A Season of Many Successes a Letter from Mark Vogelzang, VPR President & General Manager

Winter 2006-07 Vermont Public Radio’s Newsletter RADIO FLIER A Season of Many Successes A Letter from Mark Vogelzang, VPR President & General Manager

What a wonderful year this has been for VPR! This is especially true as I look at the last few months and the signifi cant amount of new and special programming that VPR provided. We were so pleased to host the national Story- Corps project in August; and we enjoyed hearing nearly three months of audio portraits of our neighbors during Morning Edition. Another national radio show visited in September when Says You! came for an eveningevening of fun at the Latchis Theater in Brattle- boro. Earlier this year Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me! recorded a showshow in front of a live audience at the Leba- VPR was recently honored with a national Edward R. non Opera House. Murrow award for investigative journalism. President & Of course, another signifi cant ef- General Manager Mark Vogelzang, reporter Nina Keck, fort here at VPR this fall was our coverage of the elections and News Director John Van Hoesen, accepted the in Vermont. VPR broadcast ten debates with candidates for award at the Radio and Television News Directors As- statewide offi ce this season, including two with live studio sociation annual dinner in New York City in October. Continued on page 4 VPR's Holiday Programs Something for Everyone to Celebrate Monday, December 4 Wednesday, December 20 9 pm The Arkansas Traveler: Music and 7 pm A Vermont Christmas with Counterpoint Tales from Little House on the Prairie Thursday, December 21 – Solstice INSIDE Monday, December 11 11 am Bella Voce – Live with Walter Parker New Board Members 9 pm Christmas from the World Café 7 pm Northern Lights – A Solstice Celebration Page 2 Sunday, December 17 with Cheryl Willoughby 2 pm All The Traditions – The Light Show 8 pm A Paul Winter Solstice Concert Reactionline Monday, December 18 Friday, December 22 Page 3 8 pm Hanukkah Lights 7pm Christmas Memories with Marian McPartland 9 pm Chanukah in Story and Song Continued on page 6 Vermont Tuesday, December 19 7 pm A Chanticleer Christmas VPR Classical Holiday Programming, page 6 This I Believe Page 6 RADIO FLIER RADIO FLIER Meet Tere Gade For many people, asking others for a fi nancial contri- Vermont Public Radio bution is diffi cult. But for Tere Gade, VPR’s Director 88.7 FM Rutland of Major Gifts, it’s as easy as jumping out of a plane. 89.5 FM Windsor She’s able to make that comparison since she is both 92.5 FM Manchester* 94.3 FM Bennington a pilot and a skydiver. “My fi rst jump was my farewell 94.5 FM Brattleboro* to college,” said the University of Vermont graduate 95.3 FM Middlebury* who went on to study English Literature in graduate 88.5 FM St. Johnsbury school at the University of New Hampshire. She grew 107.9 FM Burlington up in Great Meadows, N.J., and spent many summers VPR Classical visiting Starksboro, VT, with her family. She met her 88.1 FM Norwich husband, Chris Gade, while skydiving. They have a 17- 93.5 FM Bennington* month-old daughter, Skyler. 99.5 FM Newbury* As Director of Major Gifts, Tere oversees VPR’s annual major giving program, as 99.5 FM Middlebury* well as all planned giving, capital, and endowment campaigns. She was promoted from 103.9 FM Hanover* 106.9 FM Manchester* the position of Campaign Manager to this new position in April 2006. “It simplifi es 106.9 FM Woodstock* things for our donors who want to support the mission of public radio in a variety of * = low-power translator ways,” she said. Her focus is on building a $10 million endowment for VPR, a project Board of Directors she says is two-thirds of the way to completion. “Meeting this goal will ensure fi nancial Chair, Amy Hastings, Middlebury stability for VPR, will guarantee that VPR can keep up with emerging technologies, and Joseph Boutin, Burlington that there are funds for programming innovation and excellence.” William Alley, Greensboro “I’m privileged to work for an organization I believe in and to be surrounded by in- Bill Biddle, Barnet telligent, talented people who provide a primary service to our communities,” she said. Nord Brue, Burlington “Plus, I have a wonderful opportunity to hear directly from our listeners about how Donna Carpenter, Moscow Henry Chauncey, Jr., Andover VPR affects their lives." Tere was named president of the Association of Fundraising Jack Crowl, North Pomfret Professionals Northern New England Chapter in November. Maxie Ewins, Shelburne Stan Fishkin, Chittenden Deborah Granquist, Weston Doug Griswold, Charlotte VPR Welcomes New Board Members Kathy Hoyt, Norwich Spencer Knapp, Shelburne Two new members were elected to the Vermont Public Radio board of di- John McCardell, Middlebury rectors at the annual meeting in Fairlee, Vermont in September. Newcomers to Bill Stetson, Norwich the board are John McCardell of Middlebury and Doug Griswold of Charlotte. Dana vanderHeyden, Colchester J. Alvin Wakefi eld, Mendon Elected earlier in 2006 were Bill Stetson and Kathy Hoyt, both from Norwich. Victoria Young, Proctor VPR board members serve three year terms, and are limited to no more than three consecutive terms. Amy Hastings of Middlebury was elected board chair, Deborah VPR Management Granquist of Weston was elected vice-chair, Bill Biddle of East Ryegate was elected President & General Man ag er: board secretary, and Vicky Young of Proctor was elected treasurer. Mark Vogelzang VP of Development: Robin Turnau Chief Financial Offi cer: Brian Donahue Director of Program ming: Jody Evans Director of Engineering: Richard Parker Director of News: John Van Hoesen

