KGLT, Southwest Montana’s bastion of listener-supported alternative public radio, celebrates 44 years of great music with their annual fund drive happening now through Saturday, April 7.
KGLT 91.9 and 97.1 FM in Bozeman is largely listener-supported, making their annual fund drive a major source of operating revenue. And every year, KGLT’s staff of over 80 volunteer DJs take to the airwaves for two weeks in what is one of the most entertaining live on-air fund drives you’ll ever hear.

They’ll be offering a wide assortment of gifts donated by local businesses and organizations to entice their listeners to support this rare breed of radio stations.

A collectable KGLT t-shirt comes with a minimum $50 pledge, and the deal gets sweeter as your pledge increases with music packages, gift certificates, other t-shirt options, hand-made coffee mugs by Mountain Arts Pottery, canvas tote bags and embroidered fleece vests.

Other incentive gifts this year will include certificates for food from your favorite restaurants and coffee shops, services from local businesses – like yoga classes, jewelry, massages and bike tune-ups with large-ticket bid items like ski passes from Big Sky Resort and Bridger Bowl and a bicycle from Summit Bike & Ski.

In this age of corporate consolidation of the airwaves, KGLT remains wild and unfettered, offering a broad swath of music from its’ rotating roster of live, volunteer DJs daily from 6am to after midnight. Music offerings vary from Tom Porter’s Thursday evening Jazz, the ever-popular Saturday morning bluegrass show with DJs Cathy Ebelke and Jim Albrecht, the funk and soul groove of DJ Luscious on Wednesday mornings to Classic Country on ‘Cow Jazz’ Thursday mornings 9am to noon.

Occasionally, you may even hear the crackle of vinyl from KGLT’s extensive 44 -year-old record library. The one thing you won’t hear is annoying commercials trying to sell you products. Instead, KGLT has a very entertaining two-week fund drive where DJs and community join forces to support commercial-free radio – and if last year’s record-breaking support is any indication, the listeners think that’s a pretty good deal!

KGLT broadcasts from the MSU campus at 91.9 and 97.1FM in Bozeman, 89.5FM in Livingston and 98.1FM in Helena. Log on to www.kglt.net for live streaming and a complete show schedule. During the fund drive, you can phone in your pledge at (406) 994-4492, or 800-254-5458.