Thank you for considering a gift to support Boerne’s local, free radio station — Boerne Radio 103.9FM and AM 1500.
Every day, we work to keep Boerne connected with real local radio made by and for this community.
We’re proud to bring you:
Local Boerne news with Baron Wiley
Local Boerne sports with Esteban Serrano
Local Boerne weather with Weather Veteran Jacques F. DuBose
Live Boerne ISD sports, including football, basketball, baseball, and softball
Local live music reports from Jennifer Edwards
Local Community Calendar updates from Olivia Wiley
Emergency alerts, including flash flood, tornado, and freeze warnings
Public service announcements from the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office, Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, and local nonprofits
Local voices between the songs
Local events like Boost Boerne Business, Lunch and Learns, Crowder, and the upcoming Jeremy Camp concert
Weekend programming, including The Boerne Brew from The Boerne Star, Cease Fire, God and Our Dogs, Boost Boerne Business, and Classics with Miss Constance, who reads children’s stories every Saturday morning.
And, of course, we play the greatest music of all time — rock, country, Texas music, blues, CCM, and classic everything else.
But now, Boerne Radio needs your help.
Legally, KBRN broadcasts on AM 1500, and our FM signal at 103.9FM is a repeater of that AM signal. The original AM tower was torn down after the land was sold to a developer. As a temporary solution, we ran an AM antenna along the FM tower — but “temporary” has a deadline, and that grace period has ended.
The FCC has made it clear: build a new AM tower, or the license will not be renewed.
That means we have to build a new tower from scratch.
And right now, we do not have the scratch.
The good news is this project will not just preserve AM 1500 — it will also allow us to raise our FM antenna higher, which means better FM coverage for more of Boerne and the surrounding area.
If you are a business owner, please consider sponsoring a section of the new tower. Sponsorship includes on-air “naming rights” and other marketing opportunities. Since marketing may be written off as a business expense, this is a chance to support local radio while promoting your business. Details are available at boerneradio.com.
And for everyone who simply loves having a real local radio station in Boerne, your gift of any amount helps us serve another day.
Maybe you can sponsor a few $10 bolts and pieces of hardware. We need 100 of each.
Maybe you can sponsor feet of coax cable, wiring, conduit, guy-lines, or turnbuckles. We need hundreds.
There are also major expenses that must be covered, including:
Base insulator — $3,500
Concrete — $1,500
Geotech report — $7,500
Copper radial wire — $6,000
Tower climbers and labor — $5,000 per climb, with multiple climbs needed
Drilling labor — $2,000
Radial installation — $1,500
Fencing — $1,000
Broadcast engineering — $4,000
Insurance — $5,000
Trenching — $1,000
Permits, structural review, and engineering stamp — $3,000
Here is one final thought.
Many of us gladly pay each month for satellite radio, streaming services, software, news subscriptions, audiobooks, and digital apps. Boerne Radio is different. It is local. It is free. It is here when the weather turns dangerous, when the Greyhounds and Chargers take the field, when local nonprofits need a voice, when small businesses need support, and when Boerne needs to hear from Boerne.
If you believe Boerne is worth having its own local radio station, please consider making a gift today.
Help us build the tower.
Help us keep the signal strong.
Help us keep Boerne Radio on the air.
