Opportunities From: Volunteer Spokane

Have a Voice. Share What You Love. Go On the Air.

KYRS Thin Air Community Radio is inviting YOU to host your own radio show.

KYRS isn’t corporate radio. It’s your station, powered by volunteers, fueled by curiosity, and rooted in Spokane’s creative and cultural life. For more than 23 years, community members just like you have stepped behind the mic to share music, ideas, stories, and perspectives you won’t hear anywhere else on the air.

Hosting a show on KYRS is a long-term volunteer commitment, but you won’t be thrown into the deep end. You’ll receive broadcast training, ongoing support, and become part of a welcoming, passionate community of programmers. Many of our hosts have been on the air since the station’s earliest days, and they’re still loving it.

If you’ve ever thought, “There should be a show about this,” this is your sign.

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Click Here to propose a program

Shows We’re Especially Excited to Add

MUSIC

A show spotlighting local and regional artists, featuring live interviews and in-studio performances, including touring bands passing through Spokane.

A reggae program spanning early and roots reggae through contemporary sounds from around the world.

A music program centered on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer artists, past and present.

COMMUNITY AFFAIRS & CULTURE

A program focused on African-American, Asian-American, or First Nations communities, exploring education, leadership, culture, politics, current events, and opportunities for civic engagement.

If you bring curiosity, care, and commitment, KYRS brings the mic, the skills, and the platform.

This is community radio, made by the community.

We’d love to hear what you want to share.

Tell the Stories of Our Region. Join the KYRS Local News Team.

KYRS Thin Air Community Radio is looking for writers and reporters for KYRS Local News, our weekly news program covering the Inland Northwest.

Airing Fridays at 4:30PM, KYRS Local News is hosted by Daniel Zamora and crew and digs into the stories shaping life in Spokane and the surrounding region, from politics and public policy to art, race, culture, and the environment. We focus on voices and perspectives that are often overlooked, and we believe strong local journalism is essential to a healthy community.

This is an opportunity for curious, thoughtful community members to help produce meaningful, people-centered journalism. You don’t need to be a career reporter, just someone who asks good questions, listens closely, and cares about what’s happening where we live.

As part of the KYRS Local News team, you’ll:

Receive training and editorial support

Learn the fundamentals of radio journalism and audio storytelling

Collaborate with a committed group of volunteer journalists

Help inform and engage listeners across the Inland Northwest

This is a long-term volunteer role, but it’s also a chance to build skills, amplify community voices, and contribute to truly independent, nonprofit local media.

If you’ve ever wanted to report on an issue that matters to you—or help ensure Spokane’s stories are told with depth and care, we want to hear from you

Click Here to learn earn more about KYRS Local News.

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Community-powered journalism starts here.

Be the Face of Community Radio. Join the KYRS Street Team & Outreach Crew.

KYRS Thin Air Community Radio is looking for outgoing, community-minded volunteers to help spread the word about KYRS events and programming around Spokane.

If you like being out in the world, talking to people, and supporting local culture, this one’s for you.

KYRS Street Team: Help promote KYRS by posting flyers and hanging posters at specified locations around town, and by handing out flyers at community events throughout the year. We especially need help at big, high-energy events like Hoopfest, where thousands of people are already celebrating community. just like we are.

KYRS Outreach: Represent the station by staffing KYRS information tables at community events, service fairs, and festivals. You’ll chat with folks, answer questions, share schedules and swag, and help new listeners discover community radio.

Both roles are flexible, volunteer-based opportunities and a great way to:

    Support independent, nonprofit local media

    Meet people who care about Spokane’s arts, culture, and civic life

    Get involved without needing technical or broadcast experience

You bring the enthusiasm—we’ll bring the flyers, info, and KYRS love.

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Contact us to get involved.

Community radio doesn’t promote itself. It shows up.

Thin Air Community Radio is looking for an Underwriting Sales Associate. You can think of underwriting as the nonprofit version of advertising. This is fun and supportive work, not only for securing sponsorships for Spokane’s community radio station, but also towards building community through cultivating relationships with individuals and local businesses.

Interested? Please, contact us to learn more.

Help Fund Independent Community Radio. Volunteer as a KYRS Grant Writer.

KYRS Thin Air Community Radio is seeking a volunteer Grant Writer to help bring critical funding to the station through local, regional, and national grants from foundations, government agencies, and other funding partners.
Since 2003, KYRS has served Eastern Washington by amplifying diverse voices, supporting local culture, and fostering community engagement through independent, nonprofit radio. Grants are a vital part of how we sustain this work, and this role plays a direct part in keeping community radio strong.

As a KYRS Grant Writer, you’ll help turn our mission into compelling proposals that fund programming, journalism, and community outreach.

This is a volunteer role ideal for someone who enjoys research, writing, organization, and mission-driven work and wants their skills to have a tangible, lasting impact on local media.

Your words won’t just tell our story.
They’ll help keep it on the air.

Click Here to learn more about KYRS.
Contact us to get involved.
Strong community radio needs strong storytelling ... on and off the dial.