klru blog » support KLRU http://www.klru.org/blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 2012 KLRU Antique Appraisal Fair a success! http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/02/2012-klru-antique-appraisal-fair-a-success/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/02/2012-klru-antique-appraisal-fair-a-success/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:35 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=5202 Thanks to all of our donors who contributed during our August and December pledge drives to attend the 2nd KLRU Antiques Appraisal Fair on January 21, 2012. We had a great turn out and everyone really enjoyed getting to know a little more about their prized possessions. A special thanks also to our incredible volunteer [...]
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Thanks to all of our donors who contributed during our August and December pledge drives to attend the 2nd KLRU Antiques Appraisal Fair on January 21, 2012. We had a great turn out and everyone really enjoyed getting to know a little more about their prized possessions.

A special thanks also to our incredible volunteer appraisers – many of whom saw close to 50 items throughout the day. We couldn’t have this event without their generosity and expertise! For more information on all the appraisers who were with us that day, please visit the Appraisal Fair website.

Watch a highlight reel of the day here – thanks again for everyone’s support and enthusiasm!

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/02/2012-klru-antique-appraisal-fair-a-success/feed/ 0 Douglas Drane Charitable Trust Renews Support http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/01/douglas-drane-charitable-trust-renews-support/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/01/douglas-drane-charitable-trust-renews-support/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:31:12 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=5003 The Douglas Drane Charitable Trust has made a $25,000 contribution to KLRU in support of our Strategic Research Plan.  The Plan will provide the market intelligence needed to inform strategic and tactical decisions and measure KLRU’s progress in meeting its vision, mission and goals. This gift will enable us to perform an annual market tracking [...]
]]> The Douglas Drane Charitable Trust has made a $25,000 contribution to KLRU in support of our Strategic Research Plan.  The Plan will provide the market intelligence needed to inform strategic and tactical decisions and measure KLRU’s progress in meeting its vision, mission and goals.

This gift will enable us to perform an annual market tracking study, as well as monthly viewer and member studies.   We will turn an eye toward programming and campaign measurement, Web and social media, and the KLRU Member Advisory Panel.  As a result of this gift, the community data we capture will be representative of Central Texas Households as never before, and we will incorporate this data in a meaningful way into the planning and execution of our ongoing strategy.

We are delighted that the Douglas Drane Charitable Trust will continue partnering with our station to further refine our community identity so that, as we are inspired by Austin, we may better inspire Austin.  Thank you!

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2012/01/douglas-drane-charitable-trust-renews-support/feed/ 0 MFI Foundation Renews Support of Public Affairs http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/mfi-foundation-renews-support-of-public-affairs/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/mfi-foundation-renews-support-of-public-affairs/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:14:30 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4959 The MFI Foundation has renewed its generous support of Overheard with Evan Smith, KLRU’s locally-produced public affairs program. Overheard provides viewers with unique perspectives on current affairs.  Hosted by Evan Smith, the CEO and Editor in Chief of The Texas Tribune, this weekly 30-minute program features in-depth interviews with noteworthy guests.  Viewers meet politicians, authors, [...]
]]> The MFI Foundation has renewed its generous support of Overheard with Evan Smith, KLRU’s locally-produced public affairs program.

Overheard provides viewers with unique perspectives on current affairs.  Hosted by Evan Smith, the CEO and Editor in Chief of The Texas Tribune, this weekly 30-minute program features in-depth interviews with noteworthy guests.  Viewers meet politicians, authors, artists, actors, journalists, businesspeople and anyone who’s at the center of things. The series offers smart conversations with the country’s most interesting people, always with an eye toward the news and always with a sense of humor.

KLRU is grateful for MFI’s longtime friendship.  Together, we are inspiring understanding in Austin and beyond.  Thank you!

