Proclamation

Whereas: KRUU’s solar power source is one of the first demonstration projects in the city's Go Green initiative, and;

Whereas: KRUU is the first solar-powered radio station in the Midwest, and;

Whereas: KRUU is 98% locally-produced programming with 100 show hosts creating 80 programs a week performed by community volunteers, and;

Whereas: KRUU is grassroots, independent, and listener-supported, a community resource for local events, news, politics and more, and;

Whereas: KRUU's mission is giving voice to Fairfield, Iowa and beyond as well as being a model for citizen journalism and grassroots community radio, and;

Whereas: KRUU has been recognized locally, regionally, nationally and internationally for its incorporation of open source, Free Culture software, and;

Whereas: KRUU has inspired time, talent, sweat equity, creativity and over 100,000 volunteer hours to the 'Voice of Fairfield, Iowa and Beyond'

Therefore be it resolved that I, Ed Malloy, Mayor of Fairfield, do hereby proclaim September 5^th - 12^th as KRUU Listener Appreciation Week and congratulate the volunteer programmers and DJ’s who dedicate their time to the station.

Solar Powered KRUU 100.1 FM,

Fairfield's Volunteer Community Radio Station

Who We Are

KRUU-LP 100.1 FM is a solar-powered, open source, independent, non commercial, listener-supported, grassroots community low power radio station, broadcasting 24 hours/day and 7 days/week since September 30th, 2006 from Fairfield, Iowa. 99.7% of the programs at KRUU are produced by some 100 volunteer hosts who create 80 shows a week. Only one program is not produced by KRUU hosts.

KRUU-FM - Giving Fairfield a Voice

The mission of KRUU is to give Fairfield a voice, and strengthen the community by encouraging creativity, dialogue and community involvement. KRUU is an open, inclusive, diverse forum for music, creative expression, information, and entertainment with a strong emphasis on locally created produced programming.

Station Information:

KRUU-FM is located at:
405 N. 2nd St.
Fairfield, Iowa
Phone: 641.209.1082/3/4
Email: live@kruufm.com

Brother Joel and James Moore next to the soon to be Mission Control wall 

Temporary home for "Boiler Room" recording equipment, waiting for construction to finish on the engineering room.

Lots more pictures follow ...

KRUU, Fairfield’s new 100-watt low power FM non-profit community public radio station, has raised its tower, thanks to the efforts of Dwight Harris and a volunteer crew, and continues to gear up for its fall broadcast launch. Located at 405 N. 2nd Street and 100.1 on your FM dial, the station will give voice to Fairfield with a mix of talk, music, entertainment and news.

“We are excited about being able to create opportunities for people to express themselves, and for all the different voices in the community to be heard,” says Steve Cooperman, who has been working with Roland Wells, Stephen Fry and James Moore to bring the station onto the air waves. A wide range of music programs, Spanish-speaking shows, youth programming, eco-topics, political commentary, movie reviews, comedy, live remotes, interview programs, call-in shows have been suggested so far—and this is just the beginning. If you have ideas for programming you’d like to host or hear, go to www.kruufm.com, or call 233-1617.

On Governor Vilsack’s visit to the site of the new civic center last month he said when he thinks of Fairfield, he thinks of creative energy. On a recent trip to Texas, he talked about eco-village and its innovative approach to the use of sustainable energy. He also praised Mayor Ed Malloy’s savvy in growing the community. After his talk, Wells and Moore presented the governor with a brand new “Join the KRUU” t-shirt explaining the station would have a “throw” of about five miles but the plan was to do internet streaming as well so that programming would be available on the worldwide web.