Cornerstone Society - Gold and Platinum Level Contributions of $1,000 or More www.wrvo.org NON-PROFIT ORG. PLATINUM LEVEL Daniel F. Chambliss and Susan Morgan Michael Meguid, MD, and Deborah US POSTAGE PAID Listen! Bob Burtch Edward and Paula Conan Spadaro OSWEGO, NY 13126 WRVO-FM 89.9, WRVN-FM 91.9, WRVJ-FM 91.7, WRVD-FM 90.3 - CELEBRATING 42 YEARS Wayne and Mary Chauncey John and Mary Druke Jason and Jennifer Meyers PERMIT #317 Vincent Ciccarino and Sylvia Matousek Tim and Nickcole Evans Jeff Morris & Laurie Richer 7060 State Route 104 Gearing Up for the Fall On Air Fundraiser: WRVO to Raise $195,000 Andrew Cohen John and Diane Ferry Eric and Judy Mower Oswego, New York 13126-3599 Tina Dabrowiak Barbara FitzGibbon Lee M. Murray Your 24 Hour Source for NPR News Russell Dombrow Vincent Guarneiri Jerrold O’Brien The WRVO on-air fall fundraiser, scheduled for October 15 - 22, is ready to Robert Hanson Richard and Katrina Hanna Seth and Laurie Ovadia launch, and the excitement is building. The fundraiser provides an opportunity Richard Mather Fund and Stephen Chase, Michael Hattala Lisa Parlato & Clark Brown for current and lapsed WRVO members to renew, and for first-time donors to Trustee Lee and Nancy Herrington Ralph and Mary Lou Penner learn about the many benefits of membership. This event is also a critical source Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Joyce D. Homan Sharon and Christopher Pernisi of program funding. WRVO network programming will cost nearly $500,000 this Foundation Gary and Chris Johnson William and Rosemary Pooler Jeffrey G. Smith and Leslie J. Kohman Molly G. King David and Nancy Prince year, all of which must be generated from membership support. The fall fundraiser An Anonymous Donor from Syracuse Richard and Barbara Knaul Brian Rau goal is $195,000, and with your help we can reach it. David Kolb Sabra and Bill Reichardt Please renew your membership and consider making an additional pledge of sup- GOLD LEVEL Robert Laberge Andrew Rotter port for WRVO. It is through contributions from listeners like you that WRVO is Damian G. Allis Michelle Leombrone Bruce and Lenora Schuchert able to provide high-quality programming Please join us for the on-air fundraiser. Michael & Michele Ameigh Julia Loughlin Mansukh J. Shah Matt Seubert on the Air Guthrie and Louise Birkhead John F. Mannion & Honorable Stephanie Nancy Shaheen and Kirk Evans Charles Blitman Miner Jary and Julie Shimer BBC Commentator and Journalist Fergus Nicoll to Moderate WRVO Community Forum John and Elet Callahan Gerri McCarthy David and Claudia St. John Cornerstone Members make WRVO’s mission possible by providing the highest level of support. Comprising BBC commentator Fergus Nicoll, London-based contributor to the most listened to daily program on the BBC World Service, The World Today, will be WRVO's guest for a series of nearly 200 members, these leadership donors make annual gifts of $500 or more to WRVO and receive several Fall 2011 Newsletter special benefits. The above list reflects donors who contribute at the Gold and Platinum Cornerstone levels- events to be held in Oswego and Syracuse October 10-12. Mr. Nicoll will serve as moderator WRVO will publish the full list of Cornerstone members in an expanded WRVO Annual report. for a WRVO Community Forum titled 'Culture Under Siege in Pakistan,' being held in conjunction with a week-long exploration of Islamic art and culture at SUNY Oswego. The Linda Wertheimer, NPR Correspondent and Host, Speaks at WRVO Events forum is open to the public and will be held Monday, October 10th, at 7PM at City Hall Get Your free WRVO App - Take WRVO Everywhere You Want to Go! Commons in downtown Syracuse. The forum will include a musical performance in the NPR 'Founding Mother' and Senior Islamic Sufi tradition. WRVO was awarded a grant from Public Radio International (PRI) National Correspondent Linda This is an exciting time for those of you who want to take WRVO to cover Mr. Nicoll's visit. PRI distributes BBC World Service programs in the United States Wertheimer addressed WRVO with you beyond the reach of our eight FM broadcast transmitters. that air on WRVO-1 and WRVO-3. The panel will include Dr. Asma Barlas, Professor and Fergus Nicoll Cornerstone Society members at We recently launched an online player that gives you the option Director, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity at Ithaca College; Mara Ahmed, Phoebe's Restaurant in Syracuse June of listening to any one of our three live program streams on your a Pakistani-born independent filmmaker whose documentaries have been