And Then Some! YSU Summer Festival of the Arts JULY 28 WYSU Bus Trip to Blossom Music Fest! Date TBA WYSU Member Appreciation Party (Details at Wysu.Org)
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Volume 47, Issue 2 | April–June 2018 88.5 FM THEThe 88.588.5 FMFM WYSU WYSU NEWSLETTER Newsletter WHAT’S WYSU COMING UP PLEDGE DRIVE SUCCESS, for WYSU! JULY 7–8 and then some! YSU Summer Festival of the Arts JULY 28 WYSU Bus Trip to Blossom Music Fest! Date TBA WYSU Member Appreciation Party (Details at wysu.org) pledge drive RADIO YOU NEED In case you somehow missed it, our spring TO KNOW. fundraising campaign was a huge success! 88.5 Youngstown We reached our monetary goal of $125,000 at just before 6 pm on the Friday night of the drive, 88.1 Ashtabula and our 1,000th member on Saturday morning, one hour before the official end of the campaign. 97.5 New Wilmington All in all, we raised a little over $133,000 – more than $8,000 over our goal – with the help of 1,007 members, 70 of whom were new members. We are really pleased with those numbers! Our congratulations to the winners of the Grand Prize, a trip to Spain with the WYSU tour group in May of 2019 – longtime supporters and friends Nancy and Richard Patnode of Lake Milton, Ohio! Of course, we couldn’t have done any of this without the help of so many volunteers, staff, sponsors, and listeners who contributed their time, money and talents. We are proud that so many who enjoy and believe in public radio came together in support of one of this community’s most valuable assets, and we sincerely thank you for participating! Thankto our you WYSU Underwriters! Public radio is a great way to promote your business, organization or agency while supporting a great cause. Learn how you can become a WYSU underwriter at www.wysu.org. You’ll be in good company! 30 Mile Meal Philadelphia Candies A&C Beverage Pittsburgh Symphony Aebischer’s Jewelry Orchestra Akron Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh Theological WYSU Tour Group in Denmark Mahoning Valley Seminary American Heart Poland Schools Foundation Association Public Library of Apollo’s Fire Youngstown and The Beauty of Group Travel Aqua, Pennsylvania Mahoning County By Barbara Krauss ASECU Associated School Raptis Coffee Employees Credit Union Roth Blair Roberts Strasfeld Exploring the world on your own can be exciting, but daunting. I’ve Ballet Western Reserve & Lodge Bodine Perry CPA Rulli Bros. Market been traveling with groups for almost 20 years, and I’m convinced it Butler Institute of Art Selah Restaurant provides many benefits! Here are some: Byce Auction & Realty Simply Slavic C.S. Lewis Institute Sisters of Humility of Mary You get to enjoy the experience with other intelligent, outgoing, and motivated Canton Symphony Stambaugh Auditorium people just like yourself. Orchestra Star Supply Bargain Outlet Your flights, hotels, tour guides and itineraries are all expertly managed for Compass Family Services Strollo Architects you, so that all you need to do is relax and enjoy your vacation. Because you Copeland Oaks Sunrise Entertainment don’t have to waste time and money figuring out how to get from one place to Dr. Thomas Shipka The Renal Group Forest Lawn Memorial Park Thiel College another, you see more on a tour, and usually hit all the highlights. Friends of Fellows Riverside Thomases Family If something goes wrong – if you get sick, lose a credit card or your passport, for Gardens in Mill Creek Endowment of the example – you’re not stranded. Others are always nearby to help. Park Youngstown Area Jewish There is always someone there who can understand the language and the Froggerjobs.com Federation customs. When you’re on your own, you’re REALLY on your own! Harrington Hoppe & Trumbull Art Gallery Mitchell Tuesday Musical Traveling in a group gives you the best value for your money. Special flight rates Home Savings Charitable Unitarian Universalist and hotel rates given to groups provide significant savings. Foundation Church of Youngstown There is a lot of flexibility with a group. You can have as much structured or Horodyski’s White Barn University of Pittsburgh individual time as you want. Farm Medical Center IDMI.net US Airforce Band Infinity Resources, Inc. Villa Maria Community Keynote Media