Visible Radio Is All Memphis Music, All the Time
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Public Records & Notices View a complete day’s public records and notices at memphisdailynews.com. www.chandlerreports.com Wednesday, December 5, 2018 MemphisDailyNews.com Vol. 133 | No. 229 Rack–50¢/Delivery–39¢ Barzizza contests Germantown mayor’s race results BILL DRIES Election Commission approved It alleges Barzizza was the of Germantown.” election commission received 40 Special to The Daily News last week. “rightful winner” of the race on In the complaint, Barzizza provisional ballots in the German- Germantown alderman John Attorney R. Christopher Gil- the ballot “and that but for errors claims the election commission town municipal elections but that Barzizza is contesting the results reath filed the complaint against on the part of Defendant Shelby received 543 absentee ballots in only 37 were part of the certified of the Germantown mayoral race the election commission and Shel- County Election Commission dur- the Germantown municipal elec- vote count. he lost to incumbent Mike Palaz- by County elections administrator ing that election … Plaintiff would tions but only counted mayoral That makes a total of 70 ballots zolo by 120 votes in the certified Linda Phillips in Chancery Court have been certified the winner of votes on 476 of those ballots. election results the Shelby County Monday afternoon. the election for mayor of the city The lawsuit also alleges the BARZIZZA CONTINUED ON P3 And on Dec. 1, 2017, WVZM 100.3 FM went on the air. The signal covers Downtown, Midtown Visible Radio is all Memphis and areas inside the Interstate 240 loop and runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For those not within range, the station can be accessed online. Launched in 2000 in Memphis, Visible Music music, all the time College offers bachelor’s degree programs in music business, music production and music performance for students interested in the music industry and ministry, as well as a Master of Arts in leadership. The radio station has an all-volunteer staff. Rick Tarrant, voice-over actor, producer and owner of Rick Tarrant Productions, serves as the program- ming director. Isaac Harper serves as production assistant. (Harper also works in an administrative role at the college.) Two Visible students help the station with recording, production and other tasks; the station plans to add more students in the future. Visible Radio plays music from its students and their bands, but it also plays other music from Mem- phians or music that was written and created here. In recent days, listeners heard songs from How- lin’ Wolf, Julien Baker, The Staple Singers, Drew Holcomb, North Mississippi Allstars, Amy LaVere, Don Bryant and Justin Timberlake. “I’m constantly looking up who’s playing on the station and it’s my station,” Steorts said with a laugh. In addition to highlighting historical Memphis music from Sun Studio, Stax Records and Royal Studios, Tarrant said the station wants to highlight the Memphis music creators of today. “And then there’s the future generation, like Evvie McKinney, who won that FOX competition earlier this year, or Reagan Strange who’s currently knocking it out of the park on NBC’s ‘The Voice,’” Tarrant said. “So, I just think there’s such a wealth Sheila Whalum (right), who hosts a radio show on WVZM called “LOVETalk,” shares a memory with Issac Harper, who also works of talent and opportunity. We don’t need to focus at the Visible Music College’s small radio station. (Jim Weber/Special to The Daily News) on any other city’s music. We’ve got plenty to keep us busy right here.” ELLE PERRY FM, is not a secret exactly. It is just that Visible has not done The station is not just music. Special to The Daily News It is even award-winning, having any real promotion for it. Shelia Whalum hosts a relationship advice Visible Music College president Ken received two gold American Advertis- Visible started an online station in show, “LOVETalk,” which airs Wednesdays at noon. Steorts has joked that the institution for ing Federation Memphis Awards (AD- 2005. In 2013, the college began working Whalum serves on the college’s board of trustees. higher learning has a secret FM radio DYs) for its historical programming in to get a noncommercial, low-powered station. The station, on the dial at 100.3 January. FM radio license. 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She’s adopted the No Kill Equation, Enter Roni Rogers with All Heart Ani- which espouses 10 practices that include mal Rescue, who has a soft spot for chows. being involved with rescue groups, low- She headed to Elwood’s. cost spay and neuter, public relations that “I tried the traditional ways of getting include social media and having a compas- him like trapping him, but nothing worked. sionate shelter director. He was too well fed for him to enter a trap “We send out daily lists of animals avail- for food. We tried some other things but able to rescue groups, and we really push nothing worked,” she said. dogs we consider need urgent release,” she So she took an unusual step for a said. rescuer. But it’s the staff that makes all the “Eventually I called Memphis Animal difference. Services and said please come get him. “I am involved in every interview we Don’t put him down, because I’ll be right conduct here,” Pugh said. “I’m really, really there to get him. Everyone freaked out that focused on having people who are passion- I called them and I wouldn’t have done it ate and mission-driven working here.” a few years ago, but they operate a whole A former television news reporter, Pugh different way now than they used to,” Rog- worked for Mid-South Spay and Neuter and ers said. the Memphis and Shelby County Humane MAS director Alexis Pugh has been on Society before going to MAS. Tim Bednarski, owner of Elwood’s Shack, recently took in the notorious stray dog that had the job three years and she acted on it as “As hard and as emotionally draining as been hanging around his restaurant for several years. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily News) soon as Rogers called her. the work can be, there’s never been a day I “Everyone was worried that people with didn’t feel like I was helping another living good intentions were going to get him hurt,” creature,” she said. Pugh said. “We have certain officers that Elwood is just one of many, but he’s one are really amazing dog catchers. They’ve living the life now. Bednarski has three been here a long time and they’re awesome, other dogs and Elwood has adapted to the so I went to Darrell Hudson. domestic life. “He went out that very day and that “He and the two youngest ones are was all there was to it. He gave him some BFFs,” he said. “At first he was a little stand- cat food and said ‘Now you get over here,’ offish and stayed a little to himself, but he and he got a leash on him and put him in quickly started playing with them and now the truck. These guys just have a way with he sleeps next to them too.” dogs.” The only problem has been getting him The next day, Rogers showed up to used to dog food after a diet of Elwood’s claim him for her rescue group, but Bed- Shack. narski was already there. “When he was on the streets, people “When I walked in and saw him there, would bring dry food to the restaurant, I was so happy,” Rogers said. “It was like it but he would turn his nose up at it and couldn’t have ended any better way.” wouldn’t eat it unless we put debris gravy Elwood, which is obviously the dog’s on it,” he said. new name, isn’t the only success story MAS But he doesn’t feed his dogs table food, can boast in recent years. Right now the so Elwood is on a good-quality dog food Elwood the dog adopted Elwood’s Shack, says Tim Bednarski, who also says his adopted shelter has an 88 percent save rate, Pugh now. friend has adapted well to domestic life. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily News) said, just two points away from the desig- “It took a little bit. He wouldn’t take dog nated “no kill” status, though that’s not her biscuits from me, so I had to bring home JENNIFER BIGGS me that he’d been feeding him and trying ultimate goal. breakfast biscuits from the restaurant and Special to The Daily News to catch him. “What we want is to never have to eu- give him pieces of those when I gave the oth- For more than two years and possi- The dog went AWOL for a while. The thanize an animal because of lack of space,” er dogs their biscuits,” he said. “I had to ease bly closer to three, a black chow roamed hope was that someone rescued him, got she said.