KXCV-KRNW invites public to participate in virtual run/walk April 12-26

Northwest Missouri State University’s National Public Radio affiliate, KXCV-KRNW, is inviting community members and listeners throughout the region to participate in the station’s sixth annual virtual 5KXCV-KRNW Run for Radio.

The 5K run/walk to support the radio station, takes place Saturday, April 12, through Saturday, April 26. Individuals are invited to participate – anytime, anywhere – by clocking their times and then sending photos of themselves and their results to Hannah Staggs, KXCV-KRNW’s membership development and events coordinator, at hstaggs@sanmingzhi.net.

Participants also may post their photos to the KXCV-KRNW Facebook page or tag KXCV-KRNW on Instagram or X, formerly known as Twitter.

Registration is $25 per person, or $15 for Northwest students, and should be completed online by Tuesday, April 1, at www.kxcv.org/events/5K.htm to receive a shirt before the event. Registration remains open through the final day of the 5K on April 26. All proceeds go toward supporting programming on KXCV-KRNW. 

Participants can begin the event with KXCV-KRNW’s “packet pickup” event on Friday, April 11, at the parking lot north of the J.W. Jones Student Union.

Top finishers at the end of the event will receive medals. All participants will be entered into a raffle for a chance to win other sponsor-provided prizes.

Participants interested in running or walking on the Northwest campus may access a campus map by clicking this link.

“It is an opportunity for listeners and the community to have fun and get outside if they choose or, at the very least, to be active for a little while,” Staggs said. “The sense of community or belonging that can come from participating and sharing results is a benefit as well.”

About KXCV-KRNW

Launched in 1971 as the first full-power public radio service in Missouri, KXCV (90.5 FM), a 100,000-watt NPR affiliate, provides in-depth news and information with an alternative music format. All of KXCV’s programming emanates from the Northwest campus, while a sister station, KRNW (88.9), founded in 1993, extends the radio programming across most of the northern 25 percent of Missouri.

As the flagship of the Bearcat Radio Network, KXCV produces all Northwest football and basketball broadcasts and game feeds to commercial radio affiliates throughout the four-state region.

KXCV-KRNW programming also is accessible online at www.kxcv.org and via its Bearcat Public Media App.

For information about KXCV-KRNW and supporting public radio through a membership, visit www.kxcv.org or call 660.562.1163.