Lynda Perry, president of Sequim Community Broadcasting, recently accepted a $1,500 grant from Michele Sorrentino, branch manager for Sound Community Bank, at the bank’s new Sequim branch at 645 W. Washington St.

On hand to celebrate the event were KSQM Executive Director Bob Schilling and KSQM volunteer Rob Nichols, grant writer and newly assigned announcer for KSQM.

Perry said that Sound Community Bank has historically supported local organizations by donating time and money to help improve the community.

“These funds are greatly appreciated and demonstrate generous needed support that helps an important part of our region’s infrastructure,” said Perry.

According to Schilling, “… This grant will go a long way to help increase the height of our studio tower and the station’s primary micro-wave signal to the John Wayne Memorial Transmission Facility and Our First Fed Tower located near Blue Mountain.”

Radio KSQM 91.5FM, a participant in the national Emergency Alert System and an element of the Clallam County Emergency Management Division, also has two back-up systems designed to deliver the broadcast to listeners in the event of an emergency.

Schilling also thanked Nichols who can be heard from 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays hosting musical programming featuring “The Great American Songbook.”

KSQM is a service of Sequim Community Broadcasting, a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, with studios at 577 W. Washington St., Sequim and website at KSQMFM.com.