Volume 43 – Issue 3 July/September

Having In This Issue: it All... Lisa Long, WYSU Development Officer

WYSU’s new Development Officer finds a way to do that in the Mahoning Valley For a big city girl who followed her “We’d moved three times in four years, Columbiana County-born husband to and we were ready to stay put for Page Three the area just under two years ago, Lisa awhile.” Lisa says. “I took stock of what Long has made quick work of fitting in I did well -- I could tell stories, meet and falling in love with the Mahoning deadlines, not panic! Development Valley. As WYSU’s new Development would let me use my “powers” for Officer (replacing Ed Goist who good. After a career of asking people moved to YSU Advancement in for an interview at the most traumatic January), she will oversee underwriting moments of their lives, asking them and membership for 88.5 FM. Her to support a great cause instead was a connection with public broadcasting, wonderful change of pace.” however, began long ago. Since changing career directions, Lisa Page Four Originally from Chicago, Lisa’s has raised funds for Prevent Child first media job was with public Abuse Vermont, Vermont Children’s radio, producing and anchoring local Hospital, ECHO Lake Aquarium & news cut-ins for WMUB in Oxford, Science Center, Burlington City Arts Ohio – an internship she landed while and Hunger Free Vermont. She did all attending Miami University. After of this while starting a family, which graduation, Lisa worked as a reporter, now includes Madeline, age 5, and anchor, producer and assignment Henry, age 2. manager at NBC stations in Michigan, In 2012, Lisa’s husband, Grady Long, South Dakota and Vermont before was offered a teaching position at Page Six leaving television for a career in fundraising eleven years ago. continued on page 3 88.5 FM 88.5 FM Radio you need to know. 88.5 Youngstown 90.1 Ashtabula 97.5 New Wilmington

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Radio you need to know. Program Listings 2014 July/September MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Mid. Mid.

1:00 Jazz 1:00 Midnight - 2 a.m. 2:00 Classical Music 2:00 Midnight - 5 a.m. (Mon. - Fri.) 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. (Sat. - Sun.) 3:00 3:00

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6:00 6:00 Hearts of Space Alternative Radio Morning Edition 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. 7:00 5 a.m. - 9 a.m. 7:00 On the Media On Being 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 8:00 8:00

Weekend Edition Weekend Edition 9:00 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 9:00

10:00 10:00 Car Talk Classical Music with Barbara Krauss 10 a.m - 11 a.m. A Prairie Home 11:00 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Companion 11:00 Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! 10 a.m. - Noon 11 a.m. - Noon Noon Noon TED Radio Hour Car Talk Noon - 1 p.m. Noon - 1 p.m. 1:00 1:00 Fresh Air Weekend Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! Classical Music with 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 2:00 Classical Music with Gary Sexton Peter van De Graaff 2:00 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Travel with Rick Steves Says You! 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 3:00 3:00 Fresh Air Sound Medicine A Way with Words 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 4:00 4:00 Only A Game The Splendid Table 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. 5:00 5:00 All Things Considered Weekend ATC 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. 6:00 6:00 On the Media A Prairie Home Marketplace, 6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. 7:00 Companion 7:00 Looking Out, 7 - 7:30 Fresh Air 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thistle and Shamrock 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Lft, Rgt & Ctr 7:30 - 8 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. 8:00 8:00 Folk Festival with Charles Darling 9:00 9:00 World of Performance Today The Jazz Sofa with The Jazz Sofa with 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Opera Rick Popovich Rick Popovich 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Classical Music, 9:30 - 10 10:00 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 10:00 Harmonia 10 p.m. - 11 p.m. 11:00 11:00 Classical Music Jazz Now’s the Time Classical Music 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight Mid. Mid. All programs are subject to change without notice.

