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WGLT Program Guide, June-July, 1997 Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData WGLT Program Guides Arts and Sciences Spring 6-1-1997 WGLT Program Guide, June-July, 1997 Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg Recommended Citation Illinois State University, "WGLT Program Guide, June-July, 1997" (1997). WGLT Program Guides. 154. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg/154 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts and Sciences at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in WGLT Program Guides by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WGLT Program Gulde June/July 1997 Up All Night and Lovin' It! GLT Profile: Bob Parlocha, Host of Jazz Overnight by Mike Mccurdy, Program Director You may have already heard the smooth, mellow voice overnights on GL T, Sunday through Thursday. It belongs to What's GL T have in common with the police department? none other than Bob Parlocha, host of the newest addition to GL T's already strong jazz lineup. Well, besides working with outlaws (like Laura Kennedy) and talking on radios - we're now on the job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Bob brings 15 years of broadcast experience to the GLT airwaves and is an institution in the San Francisco Bay Area jazz scene . For years we've heard things like "Gee, I wish you were on all night" or "Do you really have to He was the long time programmer and host of the highly rated sign off at 1: 00 AM?" The answer is no, we didn't have to, but until just recently we had no way "Dinner Jazz" on the former KJAZ in San Francisco, produced a to provide the high quality programming you deserve at an affordable cost. number of specials showcasing Bay Area jazz talent and is a frequent emcee for area jazz festivals. He has also produced a number of albums for artists. Beginning overnights on March 31 , WGL T joined the WFMT Jazz Satellite Network with Bob Parlocha. GL T is one of about 50 stations airing Bob and his expansive library of new and classic Bob was born and raised in Vallejo, California. "I learned about jazz from my mother's jazz. This is a brand new service and GLT was one of the first stations to jump aboard Basie and Ellington records," said Bob. "I also grew up listening to the jazz radio because we recognized what a wonderful opportunity this provided to you . You can hear JAZZ broadcasting legends of the time." While in school in Vallejo, Bob began playing jazz WITH BOB PARLOCHA, overnights Sunday through Thursday (that's 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM) . on the tenor and soprano saxophones and flute , and he also sang in some road bands . Bob continues to play the sax in some Bay Area jazz clubs . When he's not recording Friday and Saturday overnights is a slightly different story. Since October, GL T has been airing segments for GL T's overnight jazz service , he can be found in the kitchen improvising BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE , hosted and produced by Steve Cushing . Steve focuses on rare dishes to satisfy his gourmet cooking hobby. archival recordings from the Mississippi Delta to the streets of Chicago. BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE means GLT is able to roll with nearly non-stop blues Friday Meet Steve Cushing, Host of Blues Before Sunrise night and all day Saturday. Steve Cushing began his love affair with the blues through the back door. So, what's GL T have in common with Denny's and Steak and Shake? "I grew up during the British Invasion and listened to stuff like the Rolling Stones. I Well , besides lots of coffee and stains on our uniforms - we're thought of blues as just another form of rock and roll ," Steve told GL T's Mike Mccurdy. open all night long and cookin '. "Then I heard Elmore James played at a book store I was in at the time . I think I was guided by fate because when I went looking for Elmore James records , I found my first three for just a dollar." Reading the liner notes and seeing who played on those albums led to later purchases and Steve's life long passion for the blues. Steve has been bouncing around Chicagoland radio - and the Windy City blues scene - for more than 20 years . He hosted his first blues show from 1972 to 1975 while taking broadcasting classes at Columbia College. He hosted another blues show at WRRG at Triton College in River Grove from '77 to 1980. It was then that he moved to WBEZ and began producing BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE. He now produces the show independently from his home. GLT Staff Profile: Willis Kern, News Director having real, frank discussions with them . Also, just producing, writing and reporting a piece that's well done and I feel good about doing. With Mike McCurdy's promotion to program director, GL Twas LK: What story have you covered that's made the greatest impact on you? temporarily left without a news director. Now our own Willis Kern WK: The education issues that I've covered in Bloomington/Normal because my sons has stepped into that role, fresh from winning his fifth Associated are in school here and that has a great impact on me. Press Award since 1993 - this time in the category of "best newscast." LK: Is it difficult for you to be impartial on a story like that where your personal feelings are invested? A native of Bloomington, Willis studied at the Brown Institute of WK: No. If I have a strong personal feeling on something, I go out of my way to put Broadcasting in Minnesota and received a Bachelor's degree in those feelings aside and concentrate on where the other side is coming from. communication from Illinois State University in 1980. After working for many years at WJBC , Willis came to GL T in '93 as our assistant news LK: What is the philosophy of the GL T news room? It's more than 'I report, therefore I director. As of this interview, he'd been the top man in the GL T newsroom for about a am.' How do you approach stories? month . Here's your chance to get to know the man behind the mic-- what story has WK: We have to keep in mind our core listening audience and what issues are most affected him, what his news philosophy is and how his sense of humor helps him important to those people, such as health care, education and welfare reform. Those cope with a tough job .. seem to be the top issues at the moment. We need to try and cover those issues as much as possible, looking at both sides and at events which occur in conjunction with Laura Kennedy: Why did you decide to go into news? these issues. Willis Kern: I always had an interest in news. Like most people who go into news, there's this need to know first what's happening and letting everybody else know . And LK: The news media is getting bashed so much these days. Why do you think this so? hopefully someday in this job, I'll be able to accomplish that. (laughter) WK: It's becoming so much more of a cutthroat operation. There's just so much competition, so many choices where people can get their news - radio, cable, LK: So it's that "scoop" mentality? satellite, the internet - I think that's what's driven this highly competitive activity and WK: Plus I always felt that the people who were on the radio or TV doing news knew that's why you see people pushing the envelope on ethics. I believe that's the cause of everything. I mean, sure, there were presidents and congressmen and professors, but all the bashing. the people who were doing the news knew it all because they were talking about everything, so they must know it all. LK: GL Tis located at an educational institution - ISU is our license holder. How does GL T take advantage of this in terms of student employment and mentoring? LK: Did it devastate you to find out that wasn't true? Or, is it true? WK: Obviously, being a product of the Communication Department here at ISU , I know WK: Well, one of the things Helen Thomas ( the UPI White House correspondent) told the high quality of students that they produce. We want the upper echelon of that me when I interviewed her was : her job was not to know everything about a few things, department in our operation , to help give them real world and practical experience to but to know a little bit about everything. That's the way I look at the job. add to the knowledge they've gained in the classroom. Greg Watson, our ALL THINGS CONSIDERED host, is a student and a good example of how this relationship benefits LK: What's the toughest part of your job? not only the student and GL T, but the audience as well, as they get to hear a young WK: It's juggling all ttie responsibilities that I have as news director and also being a talent at work. reporter. So there's the administrative duties to be balanced with news reporting duties. LK: What's the most exciting part of your job? WK: I would say it's talking with people who are news makers, interviewing them and Photo Credit: Todd Phillips, Bloomington Camera Craft Acousticity's Rice, Rice, Hill, and Pedersen - "Out of the Woodwork" (Rounder) Bruce Bergethon suggests you check out these outstanding folk/bluegrass/Celtic/etc.
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