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Sue Matters: Radio on the Reservation: Continuing the Oral History Tradition

Sue Matters: Radio on the Reservation: Continuing the Oral History Tradition

Update: 2025-12-09
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Philanthropy has long been a champion of public radio, providing grants for everything from infrastructure and new buildings to special reporting projects. Recent federal cuts have made philanthropic support even more critical to keep public radio stations afloat: across the country, in rural and remote areas, and especially on Tribal lands. Sue Matters is the station manager at KWSO 91.9 FM, which is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed, owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon. She shares her experience, spanning nearly 40 years, on the reservation’s radio and what the station means to the culture and well-being of listeners.

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Sue Matters: Radio on the Reservation: Continuing the Oral History Tradition

Sue Matters: Radio on the Reservation: Continuing the Oral History Tradition

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