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Follow the progress on construction of the new broadcast center for Valley Public Radio. Our new facility is designed to engage the community and provide a strong foundation for the station for decades to come.

Valley Public Radio Celebrates Ribbon Cutting On New Building

Betty Wang-Garcia
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Valley Public Radio
Staff, supporters and communtity partners helped celebrate the official opening of the new broadcast center.

Several hundred station supporters, community partners, and listeners gathered in Clovis on Wednesday to celebrate the ribbon cutting ceremony for the station's new broadcast center. After spending the last 40 years as a tenant of various buildings that were either too small, out of date, or not well suited to the unique needs of a public radio station, Valley Public Radio finally has a permanent home. 

The new 10,000 square foot broadcast center was constructed on time and under budget. It more than doubles the amount of space for radio production and news content creation, including a newsroom, the Barmann Chaney Performance Studio, the Granville Homes News Talk Studio and the James Irvine Foundation Control Center. The nearly $5 million project will help provide the station new opportunities to serve the community and create even better local programming for the San Joaquin Valley.

The facility took approximately a year to build, was designed by RDT Architecture, and was constructed by Zumwalt Construction. Facility Designs was responsible for the interior design and Russ Berger Design Group served as the acoustic consultant for the project. Construction financing was from United Security Bank.

Visit our Facebook page for a photo gallery from the ribbon cutting event...

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