The Eastern AA divisional basketball tournament is being held in Bozeman on March 4-6, and KGVM is excited to bring you two of the games! On Thursday night, March 4, the #2 ranked Bozeman Lady Hawks will take on the #7 ranked Belgrade Panthers at 7:00 PM. On Friday night, March 5, the #3 ranked Bozeman Hawks boys’ team will play #6 ranked CM Russell at 7:00 PM. Ian Laird will be calling both games live right here at 95.9 FM, or streaming at kgvm.org. Go Hawks!
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Bozeman High and Gallatin High Sports
KGVM is proud to be the exclusive broadcaster of Bozeman high schools’ sports – we will be covering both the Bozeman Hawks and the Gallatin Raptors this year! The first home game is Friday, Sep. 11, as the Raptors take on Great Falls High. We will carry both the Bozeman Hawk Football and Gallatin Raptors home games!
We have openings for sponsors for the football games, both for the season and for individual games. Get the message out about your company or organization to people and support broadcasts of the games – that’s a win-win! With attendance limits on games, we anticipate a lot of fans listening on the radio.
Virtual SLAM Festival
For a lot of us here in the Gallatin Valley, Sweet Pea Festival and SLAM are cornerstones of our summers. This year, things are obviously a little different. Although there won’t be live performances in Lindley and Bogert Parks, KGVM is going to help create a “virtual SLAM” festival for you on Aug. 8 and 9, playing a lot of local music throughout the weekend. We will work in some interviews with local musicians and artists as well. We are all about local arts and artists, and we are happy to do what we can to help support them in these trying times.
A virtual tater pig or a virtual frosty beverage from the SLAM beer tent aren’t going to cut it, but we suggest you check out the SLAM and Sweet Pea Festival events that will take place the weekend of Aug. 7-9. We even spied mention of drive-through tater pigs!!
If you are a local musician, drop us an email at info@kgvm.org. We’d love to play your music – let us know if there are any particular cuts you would like us to play. We have a fair collection of local musicians’ work, but if we are missing yours, we’d love to make sure you are in the mix. Live recordings would be awesome! And don’t forget the virtual tip jar – send us your Paypal and/or Venmo info and we’ll get that out 3there for people too!
While you are supporting local musicians and artists, we hope you might be able to support your home-town community radio station as well!
State Baseball Tournament
The American Legion State AA tournament will be held in Billings on Aug. 5 – 9. The Bozeman Bucks are the conference champions and #1 seed in the tournament, and we plan to broadcast the Bucks’ games from the tournament. The schedule is not set yet – we will post an update when we know.
We are raising funds to send Mark Miller to Helena to announce the games. If you can help out, please donate to KGVM – if you donate online, just put “Bucks Baseball” in the comment field and we’ll make sure your donation goes toward Mark’s expenses.
GO BUCKS!
Election 2020
KGVM is carrying a number of debates and candidate forums that are being held in advance of the upcoming primary election here in Montana. Check the Election 2020 section to listen to any of them on demand.
Human Capital – COVID-19 Updates
KGVM is now airing a new segment called “Human Capital”, in which MT Senator JP Pomnichowski of Bozeman talks about how our local, state, and federal governments function. The initial episodes have been status updates about the COVID-19 pandemic, and we anticipate that to be the case for a while.
You can hear Human Capital on weekdays at 8:00 AM, 11:50 AM, and 5:00 PM, and on weekends at 9:00 AM, noon, and 5:00 PM. The segments are also available on our web site under Human Capital.
State Championship Basketball
The Bozeman Hawks and the Lady Hawks both qualified for the State AA Basketball tournament, which will be held in Bozeman on March 12-14, 2020. KGVM is the exclusive local broadcaster of Hawks sports, and we’ll be airing the Bozeman games. Ian Laird will be courtside on Thursday, Mar. 12 at 3:30 for the girls’ game, and he’ll be back again at 8:00 that evening for the boys’ game. Depending on how those games go, there will games on Friday and possibly Saturday as well. Go Hawks!!
Northwestern Energy’s new Energy Resource Procurement Plan
KGVM Public Affairs host and producer, Joy LaClaire, attended and recorded recent public hearings to review Northwestern Energy’s new Energy Resource Procurement Plan, and we invite you to listen to a two-hour compilation she assembled of some of the presentations and public commentary. The recordings are available in our Community Issues section using this link, along with additional links and contacts you can use if you would like more information. The public comment period on the plan ends on Jan. 6, so this is a time-critical issue. We will air the recordings on Friday morning at 9:00 AM, Saturday at 4:00 PM, and Sunday at noon.
Christmas Stroll Open House
KGVM Christmas Stroll Open House
We hope to see you at our open house during the Christmas Stroll. We’ll be playing some tunes – say hello to our listeners. And check out the new T-shirt designs – hot off the presses! Plus, we have brand-new long-sleeve black T-shirts with the 4-color KGVM logo.
Bozeman Hawks Football and Basketball
We are proud to be chosen as the exclusive broadcaster of Bozeman Hawks’ home football and basketball games this fall and winter! The football season starts this Friday, Sept. 6, with a game against Big Sky High of Missoula. The next home game is the following Friday, Sept. 13, against Billings Senior. Next is Homecoming on Sept. 27 vs. Great Falls High, then a next-door neighbor game against Belgrade High on Oct. 11, and the season winds up on Oct. 25 with a game against Billings West for Senior night.