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/mfi-foundation-renews-support-of-public-affairs/feed/ 0 Congratulations to our #whyKLRU t-shirt winners! http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/congratulations-to-our-whyklru-t-shirt-winners/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/congratulations-to-our-whyklru-t-shirt-winners/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:09:43 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4892 Thanks to everyone who shared their #whyKLRU reasons during our December drive on Facebook, Twitter and our blog! We chose a winner for every day of our drive to receive a package of KLRU themed t-shirts – if your name is on the list, please email membership@klru.org with your mailing address so we can send [...]
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Thanks to everyone who shared their #whyKLRU reasons during our December drive on Facebook, Twitter and our blog! We chose a winner for every day of our drive to receive a package of KLRU themed t-shirts – if your name is on the list, please email membership@klru.org with your mailing address so we can send you your t-shirts (sizes may vary, but feel free to put your preferred sizes in the email as well).

T Shirt Winners:

Artis Lewis

Eve McCabe

Geneva Sorenson

Rudi Leer

Kimberly Chapman

Zach Bishop

Chris Bowles

Jenny Meadows

Stephen Owens

Elizabeth Beil

Victoria Reed Bailey

Patty Fleming

Susie Duarte

Paul Buerger

Lanna Ellis Arnold

Jon Montgomery

Larry Schuler

Marse Amory

Edith Royal

Thanks for your support of KLRU-TV!

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/congratulations-to-our-whyklru-t-shirt-winners/feed/ 0 Your Station…Your Schedule! Viewer’s Choice Lineup Announced http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/your-station-your-schedule-viewers-choice-lineup-announced/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/your-station-your-schedule-viewers-choice-lineup-announced/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:53:50 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4861 We’re approaching the end of our December drive which can only mean one thing: Viewer’s Choice weekend! We’ve picked your favorites to air during the final Saturday and Sunday of the pledge drive and we’ll need your support to meet our goal of $240,000. With 6 days left in the drive, you’ve helped raise over [...]
]]> We’re approaching the end of our December drive which can only mean one thing: Viewer’s Choice weekend! We’ve picked your favorites to air during the final Saturday and Sunday of the pledge drive and we’ll need your support to meet our goal of $240,000. With 6 days left in the drive, you’ve helped raise over $174,000 – thanks to everyone who has contributed so far this drive and thanks in advance to anyone who donates today!

We’re excited to announce that our Viewer’s Choice weekend line up is jam packed with great specials that highlight the music, entertainment, and informative programming KLRU does year-round!

Saturday, December 17
Julia Child Memories: Bon Appetit at 10am
Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli: One Night in Central Park at 12:30pm and 8pm
Great Performances: Jackie Evancho: Dream With Me In Concert at 3pm
Victor Borge: Comedy in Music! at 4:30pm
60s Rock, Pop & Soul at 6pm
3 Steps to Incredible Health with Dr. Joel Fuhrman at 10:30pm
Paul Simon: Live at Webster Hall at 10:35pm on KLRU-Q

Sunday, December 18
Financial Fitness After 50! With Paul Merriman at 1pm
3 Steps to Incredible Health with Dr. Joel Fuhrman at 2:30pm
Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli & David Foster: My Christmas at 4:30pm
Great Performances: Jackie Evancho: Dream With Me In Concert at 6:30pm
Masterpiece Theater: Downton Abbey (Season 1, Episode 1)
Aretha Franklin: Soul Rewind at 10pm

We hope you’ll tune in to KLRU for Viewer’s Choice Weekend – and call in or go online to make a gift of support. This will be the last week that many of the incredible thank you gifts will be available – including Andrea Bocelli tickets, Straight No Chaser tickets, seats on the KLRU Drink Up bus, and tickets to the KLRU Appraisal Fair – so be sure you make your gift soon!