2 Having it All... continued from page 1 THANK YOU! his alma mater – Crestview High School. The couple jumped at the chance to Fund Drive move to the area, as it meant their little ones could grow up next door to their grandparents. Once settled here, Lisa’s job search led her to Youngstown State In April, the goal for the WYSU fund University and The Rich Center for Autism. She served as the Associate Director drive was $115,000. When the last of Development before moving across campus in April to WYSU. pledge came in at the end of the 72- hour drive, the total was $114,271. “Public radio has been a constant in my life since I was a child, the daughter of That is $729 short, but still considered a man who fancied himself the next Garrison Keeler,” Lisa explains. “When we a success! So we want to say a big moved to Ohio from Vermont, where Vermont Public Radio was nothing short THANK YOU to all our members of a religion, one of the first things we did was find the local NPR station. It’s a constant in our cars and in our home.” – those who were new, those who renewed, those who gave additional In her new role as WYSU’s Development Officer, Lisa is responsible for growing gifts, and those who faithfully keep up underwriting and membership support.​ And, when the time comes, she will have with their pledges every single year. We fund drive duties, on air and off! could not do it without you, and we Since moving to the Valley, Lisa has graduated as Class Coordinator wanted you to know, because we are from Leadership Mahoning Valley and was named one of the “25 Under 35” in going to do it again in October! Mark 2014. Lisa is also the New Generations Chair for the Youngstown Rotary. you calendars for October 21 though 24 In her free time Lisa is busy trying to keep up with her extremely energetic kids, for our WYSU Fall Fund Drive. With exploring the Valley, venturing to Cleveland and Pittsburgh often, and searching recent cuts in university support, YOUR for amazing vegetarian food. Oh – and raising little fans of public radio – no support of WYSU is needed more than small thing! ever! Thank you in advance for your pledge!

3 Now’s The Time with Martin Berger, Saturday, 11 pm

7/5 Louis Armstrong. 8/9 Woody Herman. Clarinetist, 9/6 Victor Feldman. British-born Revolutionary trumpeter in the 20s altoist, occasional vocalist, and virtuoso on vibes and piano, mostly and 30s, indefatigable entertainer in mighty bandleader, from the “Band from early recordings. his later years, first of the jazz titans. That Played the Blues” in the 30s to the decades of ever more progressive 9/13 Phil Woods. Classic alto 7/12 Sidney Bechet. Master Herds. virtuoso, with small groups and a clarinetist, first great soloist on recent large-ensemble project. soprano sax. 8/16 Cannonball Adderley. Monumental alto saxophonist, 9/20 Herb Ellis. Solid guitarist in 7/19 Booker Ervin. Texas tenor with demonstrating how to advance the the Charlie Christian idiom, in good a dominating sound and swagger. art and move the masses. company.

7/26 Ken Peplowski. One of the few 8/23 Billy Taylor. Mainstream- 9/27 Johnny Hodges. Glorious sound serious latter-day clarinetists, and a modern pianist, notable for playing on alto, matchless on jump tunes fine tenor saxophonist. well with others. and ballads, with Ellington and other associates. 8/2 Benny Golson. Durable 8/30 Harold Danko. YSU’s first tenorman and composer, with the contribution to the jazz major Jazztet and other groups. leagues, pianist, composer-arranger, educator.

WYSU to Provide More Staff Programming from Public Radio International For WYSU’s night owls, a slight change is We like to look back atFlashbacks ourselves in our pre-WYSU days. This one expected July 1, when the station switches to goes back pretty far! Can you guess which of these adorable Classical 24 from Public Radio International twin girls is a WYSU employee? overnight. Listeners will now benefit from eleven Hint: She is on the left, and she grew up to love bread! hosts who carefully craft each broadcast. Lively, engaging and knowledgeable, they illuminate the music they present with well-researched insightful information, taking care that every program is accessible and stimulating for novices and aficionados alike.

Classical programming on 88.5 WYSU brings listeners some of the most beautiful music in the world. Our classical music programs create the perfect radio companion for lovers of good music – from early morning through the overnight hours. That will continue with Classical 24.

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5 FRANCE LOVE PARIS!

