KLUX annual fundraiser kicks off Monday, March 2

Campaign 2014, the annual on-air fundraiser benefiting 89.5HD KLUX will take to the air on Monday morning, March 2. The five-day event is the primary fundraiser for the local non-commercial station licensed to Diocesan Telecommunications Corporation.

Local dignitaries, guests, station personalities and volunteers will be making appeals and manning the phones, taking pledges from listeners during each of three daily segments during the campaign.

The annual fundraiser is a principal source of operating revenue for the station, which receives no government assistance and cannot sell commercial time. The goal for this year is $75,000.

Contributions can be made by calling the campaign line at (361) 289-6437 or by utilizing the secure PayPal link on the station Web site: http://klux.org/campaign.htm. All contributions are tax deductible and stay in the local community.

KLUX is in its 31st year of service to the Coastal Bend and south Texas, offering a 24-hour format of easy listening music, news, public service and inspirational messages as well as a full slate of Catholic programming on Sunday Mornings. KLUX was the first radio station in the Corpus Christi market to implement the new digital HD standard for FM broadcast. The digital transmission also allowed the inauguration of CCN Radio and the Relevant Radio Catholic network can be heard at 89.5-2 utilizing an HD digital receiver.

KLUX is highly committed to public and community service, broadcasting more than 20,000 public service announcements each year on behalf of government and local not for profits. A key public communications tool of the Local Emergency Planning Committee, the Emergency Managers Association of Texas presented the station with the Outstanding Media Award for its commitment to insuring that critical information is disseminated to the public during local emergencies.