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/your-station-your-schedule-viewers-choice-lineup-announced/feed/ 2 Get your tickets for the KLRU Drink Up! #whyKLRU http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/get-your-tickets-for-the-klru-drink-up-whyklru/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/get-your-tickets-for-the-klru-drink-up-whyklru/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:19:35 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4811 Thanks to everyone who has made a gift to KLRU during our drive so far! We’re at $107,000 as of this morning and getting closer to our goal of $240,000.  If you haven’t made your gift yet, then tonight is the night for you: we’ll be live in the studio with an encore presentation of [...]
]]> Thanks to everyone who has made a gift to KLRU during our drive so far! We’re at $107,000 as of this morning and getting closer to our goal of $240,000.  If you haven’t made your gift yet, then tonight is the night for you: we’ll be live in the studio with an encore presentation of Ken Burns’ Prohibition and we’ll be offering tickets to the first ever KLRU Drink Up, a tour of local distilleries and breweries for KLRU donors!

The tour is a great representation of what Austin has to offer! We’ll board a bus at KLRU then head out for tours (and tastings!) at Live Oak Brewery, Tito’s Vodka, Treaty Oak Rum, and wrap up the afternoon with food and drink at BlackStar Co-op – a great selection of local business, innovation, and delicious beverages. The Drink Up is Saturday, February 4.

For your gift of $150, you’ll receive two (2) tickets to the Drink Up (which includes the price of the tastings and food), plus the Prohibition DVD set and the book, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent. The Drink Up would make a fantastic gift or a great outing for a group of friends – be sure to tune in tonight at 7pm for all the details.

Bonus: We’ll also have the Tipsy Texan, David Alan, live in the KLRU Studios tonight mixing up the best holiday cocktails and giving away tickets to tomorrow night’s Drink Local Austin event! Tell your friends and be sure to watch!

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/get-your-tickets-for-the-klru-drink-up-whyklru/feed/ 0 The Jacob and Terese Hershsey Foundation renewing support of Central Texas Gardener http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/the-jacob-and-terese-hershsey-foundation-renewing-support-of-central-texas-gardener/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/the-jacob-and-terese-hershsey-foundation-renewing-support-of-central-texas-gardener/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:01:15 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4809 The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation has just renewed its support of Central Texas Gardener (CTG), KLRU’s educational horticulture series, with a $3,000 grant.  We are delighted that they have chosen to continue partnering in informing our community how to be good stewards of our natural resources. CTG brings viewers the latest information about gardening [...]
]]> The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation has just renewed its support of Central Texas Gardener (CTG), KLRU’s educational horticulture series, with a $3,000 grant.  We are delighted that they have chosen to continue partnering in informing our community how to be good stewards of our natural resources.

CTG brings viewers the latest information about gardening the Austin way:  creating gardens that are fun, beautiful, manageable, and kind to our environment and wildlife.  Central Texas Gardener champions the use of xeric and native plants, urging viewers to eliminate or reduce their use of harmful chemicals, and show them how to reduce the demand for our most precious resource:  water.

This gift will help us demonstrate viable alternatives to “chemically-dependent gardening” that help to transform attitudes and behaviors in Austin and beyond.  Thank you!

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/the-jacob-and-terese-hershsey-foundation-renewing-support-of-central-texas-gardener/feed/ 0 It’s perfect weather for #whyKLRU http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/its-perfect-weather-for-whyklru/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/its-perfect-weather-for-whyklru/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:54:45 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4763 Did you enjoy the rainy day yesterday by staying inside and turning on KLRU? If so, you would have caught the incredible Andrea Bocelli all-star concert in Central Park and the encore presentation of the first episode of Downton Abbey – you can always count on KLRU for quality programming, enriching our lives with the [...]
]]> Did you enjoy the rainy day yesterday by staying inside and turning on KLRU? If so, you would have caught the incredible Andrea Bocelli all-star concert in Central Park and the encore presentation of the first episode of Downton Abbey – you can always count on KLRU for quality programming, enriching our lives with the finest in arts and culture.

Your on-air KLRU personalities during Downton Abbey: Linda, Jesse and Betsy

We heard from so many of you this weekend and thanks to you we raised $75,995 towards our goal of $240,000 – if you gave a gift this weekend, THANK YOU!

