The NPR News station KNKX-FM in Seattle is packing up and moving as Radio Ink relayed the information that the new location will be in the Pike Place Market neighborhood. The NPR station hopes to be in its new workplace by the end of this year or early 2023.
Furthermore, a $4.5 million fundraising drive is underway to help fund the project. The new, larger studio area is nearly 7,900 square feet and contains a performance space double the size of the radio station’s current Seattle studio.
Also, the potential new location is in an easily accessible part of the city as the Madore Building sits between the Market and the reimagined Seattle Waterfront Park.
“We wanted a location that was visible, accessible, and provided us more opportunity to invite the public in. Traditional radio stations are walled off from their listeners, but we wanted something different,” General Manager and President Joey Cohn, said.
“At the Madore Building, we found a place where we can engage, host and interact with people. We can bring them into our operations instead of just listening to what we do through their radios or other devices.”
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