Dear Friend of KNOM,

As Christmas approaches, we trim our air signal as you’d trim a tree, gradually adding Christmas hymns and carols and Christmas educational and inspirational spots and prayers.  Leading up to December 25th, we broadcast annual Christmas plays produced by our volunteers since 1973, some prayerful, some with a lesson, some based upon seasonal classics, some just plain fun.

On our annual day-long holiday call-in, hundreds of listeners will offer greetings to friends and loved ones—in past shows, as many as ten thousand people have been named with kindness.

Of course, the best feature will be midnight Mass Christmas Eve, and Mass again Christmas Day.

Thank you for bringing these good things into the homes of thousands of remote families, most of whom will not see a priest for the entire month.  (Three of our villages have Mass only once a year.  Fourteen never see a priest.)   

You help foster great joy and great prayerfulness in a far-flung region where poverty flourishes and where many folks need an extra boost of encouragement.

You have our deepest, most heartfelt gratitude, and our fondest hopes that you will find joy and peace, and many blessings from Our Almighty Father.  Thank you!      

 

CHOIR OF ANGELS: (left)  KNOM’s newest volunteer, Leah Radde, holds KNOM’s newest Gabriel, the 2009 Religious Radio Station of the Year Award.

It is KNOM’s 17th top Gabriel.

Started in 1965, the annual Gabriels were created to honor radio, television and film organizations and projects that “uplift and nourish the human spirit.

“A Gabriel-worthy program or film affirms the dignity of human beings; it recognizes and upholds universally-recognized human values such as community, creativity, tolerance, justice, compassion and the dedication to excellence.”

To us, the greatest honor is the affection and loyalty of our listeners, and of the good people like you who make our important work possible.  Thank you!

 

KNOM, with 25,000 Watts AM, is the oldest Catholic radio station in the United States, on the air since 1971, serving forty villages scattered throughout 100,000 square miles, thanks to you.