2026 Fall Pledge Drive

Here's the who, how, why of the 2026 Fall Pledge Drive!

The 2026 Fall Pledge Drive is September 22 - 24. We’ll be coming on air this week from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day. Click here to donate.

The socks have arrived! And as odd as it sounds, we're a bit smitten!

Thursday, September 24:

From 7 to 8 a.m., Gary Proctor of Epic Sports will be matching donations while Suzanne Perez and Dan Dillon join me on air.
From 8 to 9 a.m., Ann Garvey with be joining us again to talk about the warm winter socks The Annie Foundation is donating during this drive.
From 9 to 10 a.m., Lynn and Don Stephan will be matching donations.
From 12 to 1 p.m., Dr. Lynette Zimmerman, the Executive Director of Botanica will be here with Botanica tickets for anyone who makes a donation of $180 or more.
And then from 4 to 5:30 p.m., superfan Matt Flesher will be on air to match pledges for our final afternoon of pledge drive.

Plus, any donations made to KMUW this week between 7 p.m. and midnight are eligible for a Strange Currency t-shirt!

Wednesday, September 23:

Day 2 is just as star-studded as day 1, plus we'll have a special giveaway: One lucky donor will receive two TALLpasses for the Tallgrass Film Festival, October 15-18, valued at $518! (If you'd like to be entered into the TALLpass drawing without making a donation to KMUW, click here. Employees of Wichita State University are not eligible to win.)

From 7 to 8 a.m., Wichita State University President Rick Muma and First Gentleman Rick Case will join us on air with a challenge! I hope all of WSU will listen and make the phones ring for these two!
Everybody's favorite voice behind the microphone, Dan Dillon, will be on air with Carla Eckels and myself from 8 to 9 a.m.
From 12 to 1 p.m., Micala Gingrich-Gaylord with Oxford Senior Living will join us on air, and she'll be matching donations!
And then from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Kristin Beal from the Tallgrass Film Festival will be here offering passes to the movie "Seized" that will be showing at the festival and is sponsored by KMUW.

We're really excited about our thank you gift this drive: custom socks designed by Wichita tattoo artist, Heath Leffel. The art is titled "Wild Frequency (Curiosity Strikes)," and they even have "KMUW" incorporated into the design! The socks are a thank you gift for those who donate at the $180 level or sustaining donors who give $15/month. Plus you'll receive a temporary tattoo and sticker of the art!

Here are all of the thank you gifts for various giving levels:

$180 or $15/month - Half-Day Sponsorship + 1 Pair Artist Socks
$240 or $20/month - Half-Day Sponsorship + 2 Pair Artist Socks
$360 or $30/month - Full-Day Sponsorship + 2 Pair Artist Socks
$1,200 or $100/month - KMUW Leadership Circle + all the gifts

Tuesday, September 22:

Lance Hayes will help us kick off the pledge drive and he'll be matching donations from 7 to 9 a.m.!
And then from 12 to 1 p.m., Timothy Storhoff, the Executive Director of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, will join Lu Anne Stephens and Teri Mott on air. He's bringing vouchers for a pair of tickets to the upcoming show of your choice!
And Ann Garvey of the Annie Foundation will join Lu Anne Stephens, Teri Mott and Fletcher Powell on air from 4 to 5:30 p.m. She will donate warm winter socks for every pair of the new thank you socks that donors request throughout the entire drive.

Whether you listen when our guests are on air, or if you want to click the donate button above, please consider a pledge to KMUW today to keep public radio strong in Kansas.