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Radio Poets 2017: Marco Gongora

Marco Gongora

"Thank You Grandpa"

Marco Gongora, Paul Revere Elementary

Thank you for your love,

Thank you for your laughs.

We will always love you from the bottom of our hearts.

We can see you, we can hear you, and we are all near you.

Thank you for your speech and the lovely words you said.

I will never forget your last words.

We love you, we miss you, and we will never forget you.

Thank you Grandpa.

Matt Martin was KALW’s general manager from 2006 through 2018. Under his leadership, KALW grew into one of the most productive and innovative stations in public radio. Programs launched at KALW during Matt’s tenure as GM include the award-winning local newsmagazine Crosscurrents, the design podcast 99% Invisible, and the Spanish-language narrative journalism program Radio Ambulante. He helped create the station’s Audio Academy, a year-long program aimed at developing new talents in public radio, and led the first broad-based strategic planning process in the station’s history.