2025 has been a year of full of challenges. After starting off the year needing to repair equipment at our tower site that cost us more than we had budgeted for, some of our funding sources were negatively impacted by the loss of federal funding. To top it all off a number of our individual sustaining donors have been unable to continue support. Some were federal workers impacted by job losses, while others could not continue due to inflation's impact on their cost of living.

Then, on December 21, 2025, someone broke into our studio/office space, caused damage, and stole equipment that we used for media literacy training and content creation. These individuals vandalized and trashed our studio.

We are reaching out to you and asking for financial support as the year closes, to assist with replacing the equipment that was stolen, as well as to provide support for the work we plan to complete in the new year. Any amount you can give will help.

2026 will be an important election year, locally in Arizona, as well as nationally in the United States. Your financial support will enable us to continue to provide a media space for the community to engage with candidates for public office, small business owners, civic leaders, artists, musicians, and many other stakeholders who make the Valley an amazing place to live.

Despite our challenges, since 2022, we have been able to broadcast more than 30,000 hours of local programming, trained 25 local volunteer programmers, hosted 4 live remote events, and promoted more that 30 local businesses and events.

Please help us today with a donation.

Damaged Studio A

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EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED!

By Desert Soul Media, Inc.

EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED!

KRDP is in need of emergency support for vandalism and theft from Phoenix studio

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