What is a Challenge Grant?

During our Membership Drive, you can put the focus on your business and help support Boise State Radio at the same time - with a Corporate Challenge Grant.

Challenge Grants can be made for $500, $1,000, $1,500 and higher and may be issued by businesses, organizations, or individuals.  As a Challenge Sponsor, your company will receive exposure on all of our stations serving Southwest Idaho through repeated announcements and updates during your Challenge period. 

It's effective for your business.

More than 80,000 listeners tune into Boise State Radio each week.*  A recent NPR survey shows that 80% of NPR listeners hold a more positive opinion of a company when they learn it supports public radio and 88% of NPR listeners said they would rather support businesses that support public radio.**  A Challenge Grant links you to those listeners.

It's good for your community.

Boise State Radio's network of public radio stations airs syndicated programs from National Public Radio and Public Radio International, as well as locally produced programs.  We provide quality music, national news and information not available on any other news or entertainment medium in southwest Idaho; details are available through our online program guide at radio.boisestate.edu.  Ask any of our 80,000 listeners and they will tell you: to keep an open mind, our community needs public radio.

It's vital for public radio.

Boise State Radio is a listener-supported public radio service, depending upon listener contributions for a significant portion of our operating budget. More than three-fourths of funding for Boise State Radio programming comes from community members ... from individuals, clubs, other nonprofit organizations, businesses and corporations.  In these dire financial times, public radio needs your support now more than ever.

Only a limited number of challenge positions are available.  Call now to reserve your place. 

 Contact Hy Kloc, Director of Corporate Sponsorship at 208-947-5667 or hkloc@boisestate.edu

* Arbitron, Spring 2002     ** Source ICR, Excel Omnibus, Interviews with US 1000 adults. "Listeners' Opinions of Corporate           Support," May 2001