If you’ve been waiting to make your gift this pledge drive, you might be interested in what we have coming up tonight on KLRU – we’ll be live in the studio during Antiques Roadshow with the final opportunity to get your tickets to the 2012 KLRU Antiques Appraisal Fair! If you haven’t secured your place yet at this fun event, you can donate now or call in tonight to do so!

Don’t forget to comment on any of our blog, Facebook or Twitter posts for a chance to win a KLRU t-shirt prize package! Comment often! #whyKLRU

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/its-perfect-weather-for-whyklru/feed/ 0 Give the gift of KLRU this holiday season! http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/give-the-gift-of-klru-this-holiday-season/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/give-the-gift-of-klru-this-holiday-season/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:30:23 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4742 The December pledge drive is here and as we approach the end of the year, KLRU needs to raise $240,000 to continue the kind of quality programming and community engagement that Central Texas has come to expect for almost 50 years! Whether you can donate $1 or $100, your support matters – we have so [...]
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The December pledge drive is here and as we approach the end of the year, KLRU needs to raise $240,000 to continue the kind of quality programming and community engagement that Central Texas has come to expect for almost 50 years!

Whether you can donate $1 or $100, your support matters – we have so many ways to thank you for your donation and are excited to present some truly special programs over the next few weeks for your enjoyment!

  • Through out the pledge drive, we are going to be giving away t-shirts to folks who comment on our #whyKLRU blog, Facebook and Twitter posts. Everyday, we’ll give away a prize package that includes 5 t-shirts featuring KLRU Q, Central Texas Gardner, Austin City Limits, PBS Newshour, and KLRU-TV – all you have to do is share a comment, a story, a question and you’ll be entered to win! We’ll pick winners everyday, so comment often!

All these could be yours, just let us know #whyKLRU!

  • Tonight is the PBS Arts Festival premier of Andrea Bocelli: One Night in Central Park - a beautiful concert made even more special by the exclusive offer for KLRU viewers to see Andrea Bocelli in concert when he comes to Austin in February. Tune in tonight at 8pm (or catch the repeat, Sunday evening at 6pm) to find out how you can receive tickets to the show!
  • On Sunday evening at 8:30pm, we are going to be live in the KLRU studios with the first episode of Downton Abbey! Whether you’ve seen it before or have been dying to see what everyone’s been talking about, you won’t want to miss this evening. We’ll have special thank you gifts, with the opportunity to see an advanced screening of Downton Abbey Season 2 which starts in January 2012.

Don’t Resist! Watch the preview of Downton Abbey, Season 2

]]> http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/12/give-the-gift-of-klru-this-holiday-season/feed/ 5 Nelson Puett Foundation Supports KLRU http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/11/nelson-puett-foundation-supports-klru/ http://www.klru.org/blog/2011/11/nelson-puett-foundation-supports-klru/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:35:22 +0000 eringg http://www.klru.org/blog/?p=4616 The Nelson Puett Foundation has just granted KLRU $20,000 to support the Inspiration Fund and Friends of Austin City Limits. The Inspiration Fund is a mechanism to sustain comprehensive services at our station: local productions, outreach and education activities including Ready To Learn, Community Screenings, Community Cinema, Spark at The Moody Theater:  KLRU’s Engaging Speaker Series, and [...]
]]> The Nelson Puett Foundation has just granted KLRU $20,000 to support the Inspiration Fund and Friends of Austin City Limits.

The Inspiration Fund is a mechanism to sustain comprehensive services at our station: local productions, outreach and education activities including Ready To Learn, Community Screenings, Community Cinema, Spark at The Moody Theater:  KLRU’s Engaging Speaker Series, and more.  Each of these elements frames KLRU as a trusted window to the world with universal access to educational and creative content in and beyond Austin.

Austin City Limits has presented audiences with the most diverse, original, cutting-edge talent that music has to offer for more than three decades. ACL airs nationally on 97% of the country’s PBS stations.  In addition, select episodes are available to view online.

The Foundation’s investment in our mission will help bring pioneering programs, authentic engagement and meaningful acquisitions to the citizens of Central Texas.  On behalf of all who will benefit, thank you!

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