Giving

Campaign Contributors Adorn "Donor Alley" recognizing contributors to our first Capital Campaign in 2004. Donors to the Campaign for the Music will receive special recognition in the XPN building at 3025 Walnut Street.

Named gift opportunities are available to donors who make major gifts to XPN’s Campaign for the Music. Within the building, a number of architectural areas are available to provide donor recognition opportunities. Naming rights to many of XPN’s award-winning programs are also available. Donors at this level will be recognized on a sign or plaque located near the designated named facility as well as in the WXPN lobby.

XPN Local artist Andrew Lipke playing a Musicians On Call event

Inside the World Cafe Performance Studio
with David Dye

The WXPN Building • $3,000,000

The prominent University City location is the only facility of its kind in Philadelphia and provides an unparalleled environment for the integration of programming, fundraising and marketing under one roof and has significantly improved XPN’s audience service quality. This opportunity will provide naming rights in perpetuity to the historic building shared by WXPN and World Cafe Live, significant daily on-air and website recognition, as well as common usage of the name.

World Cafe Performance
Studio • $750,000

The large studio is optimized specifically for music recording, allowing WXPN to realize its potential as a contemporary music content producer. The facility has generated the very best artist performance and provides the accurate, sensitive recording capacity necessary to capture the subtlety of these performances.

This is an opportunity for naming rights in perpetuity to the state-of-the-art studio where the nationally syndicated show, World Cafe is taped, providing significant on-air recognition and association with one of the most visible cultural projects in the region.

I love World Cafe.

— James Taylor

Other Naming
Opportunities Include:

• New Production Studio at World Cafe Live Upstairs Stage
• WXPN On-Air Studio
• Kids Corner Studio
• WXPN Reception and Production Center
• Student/Volunteer Work Area
• WXPN Studio at World Cafe Live Wilmington

Giving Opportunities Include:

• New Philadelphia Broadcast Tower
• Digital Upgrade to Current WXPN Facility
• World Cafe 20th Anniversary Fund
• XPN Local / The Key Website
• Musicians On Call
• Shaking Through

Joan Baez meets with fans after a live taping of World Cafe.

During the original station construction, we perceptively set aside approximately 3,500 square feet of unused space that we anticipated we would need in the future. That future is now. By expanding into this space, we can broaden our service, add recording space, and provide necessary room for staff, students and volunteers to work side-by-side.

The plans include a new recording studio that will allow our programming staff, hosts and engineers to further develop and produce the award-winning programs that XPN is known for. The new wing will also provide work space and accommodate new technology.

We will explore the use of sustainable building materials and environmentally friendly workplace practices, envisioning a greener XPN.

There aren't many places left that would give a band a chance to play 8 songs and there aren't many places you can hear Yes, Steve Earle and Counting Crows in a row. So please support public radio.

— Adam Duritz of Counting Crows

The future of public radio, and the future of WXPN, is dependent on our successes in leveraging opportunity and innovation. Radio is a dynamic industry, changing with emerging technologies – Internet streaming, digital broadcasting and Web 2.0 interactives. We want to reach people wherever they listen, whenever they listen.

XPN accomplished great advances in technology when we moved into the studios at 3025 Walnut Street. At the time, the equipment was state-of-the-art. But five years is a long time in the area of technological development.

I got the sense from the very first time I visited the station, that this was something special. If any station in the country is going to get bigger and better, I hope it's this one.

— Rhett Miller of Old 97's

To stay current, we have to meet you, the listeners, where you are – to connect with audiences through new and different platforms and to expand the strength of our signal to create top quality sound for a broader audience. We have a responsibility to our artists, listeners and supporters to stay ahead of emerging technology and to invest in our future.

Since we must be ready to seize opportunities as they arise, we are preparing for the unknown. Strategic investments are essential to any station’s vitality. Just a few years ago, no one would have predicted the importance of iPods or MP3 players and downloading music. Now it is a pivotal part of our programming reach.

We do not know what platforms will be introduced tomorrow. But we do know that our listeners will be early adopters of every new technology, and that they and our artists will expect us to use them.

When a station in Central Pennsylvania became available, WXPN had the financial capacity to acquire it. This new radio voice has enabled us to double our geographic reach and increase our audience and supporters. It has stimulated new cultural activity throughout the region and provided far-reaching exposure for the musicians.

What’s next? WXPN has established this fund to take advantage of similar opportunities. This fund will support the research and development of original, innovative business strategies, and provide the resources to respond as they arise.

WXPN will enhance programming content and broadcast capabilities. We will continue to curate the music through entertaining on-air shows and intelligent hosts, while we nurture new artists and support great enduring musicians. We will make it possible for XPN Local programming to reach a larger audience throughout the region and, with a robust online presence, provide more opportunity for local musicians to be heard everywhere. We will launch new services in the spirit of Y-Rock On XPN. Cornerstone programs like World Cafe will travel to music festivals throughout the US and abroad to capture historic moments with musicians as only XPN can. Kids Corner will expand, broadcast remotely to engage children in a variety of venues, provide new experiences and teach in the most imaginative way possible.

Local musician David Falcone performs at a patient's bedside as part of Musicians On Call.

Public radio is the public square of the air. WXPN creates a real community over the airwaves, but also at concerts and festivals. Our community outreach transcends the walls of a typical station. For example, through WXPN Musicians On Call, we enrich the lives of hospital patients by bringing volunteer musicians to perform at bedsides. The true healing power of music is clear as the musicians entertain and support those who are ill.

WXPN will establish additional partnerships to bring music to those who need it most. Reaching out, enriching lives, making a difference. Support for these initiatives will allow us to involve the wider community. And we will continue XPN’s strong tradition as an iconic Philadelphia institution.

Community Leader • $100,000

• Featured Community Leader for WXPN’s
  public campaign
• Acknowledged in member direct mailings, on WXPN’s website, and on-air promotions as Community Leader
• Exclusive sponsorship of one full day of the on-air campaign fund drive
• Significant on-air and online recognition during the public campaign
• Invitations to selected World Cafe sessions

• Acknowledgment in all publicity and advertising (local, regional, and national)
• Invitations to exclusive VIP events
• Special recognition on the Wall of Honor
• Recognition through special press release
• Recognition in the Campaign’s Final Report
• Association with one of the highest visibility cultural projects in Philadelphia

XPoNential Music Festival at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront

Community Partner • $50,000

• Featured Community Partner for WXPN’s
  public campaign
• Acknowledged in member direct mailings, on WXPN’s website, and on-air promotions as Community Partner
• On-air and online recognition during the
  public campaign
• Invitations to selected World Cafe sessions
• Acknowledgment in all publicity and advertising (local, regional, and national)

• Invitations to exclusive VIP events
• Special recognition on the Wall of Honor
• Recognition through special press release
• Recognition in the Campaign’s Final Report
• Association with one of the highest visibility cultural projects in Philadelphia

Community Supporter • $25,000

• Featured Community Supporter for WXPN’s public campaign
• Acknowledged in member direct mailings, on WXPN’s website, and on-air promotions as Community Supporter
• On-air and online recognition during the
  public campaign
• Acknowledgment in all publicity and advertising (local, regional, and national)
• Invitations to exclusive VIP events
• Special Recognition on the Wall of Honor
• Recognition in the Campaign’s Final Report
• Association with one of the highest visibility cultural projects in Philadelphia