The Public Radio Center 365 Troy Avenue Colchester, Vermont 05446 Phone: (800) 639-2192 www.vpr.net [email protected] Editorial Director: Robin Turnau Editor & Designer: Stephen Mease Kathy Hoyt John McCardell Doug Griswold Bill Stetson Radio Flier (USPS 468) newsletter is pub lished tri-annually by VPR with second class postage paid at Burlington, VT, and additional mailing offi ces.Radio Flier is available to all VPR supporters.

2 Have you remembered VPR in your Will? RADIO FLIER RADIO FLIER Where VPR Listeners Have Their Say... Reactionline Dear VPR, Dear VPR, So glad to be able to hear VPR over the Internet in Hooray! Hooray! At long last you have seen the logic in Russia.Russia. MakesMakes me miss VermontVermont all the more sometimes; brings me your station identification of putting the frequency after the closer to Vermont at other times. But is always rewarding and great. name of the station. It really helps those of us who drive in Ver- Stephan Solzhenitsyn, Cavendish mont and have to change channels as we move from area to area. Under the previous system, by the time we heard the town name Dear VPR, we wanted the frequency had already gone by. Thank you for prEview, it made me smile as the contents werewere Derek Boothby, Manchester timely for the day. I was walking through the shop with my shipping guy and he said, “I have a song stuck in my head,” and I replied, “I Dear VPR, know what you mean, I heard some great Shostakovich this morn- VPR, and most particularly VPR Classical, has become ing.” I got the look... it was a funny moment. my lifeline to what remains of civilized culture and enlightened Mark Whitcomb, Chester decency in this benighted world of today. Had it not been for today’s newsletter (prEview) I wouldwould havehave missed the fascinating Board of Directors Dear VPR, program on what it means to be a Vermonter - not that I am one When you make the complete transition to VPR Classical, will by residence, but feel more and more that I am one in spirit - the classical stations carry Walter Parker’s complete show, Mark since I would have been tuned, as all but always, to your classical Vogelzang¹s Bach program, and also Peter Fox Smith’s show? They stream on the web. It used to be that I could barely stand reading are all so good – much better than any of the syndicated programs the news; lately I can’t even take the headlines…I leave VPR clas- you could pick up. Also, I am wondering why the opera program sical on all day – and all night, in case I can’t sleep – and try to isn’t currently carried on VPR Classical. be sure to catch Cheryl Willoughby’s program every morning at Patsy Mathews, Woodstock seven. Please continue the good work. Bill Rooks, Moultonborough, NH Editor’s Note: VPR is deeply committed to locally-produced programming! Classical music with Walter Parker, Sunday Bach, and Saturday Afternoon Dear VPR, at the Opera all will have a home on VPR Classical once the transition to two I am a Vermont resident currently out of state attending services is complete. VPR’s plan to provide two statewide public radio services school. I appreciate being able to keep up with local politics via – one for news and information and another dedicated to classical music – could podcasts. I hope you will make podcasts of upcoming House and become a reality within the next two years, as VPR Classical becomes more Senate debates available as well. widely available. Chuck Armstrong, Brownsville

