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Thank you to Chatham University's Global Focus Program, which is returning this year as a sponsor of our live coverage of International Village, Aug. 16, 17 and 18!

They join our other partners --- State Rep. Marc Gergely, White Oak Florist and McKeesport Housing Corp. --- in helping us cover our expenses for this broadcast and webcast.

Your donations are helping as well. Any additional money raised will support the ongoing operation of Tube City Online and Tube City Almanac.

(And I thank everyone who has chipped in via PayPal, especially folks who have taken out subscriptions at $1 or $5 per month.) I don't take a cent from the operation of the website, but I do pay our contributors.

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By the way: Although I'm sure most of our listeners are online, some people do report listening to us over the radio.

However, many of them reported having trouble listening to the FM broadcast --- even within Renziehausen Park --- because of interference.

So we're changing FM frequencies this year in hopes of boosting our range.

This year, our broadcast will be on 92.3 FM.

Also, we are making some other technical improvements to make the FM radio signal easier to hear in Renzie and environs, but we are probably going to drop the AM broadcast, because so few people reported hearing it.

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Also: Are you interested in being a volunteer broadcaster? Contact me at tubecitytiger@gmail.com. And thanks!

Interested in Advertising?: For the past two years, Tube City Online has provided the only live, continuous coverage of International Village. Although there are two radio stations licensed to McKeesport, neither broadcasts from the Village any more.

That's despite the fact that tens of thousands of people attend the annual three-day festival --- and the fact that several hundred people tuned into our webcast last year.

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Well, we plan to provide the same public service again this year from a new location ... but we can't afford to lose money on the event.

Wireless access alone will cost us $125. We've purchased a couple of handheld transmitters and microphones so that we can interview people live from around the festival --- used, those cost us about $50 at the recent Dayton Hamvention.

And the computers we bought last year turned out not to work, so now we're pricing a used laptop --- at least $300.

No one takes a salary from this event, and the executive director (me) will wind up subsidizing this from my own pocket. (If anyone wants to see the bills from last year, email me privately. We wound up spending about $1,000 on the three-day event.)

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So ... we're again appealing to you for help. If you can donate a few dollars, we will very gladly and graciously accept your money. Use the ChipIn button to donate securely using PayPal or a credit card. And thank you!

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In addition, we'd like to find a few sponsors to underwrite the broadcast. This is a great, low-cost opportunity to promote your church festival, volunteer fire department, labor union or other worthy cause.

If you want to advertise, please email me at jtogyer@gmail.com, or call me at (412) 614-9659:

• A $50 donation will entitle you to one 15-second announcement per hour throughout the broadcast, along with ads at Tube City Almanac throughout the month of August.


• A $100 donation will entitle you to one 30-second announcement per hour, along with banner ads at Tube City Almanac during that week.

Besides airing your commercials during the broadcast, we will display the name of your business or organization in our booth throughout the event.

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