Volume 46 – Issue 1 January-March 2017 In This Issue: One-Day Drive Does the Job! On Monday, December 5, we did something we’ve never done before: we had an impromptu, one day, ten- Page 3: End of the World of Opera hour fund drive to help shore up some of the shortfalls we encountered during our past two fund drives. And right on cue, WYSU listeners came through beautifully! One hundred eleven listeners renewed their support, gave an extra gift, or became a member for the first time, affirming their commitment to keeping public radio strong. Gary Sexton, Director of WYSU on air during the fund drive. Page 3: UNDERWRITER SPOTLIGHT: The one-day drive brought in Home Savings over $11,500, which will go a long way towards purchasing the kinds of programs listeners have come to expect from WYSU: the finest in news, music and entertainment. We are so fortunate to have listeners who believe in the value of high quality programming, the kind that WYSU produces every day. All of us here at WYSU – staff, students and volunteers – thank you sincerely for your generous support to 88.5 WYSU FM, now in its 48th year of service to the community. Volunteers Page 7: Mad Tickets now on sale at working the fund www.wysu.org ! drive at the new WYSU offices. Radio you need to know. 88.5 Youngstown 88.1 Ashtabula 97.5 New Wilmington Program Listings 2017 January—March 2017 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Mid. Mid. 1:00 Jazz 1:00 Midnight - 2 a.m. 2:00 Classical Music 2:00 Midnight - 5 a.m. (Mon. - Fri.) 2 a.m. - 6 a.m. (Sat. - Sun.) 3:00 3:00 4:00 4:00 5:00 5:00 6:00 6:00 Hearts of Space Alternative Radio Morning Edition 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. 7:00 5 a.m. - 9 a.m. 7:00 On the Media On Being 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 8:00 8:00 Weekend Edition Weekend Edition 9:00 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. 9:00 10:00 10:00 Car Talk Classical Music with Barbara Krauss 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Prairie Home 11:00 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Companion 11:00 Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! 10 a.m. - Noon 11 a.m. - Noon Noon Noon TED Radio Hour Car Talk Noon - 1 p.m. Noon - 1 p.m. 1:00 1:00 Radiolab Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! Classical Music with Gary Sexton Performance 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 2:00 Today 2:00 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Bullseye with Jesse Thorn Says You 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 3:00 3:00 Fresh Air Fresh Air Weekend A Way With Words 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. 4:00 4:00 Only A Game The Splendid Table 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. 5:00 5:00 All Things Considered Weekend ATC 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. 6:00 Thistle and Shamrock 6:00 Folk Festival Marketplace, 6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. A Prairie Home 7:00 Companion 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. 7:00 Folk Festival with Performance Today 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Charles Darling 8:00 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8:00 (Monday - Thursday) The Jazz Sofa with Classical Music 9:00 Rick Popovich The Jazz Sofa with 8:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. 9:00 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Rick Popovich 10:00 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Sunday Baroque 10:00 Classical Music 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. 9 p.m. - Midnight 11:00 11:00 Jazz Now’s the Time Classical Music 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight Mid. Mid. All programs are subject to change without notice. 2 WYSU UNDERWRITER SPOTLIGHT ON Home Savings Foundation The Home Savings Foundation, founded by the Home Savings In addition, Home Savings is proud to be completing a major & Loan Company in 1998, is committed to reinvesting in the renovation of the Boardman office at 7525 Market Street. The local communities it serves by providing leadership, employee project is set to be complete in April. involvement and financial support. Both the company and the And as always, Home Savings Foundation remains loyal to foundation take great pride in encouraging the education of future public radio and its listeners by renewing long-time underwriting leaders of our community through ongoing support of Youngstown support for 88.5 WYSU in the coming year. State University. In 2017, the staff of