KLUX set to kickoff annual
on-air fundraiser on Feb. 29

Campaign 2016, the annual on-air fundraiser benefiting 89.5HD KLUX will take to the air on Monday morning Feb. 29. The 5-day event is the primary fundraiser for the local non-commercial station licensed to Diocesan Telecommunications Corporation. The goal for this year is $65,000.

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 campaign fundraiser is a principal source of operating revenue for the station, which receives no government assistance and cannot sell commercial time. 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: klux.org/support-us/donate-now/.

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 long form 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 which can be heard at 89.5-2 utilizing an HD Digital receiver.

The station is highly committed to public and community service, broadcasting more than 40,000 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, for which the station was been given the Outstanding Media Award by EMAT, (Emergency Managers Association of Texas) at their recent meeting in San Marcos for the station's commitment to insuring that critical information is disseminated to the public during local emergencies.