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WRVO Newsletter 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.
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