WAMC Program Guide October 2012 - Volume 18 Issue 10 Here Comes the Fund Drive!
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WAMC Program Guide October 2012 - Volume 18 Issue 10 Here comes the Fund Drive! A Life or Death Proposition October Programming Notes Alan S. Chartock Katie Britton WAMC President and C.E.O. Director of WAMC News/Programming The fund drive is upon us and not a moment too Happy Autumn, WAMC Land! soon. If only everyone who listens to this marvelous station put something into the pot, we would be This is my favorite time of year. As the days grow whole. Each morning, I will do my best to make the cooler, the northeast offers us its bounty of apples argument that if you listen and contribute, you and pumpkins and the wee ones run rampant, high should do something and the drive would be over. on sugar and special treats. We really could do it on the first day. When we raised money for the New Orleans people who got By now you know we are in our fall fund drive, hit by Hurricane Katrina, we made over a half a which began October 1st. Now there are some million dollars in just a few hours so we know that special goings on during the drive, the Presidential we could do most of it in a day. People love the fund and Vice Presidential debates. The first debate is drives. More people listen during fund drives than at on Wednesday Oct. 3rd and from 9PM – 11PM any other time. It’s the ultimate community building we’ll have special coverage from NPR. We will event. It kills me when someone writes or calls and be bringing you the entire debate with a half-hour says that they won’t give until we shorten the fund analysis directly following it. President Obama drives. and Governor Romney will be tackling domestic policy in the first debate. The only Vice I was exhausted for weeks after the last drive, but I Presidential debate will be the following Thursday, really do love hearing from all of you and seeing the October 11th also from 9PM – 11PM and VP community that is WAMC come together. People Biden and Congressman Ryan with debate foreign always stop me and ask what they can do to help. and domestic policy. The following two weeks Well, here are just a few ideas. If you know will bring us back to the Presidential candidates. Tuesday, October 16th will be in the form of a Continued on page 2 town meeting, and the final debate on Monday, October 22nd will focus on foreign policy. I N S I D E T H I S I SSUE If you’re feeling a little inundated with politics, do not fear. We have a lot of other fabulous 2 Underwriter Spotlight programming to tantalize your ears. To make sure you get your Moth Radio Hour fix, we’ll be 4 WAMC Program Schedule at a Glance postponing the episode that usually airs the first 5 Program Descriptions / Times Friday of the month to Friday, Oct 12th. (So let’s get this Fund Drive done ASAP to make sure we 8 Events Calendar can hear it!!) The following Friday at 1PM we’ll have an encore presentation of Paul Simon: 24 WAMC HD2 Program Schedule at a Glance Songwriter. We had so many requests to hear it continued on page 3 WAMC Program Guide 1 Chartock continued from page 1 Underwriter Spotlight someone who listens and thinks that the station is an important part of their life and who may have some One Roof Holistic Center – Saratoga extra money, it would be great if you could ask them to Springs, NY make a challenge. Everyone who has ever heard a drive knows that challenges excite people. If someone calls Offering several mindfulness practice up and says “I’ll give you a thousand dollars if you can programs for adults and adolescents make five thousand in a half an hour,” the skies open who experience stress, information up. Maybe it’s the ultimate game show. Maybe it’s an overload, conditioned and habitual athletic event, but whatever it is, it works. So, if you thinking, emotional distress and lack really want to take some of the load, and if you really of balance. love the station, it would be great if you could make www.oneroofsaratoga.com/ some calls and encourage people to do whatever they can. Ditto, if you could call your friends and remind Delmar Place Assisted Living them how important this radio station is in their lives. Residence – Delmar, NY You could invoke your geography and call up and say, From the moment you arrive you “This is from Jean from Olive Bridge. Where are you, know this place is different. all you Olive Bridgeans?” Somehow that seems to Impeccably maintained estate work, too. If you are a teacher and use what you hear grounds begin your welcome home. on WAMC in your