KGNU
Application Deadline: April 17, 2026
NOTE: Applications received by April 3, 2026, will receive priority review for first-round interviews.
Author: RMCR Digital Editor
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Regional Roundup Episode 139
This week on the “Regional Roundup,” we’ll pay a visit to the First Peoples’ Festival, which took place in Estes Park, Colorado, from January 16 to 18, 2026. The three-day event brought together Indigenous artists, educators, and community members for fashion, art, dance, and storytelling. We learn about a program that teaches high school students trade skills, and puts those skills to work building affordable housing. We’ll also take a closer look at the Colorado River Basin, where the U.S. Department of the Interior has released a draft environmental impact statement outlining potential paths forward for managing the river and its two largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead. We’ll round out the show with a conversation with the filmmaker behind a new documentary examining the crisis in local journalism.
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Regional Roundup Episode 138
This week’s “Regional Roundup,” we’ll hear voices from vigils and protests around the region after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. We’ll hear from a former National Forest supervisor on the challenges facing public lands and what the future might hold. Then, a conversation with a conservationist about efforts to restore wild buffalo to Indigenous lands, and we finish the show with a BLM archaeologist who tells us about efforts to preserve and conserve the region’s rich archaeological history.
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Rocky Mountain Community Radio stations receive multiple regional and national awards in 2025
7/16/25
In 2025, multiple stations within the Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR) coalition were honored for their outstanding journalism that was broadcast and published throughout the previous year. These recognitions highlight the exceptional reporting, storytelling, and community-centered journalism that RMCR stations provide to listeners across the region.
Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards:
The Murrow Awards are recognized as one of the most prestigious accolades in the news sphere, celebrating local and national journalism that aligns with the RTDNA Code of Ethics, showcases technical prowess, and underscores the significance and influence of journalism as a community service.
KHOL, KUNC and Aspen Public Radio won a combined 9 Regional Edward R. Murrow awards.
Find the full list of winners here.
PMJA Awards:
PMJA awards recognize work produced at public media organizations across the country.
KHOL, KGNU, KUNC won a combined 7 awards. In addition, Rocky Mountain Community Radio won an award for a collaborative news series featuring stories from KDNK, KOTO and KSUT/KSJD
Find the full list of winners here.
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Rocky Mountain Community Radio receives national Press Forward funding to address critical broadcast engineering needs
The project is one of 22 across the United States sharing $22.7 million
to meet the urgent challenges local newsrooms face.7/16/25 – Announced today by Press Forward, Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR) will receive $1 million to create a shared engineering staff, providing the network’s 21 community radio stations across four states with access to mission-critical broadcast engineers, thanks to this national initiative to reimagine local news.
The funding is part of Press Forward’s Open Call on Infrastructure, which is providing $22.7 million to 22 projects that address the urgent challenges local newsrooms face today, including this effort by RMCR to address a shortage of broadcast engineers throughout the Mountain West region.
Community radio stations in the Mountain West face a shortage of broadcast engineers due to retirements and limited new talent. As technology ages and natural disasters increase, access to reliable radio is critical. Small stations can’t afford full-time engineers, despite ongoing repair and maintenance needs for live radio and studio engineering systems.
The RMCR network of member stations is responsible for the maintenance of 70 unique tower sites, in addition to transmitter and repeater sites, and collectively manage over 67 studios where live newscasts, musical performances, community affairs programming, and other radio production takes place.
“This engineering initiative aims to celebrate a collective approach to a critical problem, which will increase our engineering capacity, grow each member station’s ability to resolve technical problems efficiently, and reduce deferred maintenance and broadcast interruptions,” stated Breeze Richardson, President of the Rocky Mountain Community Radio coalition.
With this major investment, RMCR will create a pilot program to share engineering resources across its 21 Mountain West stations by hiring dedicated engineering staff to travel among stations, employ an administrator to coordinate scheduling and oversee program design, and create an equipment pool for emergency repairs in the event of equipment failure. Partnerships will strengthen talent development and career pathways through apprenticeship and station staff training to support the next generation of broadcast engineers.
