Push to keep much-loved community radio station alive

"We're sort of holding our breath," Ruby Smith says as SYN Media steps up its fundraising efforts. (HANDOUT/SYN MEDIA)

It paved the way for broadcasters Hamish Blake, Andy Lee and Zan Rowe.

But now the future of a community radio station that also launched the careers of the Barefoot Investor Scott Pape and journalists around the country is under threat.