Where do you find the largest population of Hmong residents per capita outside of Laos? Right here in Wisconsin. Wausau, Wisconsin, to be exact.
A local low-power radio station, WNRB-LP, currently provides Hmong-language programming seven days a week to this population. Programming includes international and local news, music, interviews and call-in shows.
WNRB-LP is currently run exclusively by volunteers but plans to make some exciting changes in the near future. With a recent Media Justice Grant from Wisconsin Community Fund, WNRB-LP will hire a part-time station manager and develop a website featuring a live stream of the broadcast that can be heard around the world, including Laos!
WNRB-LP received $5,000 in February 2009 through the WI Community Fund Media Justice Fund.
For more details about WNRB-LP, click here.
HOT OFF THE PRESSES: Summer 2009 newsletter