It’s a rainy night in Far West Texas— the drops hit the roof of the radio station, the pitter patter a percussive rhythm. You gaze out the window, and far away, you see lightning strike. Uh oh. You know what that means. The tower is out.

In this episode, Marfa Public Radio’s station manager Travis Pope, reading a selection of The Tower Regulations Manual.

To help keep Marfa Public Radio awake and the radio tower up, donate to the station at <a href="https://www.marfapublicradio.org/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">marfapublicradio.org/donate</a>.

It’s a rainy night in Far West Texas— the drops hit the roof of the radio station, the pitter patter a percussive rhythm. You gaze out the window, and far away, you see lightning strike. Uh oh. You know what that means. The tower is out. In this episode, Marfa Public Radio’s station manager Travis Pope, reading a selection of The Tower Regulations Manual. To help keep Marfa Public Radio awake and the radio tower up, donate to the station at marfapublicradio.org/donate.

It’s a rainy night in Far West Texas— the drops hit the roof of the radio station, the pitter patter a percussive rhythm. You gaze out the window, and far away, you see lightning strike. Uh oh. You know what that means. The tower is out.

In this episode, Marfa Public Radio’s station manager Travis Pope, reading a selection of The Tower Regulations Manual.

To help keep Marfa Public Radio awake and the radio tower up, donate to the station at <a href="https://www.marfapublicradio.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer">marfapublicradio.org/donate</a>.

The Tower Regulations Manual read by Travis Pope

Marfa Public Radio is literally never asleep. It operates 24/7 (except when lightning strikes) and there’s so much that goes on behind the scenes to make this happen– fundraising, compliance, protocols, emergency response, maintenance…the list goes on and on.

Do you lay awake wondering what FCC compliance entails? Ever wondered what NPR's code of journalistic ethics involves for the newsroom?

We may never be able to explain what it takes to operate the station, but we can put you to sleep trying to.

For this fall membership drive we bring you Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep. It's a sleep podcast wherein we read you the boring documents essential to our jobs, in the hopes we might lull you into slumber.

We do actually hope that you fall asleep listening to this, but when you wake up, help us continue to read our boring documents and keep Marfa Public Radio awake by donating to the station at <a href="https://www.marfapublicradio.org/donate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">marfapublicradio.org/donate.</a>

Produced by Zoe Kurland and Christopher Dyer. Our executive producer is Elise Pepple.

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Marfa Public Radio is literally never asleep. It operates 24/7 (except when lightning strikes) and there’s so much that goes on behind the scenes to make this happen– fundraising, compliance, protocols, emergency response, maintenance…the list goes on and on. Do you lay awake wondering what FCC compliance entails? Ever wondered what NPR's code of journalistic ethics involves for the newsroom? We may never be able to explain what it takes to operate the station, but we can put you to sleep trying to. For this fall membership drive we bring you Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep. It's a sleep podcast wherein we read you the boring documents essential to our jobs, in the hopes we might lull you into slumber. We do actually hope that you fall asleep listening to this, but when you wake up, help us continue to read our boring documents and keep Marfa Public Radio awake by donating to the station at marfapublicradio.org/donate. Produced by Zoe Kurland and Christopher Dyer. Our executive producer is Elise Pepple.

Marfa Public Radio is literally never asleep. It operates 24/7 (except when lightning strikes) and there’s so much that goes on behind the scenes to make this happen– fundraising, compliance, protocols, emergency response, maintenance…the list goes on and on.

Do you lay awake wondering what FCC compliance entails? Ever wondered what NPR's code of journalistic ethics involves for the newsroom?

We may never be able to explain what it takes to operate the station, but we can put you to sleep trying to.

For this fall membership drive we bring you Marfa Public Radio Puts You to Sleep. It's a sleep podcast wherein we read you the boring documents essential to our jobs, in the hopes we might lull you into slumber.

We do actually hope that you fall asleep listening to this, but when you wake up, help us continue to read our boring documents and keep Marfa Public Radio awake by donating to the station at <a href="https://www.marfapublicradio.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer">marfapublicradio.org/donate.</a>

Produced by Zoe Kurland and Christopher Dyer. Our executive producer is Elise Pepple.

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