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Thank You For An Amazing 5th Birthday!

It was a great party! KTAL-LP has been on the air for FIVE YEARS! We are grateful to get to hang out with such a great bunch of human beings.

THANK YOU:
We thank the community of Las Cruces, our listeners, financial contributors, and interview contributors

All the donors of items for our silent auction
Sprouts for the cupcakes and bear claws
The Wrong Seven jazz band from NMSU
City Councilperson and Las Cruces Mayor Pro Temp Kassandra Gandara
State Senator Carrie Hamblen
State Representative Joanne Ferrary
County Commissioner Shannon Reynolds
Sam Peters, Artist (a posthumous thank you) for his art, and to Greg White and Carol Elders (Sam’s wife) for donating his art to the event.
Zane Chaffee, General Manager for planning, coordinating, purchasing items, securing music, tables, chairs, equipment setup and general setting up of the event.
Corner Deli for donating 4 6ft sandwiches for the party

Thank you, Bruce Ernst, one of our esteemed, founders, who has given countless hours over the past 5 years. Thank you for the thoughtful recorded message. We all stopped and listened to your kind words and we hope you finally getting some great R & R.
Thanks go to Kevin Bixby, for his vision of a community radio and his willingness to fearlessly take it on. Kevin has supported us over the years by serving on the board, providing chairs and tent structures for events and much more.
And to Nan Rubin, another esteemed founder for serving on the board, sharing the story of our beginnings, giving guidance for operating the Station, for helping to plan the event, for making lanyards and much more. And, thank you to Mary, Nan’s assistant who goes above and beyond the call of duty to help with whatever is needed.
Thank you, Peter Goodman, an early founder, dedicated program, committee member host and as with all our founders, Peter’s reach within the community extends far beyond the station.
And to Walt Rubel, program host extraordinaire with Peter Goodman and Shirley Baca, and the man with his finger on the pulse of the political community in our State.
Thank you, Richard Kadzis, (“The Buzzman” and Voice of the Mesilla Valley) one of the Station’s first program hosts extraordinaire, for countless station hours over the five years, for rolling up his sleeves and providing muscle to set up the event.
Thanks to Rob McCorkle, early program host extraordinaire, board member and responsible for recruiting some of our first underwriters.
And to Linda Hall, program host extraordinaire, for serving on the board, head of the Program Advisory Committee (PAC), and performing countless administration and organizational development functions.
Thank you, Dean Mattson, as both a great program host and for his technical knowledge and experience, for serving as a member of the PAC, and for organizing remote broadcasts from the Las Cruces Crafts and Farmers Market.
Thanks so much to Teresa Tudury, program host extraordinaire, for serving not only as Master of Ceremony, but also for shopping for and donating all the supplies for the event such as table cloths, napkins, utensils, serving trays, decorations etc., for donating CDs for the auction, for helping to plan the event and for her masterful art piece depicting the number ‘5’ which served as our table center piece.
Kris Knutson, program host extraordinaire, Master of Ceremony for bringing spirit, comedy, and high fashion to the event.
And to Michael O’Larey for helping in the set up tents, chairs, tables as well as breaking down and cleaning up the area.
Mark Mathias, program host extraordinaire for the construction of the vinyl and CD holders in our music library, and for arriving early to this event and helping with setup.
Thanks go to Patty Hartman, outstanding volunteer at the station, for help manning the donations and merchandise table at the event.
And let’s not forget Alice Carruth for serving on the board, for sharing her website/social media expertise, for her donations to the auction, and for manning the donations and merchandise table at the event.

Finally, thank you to our tireless, marvelous, incredible volunteers and, to those of you who couldn’t make it because of illness, travel, family obligations, you were sorely missed. And thank you to everyone who hung out until the end of the event and who helped us clean up, take down tents, load up chairs and on! What an awesome community of friends and professionals!

Live from the Farmer's Market Will Return!

Some of the KTAL-LP volunteers. from left to right: Richard Kadzis, Teresa Tudury, Walt Rubel, Zane Chaffee, and Michael O'Larey

KTAL-LP 101.5 will be returning with our farmers market broadcast in September after Labor Day. Make sure to tune in, or visit in person, on Saturday from 11am to 12pm. Come on out and talk to us about becoming a volunteer or member of our station!

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