Group Center In 2019, WYSU will be touring Mahoning Valley College Western Reserve PBS Access Program YMCA The WYSU trip to Spain Mahoning Valley Historical Youngstown Flea is filling up quickly for May Society Youngstown Foundation 2 through May 15, 2019. Spain McDonough Museum for Youngstown Playhouse Contemporary Art at Youngstown Symphony The trip includes seven YSU Orchestra guided sightseeing tours Meadowbrook Nursery YSU Bible Study with expert tour directors Mercy Health Foundation YSU College of CLASS and local guides in a Mercy Health Hospital YSU College of Creative Arts private deluxe Go Ahead Method 8 Corp. & Communication Mill Creek Metroparks YSU Dana School of Music motor coach. Highlights Montessori School of the YSU Department of Nursing include Prado Museum, Mahoning Valley YSU Department of Theater the Royal Palace, Seville NE Colla & Sons & Dance Cathedral, the Alhambra, Oh Wow! The Roger and YSU Foundation Costa del Sol, Barcelona, Gloria Jones Children’s YSU-OEA and much more. Center for Science and YSU Office of Marketing & Technology Communication If you’d like more Ohio Living Park Vista YSU Summer Festival of information on this Ohio One Corp. the Arts exciting itinerary, email Barbara Krauss at [email protected] or visit Opera Western Reserve YWCA of Warren https://barbarakraussspain2.grouptoursite.com/ for more details! Paige & Byrnes Insurance YWCA of Youngstown 2 | NEED TO KNOW 88.5 WYSU MAD Public File ABOUT THE ARTS 2018 Now Online A Public File is one of the ways public MAD ABOUT THE ARTS 2018 broadcasters maintain transparency and demonstrate their commitment to their listeners. It was a success and here can contain dozens or even hundreds of documents that disclose a station’s are a few reasons: political activity, fund raising efforts, broadcasting licenses, hiring activity, and $42,000 raised for WYSU and the a variety of other FCC-mandated materials. Until recently, only a hard copy McDonough Museum of Art. was available to the public, but on March 1, the FCC mandated that public files must also be available online – not an easy task! The art, the jazz, the wine, the food! We are happy to report that after several months of reviewing, verifying, 355 happy attendees! and reorganizing, WYSU was one of the first Ohio broadcasters to successfully upload its public file to the FCC repository at publicfiles.fcc.gov. This rich and accessible resource is a great way for interested members of the community to delve deeply into the “public” side of public radio, as well as make sure WYSU, or any public broadcaster, is maintaining a meaningful commitment to the public. You don’t have to take our word for it, though. Check it out yourself! Pictured above (left to right) are Leslie Brothers, Gerry Ricciutti, Tricia Perry and Dr. Kent Engelhardt at MAD. Opus01 Welcome to the Future Broadcast technology has changed a great deal since the first radio stations of the 20th Century. From experimental AM broadcasts in the early 1900s to personalized audio delivery on smartphones today, no matter what technology is involved, radio remains one of the most ubiquitous and essential communication technologies ever devised. Earlier this year, WYSU took its next step in broadcast technology with the addition of Opus01 – a new tool to help improve service and maintain flexibility in an ever-changing and demanding industry. So, what is Opus01? In “geek-speak,” Opus01 is a fully redundant, highly available virtualization cluster designed to run the majority of WYSU’s technology infrastructure. In plain English, Opus01 is a pair of really powerful computers that will house most of WYSU’s servers and software. A couple of new computers might not seem like a big deal, but to WYSU, Opus01 represents the future of the station. There is no short list of benefits that it provides: it never needs to be turned off; it’s more energy efficient; maintenance is rare and less expensive; capacity is many magnitudes larger; performance is several magnitudes better; and the list goes on. For WYSU, Opus01 is a giant step into the future – a future where we will continue to further our mission of providing always-on, world-class content to the public. NEED TO KNOW | 3 Non-profit Org. 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