Jennifer Ferro, CEO of KCRW in Los Angeles, reacted to the news, stating: “I commend RMCR’s thought leadership. They are highlighting how vital it is to maintain the knowledge base for our critical, physical infrastructure. KCRW launched an Engineering Apprentice Program two years ago to train up our next generation of engineers. RMCR is building on this idea with a collaborative model that other stations can emulate.”
RMCR joins an impressive group of awardees, including recipients working to protect a free and independent press, ensure newsrooms have safety protocols in place, build mental health services to help reporters heal from trauma and burnout, and create legal resources to face challenges to their reporting. Others are strengthening newsrooms’ sustainability – tackling revenue and operations challenges so the field of local news can thrive long-term.
The full list of recipients is available online.
About Rocky Mountain Community Radio
Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR) is a coalition of more than 21 non-commercial radio stations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Most of our stations serve rural western communities, and each represents and reflects the unique and diverse nature of their own community through local news reporting and other culturally-relevant music and public affairs radio and digital programming. In addition to producing local news for each individual station, RMCR member stations collaborate to produce news reports and stories that connect our communities. The coalition was first formed in the late 1980s to share content among independent, community radio stations all throughout the Western Slope.
About Press Forward
Press Forward is a nationwide movement to strengthen our democracy by revitalizing local news and information. Press Forward’s growing coalition of funders has committed to invest more than $500 million to strengthen local newsrooms, close longstanding gaps in journalism coverage, advance public policy that expands access to local news and scale infrastructure the sector needs to thrive. Press Forward is housed at The Miami Foundation. -
MUSIC SUBMISSION
KAFM
Music submissions to KAFM can be emailed along with a link to guy@kafmcommunityradio.org
For physical CDs, mail to:
1310 Ute Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81501.KDUR
Music submissions to KDUR can be emailed to KDUR_ST1@fortlewis.edu
KDUR accepts CDs, vinyl, and digital files: WAV and MP3s accepted (MP3 preferred).CDs and Vinyl can be mailed to:
KDUR Radio
1000 Rim Drive
Durango, CO 81301KGNU
Music submissions can be sent to Indra Raj, Music Director at music@kgnu.org.
To submit new music (full albums or EPs only), email a download link to the address above.
To inquire about on-air performance opportunities, send a link to listen to your music along with the dates/times you are available to come in.
KHEN
Music submissions to KHEN can be emailed to playmymusic@khen.org
KHOL
WAV and/or MP3 files can be sent to musicdirector@jhcr.org
KJAC/ The Colorado Sound
Email a .wav file or mp3 file of at least 320 kbps to music@coloradosound.org. If you have a large file, please send a download link. (Be sure the link is also a .wav or mp3 of at least 320 kbps.)
Please include pertinent info in the subject line. For example, ‘music submission from (city or town)’.
Please include your information (website, social media, concerts played) in your email as well.
Due to the number of music submissions we receive, we are not able to reply to each one. Thanks for your understanding.
KLZR
For music submissions to KLZR – email to info@klzr.org with link to where it can be downloaded and any useful information (genre, etc).
KRCL
Learn how to submit music to KRCL here.
KRFC
KRFC welcomes music submissions in all genres. When submitting your music—physically or digitally—please include the following:
- Artist name
- Genre and “For fans of…” recommendations
- Brief bio and release story (plus hometown and state)
- Highlighted tracks you recommend for airplay
- Upcoming tour dates in Colorado or the region
Mail CDs to: Colton Boening, Assistant Program Director, 619 South College Avenue, Suite #2 Fort Collins, CO 80524
Submit Digitally to: coltonb@krfcfm.org
KVCU/1190
Learn how to submit music to KVCU/Radio 1190 here.
KVNF
Music submissions to KVNF can be emailed to andrea@kvnf.org
KVNF accepts CDs, vinyl, and digital files: MP3s and WAVs accepted.
(Wavs are preferred.)CDs and Vinyl can be mailed to:
KVNF Community Radio
ATTN: Andrea Castillo
PO Box 1350
Paonia, CO 81428KZMU
Contact: Crystal Blanks
Digital files can be sent to:
Email: music-director@kzmu.orgCDs and Vinyl can be mailed to:
Crystal Blanks/Music Director
PO Box 1076
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Rocky Mountain Community Radio stations recognized by Colorado Broadcasters Association, Society of Professional Journalists in 2025.
