House Resolution 33 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2    BY  BERRY, RAECKER, KRESSIG, WIENCEK, and KELLEY
  1  3 A Resolution honoring Jimmie Porter, founder of
  1  4    Afro=American Community Broadcast, Incorporated.
  1  5    WHEREAS, in 1977 Jimmie Porter founded
  1  6 Afro=American Community Broadcast, Inc., KBBG=FM 88.1,
  1  7 to provide a quality informational, cultural, and
  1  8 instructional broadcast service for the citizens of
  1  9 Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and northeast Iowa, with
  1 10 emphasis on information concerning health, education,
  1 11 welfare, music, and other issues and events that
  1 12 disproportionately impact African=Americans,
  1 13 minorities, and the disadvantaged, and to provide the
  1 14 unique opportunity for northeast Iowa citizens to
  1 15 become more accurately informed about minority persons
  1 16 and to share with them the rich artistic achievements
  1 17 of African=American culture; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, KBBG=FM was incorporated to fulfill the
  1 19 needs and interests of ethnic minority people, to
  1 20 teach about Black culture and lifestyles, which had
  1 21 not been accurately represented in the media, and to
  1 22 educate listeners through its public affairs
  1 23 programming in accordance with its tradition and its
  1 24 motto "Communicate to Educate"; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, KBBG=FM conducted its first equipment test
  1 26 of 10 watts of power on July 26, 1978, allowing the
  1 27 station to transmit within a five=mile radius; and
  1 28    WHEREAS, on October 22, 1994, a groundbreaking
  1 29 ceremony took place for KBBG=FM's new broadcast
  1 30 facility in Waterloo, Iowa, and on February 21, 1996,
  2  1 KBBG=FM moved into its new facility and made its first
  2  2 broadcast on that same day; and
  2  3    WHEREAS, KBBG=FM celebrated another milestone on
  2  4 July 10, 1998, with a mortgage burning ceremony; and
  2  5    WHEREAS, upon completion of the digital conversion
  2  6 fundraising campaign, on March 30, 2005, KBBG=FM
  2  7 became a licensed, high=definition public radio
  2  8 station providing audio streaming via computer through
  2  9 the internet at www.kbbgfm.org; and
  2 10    WHEREAS, today, celebrating 30 years in business,
  2 11 KBBG=FM is the largest African=American=owned and
  2 12 =operated, noncommercial, educational, community radio
  2 13 station in the State of Iowa, with high=definition
  2 14 broadcast power, serving Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and
  2 15 northeast Iowa within a 60=mile radius, and with
  2 16 internet streaming, is a global broadcaster with
  2 17 listeners in Switzerland, Germany, Africa, and other
  2 18 countries; and
  2 19    WHEREAS, with its Power to Move II capital building
  2 20 expansion campaign, KBBG=FM enters a new era, training
  2 21 and educating the youth of Iowa for tomorrow's
  2 22 workforce in electronic media, communications, and
  2 23 broadcasting, while developing strong work ethics and
  2 24 leadership skills; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 25    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2 26 That the House of Representatives honors Afro=American
  2 27 Community Broadcasting, Inc., KBBG=FM 88.1, on the
  2 28 occasion of its 30th anniversary in business and its
  2 29 commitment and dedication to serving the citizens in
  2 30 the African=American communities at home, throughout
  3  1 Iowa, and the world; and
  3  2    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, upon adoption, an
  3  3 official copy of this Resolution be prepared for
  3  4 presentation to Jimmie Porter.
  3  5 LSB 2868HH 82
  3  6 jr:rj/je/5.1