acclaimed worldwide; and Ustad Tari 16th. Long-time WRVO listeners smartphone or iPad. In addition to live streams you can select Khan, a performer of Qawwali, a traditional form of Islamic song found in India and Pakistan. A performance by will recall Linda's familiar voice from various programs on demand. In other words, if you missed an Tari Khan and ensemble will follow the panel discussion which is free and open to the public. All Things Considered, a program she episode of your favorite program, now you can bookmark the hosted for many years and for which program, then navigate to the program website to download past WRVO Public Media, Syracuse Opera take to the Road in Support of Young Artists Series she served as executive producer when episodes at your convenience. The player is also accessible at our it first appeared. More recently she website by selecting the ‘Listen Now’ button at the upper left of our WRVO and Syracuse Opera have collaborated has served as fill-in host on bothAll WRVO.org web page. For more information, contact Jeff Windsor at [email protected], or call Jeff at 315-312-3690. on a novel outreach effort to bring opera Linda Wertheimer addresses Cornerstone members at Phoebe’s Restaurant. back into historic opera houses in the WRVO Things Considered and Morning Edition. Speaking to more than Underwriters Benefit from WRVO Radio Network’s Extensive Upstate Coverage coverage area, and to give up-and-coming 350 NPR fans at Hendrick's Chapel Linda described critical singers the opportunity to perform before challenges faced by NPR as it evolved from a loose network of While many WRVO listeners think of our service as one radio station broadcasting from Oswego, in fact our signal is the Syracuse Opera season gets underway public radio stations in the 1970s into the most listened to radio broadcast over a network of eight transmitters serving more than 15 counties in central and northern New York. The in October. Performances of 9 Operas in 90 network in the U.S. today. service reaches a weekly audience of close to 100,000 listeners. And, two additional stations carry our signal much of the Minutes, a review of popular opera songs and WRVO Public Media carries a daily schedule of NPR programs time; WRCU, licensed to Colgate University, and WSUC at SUNY Cortland. WRVO transmitters are located in Oswego, scenes, were given at the Clayton Opera House, including Morning Edition, The Diane Rehm Show, Fresh Air Syracuse, Utica, Watertown, Hamilton, Norwich, and Geneva. Ratings agencies consistently rank WRVO’s network among the Earlville Opera House, the Smith Opera with Terry Gross, Tell Me More, Talk of the Nation, and All the most popular radio services in the upstate region, particularly among educated, engaged members of the communities House in Geneva, N.Y. (now the Smith Center Young artists performing on stage at Clayton Opera House, Clayton, N.Y. Things Considered. NPR News is heard at the top of each hour we serve. The WRVO Underwriting Department is available to meet with representatives of your organization to discuss for the Performing Arts), and auditoriums and every 30 minutes during Morning Edition and All Things opportunities that result from having your company or organization’s message associated with WRVO’s distinctive format. at Oneida High School and Utica College. Syracuse Opera's distinguished Young Artist Series provides excellent Peter Black and Marcia James with Ms. Wertheimer Considered. Contact Matt Seubert, Director of Development and Underwriting, for more information toll free at 800-341-3690. training for rising opera stars. WRVO is proud to partner with Syracuse Opera on this exciting project. Pardon Our Dust: WRVO Public Media, Under Construction WRVO Discovery Takes to the Road Summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Well, maybe for Porgy and Bess, but not for WRVO staff. A major renovation WRVO's list of summer projects included the launch of of technical systems that has been underway since early this year really got rolling over the summer. We replaced the WRVO Discovery Tour, a periodic series of excursions 35-year-old guy wires on our main tower at Oswego and installed new systems for downloading and streaming to exciting destinations around the region. On July 19th programs, managing membership data and organizing news content. And, we updated our website to provide more than 50 opera fans boarded the first WRVO discovery a higher degree of interactivity and functionality. Many of these changes required hours of staff planning and tour to the Glimmerglass Festival