6 Bread Worshipers By Barbara Krauss

During our recent visit most French breads, so the baguettes, bâtards and boules will to France, it was no only stay fresh for a day. LOVE PARIS! surprise to see the Fête There are minimal ingredients in a true French baguette du Pain, the Annual -- flour, water, and salt. Yeast is optional, sometimes French Bread Festival, substituted for a naturally fermented levain made only of happening right outside flour and water. The magic is in the technique. Just take one the great Notre Dame bite into that thin, crisp crust and savor the creamy, wheaty Cathedral in Paris, and I interior, and you suddenly know what all the fuss is about! couldn’t help but think that a more fitting place would have been hard to find. The lines for the Cathedral were long, but As popular as it is, the baguette is not the only sought- longer still to get into the Festival. after prize for bread lovers. In Paris, the most famous of all bakeries is arguably the Poilâne bakery in the Latin Quarter. It’s true that bread consumption has dramatically fallen Lionel Poilâne has used the same recipe for naturally in France in the past few decades, but even so, it’s rare for leavened sourdough bread since his grandfather came to a French person to go a day without bread. A Frenchman the city from Normandy in 1932. Today his huge, crusty, will travel miles for a good loaf of bread and pay any price. dark brown bread (called a mîche) is the standard by which The boulangers, or breadbakers, are held in the highest all other breads are measured. Lines begin to form early esteem -- as all great artists are -- and this reverence is in the morning and don’t let up for most of the day. The taught early. The day I visited the Festival, a large group of appearance of one on a Sunday dinner table elevates the children were there on a field trip. They all wore paper hats meal to special importance. and aprons that read “Boulanger, c’est un metier” -- it is a profession. We amateur bread bakers here in the States try obsessively to imitate the French product, but there is something Probably because bakeries are so ubiquitous, the French very different about French wheat and the way it is grown rarely bake their own bread; they don’t need to. On virtually that makes it virtually impossible for us to come up with every corner of every city, it seems there is a boulangerie, anything more than a reasonable imitation. and the French still buy their bread fresh daily. Yes, the French do love their bread! So if you ever go to France -- and I hope In a country where traffic laws are mildly noticed, there are you do! -- enjoy the strict laws about bread baking -- a baker may not cut into bread while there. the bread any sooner than 20 minutes after taking it from It truly is a national the oven! It is also against the law to put preservatives in treasure!

WYSU HAS A TRAVEL BLOG! Find out more about the WYSU trip to Paris, Provence and the French Riviera on our blog at wysu.org! You will find more entries there as well as more photos. And in the future, look for more posts from WYSU staffers who are traveling this spring and summer. We go places, and we like to share!

7 THE YSU MAD SUMMER FESTIVAL ABOUT THE ARTS OF THE ARTS It has been 20 years IS JULY 12 & 13, and we are still MAD ABOUT THE ARTS! AND YOU ARE NEEDED! Save the date for If you want to volunteer at the WYSU tent, Friday, February 20, 2015, email Tricia Perry at [email protected]. You can also help in other ways by contacting as the Lori Factor at [email protected]. McDonough Museum This festival is fabulous fun no matter of Art and 88.5 WYSU what the job! celebrate the arts at Don’t miss it! Stambaugh Auditorium. Note the new location!

Doing Good Thanks FOR LIKING US! Early in the summer, we asked you to “like” WYSU on Facebook, and you stepped up. We wanted 850 likes, and we now have 1062! A special Join us for Doing Good hosted congratulations to by Gina Marinelli Tuesdays at 6:35 Joyce Richards for being one of our new and 8:35 a.m. on 88.5 WYSU. From council Facebook friends. She meetings to community gardens to the won a WYSU mug! latest news at YSU, this interview program highlights those making a positive difference www.facebook.com/ in the Mahoning Valley. wysufm

8 StoryCorps Collects “Voices of the Valley”

Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected more redevelopment, technology, activism, faith than 40,000 conversations between people and a deep connection to community. The from all backgrounds and beliefs wanting participants were chosen by a committee to share the stories of their lives. It is one of representing eight valley organizations, the largest oral history projects of its kind, including the McDonough and WYSU, and millions listen to weekly StoryCorps a sponsor of the project. With stories in broadcasts on NPR’s Morning Edition. Now mind, the 40-minute conversations were not voices from the Mahoning Valley will be part scripted and were not rehearsed. of the StoryCorps project. You can hear the recorded conversations at This June, the StoryCorps team came the McDonough Museum at to Youngstown at the invitation of the Youngstown State University McDonough Museum of Art Director from now until July 26. Leslie Brothers. Over a five-day period, Call the McDonough at they recorded 30 conversations between 330.941.1400 for more individuals who are transforming the information. Mahoning Valley through entrepreneurship,