Home Savings is excited to be expanding Thank you, Home Savings and Home Savings Foundation! in several areas. First, Home Savings is moving into the new Ohio markets of Akron, Canton and St. Clairsville, with the acquisition of Premier Bank & Trust. Premier will join Home Savings in the first quarter – pending regulatory and shareholder approval – and Home Savings will add private banking and trust services for clients at that time. End of The World of Opera Sunday, December 10th marked the final performance of World of Opera, as the program will no longer be produced and distributed by WDAV Classical Public Radio and South Carolina Public Radio. The European Broadcasting Union, which has generously provided the recorded live opera performances that are the mainstay of that series, is no longer able to do so. WYSU is replacing World of Opera with Sunday Baroque, airing Sunday nights, 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. 3 WYSUHoliday MEMBERS PARTY In November we threw a holiday party for WYSU supporting members and underwriters. Held at the SOAP Gallery in downtown Youngstown, appetizers and cocktails were provided by Jack Kravitz and Inspired Catering. Nearly 100 guests enjoyed the sounds of the Esto Jazz group. Shirley Hodge was the winner of our door prize, which included symphony tickets and dinner at Overture at the DeYor! We hope you join us for other membership events in 2017. In the meantime, pass the word on to your non-member friends – supporting WYSU has many great benefits, including: • A complimentary subscription to Need To Know, WYSU’s newsletter and program guide. • The WYSU Need to Know Card, with product and service discounts at participating partners throughout the WYSU listening area. • Access and discounts for special WYSU-sponsored events throughout the year, such as the popular WYSU Blossom Summer Festival Bus Trips, Mad About the Arts, and all WYSU Member Appreciation Parties, holiday gatherings, and open-house receptions. • Early access to tickets for special events and concerts, and chances to win free tickets for those events. • The satisfaction that results from knowing you are supporting quality news and public radio programming, and that you are partnering with a valuable, community resource like WYSU. Please consider increasing your level of contribution. You can do so online at www.wysu.org, or by calling 330-941-3363. WYSU MEMBERSHIP LEVELS Student Membership – $25 Drive Time (Basic Membership) – $40 Amp Up – $60 Megahertz – $88.50 Community Partner – $120 Day Sponsor – $200 Dollar A Day Club – $365 Need To Know Club – $500 Tower Club – $1,000 Find us on FACEBOOK We post a lot on Facebook, and many times you will find information there about WYSU events and program information. We also post photographs there. If you come to our events, or volunteer for us, you might even be in them! So find us…on Facebook! 4 Folk Festival 2/19 Contemporary Folk, Part LXVI. 1/28 Joe Lovano. Versatile saxophonist with Charles Darling, Sunday, 7 pm Recent folk and folk-like singers featured, (mostly on tenor), one of the dominant including Gina Forsyth, Don Flemons, forces in jazz today. Peter Janson, and Wyatt Easterling. 1/1 New Year’s Folk Sampler, Part 2/4 The Dukes of Dixieland. Peppy New CXXVI. Diverse messages from Simon 2/26 Folk 90 – Joan Baez. The soaring Orleans band, a phenomenon in the ’50s and Garfunkel, Bessie Smith, Lee talents of a young woman who took the and ’60s. Murdock, Bob Wills, Ed McCurdy, Stan folk revival era by storm and left a lasting 2/11 George Shearing. British pianist Rogers, and The Brothers Fourl. musical imprint. (1919-2011) with an unusual approach to 1/8 Country Cookin’, Part CI. Stars 3/5 Folk Sampler, Part CXXVII. Still chords and a mammoth popular appeal. Cash & Carter, Country Gentlemen, another mix of ballads, ditties, blues, 2/18 Sun Ra. Keyboard performer, Patty Loveless, Sam Bush, Etta Baker, and country sounds, many requested by bandleader, creator of his own astral Austin Lounge Lizards, Nitty Gritty listeners. Dirt Band, and Byron Berline and John mythology, maker of some powerful and Hickman. 3/12 A St. Patrick’s Salute. Patrick Street, fascinating music. Clancy brothers, and Cleveland’s The New 2/25 Preservation Hall. New Orleans 1/15 Play it Again, Sam, Part XIII. Barley Corn, and the Steel Valley’s own institution presenting veteran performers Comparing two or more variants in County Mayo play Irish music. folksongs “John Hardy,” “Worried Man of original-formula jazz. Blues,” “Geordie,” “Lonesome Valley,” and 3/19 Play it Again, Sam, Part VIII.