A few of these students have earned paid position onto KOFP Radio's staff after four months of strenuous training in the media arts
By ONME Newswire
FRESNO--Last week's certificate ceremony at the KOFP Radio Station celebrated the accomplishments of student interns receiving a certificate for completing KOFP Radio's extensive broadcasters' program.
Funded for two years initially by T-Mobile ($260,000.00), with follow-up funding from the Fresno Arts Council Measure P Grant ($180,000.00,) students in the intensive four-month media arts training program learned the fast-track to media engineering, media reporting basics, thanks to ONME News, deejaying, and an introduction to STEM careers, thanks to the partnership with Fresno State. The first year of the program started roughly with around 20 students July 9, 2024; only three were able to complete it all the way through to the end to the certificate ceremony October 24, 2024.
Ms. Kehaja Bolden, Mr. Jalen Brown, and Mr. Junior are the three students who received their certificates and scholarship stipends from $300.00 to $500.00. Two of the students are eligible by age to work right away at KOFP Radio starting in 2025.
The KOFP Radio Media & Community Collaboration Project is a combined effort of Black media entities, local colleges, corporations, community leaders, local government entities, educators and community organizations who have come together for a common cause, the Fresno-based radio station is striving to create a strong legacy for the next generation while keeping the community informed. In this project, the media is the conduit to bring all the elements together because the project is centered around providing career opportunities for local Black youth and young adults, ages 12 – 20.
The KOFP Radio Media & Community Collaboration Project centers on key career areas that are lacking Black workers and or skill sets: STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), public advocacy, and media.
KOFP Radio, under parent organization, Helping Others Pursue Excellence (H.O.P.E.,) is located at the Vision View Campus and relaunched June 8, 2024, under new management, Info Media Distribution.
College-bound students interested in the media arts can sign up to the limited-seated program for the following year by filling out the free application at this link.
About H.O.P.E.
Founded in 2012, Helping Others Pursue Excellence (H.O.P.E.) is one of the largest minority-led nonprofit vocational training and business development centers, and the first business hub in the Central Valley. Through their business campus, “Vision View,” they have created an ecosystem of essential financial tools and co-working space to improve the upward economic mobility for low-income residents.
About KOFP-LPFM Radio “The Voice”
Under the 501C3 non-profit parent organization, Helping Others Pursue Excellence (H.O.P.E.), KOFP-LPFM Radio “The Voice,” 103.3 FM is the Black voice and expression of the Valley, providing all sounds of music, educational programming to news talk and inspirational talk. Deejays are inspired to bring community, hip hop, R&B, reggae with an educational twist.
It was April 14, 2015, when KOFP-LPFM Radio “The Voice,” 103.3 FM began broadcasting, originally managed under the Idefua Foundation for African Arts and Culture by founder and CEO, the late Patrick Okoegwale. Mr. Okoegwale wanted to bring more awareness to the African American community. He saw it as a way to give African Americans better representation and a voice in the community.
KOFP-LPFM Radio “The Voice,” 103.3 FM, broadcasts on the terrestrial radio airwaves, 103.3 FM throughout Fresno. Calif., online at www.kofpradio.com and on-demand through third-party audio podcast providers. The KOFP Radio original programing and shows are rebroadcast on the ONME Network.
About T-Mobile
T-Mobile U.S. Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is America’s supercharged Un-carrier, delivering an advanced 4G LTE and transformative nationwide 5G network that will offer reliable connectivity for all. T-Mobile’s customers benefit from its unmatched combination of value and quality, unwavering obsession with offering them the best possible service experience and undisputable drive for disruption that creates competition and innovation in wireless and beyond. Based in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. For more information please visit: http://www.t-mobile.com.
About Fresno Art Council
The FAC is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization originally established in 1979 under the name “Alliance for the Arts” by local artists, arts organizations and interested individuals who wished to create a voice for the arts in the Central San Joaquin Valley. By Memorandum of Understanding, the FAC serves as the local arts agency for the City & County of Fresno and is tasked to support and promote the arts industry.
About The ONME Network and ONME News
Since 2012, The ONME Network, (One New Media Expression) has produced and featured original news and information and community-based programming from throughout California Black communities via video vodcast and audio podcasts. The news and community content are broadcast to PEG access TV stations statewide, Roku and Amazon Fire OTT channels, and to Black Headline News FAST Channel.
Viewers can also watch California-based, 24/7, linear programming online through the ONME News digital news website. They can also read about relevant California-based news stories that have shareable social media and email links.
About the Fresno State Department of Mathematics
With a commitment to the highest standards of teaching, the Department of Mathematics serves the University and the community by providing mathematics education to mathematics, science, engineering, and liberal studies majors, as well as general education mathematics courses for all majors. In pursuit of its educational mission, the department offers subject requirements for a California Secondary Teaching Credential in Mathematics; Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, with options in Applied Mathematics, General Mathematics, Pure Mathematics, Statistics, and Teaching, and Integrated Credential; and Master of Science in Mathematics.
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