WKYW-LP Sign Off Announcement

After nearly ten years of broadcasting to the Keyser/Mineral County community, WKYW-LP (AKA Mountain Streams Radio) will cease operations on Saturday, August 29. Below is the text of a message from station manager Ed McDonald, which is also being broadcast periodically on the station.

On Saturday, August 29, at 1 PM, WKYW-LP, better known as Mountain Streams Radio, will go silent at 102.9 FM.

Plans are underway to reinvent Mountain Streams Radio as an online gathering place to share–as we often like to say–music, stories, and ideas with an Appalachian accent and a West Virginia heart. Watch for details at our website MountainStreamsRadio.org

We remain dedicated to building community, one song at a time.

Since early in 2017, it has been my pleasure and–in fact–the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to share some of my favorite music, along with a variety of information and community service, on a unique little radio station known as Mountain Streams Radio.

But the media landscape is constantly changing; and after months of serious consideration and soul searching, the reality has become clear: Mountain Streams Radio is no longer technically or financially sustainable as a community based low power FM radio station.

Many thanks are in order to many organizations and individuals that have made it possible for Mountain Streams Radio to serve the community for the past decade, including:

  • Mineral County Historical Society, which secured the original FCC license for the station
  • Mineral County Convention and visitors Bureau, the current licensee
  • West Virginia University Potomac State College, which provided space, utilities, and financial support for the station’s facilities
  • Community Trust Foundation, WindForce Foundation, PattyFest Inc., and several generous benefactors whose investments built those facilities
  • Engineer Marty White, who got the station up and running and who has helped to keep it on the air
  • Webmaster Michael Lauf and online stream host David Klann
  • CVB office staff: Ashley Rotruck, Leeanne King, and Joni Rice, who have provided all sorts of logistical support
  • Local historian Betty Dzubba, who brought the Back Pages to the forefront of our program schedule
  • Mando Richard, Larry Berger, and other regional and national program hosts who have added musical variety and personality to the schedule
  • Community broadcasting colleagues nationwide, who have been an ongoing source of guidance and constructive ideas
  • Karen McDonald, whose keen ear, musical sensitivity, and constant presence have helped to shape the sound of the station and who also gives meaning and purpose to my life
  • And, of course, anyone and everyone throughout the community and out there in cyberspace who has listened to, encouraged, and supported the station over the years

My sincere thanks to you all.

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