Diane, finally!

Finally, after two earlier cancellations, Diane Rehm made it to Little Rock this evening for the KUAR/KLRE tower campaign fundraiser.

The popular host of NPR's daily talk show attended a champagne reception, then spoke to about 250 people at a dinner at the Embassy Suites hotel. She discussed the mishap (a broken pelvis) that forced cancellation of her appearance last fall, then the snow storm that forced postponement of a February appearance.

Public radio manager Ben Fry told the crowd that the stations need a total of $200K to move our antennaes to a taller tower on Shinall Mountain, of which about $80K has now been raised thanks to those at tonight's events and earlier gifts.

That means we still need a lot o' money to make the move, which should improve reception for both stations AND save us money on monthly power bills.

Thanks to all who came out tonight, and thanks to Diane for her help in our fundraising.