HomeMy WebLinkAbout8181 - Commending KOCM Radio StationRESOLUTION NO. 8181
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH COMMENDING KOCM RADIO STATION
WHEREAS, the Federal Communications Commission
granted the call letters KOCM Radio on February 1, 1964; and
WHEREAS, KOCM, the only Radio Station licensed in
Newport Beach, is continually striving to provide a balanced
program structure giving substantial community and civic
allocations; and
WHEREAS, because of its continuing interest in
community service on all levels, KOCM Radio has been honored
with many awards and citations; among these, The National
Foundation, March of Dimes, for Outstanding Leadership; The
Lions Club Award for International Service; The Orange County
Management Council's Outstanding Service Award; The American
Heart Association Distinguished Service Award; The California
Exchange Clubs Outstanding Civic Leadership Award; The Freedoms
Foundation at Valley Forge Outstanding Radio Award; and
WHEREAS, KOCM Radio and its entire staff is keenly
aware of its responsibilities to the community in which it
serves; and
WHEREAS, GARY W. BURRILL, PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
OF KOCM, has served his community in many active roles: The
Newport Balboa Rotary Club, Harbor Area Boys' Club, Orange
Coast College Advisory Board, Harbor Area United Way, Commodores
Club of Newport Harbor, Orange Coast YMCA, Newport Harbor
Chamber of Commerce, Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce, Century
Club of the Orange Empire of Boy Scouts of America, Volunteer
Bureau of Southern Orange County, Charter Member -552 Club of
Hoag Hospital, Advisory Board of KOCE -TV, Orange County's
• Educational Station, Trustee of the Newport Harbor Foundation,
Town Hall of California, World Affairs Council of Orange County,
Recipient of the Silver Anchor Award for Community Service, and
the Man of the Year Award from the Orange County Advertising
Council; and
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WHEREAS, during September of 1973, a chemical storage
tank in Long Beach was ruptured and toxic gas was released
into the atmosphere, imposing some threat to the life and
safety of the inhabitants of Newport Beach; and
WHEREAS, KOCM served as a source of information for
• City residents and permitted City representatives to freely
use the facilities at KOCM to broadcast public information
concerning the nature and extent of the released toxic gas,
and by doing so, resolved a grave public problem.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Newport Beach that Radio Station KOCM and its
President, Gary W. Burrill, are hereby commended for their
valuable service to Newport Beach and the surrounding
communities;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that KOCM collectively, and
the staff of KOCM individually, be congratulated for their
efforts and contributions on behalf of the City of Newport
Beach;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Radio Station KOCM is
hereby commended for its ten -year anniversary of the granting
of its call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
on February 1, 1964.
ATTEST:
ADOPTED this 14th day of January, 1974.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF 44PORT BEACH
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