Dear VPR, Dear VPR, I used to listen exclusively to WCVT because having just In general, I love VPR and appreciate its role in the com- moved from NYC, I was delighted to get a 24-hour classical music munity. I want to throw my two cents in vis-a-vis your reporting station. Now I listen to you because your choice of classical music of the weather. I fi nd the broadcasts to be too long and too fre- VPR Management is better – more interesting, more chamber music, and no commer- quent. Perhaps the weather does cials! You also have the BBC News, another plus. I’m grateful you exist here. not have as much of an impact Irene Bareau, Stowe on me or perhaps I’m just not as interested in it as the next Dear VPR, guy, but I am writing because I I am a regular listener (online) to VPR. I have heard similar sentiments particularly like the classical stream. I am also from others about this, too. I The Public Radio Center a supporter of VPR even though I live in Ten- would value a short forecast that nessee. I’m writing to say thanks for giving us a doesn’t get muddled up with way to print the recipes in “VPR Cooks.” When the nuances of meteorology. I first became aware of the recipes, there was no Thanks again. way to print them on my PC. Many thanks for Andy Duback, Editorial Director: Robin Turnau what is one more element in a consistently cour- Editor & Designer: Stephen Mease Mark Lyons of Charlotte, left, was the winner of an iMac South Burlington Radio Flier (USPS 468) newsletter is pub lished tri-annually by VPR teous radio station. from Small Dog Electronics during the fall membership with second class postage paid at Burlington, VT, and additional mailing Don Weisbaker, Signal Mountain, TN offi ces.Radio Flier is available to all VPR supporters. drive. He is shown with Robin Turnau and Walter Parker.

Please support the businesses that support VPR 3 RADIO FLIER RADIO FLIER A Look at VPR's Recent Accomplishments

NPR reporter Peter Overby was the keynote speaker for VPR's VPR's guberbatorial debate took place at Saint Michael's College; one Money, Media and Politics Symposium in September. of ten that VPR broadcast live.