Kickoff for all games is at 7:00 PM, and Ian Laird will be calling the games with a roster of special guests providing color commentary. Tune in!
Connect with KGVM
Watch this space for announcements of upcoming DJ trainings and our next station meeting. If you’re interested in getting involved with community radio, fill out the form on our Join Us page, or email us at info@kgvm.
March 2019 Station Meeting
We are back on track this month to have our monthly Station Meeting on the third Thursday of March, Mar. 21. The meeting will be from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Elks Lodge Ballroom, 205 Haggerty Lane in Bozeman.
Anyone interested in the care and feeding of KGVM is invited to attend. The agenda will be a discussion of the upcoming Galla-Bash fundraiser at the Ellen Theatre on March 28. We will also recount the recent adventures to fix the outage of our transmitter last week.
The Gallabash!
Gallatin Valley Community Radio KGVM invites you to the first ever Gallabash variety show at the beautiful historic Ellen Theatre in downtown Bozeman!
On air since May 2018, KGVM strives to bring educational, informational, thought provoking, creative, and entertaining programming to and from the people of the Gallatin Valley. As an all volunteer organization, we receive NO corporate or federal funding, and rely solely on the support of the people of the Gallatin Valley! Come support us and your local favorites!
Gallabash will be a fun opportunity for you to get a taste for some of the talent and intellect Bozeman, the Gallatin Valley, and KGVM has to offer. The zestful Roerick Sweeney, actor, muscian, and comedian will be our Emcee. Here’s more of our amazing lineup:
Al Kesselheim – author and adventurer
John Miller – Neuroscientist
Larry Kiff – KGVM classic country singer and Red Ants Pants 2018 performer
Local Funny Folks: Kyle Kulseth, Jenna Eliell, Zachary Martinez, and Thom Blake
Michael O’Reilly– Aerial Silks Artist
Luis Torres – KGVM DJ for Big Lou’s Latin Experience
Chris Cunningham – local musician
Peter King and The Dead Yellers – original country rock from Bozeman- “dancin’ and cryin’ music”
General reserved seating- $15
***Tickets are now available at www.theellentheatre.com*** in downtown Bozeman!
Equipment Malfunction
On Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, one of the pieces of equipment that gets the signal from our studio to the transmitter up on a hill southwest of Four Corners malfunctioned. This time of year, getting up to the tower is a little tricky. We have secured parts to repair the equipment, and we expect to have the transmitter back on the air on Sunday, Jan. 27, if things go according to plan.
Update On Sunday, Jan. 27, we were able to snowmobile up to the tower and get the equipment repaired – we got back on the air around 1:30 PM.
Solidarity Gathering
On October 27, 11 people were massacred at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, in what is said to have been the worst incident of violence against Jews in US history. The next afternoon, in Bozeman, an interfaith group of local citizens came together for a solidarity gathering at Congregation Beth Shalom. Those unable to attend can hear the haunting music and the words from spiritual leaders of different faiths at this page.
Upcoming Events
Station Meeting: Normally 3rd Thursday of every month, 6-8 pm at the Elks Lodge Ballroom. 205 Haggerty Lane. However, we will not have a meeting in December, since everyone is probably busy with various holiday activities around that time. We’ll see everyone in January.
We have a couple of scheduling conflicts, so we are planning to have the station meeting on the 4th Thursday, Jan. 24, this month. Hope to see you there!
Station Training: Our next training is Thursday, January 17th at 6:30 pm at the KGVM studio, 205 Haggerty Lane, Suite 150. For more information or to be notified about future trainings, contact us by email at info@kgvm.org.
Give Big 3 and 4th May
KGVM is participating in Give Big this year!
Here is where we will be and when:
Thursday 3 May KGVM Table at Cactus Records from 3:30-6:00
Friday 4 May KGVM Give Big Lounge at Cactus and our station, 205 Haggerty #150 11-6
Come have some snacks and tea!
We will offer door prizes to every tenth person who walks through our door. If you bring or refer ten friends, you get the prize. Have your friends tell us that you referred them .
Tower Build!
Here are some pictures from the top of the hill! Enjoy
KGVM general station meeting!
KGVM has a studio! We are now located on 205 Haggerty Lane, Suite #150, in Bozeman. You are invited to pop in any time the door is open. We cannot wait to welcome you. Our phone number is 406-624-6534.
Meanwhile, we are completing arrangements to broadcast from High Flats near Four Corners. As soon as we clear the snow from the road, we will install our equipment.
Now we need you! We need radio show hosts, and all manner of volunteers to bring this station to life. Would you like to join us?
If so, please come to our first general station meeting this Thursday 19 April at our new studio. The meeting starts at 6:00.
Please watch this space for more updates as we go along. We are truly grateful for all of your support and contribution thus far. You have made this happen. History is in the making at KGVM Gallatin Valley Community Radio.
Give Big!
Come join us May 3-4 at Cactus Records and Give Big!