near Cooperstown for training. Our goal is to bring all our technical systems up to industry standards before the end of the year. a stunning performance of Bizet's famous opera Carmen. The trip included a backstage tour, private preview, catered You will notice we have adopted the name WRVO Public Media. While our network of broadcast stations lunch, and seats at the matinee performance. A second Discovery Tour backstage at Glimmerglass Opera continues to be our primary means of distributing programs, many WRVO members listen on digital devices - sold-out tour to Glimmerglass Festival August 15th enjoyed iPhone and Android smartphones, iPads, as well as desktop and portable computers. In fact, two of our program the classic Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun starring Deborah Voigt. A third excursion, to the Munson streams, WRVO-2: Public Radio Remix and WRVO-3: WRVO International, are only available online and on Williams Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, included a private tour of 'Wedded Perfection,' a widely acclaimed mobile Wi-Fi devices (WRVO-2 is available on broadcast HD channels in the Oswego and Syracuse areas). traveling exhibit featuring 200 years of wedding gowns from the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum. Our updated name reflects the reality that many listeners are shifting to new ways of receiving our signal. There is an emerging generation of media consumers that rarely if ever listens to conventional radio. Because WRVO Thinking of an Ocean Cruise in 2012? Consider WRVO’s 7-day Fall Cruise to Canada Public Media is committed to serving listeners wherever they may be, we will continue to diversify our platforms. Planning is underway for the first-ever WRVO seven-day Autumn cruise scheduled for September 8-14, 2012. Passengers will board the elegant I am delighted to report that WRVO recently partnered with Syracuse Opera to bring four extraordinary artists Caribbean Princess in New York, sail to Halifax, Nova Scotia, then stop at to the far reaches of our coverage area for live performances. Standing ovations and shouts of ‘Bravo!’ punctuated St. Johns, Bar Harbor, Boston, and Newport on the return to New York. performances at the Clayton Opera House, Earlville Opera House, Smith Opera House in Geneva, and in Oneida Passengers will have and Utica. Thanks to those of you who came by. I very much enjoyed meeting you and hearing your comments the option of roundtrip Live on-board entertainment about WRVO. WRVO Public Media partners with many arts organizations in an ongoing campaign to get the transportation by tour bus word outWRVO-1 that our region is home to many cultural andWeekdays artistic treasures. Let’s all support them. Saturday Sunday from Syracuse. This is a great opportunity to get connected Early Morning BBC World Service Early Morning with WRVO. We’re planning on-board lectures and other And, please5:00 note AM that Fergus Nicoll, distinguished international journalist and commentator on TheThe StateWorld We're In The Changing World 5:00 AM events of particular interest to fans of NPR and other public WRVO Cited for Excellence by New York State Broadcasters Today, the most listened to program on the BBC World Service, will be our guest October 10th as moderator of 6:00 AM Marketplace Money Inside Europe 6:00 AM radio programming. The New York State Broadcasters Association recently honored WRVO for two a WRVO Community Forum at City Hall Commons in downtown Syracuse. Listener feedback indicates BBC 7:00 AM Morning Edition Only A Game Prime Time Radio 7:00 AM The WRVO Fall cruise, like the Discovery Tour series, is a outstanding public affairs programs aired during 2010. One, a Community Forum on World Service broadcasts are increasingly popular with you, our listeners, and we are grateful to Public Radio fundraiser for WRVO technology support. As we indicated the science of hydrofracking recorded at the SUNY Oswego Metro Center in Syracuse International8:00 (PRI) AM for funding Mr. Nicoll’s visit. The forum is being held in conjunction withCaravanserai, a 8:00 AM One of four pools aboard the Caribbean Princess Weekend Edition in the last newsletter, recent federal budget legislation in in 2010, won in the category ‘Outstanding Public Affairs Program or Series.’ The second week-long 9:00series AM of events at SUNY Oswego featuring performances and lectures on Islamic art and culture. Weekend Edition 9:00 AM Congress eliminated the long-time Public Telecommunications Facilities Program (PTFP) that has provided award was for a feature story on the health risks of eating too many fish. That story won 10:00 AM Car Talk 10:00 AM The Diane Rehm Show matching funds for transmitter maintenance and upgrades for most public broadcast stations for many years. in the category ‘Outstanding Feature Story.’ The awards were presented to WRVO Public Finally, I want11:00 to AM thank you for your ongoing financial support. We are here because you makeWait that Wait possible. Don't Tell Me Studio 360 11:00 AM A portion of the all-inclusive per person cabin fee will be a tax deductible donation to the WRVO technology Media General Manager Michael Ameigh by NBC News anchor Brian Williams during Please renew12:00 your PM pledge this month and help strengthen Fresh this Air critically importantWeekly serviceEdition to the UpstateSays New You 12:00 PM fund. Mark your calendar now for September 8-14, 2012, and watch WRVO.org for more details. A Prairie Home Companion the annual NYSBA meeting in Lake George, N.Y. June 27th. York region.1:00 PM Tell Me More This American Life 1:00 PM These honors capped an extraordinary year in which WRVO received a total of nearly 2:00 PM - Michael S. Ameigh, General Manager, WRVO PublicSnap-Judgment Media Splendid Table 2:00 PM 30 awards from the Syracuse Press Club and the Associated Press of New York State. Talk of the Nation Can’t Afford to Become a WRVO Member? 3:00 PM On The Media Wait Wait Don't Tell Me 3:00 PM NBC’s Brian Williams Particularly notable is the Steve Flanders Award, a tribute to the radio station in New Renew your membership or make an additional contribution today. Consider becoming a volunteer with the WRVO stations. congratulates WRVO GM 4:00 PM Weekly Edition Public Radio Presents 4:00 PM If you want to support the quality NPR programs on Michael Ameigh York State that received the most first place awards for news and public affairs coverage. Name ______5:00 PM All Things ConsideredComplete this coupon and mail it with your tax All Things Considered 5:00 PM WRVO, but can’t quite afford a monetary donation, deductible contribution to: SUNY Oswego Summer Scholars Make a Positive Difference at WRVO Address______6:00 PM Sound Medicine 6:00 PM consider donating some of your valuable time by Amount of contribution: $ ______WRVO, 7060 State Route 104, Oswego,A Prairie Home NY 13126 Companion Planetary Radio 7:00 PM volunteering with WRVO. WRVO is seeking volunteers Two SUNY Oswego students spent the summer working City ______State_____7:00 PM _Zip______As It Happens to answer phones during our upcoming Fall fundraising with WRVO staff to advance new initiatives. Adam Wolfe Bioneers 7:30 PM campaign. You’ll provide an important service and and Leah Landry were awarded summer-long stipends Phone ______8:00 PM The Capitol Pressroom Selected Shorts Earth Beat 8:00 PM meet fellow listeners and the WRVO staff. We provide by the SUNY Oswego Summer Scholars Program. Adam Make yourLate checkEvening payableSelected to: WRVOShorts Tuned To Yesterday Late Evening beverages and snacks to volunteers during our drives. worked with New York Sea Grant staff to prepare environ- Charge my: ____Mastercard ____VISA ____American Express Amount ____Discover $ ______The Fall fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday October 15, mental reports. Leah worked to promote WRVO's new 2011 through Saturday, October 22, 2011. Many shifts are smartphone and iPad apps that allow access to WRVO pro- WRVO-2 WRVO-REMIX WRVO-3 WRVO-International Card Number______REMIX Radio is an experimental radio Listen for around the clock coverage available during the weekday and on the weekend. Please gram streams from anywhere Internet and mobile Wi-Fi stream hosted by the Public Radio G1011 of world events with WRVO- contact Bonnie Prime at 1-800-341-3690 if you want are available. Adam and Leah presented posters describing SUNY Oswego students Adam Wolfe and Leah Landry Signature______Expiration Date ______Exchange to showcase and develop new Clip & send International. Featuring programs more information about volunteering. their accomplishments during a summer scholars event on the SUNY Oswego campus September 9th. Ameigh to Lead WRVOapproaches Stations, to public radioWRVO.fm formats and Website primarily from the BBC World Service sounds. Listen for a remix of the best including Newshour, The World public radio stories, amazing podcasts, Today, and World Have Your Say, cool ideas, fascinating interviews, found augmented by addional international tape and intriguing sounds. programming from Deutsche-Wella Radio, Radio Netherlands, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.