Continued from page 1 winning story about student room intrusions at Middlebury College can be heard on our website. audiences. In addition, we aired election specials, interviews VPR partnered with a number of organizations recently, with all the candidates, including independents and those including the Vermont Folklife Center to broadcast their series from minor parties, and of course election night coverage on hunting; the Vermont Humanities Council on their com- that went well into the night as the results were tabulated munity reading project Vermont Reads, featuring As Long as both regionally and nationwide. One highlight of the There are Mountains and their “First Wednesdays”Wednesdays” lecture series VPR news coverage this election season was our day-long featuring Peter Galbraith, former ambassador to Croatia, symposium Money, Media and Politics held mid-Septembermid-September among others; and with the Fairbanks Museum to broadcast a at St. Michael’s College. NPR reporter Peter Overby was star-gazing party from Burke Mountain in late summer. our keynote speaker, and three separate panels of experts Speaking of partnerships, one that may have caused your explored different aspects of the subject. The resulting VPR signal to weaken dur- one-hour documentary aired just before the elections, and ing the months of Septem- if you missed it, I encourage you to listen on our website at ber and October was our vpr.net. partnership with a group It was with great pleasure that I attended the Radio and of broadcasters on the top Television News Directors Association annual awards of Mount Mansfi eld, the dinner in New York City in October. I was there to watch origination point for VPR’s VPR reporter Nina Keck accept the Edward R. Murrow 107.9 signal. This project, Award for outstanding investigative reporting. Her award- ten years in the making, was nearly completed this fall with the construction of a new broadcast tower and the FCC-mandated digital conversion of television stations. VPR’s 50,000 watt signal moved to a brand- new antenna at a much VPR's fall pledge drive was our higher location on the new most successful ever thanks to our volunteers and listeners. WCAX tower. All of this work was done by tower-riggers and engineers who need a safe environment to work in, and required all broadcasters to go to low power when there were people working on the site. Andy Chaikin, Mark Breen and Mitch Wertlieb took VPR listeners outside for an Eye on the Night Sky star-gazing Of course, this affected your ability to receive a good clear party. Continued on next page 4 Have a comment or question to share with VPR? Send it to [email protected] RADIO FLIER RADIO FLIER

Continued from previous page signal from 107.9. What's the Big Deal We’re sorry for the inconvenience that About HD Radio? this may have caused Many listeners are asking us this very question! you, and we’re very When a radio station broadcasts in HD, the relieved that most of analog signal you’ve always listened to will re- the project has been main exactly the same. completed. The advantage of this This fall the studios new digital technology at VPR’s Colchester is that it allows VPR to headquarters have “multicast,” that is, offer two or more additional been buzzing with programming services the sounds of circular A new technology wing addition is under construction at VPR's Colchester headquarters. on a single frequency. saws and nail guns as For instance, in the Up- a 1,400 square foot per Valley, VPR is now “technology wing” is being added to house VPR’s growing engineer- broadcasting VPR on ing department, along with all their needed equipment. When VPR’s 89.5-HD1, while the headquarters were built back in 1995, they were designed for a maxi- second HD channel, mum of 28 people. VPR now has 40 employees working out of the 89.5-HD2, features VPR building. The staff growth has come primarily from the expansion Classical, our 24-hour of VPR’s regional news team over the past fi ve years, including classical music service. reporters, producers and production associates. HD radio is free for listeners - there are no I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t point out that everything subscription fees like VPR is able to do is thanks to the support of our 23,000 members satellite radio. Plus, an HD signal provides a CD- and 300 business underwriters who generously give to keep VPR fi - quality sound without static for crystal-clear re- nancially strong. Our fall pledge drive was our most successful ever! ception. HD radios are available for sale in stores This local voluntary support allows VPR to keep our network of around the region. The scrolling text on an HD transmitters, antennas and studios humming, with a dedicated staff Radio screen can show you the artists, composers of professional reporters, engineers, producers, hosts, and adminis- and titles of featured works, weather updates and trators. more. This function will be available in the future It’s inspiring to think about the voluntary support that public from VPR. radio enjoys across the country, not only here in Vermont, but in In July 2006, VPR’s 89.5 FM signal in the Upper every state in the union where listeners help with the programming Valley became the fi rst radio station in Vermont costs for their local station. This amazing social contract called pub- to begin broadcasting in HD digital. This was soon followed by VPR’s 95.3 FM Bennington lic radio is a healthy enterprise that enjoys nearly 30 million listeners signal and coming soon, 107.9 FM on Mount every week. The most listened-to national radio program is Morning Mansfi eld. VPR plans to continue converting to Edition, with Rush Limbaugh a close second! digital radio throughout 2007. As we approach the end of the year, I hope that you enjoy the VPR’s HD channels will broadcast VPR Clas- wonderful array of holiday music and specials that we have lined up sical across the region. Thanks to digital radio for you. Please don’t hesitate to write to me at [email protected]. and the expansion of VPR Classical through new It’s always good to hear from you. Have a joyous holiday season! frequencies and translators, VPR’s goal of two Regards, statewide services will become a reality within the next two years. With VPR Classical more widely available, the current VPR frequencies will evolve into a news and information service. Mark Vogelzang President & General Manager

