Windham-based WRIP (97.9-FM) celebrated its 15th anniversary this week, as it broadcast on the air the first time Aug. 5, 1999. The station posted a recording of its first broadcast with WRIP's first General Manager and Morning Host, Windham native Guy Patrick Garraghan. (The recording comes from Gavin Burt, a founding correspondent of Northeast Radio Watch.) WRIP broadcasts live from the Prattsville Mudfest Aug. 23.

After WGXC's Satellite Mini-Pledge Drive last week raised $680, WGXC acquired a new rack-mount remote unit, with a small table attached, which will allow for remote broadcasts throughout the Hudson Valley. The unit will move into the Catskill Community Center this week, where the studio equipment currently there will moved onto the rack. On Sept. 1, the station will wheel it over to its new home the Catskill Library. There, it will host several shows on the community radio station, but also, sometimes, it will be wheeled away for remote broadcasts.

The WGXC Fundraising Advisory Committee meets at 6 p.m., Aug. 12, at the WGXC Hudson studio, 704 Columbia St., floor 2. This group provides leadership with respect to fundraising events and major donor gifts for WGXC 90.7-FM. The advisory committee meets on the second Tuesday of each month, at 6 p.m. Those seeking to take an active role in WGXC's fundraising efforts are welcome to join the advisory committee, and should contact Station Manager Lynn Sloneker (lynn@wgxc.org) to learn more.