classroom, give us a call and stick www.delmarplace.com up for teachers who have been so maligned. If your life has been changed by one Vox Pop or Medical Monday, MKC Kitchen and Bath Center – you’ll want to put something in. You know that we’ve Troy, NY been there for you and I know that you’ll be there to keep this precious resource going. In the end, this is a With over 25 years of experience, community of like minded people who value MKC Kitchen and Bath Center is excellence. dedicated to providing our clients with beautiful kitchen and bath We have an election coming. The Republicans in designs to suit any budget. Congress have been trying to shut down the public www.mkckitchens.com money for public radio. Sooner or later, they will win. It’s really not that much (about 10%) but it will be New York State Bar Association tough to do without. As it is now, a few people will Lawyer Referral Service – Albany, own most of the newspapers and radio stations in this NY country. You can see this is a life or death proposition. If you have a legal problem, it can be The quest for a station that will call it down the middle continues. You’ll hear a lot of Democrats and a lot of hard to navigate the system alone. Republicans in their own words. You’ll hear The New York State Bar Association investigative stories and stories that will make you cry. Lawyer Referral Service can help Just try asking yourself what your life would be like connect you with a private attorney without WAMC and then join in the effort. in your area to guide you through the process. www.nysba.org/lr I am asking for your help. We can’t do it without you and I mean you. Thanks for anything you can do. I love and trust you. – Alan Find out more… st www.wamc.org/topic/spotlight- WAMC Fall Fund Drive begins at 6am on October 1 wamc-underwriters Make your pledge at 1-800-323-9262 – or make a secure online pledge at www.wamc.org THANK YOU! WAMC Program Guide 2 Programming notes continued from page 1 WAMC-FM broadcasts 365 days a year to again after the first airing on Labor Day, we just eastern New York and western New had to oblige. Then on the final Friday of the England on 90.3 MHz. Our studios and month, Oct. 26th, we’ll air the well-received offices are in Albany, NY. Playing on Air. The WAMC transmitter is located atop Until next month my friends, Mount Greylock in Adams, MA. The Katie WAMC-AM transmitter is located in Albany, NY. WAMK’s transmitter is Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate located on Overlook Mountain, Woodstock, Broadcast Schedule NY. Technical updates about our transmitters Join WAMC for NPR’s live debate coverage in can be found at October. The debate schedule includes three www.wamc.org/engineering.html presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. Each debate will begin at 9pm and WAMC transmits on these frequencies: will last ninety minutes. The final half hour of WAMC-FM 90.3 - Albany, NY each broadcast will include analysis from WCAN-FM 93.3 - Canajoharie, NY NPR Senior Washington editor Ron Elving, WAMQ-FM 105.1 - Great Barrington, MA political analysts E.J. Dionne and Matt WAMK-FM 90.9 - Kingston, NY Continetti, and several NPR policy reporters WOSR-FM 91.7 - Middletown, NY WWES-FM 88.9 – Mount Kisco, NY WCEL-FM 91.9 - Plattsburgh, NY Wednesday, October 3, 9pm-11pm WRUN-FM 90.3 - Remsen, NY Presidential Debate #1 (domestic policy) WANZ 90.1 FM - Stamford, NY University of Denver, Denver, CO WANC-FM 103.9 - Ticonderoga, NY Moderator: Jim Lehrer, producer and host of WAMC-AM 1400 - Albany, NY Moyers and Company W204CJ, 88.7 - Lake Placid, NY W215BG, 90.9 - Milford PA W226AC 93.1 - Rensselaer-Troy, NY Thursday, October 11, 9pm-11pm W243BZ, 96.5 - Ellenville NY Vice Presidential Debate W246BJ 97.1 - Hudson, NY Centre College, Danville, KY W247BM, 97.3 – Cooperstown, NY Moderator: Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign W257BL, 99.3 - Oneonta NY Affairs Correspondent, ABC News W271BF, 102.1 - Highland NY W280DJ, 103.9 - Beacon NY Tuesday, October 16, 9pm-11pm W292DX, 106.3 - Middletown NY Presidential Debate #2 (town meeting) W296BD, 107.1 - Warwick NY Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY W299AG 107.7 - Newburgh, NY Moderator: Candy Crowley, Chief Political Correspondent, CNN Street mail: WAMC Monday, October 22, 9pm-11pm Box 66600 Presidential Debate #3 (foreign policy) Albany, NY 12206-6600 Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL Phone: 1-800-323-9262 Moderator: Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent CBS News and Moderator of Face the Nation.