KHEN LP 106.9 - Free Range Community Radio for Salida and Beyond . . .
P. O. Box 596
124 E. 3rd Street
Salida, Colorado U.S.A. 81201
719-539-1069
Community radio for the Upper Arkansas River Valley in Colorado, kHEN, 106.9 FM is your source for member-supported, community-oriented alternative programming including music, public affairs, poetry and more.
KHEN 106.9fm would like to send out a great big THANK YOU to all our new and renewing members! Your membership helps to keep us on the air providing YOU with the best Community Radio in Salida! Our volunteer staff is OF the Community, BY the Community and FOR the Community. Thank you for supporting Community Radio!
KHEN’s Mission Statement is:
Tenderfoot Transmitting (operating KHEN radio) provides education, cultural enrichment and entertainment for Salida and Chaffee County through the medium of a low-power 100-watt radio station. The volunteer supported station provides programming that reflects the diverse interests and lifestyles of our community. KHEN benefits the region by giving voice to the underrepresented and reflects diverse interests and lifestyles.
Summer is HOT and so is KHEN 106.9! We’re having our Summer membership drive for two weeks, from June 12 through June 26, any new or renewing KHEN membership, at any level, will get a 2-for-1 pass for a soak at the Mount Princeton Hot Springs Resort! AND any membership at the $50.00 level will get your choice of either a great KHEN short sleeve T-shirt, a reusable canvas shopping bag, or a KHEN Sampler CD. At the $100.00 membership level, you’ll get your choice of any TWO; T-shirt, canvas bag, or a KHEN Sampler CD. We also have two very special offers for those $250.00 memberships!Package ONE: a 2-for-1 coupon to Mount Princeton Hot Springs AND two KHEN T-shirts AND a reusable canvas bag AND a certificate for a one-night’s stay at Mt Princeton Hot Springs Resort. Package TWO: a 2-for-1 coupon to Mount Princeton Hot Springs AND two KHEN T-shirts AND a reusable canvas bag AND a ten visit punch pass to Mt Princeton Hot Springs Resort. Help support Community Radio with your membership contribution today. You can keep us clucking on with a little or a lot, go now to our website at khen.org and click on the “Memberhip” link. Have any questions? Just call the station at 719-539-1069.
KHEN’s great big summer fundraiser on June 12th will take on a slightly newer look this year. This year we’re having our Spectacular “Swamp Stomp” at the Salida SteamPlant Theater and Event Center. We’re excited to bring the fabulous Blues band “Big Daddy Lee and the KingBees” out of Aspen to get folks dancing. [www.bigdaddylee.com] For the price of a ticket, you’ll also get a Cajun feast. Support your local Chicken! Tickets are on sale now, but guaranteed to go fast! Get your tickets at Free The Monkey Consignment, Salida SteamPlant, Bongo Billy’s Salida Cafe and the KHEN Studio behind the Mountain Mail. Stay tuned to KHEN 106.9 for all your party details.
Hey all you KHEN fans! We’ve been busy fluffing up our Broadcast Schedule with lots of new DJs and new programs and they are ALL something to CROW about! Find out how we’ve feathered our nest on our website at khen.org and click on the Broadcast Schedule. All the programs are cross referenced to help you keep your Sunny Side Up. Let us know if you like what you hear! Call us at 719-539-1069.
From your Fine-Feathered Friends here at your Community Radio Station, KHEN 106.9fm.
Check out what’s new at the Coop at khen.org
KHEN has a wish list, and at the very top of it is computer software, Quick Books in particular.