Find out more about HD Radio and VPR's Broadcast area at vpr.net 5 RADIO FLIER RADIO FLIER This I Believe... VPR's Holiday Gifts Continued from page 1 Fifty years ago, journalist Edward R. Murrow asked Americans to Sunday, December 24 – Christmas Eve write short statements of personal belief for the radio series, This I Believe. NPR has updated the program. Each week a listener reads 10 am A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols a statement of the principles and values that guide their life. The 11:30 am A New England Christmas with Willem Lange series is based on the hope that listening to each other can create Noon A Prairie Home Companion more understanding. 2 pm Kate and Anna McGarrigle: The Christmas Party Vermonters have responded enthusiastically to the call for es- 3 pm Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show says. In November, VPR broadcast a special series of Vermont This I Believe essays written by Vermonters of all ages. This essay is by 4 pm Christmas with Morehouse & Spelman Glee Clubs Andrew Flewelling of Underhill. 6 pm A Christmas Carol with Willem Lange 7 pm Handel’s Messiah A Grace of Silence Monday, December 25 – Christmas Day I believe in silence. 1 pm Christmas Around the Country Not necessarily the kind where there 2 pm Holiday Pops with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops is no sound, but the kind that allows me to 6 pm Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers stop paying attention to the world around 7 pm A Vermont Christmas with Counterpoint me and start listening to my own spirit. 8 pm Bach’s Christmas Oratorio from Carnegie Hall When I was a child of 5, my play- Monday, January 1 – New Year's Day ground was the small, stone church on 11 am New Year’s Day from Vienna Live Washington Street, just down the road 7 pm The Capital Steps' 'Politics Takes a Holiday' from Wellesley College. My father was a minister there and we lived next door. I remember riding my Big Wheel tricycle down the center aisle, marveling at the silence that remained as I rolled down the thick blue carpet. I remember that the perfect hiding place for hide-and-go- seek was under the altar cloth. Because no one thought I would actually hide there. But it’s the cool silence of that stone church that I remember the most. It was heady and gave me life. At some point, like all children do, I grew up. My awareness of life broadened to include more than my home and the neighborhood in Holiday Programming Schedule which I lived. And along the way, I quietly lost my ear for the silence. Monday, December 18 In my experience, our world is cacophonous. It’s filled with the 6 pm Christmas with Cantus noise of civilization. Teachers, television, parents, movies, history, 7 pm Christmas with the Philadelphia Singers religion. It’s the noise of our society that at one time dictated the way I Tuesday, December 19 thought my life ought to be lived. It set the rules. I was raised amid the 6 pm Footprints of Christmas sounds of a subordinated people. My black skin spoke volumes to the 7 pm Echoes of Christmas with the Dale Warland Singers people around me. It told them that I was a threat, that I was base in Wednesday, December 20: the eyes of our free and equal American society. 6 pm A Chanticleer Christmas As a young man just 25 years old, the reality that my father was dy- 7 pm A Vigil for Christmas with the Trinity Church Choir Thursday, December 21 ing gave me the strength to find silence again. I spent uncounted after- noons by his side talking and listening to pure sound, not noise. He told 11 am Bella Voce - Live with Walter Parker 6 pm Winter Dreams with Ensemble Galilei me to be my own man. He helped me recognize the noise so I could 7 pm Northern Lights – A Solstice Celebration stop listening to it. His dying pushed it away and created a space where with Cheryl Willoughby silence could bloom and thrive. And in that silence, perhaps for the first Friday, December 22 time since I was five, I heard the voice of my spirit. It told me what I 6 pm Christmas Around the Country value. It showed me my weaknesses, illuminated my strengths, and gave 7 pm A Vermont Christmas with Counterpoint me the clarity to decide for myself how I ought to live. and Robert DeCormier I believe the noise of our world is killing people, stifling spirits and Sunday, December 24: limiting the potential of humanity. In the years since my father’s death, 1 pm Welcome Christmas! with Philip Brunelle & I try daily to hear the silence amid the noise of career, children, war, Vocal Essence flood, and success. Most days I find it as I walk hand in hand with my 6 pm World of Opera – “Hansel und Gretel” daughters in the woods behind our home. It’s the church of my adult 9:30 pm Pipedreams – “An American Organist’s Christmas” Monday, December 25 – Christmas Day life. I tell them about the grandfather they never knew. I share with Noon Messiah From New York City’s Church of St. Thomas them the lessons he gave me. I tell them how he saved my life. 6 pm Bach’s Christmas Oratorio from Carnegie Hall I believe there is a person inside all of us that needs to be heard.

