GOOD CAUSE // DeKalb Market Contest Winner BBox Radio Takes to Kickstarter

 

It all started with five friends and a dream of winning a contest. BBox Radio cofounder Katrina Cass says that when she and her friends heard about DeKalb Market's Not Just a Container contest, they wanted to do something that would really reflect the community. Their idea: A radio station simultaneously serves as a performance space where all content would be locally generated and influenced. Turns out it was a good choice--they won.

Courtesy of BBox Radio

Cass says since then, the station has received an incredible amount of support. They had a broadcast student visiting from California who called ahead to volunteer in addition to a slew of local volunteers. The founding members each put in 15-30 hours a week with the station, "but we all still have our day jobs," Cass says.

Their programming is, well, very Brooklyn: underground hip-hop, modern African music, documentaries, and talk from the farmers, chefs, and artists who populate DeKalb Market. They welcome input on what people want to hear. But more than all that right now, they welcome funds. Running a radio station, it turns out, requires a lot of equipment. Online streaming takes more funds.They need $15,000 by October 19 to stay on air, so if you think it's a possibility that you can maybe even help a little, head on over to Kickstarter now.

--Layla Schlack