Keep Kababayan Today on TV!
Donation protected
Kababayan Today with G. Tongi is currently the only local daily talk show for Filipinos in America. However, with the recent auction of Network Stations nationally, LA18, the Los Angeles station that produces Kababayan Today has sold it's broadcast spectrum & will unfortunately be ending all local programming for the Asian American Community, which includes Chinese, Korean & Filipino content. The show, Kababayan Today offficially goes off the air for broadcast on June 30, 2017 after 11 years of serving the Filipino community in America.
Kababayan Today with G. Tongi is the only program on terrestrial television currently that features topical stories & relevant interviews with notable Filipinos around the world. The program aims to propagate pride of the Philippine diasporic culture and plays an important role in the representation of the Filipino community in media. The show's current host and producer, G. Tongi understand the crucial need to continue a platform that informs, uplifts and inspires the community to continue organizing and discussing topics relevant to our sensibilities as Filipino Americans.
Producer & Host G. Tongi is teaming up with the Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture’s (also known as FilAm ARTS) to continue Kababayan Today on television as a weekly show that broadcasts, once a week, 52 shows a year.
By donating to this GoFund me campaign and supporting Kababayan Today , you will be able to continue to see Filipino American leaders and organizers sharing their community events and discussing pertinent issues on television.
By raising $20,000, Kababayan Today will be able to cover the initial carriage fee for broadcast for a year to air existing content. More funds are needed for production costs to continue producing new and exciting segments however, the minimum to keep the program running is this initial amount of $20,000.
If you watched Kababayan Today in the past and continue to watch the program to keep UPDATED on the Filipino American community, please support this fundraising campaign by donating to keep the program on television as a weekly program on FREE TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION.
Kababayan Today with G. Tongi is the only program on terrestrial television currently that features topical stories & relevant interviews with notable Filipinos around the world. The program aims to propagate pride of the Philippine diasporic culture and plays an important role in the representation of the Filipino community in media. The show's current host and producer, G. Tongi understand the crucial need to continue a platform that informs, uplifts and inspires the community to continue organizing and discussing topics relevant to our sensibilities as Filipino Americans.
Producer & Host G. Tongi is teaming up with the Association for the Advancement of Filipino American Arts and Culture’s (also known as FilAm ARTS) to continue Kababayan Today on television as a weekly show that broadcasts, once a week, 52 shows a year.
By donating to this GoFund me campaign and supporting Kababayan Today , you will be able to continue to see Filipino American leaders and organizers sharing their community events and discussing pertinent issues on television.
By raising $20,000, Kababayan Today will be able to cover the initial carriage fee for broadcast for a year to air existing content. More funds are needed for production costs to continue producing new and exciting segments however, the minimum to keep the program running is this initial amount of $20,000.
If you watched Kababayan Today in the past and continue to watch the program to keep UPDATED on the Filipino American community, please support this fundraising campaign by donating to keep the program on television as a weekly program on FREE TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION.
Organizer
Giselle Tongi Walters
Organizer
Hawthorne, CA
