ON AIR & ONLINE JANUARY 2017

Inauguration Coverage Jobs at WPR Tiny Desk Contest Symphony Series TTBOOK Live in Madison

Featured Photo NPR Reporter moderated WPR, WUWM and NPR's "A Nation Engaged" event in WPR Launches Centennial Year with Special Milwaukee this month. Website, Events and More The town hall event was recorded for broadcast on WBUR's and for This year we're celebrating 100 years of public broadcasting in a special on The Ideas Wisconsin ---- an accomplishment that we couldn't have achieved Network. without you. Before the BBC was created, before the Packers played their first game, WPR's founders were experimenting with new technologies to enhance life across the state. Sound Bites "When our founders decided what they should broadcast first with the new wireless technology, what did they choose? The two things Listen Back to Gov. that would benefit the most people in Wisconsin ---- weather Walker's State of the forecasts and crop prices," WPR Director Mike Crane said. "Public State Address or service was really the foundation of those early innovations and it President Obama's still drives everything we do on air, online and in communities across Farewell Address the state." Recently, WPR aired Gov. Scott Walker's Among many broadcast "firsts," WPR was the first station in the annual State of the State nation ---- public or private ---- to offer regularly scheduled weather address from the forecasts. Wisconsin state Capitol. On the same day, In the 1930s, WPR launched educational School of the Air programs President Barack Obama to serve the more than 4,000 one-room schoolhouses in the state. gave his farewell Programs like Let's Sing, Let's Draw, Afield with Ranger Mac and address, which was also Rhythm and Games engaged students and saved schools and the broadcast live. state money by providing urban and rural schools access to free, high-quality instruction that met state standards. Listen back to these speeches in our special The innovations continued as College of the Air programs were programming archives. designed for adults unable to afford tuition during the Great Depression, and a host of home economics and farm programs were created to benefit Wisconsin's mostly rural families. Historically Black: Saturday Series on the Over the years, as WPR built a statewide network of stations to Ideas Network ensure equal access to information and education, we also Objects hold history. connected the state like never before. Those connections and a They're evocative of belief that Wisconsinites should have access to not just listen but stories stamped in time. also to talk to each other led to the creation of the Ideas Network in Historically Black is a the 1990s. collaboration between , Even as we celebrate our first 100 years, WPR is working hard for the Washington Post and today, tomorrow and the next 100 years. From mobile apps and the Smithsonian's podcasting to digital-first projects like WisContext.org, we continue to National Museum of embrace new media technologies to ensure that WPR's African American History groundbreaking educational, cultural and news content will serve and Culture to bring these Wisconsinites for generations to come. objects and their stories to life through interviews, "If there's anything I would want Wisconsinites to know about us," archival sound and Mike said, "it's that we remain committed to always reflecting music. Listen Saturdays Wisconsin's diverse perspectives, experiences and cultures today at 4 p.m. through and tomorrow. The people of Wisconsin are the thread that runs February 4 on the Ideas through everything we do. Their hopes and needs bind our past, Network. present and future together." Click here for more on WPR and WPT are celebrating 100 years of public broadcasting in the series. Wisconsin together with a series of special events around the state, special broadcast promotions, and a centennial microsite that includes an interactive timeline (with historic photos, audio and This Month on video) and a place where anyone can share their stories ---- visit WisContext wpr.org/100 to learn more. What's new this month on WisContext.org? Our reporters explore the Tune in for the specific cancer risks that rural areas face, ideas for Inauguration of President- teaching financial Elect Donald Trump responsibility to kids, and Wisconsin's struggle to Tune in January 20 as WPR attract college-educated broadcasts NPR's Inauguration workers. Day coverage, beginning at 9 a.m. NPR Hosts and Visit WisContext.org to will co-host special dive into these stories coverage from the Capitol in and more. Washington, D.C. The program will feature the swearing in of the president and vice president, Quick Links speeches, newsmaker interviews, and analysis from NPR's political team. WPR Online Donate Now Additional coverage will come from Here & Now Hosts and Jeremy Hobson, who will broadcast live from the NPR NPR Online headquarters. The program will feature speeches from the inaugural luncheon in the Capitol, as well as live reports from the inaugural Listen Live to Ideas parade. Ideas Schedule Join Veronica Rueckert tonight at 6 p.m. on the Ideas Network for A Nation Engaged, a special pre-inauguration conversation featuring Listen Live to NPR News NPR National Political Correspondent Don Gonyea, WPR Assistant & Music News Director Kyla Calvert-Mason, and Milwaukee Public Radio's NPR News & Music Mitch Teich. Recorded last week, the event engaged a live audience Schedule around this question: What do you want the new president to know about you or your community as he takes office? Be Part of WPR's Online Photo: Matt A.J., CC-BY-NC (cropped from original) Community

BEHIND THE SCENES

WPR Announces Job Openings in Milwaukee, Madison and Superior

A lot goes on behind the scenes to support WPR's on-air work, and we are seeking curious minds across the state to join us.

Current job openings include a director of engineering and operations at our Madison headquarters, a Milwaukee-based multimedia producer for The Kathleen Dunn Show and the WPR website, a Milwaukee-based marketing coordinator to support regional and statewide outreach, and a part-time office assistant at the northern Wisconsin bureau in Superior.

Click here to see all open positions.

NPR Calls for Tiny Desk Contest Entries

Musicians and singer/songwriters of all genres are invited to enter NPR's 2017 Tiny Desk Contest. If you are an unsigned musician, you could win the chance to perform your own Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. and tour the U.S. with NPR and Lagunitas Brewing Company.

Last year's winner, fiddle player Gaelynn Lea from Duluth, Minn., was selected by curators for her entry that was hailed as "unusual/beautiful and like nothing we've ever heard before." Click here to read about Gaelynn and see her 2016 entry.

The deadline to enter is January 29. Musicians should enter by submitting a YouTube video of an original song.

Click here for entry information.

AROUND WISCONSIN

Lori Skelton Hosts Sunday Afternoon Broadcasts of Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

WPR's NPR News & Classical Music and All Classical Networks will carry a nationally broadcast series of Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concerts, hosted by WPR's own Lori Skelton. Since its founding in 1959, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has been one of the country's most artistically vibrant and innovative orchestras. The series highlights a selection of the more than 140 live concerts performed by the symphony under the direction of Edo de Waart. There will also be exclusive interviews and commentary.

Tune in Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m., now through April 2, on WPR's NPR News & Classical Music and All Classical Networks.

Click here for more details on the series.

To the Best of Our Knowledge Live in Madison, February 9

Lust, romance, compassion --- -explore the science of love at a special live event from WPR's To the Best of Our Knowledge and the Center for Humans and Nature.

Join Host Anne Strainchamps (pictured) and special guests for a night of conversation, comedy and live music on Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. at the Majestic Theater in downtown Madison. Tickets are just $12.

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