[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 84 (Friday, May 29, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E795]
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                      RECOGNIZING WKIP NEWS RADIO

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 29, 2015

  Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize WKIP, a news radio 
station serving the residents of New York's Hudson Valley. This year 
marks the station's 75th anniversary of operations, and I congratulate 
them on reaching this impressive milestone.
  On Friday, June 5 WKIP will celebrate its anniversary with a live 
broadcast from the Henry A. Wallace Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt 
Presidential Library and Museum in historic Hyde Park. As area 
residents gather for this special event, I want to take this 
opportunity to express my gratitude to the staff, hosts, and management 
of WKIP for their commitment to our community.
  We rely on locally-operated media organizations like WKIP to keep us 
informed of news and weather and to partner with our small businesses 
to help them grow. This radio station is an important component of the 
social fabric in our region, broadcasting announcements from government 
officials, emergency information, and valuable updates on public 
events, school activities, local sports, and ways that we can be 
helpful to our neighbors. WKIP programming helps bring people together, 
and I am proud to recognize this organization's many contributions to 
community life and the economy in the Hudson Valley over the past 75 
years.
  WKIP listeners are also provided a daily platform for the exchange of 
ideas, which is crucial to the health of our democracy. I am deeply 
grateful to WKIP for carrying out this mission and for inviting me to 
be a part of its programming as I endeavor to represent the residents 
of the 19th District of New York.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to send my best wishes to everyone assembled for 
the WKIP anniversary gala in Hyde Park.

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