Dear Listeners and Supporters,

This is Scott Smith, AMR General Manager, and I’d like to tell you a story.

At our live remote during the 2025 Maple Festival, I was approached by a very nice young lady, Sydney Haney. She said her father Ron had sent me an e-mail recently, talking about how much he loved AMR. She explained how AMR was the soundtrack for bonding experiences between them, on fishing and exploration trips to Highland. She said her father had recently passed away, and wondered if we could give him a shout out the following weekend, when friends and family were listening, and I said of course we could, just let me know when.

The next weekend, she came back to the table, and I told her there was no one to better to talk about her father than her, and she agreed to join me on the air, where she talked about him, and the importance of AMR to them – then she said this.

She said they called him a “low-tech” redneck – he did have a computer and a smartphone, but didn’t use them a lot. And as they were going through them after his passing, they discovered two things:

• The ONE e-mail he sent in his whole life was to me, to talk about how much he loved listening to us
• The ONE app he had installed on his phone was the AMR app.

How do you respond to something that moving and humbling in the face of such loyalty and devotion?

You harden your resolve to find ways to keep going, despite the challenges you face. You double down on your passion and dedication to serving your communities with pride.

We cannot say thank you enough for the outpouring of support we have received recently – but we can say this:

We’re still here – and we are going to keep doing exactly what we do, for absolutely as long as we can – because we are here for you.

Should you want to help us continue our service to our communities, there is a "Donate" button below, or you can mail your donation to:

Allegheny Mountain Radio

9836 Browns Creek Rd.

Dunmore, WV 24934

And as always, thank you for your support of AMR.