWIARi production and
transmission costs for air time on WBCQ costs a little
more than $150/month.

TWIARi had funding for 8 out of the past 10 months.

At this point, the bank accounts are drained. We have
no funding to cover the costs associated with these programs
for the remainder of 2006.

This Week in Amateur Radio has grown with more coverage
via netcasts (podcasts) and has picked up more repeaters and
relay stations in the last few months. Our all volunteer staff
has grown to include many new voices on the air.

In an effort to help support TWIAR, we are investigating
the possibility of putting sponsor ads (outside of the google
ads, which don't generate much) on our web site.

We had hoped that TWIAR International would have advertising
running in the program on WBCQ to help pay for the air time
charges. The program is currently running ARRL and Ad Council
public service announcements in the avails for ads.  If anyone
reading this would like to buy a 30 second ad, please call us!

However, the staff here in Albany is tapped. If TWIAR Ham and
TWIAR International are to continue, we need to be able to
cover the expenses. And, just as a reminder, no one associated
with This Week in Amateur Radio derives any income from it.
All funding received is channeled back into the program to cover
production and transmission expenses, and equipment maintenance.

And remember, no donation is too small. It all adds up.

Donating to TWIAR is easy. Just visit our web site at
www.twiar.org. On the top of the page on the right is a
PayPal donation button you can click. If you prefer,
you can mail your donation to us at:

This Week in Amateur Radio
P.O. Box 30
Sand Lake, New York  12153.

This Week in Amateur Radio is operated by a non-profit
corporation called Community Video Associates, Inc. and
is registered non-profit in New York State. All donations
are therefore tax deducible.

If no funding is received soon, we will be forced to make
some cutbacks. Please help us out. This Week in Amateur Radio
is the most up-to-the-minute amateur radio news service on
the planet. We would like to continue to be so in 2007.

Thank You.

George Bowen - Executive Producer
This Week in Amateur Radio
This Week in Amateur Radio International