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KVRU-LP is a low-power local radio station in southeast Seattle, Washington. The station was formerly named Rainier Valley Radio after the Rainier Valley area, where it broadcasts. It is owned by Southeast Effective Development (SEED), a non-profit economic development agency serving southeastern Seattle, which raised $400,000 to fund the station. The station broadcasts from studios in the Rainier Square Plaza housing development. KVRU began broadcasting online in 2015 and launched on the FM frequency in September 2017.
Edward Marszewski is a publisher, artist and entrepreneur from Bridgeport, Chicago. He has been nicknamed the unofficial 'Mayor of Bridgeport'.
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- ↑ "Lumpen Radio Aims to Broadcast 'Magic Moments' Over the Airwaves". DNAinfo Chicago. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "Rebuild Radio with WLPN in Chicago". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ Galil, J. R. Nelson, Leor. "Lumpen Radio raises funds to build a low-power FM station in Bridgeport". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
- ↑ "A radio station devoted to local music? Yep" . Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ↑ Sisson, Patrick. "Chicago's WLPN, the low-power FM movement and a new surge in radio". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