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CongratulatesJIM TRESSEL on becoming Youngstown State University’s 9th President. Welcome back to YSU! •9 WYSU STAFF Folk Festival, with Charles Darling April Antell-Tarantine - Announcer/Producer Sunday, 8:00 pm Chris Hartman - Assistant Broadcast Engineer for IT & Operations Barbara Krauss - Announcer/Producer 7/6 Folk Sampler, Part CXVII. 8/24 Extended Sets, Part XLV. Ron Krauss - Broadcast Engineer Includes both music from the 1920s Thirty-minutes each, from zany blues Lisa Long – Development Officer & ‘30s (Carter Family) and the interpreter Catfish Keith, David Luscher - Associate Director st 21 century (Mumford & Sons), plus traditionalist balladeer Hedy West, Tricia Perry - Funding Officer a special tribute to Pete Seeger. and contemporary folk artist John Rick Popovich - Announcer/Producer Flynn. Gary Sexton - Director 7/13 More Troubles. Specific Laurie Wittkugle - Administrative Assistant examples of trouble between men 8/31 Pete Seeger: His Music of and women, criminals and the law, the People, Part I. An encore PROGRAM HOSTS/PRODUCERS plus natural disasters and other presentation celebrating the music of Martin Berger - Now’s the Time assorted troubles. “America’s tuning fork,” Pete Seeger, Sarah Brown-Clark - Looking Out who died January 27, 2014. 7/20 Contemporary Folk, Part LX. Bonnie Burdman - Looking Out Features lesser-known or regional 9/7 Pete Seeger: His Music of the Charles Darling - Folk Festival musicians from the last 25 People, Part II. Last week’s ninety Willie Lofton - Production Assistant years including Youngstown’s own minutes is not enough to honor George McCloud - Looking Out Gail Finnie. Pete. Neither is this, but it will have to David Porter - Looking Out suffice. 7/27 The Grand Ole Opry: Early STUDENT STAFF Years. Judge Hay’s barn dance show 9/14 Folk Sampler, Part CXII. Styles Aamber Hopson - Office Assistant became a country music and variations from folk-rock to Dakesha Jordan - Weekend Announcer legend. Hear DeFord Bailey, Sam & traditional, with Jefferson Daniel Paterson - Weekend Announcer Kirk McGhee, Uncle Dave Macon, Pepper, Gina Forsyth, Glenn Gregory Sili - Music Librarian Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubb, Hank Yarbrough, Kelly Joe Phelps, et al. Rachael Swanson - Music Librarian, Weekend Announcer Williams, etc. 9/ 21 Contemporary Folk, Part LXI. Tyler Tsangaris-Braatz - Office Assistant 8/3 Folk Varieties. Contemporary, Is it a stretch to include Mumford and traditional, blues, bluegrass, folk- Sons, The Lumineers, ADVISORY BOARD rock, kiddy’s, humorous, and Michael Jerling, and Dolly Parton as 2008/2011 2011 seafaring music featured. folk singers? I don’t think so! Fred Alexander Gary Davenport 8/10 Rambling. Robert Johnson’s Ralph Peters Maggie McClendon 9/28 Play it again Sam, Part VIII. Joan Lawson “Rambling on My Mind” inspired the Contrasts two or more versions of the Susan Stewart 2012 wanderlust theme for this same song, including Shelley Odille Stacey Adger program. Stars Woody Guthrie, “Stewball” and “Frankie and Johnny.” LuWayne Annos Stanley Brothers, Tampa Red, New 2009/2012 Judy Barron Christie Minstrels, Bob Dylan, and Lark Dickstein Fr. Bob Bonnot many more. Lynn Griffith Leslie Cusano John Polanski Melinda Crawford Perttu 8/17 Folk Music from A to Z, Part 2010/2013 2013 VI. A brief survey of folk singers Nancy Marsh Matt Alspaugh from O to R, including Tim World of Opera Bill Brennan Brian Corbin O’Brien, Phil Ochs, Charley Patton, Monday, 8:00 pm Gina Schiavone Karen O’Malia-Zauderer Frank Proffitt, Jean Ritchie, and Tom Rebekah Sheeler Russell. World of Opera listings were not available at press time. All programs are subject to change without notice. The newsletter is also available online at

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