KEXP-FM Seattle (90.5) has received one of the largest ever bequests to an individual public radio station. An anonymous listener, identified only as Suzanne, left nearly $10 million to the trend-setting adult alternative station.
The station says the surprisingly generous donation will be used for a number of music and media education programs, to help fund KEXP’s digital content strategy and to allow the station to expand and experiment with radio and online music programming. Inspired by the donation, KEXP has also created a new planned giving initiative, the Reverb Society.
The donor was celebrated with a special set of programming during KEXP chief content officer Kevin Cole’s afternoon program. “We intend to honor her legacy in every step we take in stewarding these funds,” Cole said. “Suzanne’s love of music, her support for artists, her sense of philanthropy and service to the community, and the joy she found in exploration and disc
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