Right now, KHEN Community Radio is badly in need of a legal copy of QUICK BOOKS PRO for NON-PROFITS 2009 for a PC. Keeping track of our finances, however small, is time consuming, and QuickBooks would make our volunteer treasurer’s job much easier. The software costs about $300. That’s not a lot of money, but more than the station can afford right now. While we’d like to get the version specifically for non-profits, any version will help. If you own any version of this software that you can give to KHEN, or have a computer that has it installed that you are willing to donate, or if you’d like to help us out with our accounting, we’d like to hear from you! 719-539-1069
If you can’t donate, any contribution you can make to a fund that will let us buy it ourselves will be very much appreciated. Just send a check to KHEN 106.9fm, PO Box 596, Salida, CO 81201.
If you can help in any way, please call the station at 539-1069.
Thanks for supporting your community radio station!
Wow! It seems a good part of Salida came out to party with KHEN at our St Patty’s Day Party Tuesday night benefiting KHEN Community Radio! A special thank you to Mike Rosso of Stonehens for putting this together. Thanks to the Stonehens [Andrea Earley-Coen, Mark Minor, Mike Rosso, Elliot Jackson] and Groove Farmers [Dave Bokel, George Mossman, Eric Tauer, Eric Belsey, Mike Pollack] for playing all night. Thanks to Jane Templeton for Irish dance lessons. Thanks to Jared Jacob for such a great poster and ticket design. Thanks to Bongo Billy’s Salida Cafe for giving us a wonderful location and providing the special menu and beer selections. Thanks to our event sponsors Eliza’s Bed, Gambles and First Street Flooring. And a great big THANK YOU to Salida for coming out and supporting your one and only Community Radio station, KHEN 106.9fm!! KHEN wouldn’t be here without the support of our great Salida Community.
KHEN’s St. Patty’s Day Party is coming up on Tues, March 17 at Bongo Billy’s Salida Cafe. We will have two bands - Stonehens and the Groove Farmers with Irish dance lessons start at 6:30 provided by Jane Templeton. The music begins with Stonehens at 7pm and the Groove Farmers continue the party at 9. Bongo Billy’s Salida Cafe will be serving Corned Beef and Cabbage. Beer will be available and maybe some Irish Wiskey Specials. TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE at KHEN studio and Bongo Billy’s Salida Cafe. Always stay tuned to KHEN 106.9fm or khen.org for all your party information.
KHEN 106.9 would like to give a great big THANK YOU to all of Salida for helping us make our Sixth Birthday Bash the best one ever! We had perhaps a hundred people come out and help us celebrate turning six years old! Salida has supported us and kept us on the air. We saw this as a chance to give back and say “Thanks!”
A great big “Thank you” to Safeway for donating our wonderful cake and other supplies. Thank you to Walmart for a gift card and thank you to the band Avant Garage for groovin’ with us all night long. Thank you to the Elks Club for letting us use their fabulous facilities. Thank you to the Salida Circus for providing additional entertainment that all the kids loved, young and old. Thanks to all our our volunteers for contributing deviled eggs, chicken wings and lots more yummies we all enjoyed. We would be NOTHING without our incredible volunteers! Thank you to all of those who participated in KHEN’s Silent Auction. Your auction items can be picked up at the KHEN station M-F, 10am-2pm, call us at 539-1069.
Thank you Salida!! It’s all of YOU that put the COMMUNITY in Community Radio!
From the KHEN Fundraising Committee
KHEN’s 6th Birthday Bash is happening from 3-7pm on Sunday Feb 8th. Music, Food, Fun and CHICKENS!! Located at the Elks Club basement at the corner of 2nd and E Street.
Station tours will be available.
Kay-Hen, the chicken will be there too!
Happy New Year 2009! KHEN is having our annual election of officers coming up at our next Board meeting, Jan 20th. The public is invited. The KHEN Board meets in the basement of the Salida Regional Library at 6pm. Anyone interested in becoming involved in KHEN is welcome.
KHEN 106.9 fm will soon be celebrating the sixth year on the air in Salida! Watch for details coming up about our great Birthday Bash Celebration. If you’re interested in becoming a volunteer, a DJ, or just helping out with the Birthday Party festivities, please call 539-1069, M-F, 10-2.