4/8/25
Member stations of Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR), a coalition of non-commercial radio stations in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, have won a combined 63 awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and Colorado Broadcasters Association.
RMCR member stations won a combined 41 CBA awards across all markets, with Aspen Public Radio claiming five (5), KOTO in Telluride winning three (3), KVNF in Paonia/Montrose winning four (4), KUVO in Denver winning five (5), KSUT in Ignacio winning five (5) with one of those recognizing KSUT Tribal Radio, KDNK in Carbondale winning one (1), KRFC in Fort Collins winning seven (7), and KUNC in Greeley winning eleven (11), including CBA Station of the Year in a major market.
In the SPJ Top of the Rockies competition, member stations of RMCR won a combined 22 awards, with KHOL in Jackson, WY winning five (5), KVNF in Paonia/Montrose winning seven (7), Aspen Public Radio winning two (2), KUNC winning five (5), and KGNU in Boulder/Denver winning three (3).
Much of the award winning work was broadcast across the entire RMCR network.
“It’s fantastic to see the outstanding journalism of our RMCR stations being recognized,” says RMCR Managing Editor Maeve Conran. “These stations are doing vital work—reporting on the news that matters to their communities and amplifying their stories.”
The collaborative model that began with a handful of Colorado stations in the 1980s as High Country Community Radio Coalition (HCCRC), has grown over the past thirty years to include more than twenty stations in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico.
In addition to the managing editor position, RMCR has a part-time digital editor, a grant writer, a book keeper, and in 2024 hired its first rural climate reporter. The network is also part of the new Colorado Capitol News Alliance (CCNA), a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and The Colorado Sun, and shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The stations of Rocky Mountain Community Radio include:KAFM – Grand Junction
KAJX – Aspen
KBUT – Crested Butte and Gunnison
KDNK – Carbondale
KDUR – Durango
KFFR – Winter Park
KGNU – Boulder and Denver
KHEN – Salida
KHOL – Jackson Hole, WY
KLZR – Westcliffe
KOTO – Telluride
KRCL – Salt Lake City, UT
KRFC – Fort Collins
KSJD – Cortez
KSJE – Farmington, NM
KSUT – Ignacio
KUNC – Greeley
KUVO – Denver
KVCU – Boulder
KVNF – Paonia and Montrose
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COLORADO CAPITOL NEWS ALLIANCE
The Colorado State Capitol
In 2001, RMCR, then known as High Country Community Radio Coalition (HCCRC) launched the Capitol Coverage Project, featuring daily news and feature reports during the annual sessions of the Colorado General Assembly. Initial funding for the project came from contributions from participating stations as well as from the Bohemian Foundation, the Rose Community Foundation, and the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado.
Initial participating stations:
KGNU, KOTO, KVNF, KRFC, KRZA, KAFM, KBUT, KDNK, KAJX, KDUR
In 2006, KRCC joined HCCRC, bringing significant additional funds that made it possible to hire a full-time reporter at the State Capitol.
Capitol Coverage reporters:
2001 – 2004: Sam Fuqua
2005: David Wilson
2006: Dan Costello
2006 – 2018: Bente Birkeland
2018 – 2022: Scott Franz
2022 – present: Lucas Brady Woods
2024 – present: Chas Sisk
Launch of the Capitol News Alliance:
In late 2024, the Capitol News Alliance launched as a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and The Colorado Sun. Content is shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. The Alliance is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Capitol News Alliance reporting is distributed to Rocky Mountain Community Radio stations at no cost. Stations can communicate directly with the Capitol reporter to request coverage of legislation and legislators impacting their listening areas. The RMCR managing editor maintains regular contact with the Capitol News Alliance reporter and managing editor.
Contact information:
Lucas Brady Woods (Reporter) lucas.woods@kunc.org
Chas Sisk (Managing Editor) chas.sisk@kunc.org
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Digital Editor
Stefanie Sere serves as the Digital Editor for Rocky Mountain Community Radio (RMCR), where she plays a key role in enhancing the digital presence of RMCR stations. She supports the stations by creating digital assets for social media, promoting RMCR news content, radio station events, and other campaigns. Stefanie also contributes to writing, producing, and editing web posts for news stories, ensuring they’re shared across RMCR stations.
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