Community radio runs on local businesses and organizations and individuals who keep the transmitter powered. The sponsors are part of the valley's ecosystem, as much as the creek and the rhododendron and the woolly worm. The Operator thanks them by name. It matters that they're named.

Transmission 01: Water Over Old Stones

October 26, 2023

"We'd like to thank Born Again Dirt Composting, Interference Music Electronics, Ramblin' Poppy, 641 RPM, making our night out by the creek a little better."

The sponsor bumper arrives fully formed. Are these real businesses? Imaginary? A mix? The names feel like they could exist in any small Appalachian community: the composting company named with a wink at resurrection, the electronics shop that specializes in interference, the poppy that rambles, the record speed just slightly off the standard. 641 RPM: slower than most records spin, a frequency tuned to the valley's own time.

Transmission 04: Break Open the Dark

December 7, 2023

The sponsors return. The valley's economy persists. Born Again Dirt. Interference Music. Ramblin' Poppy. 641 RPM. Still making a night out by the creek a little better.