6 You can listen to other Vermont This I Believe essays and get Holiday updates at vpr.net RADIO FLIER RADIO FLIER Pension Act Offers IRA Giving Opportunity Saturday Afternoon You now have a wonderful opportunity to use your IRA to accomplish your philanthropic At The Opera goals. The new Pension Protection Act of 2006 presents a unique chance for you to make a gift to Vermont Public Radio directly from your IRA Interlude with Peter Fox Smith can tax-free. be heard from 12:20 to 1:30 p.m. If you are 701⁄2 years of age or older, for a The Metropolitan Opera season begins limited time, you can make a direct distribution on December 9. from your IRA of up to $100,000 per year to VPR. This will count toward your annual IRA required minimum distribution. 12/2: Orfeo ed Euridice (Haydn) Don’t delay. This charitable IRA rollover opportunity, as it is called, is only available for 12/9: Idomeneo (Mozart) gifts made in 2006 and 2007. We encourage you to use these funds to: 12/16: Rigoletto (Verdi) • Support VPR’s growing news and classical music services. 12/23: Don Carlo (Verdi) • Create an endowment to perpetuate your annual giving to VPR. 12/30: The Magic Flute (Mozart) Of course, we encourage you to seek the advice of your professional advisor before you 1/6: I Purtani (Bellini) make a charitable IRA rollover gift. 1/13: The First Emperor (Tan Dun) Should you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact VPR’s 1/20 Program to be announced Holly Dustin at 1-800-639-2192, ext. 188 or [email protected]. 1/27: Program to be announced 2/3: La Boheme` (Puccini) 2/10: Cavalleria Rusticana VP Robin Turnau Receives Excellence Award (Mascagni) VPR's Vice President operation with 160,000 2/17: Jenufa (Janacek)' of Development Robin listeners." 2/24: Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Turnau has received the "We’ve focused on best 3/3: Simon Boccanegra (Verdi) Development Professional practices for underwriting, 3/10: Die.. Meistersinger von of the Year award from the membership and major Nurnberg (Wagner) Public Radio Association giving, and been challenged 3/17: Faust (Gounod) of Development Officers. by a strong board to do 3/24: Il Barbiere di Siviglia The award was presented our best. VPR’s growth is (Rossini) at the Development directly attributable to our .. 3/31: Die Ayyptische Helena Exchange’s Public Radio strong listenership, and the (Strauss) Development and Market- Robin Turnau, VP, Development generous support of our ing Conference in New Orleans. members and underwriters. It has been a 4/7: Andrea Chenier (Giordano) “I am honored to be the recipient of pleasure and a privilege to be a part of such 4/14: Turandot (Puccini) this award. Having been at Vermont Public a strong management team and a terrific 4/21: Giulio Cesare (Handel) Radio for 17 years I’ve seen VPR grow from development team in working to grow VPR 4/28: Il Trittico (Puccni) being a small station, to now being a $6M into the community institution that it is.” 5/5: Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck)

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