AIRWAVES

A Service of Continuing Education & Ext&nslon Unlvanlty of Minnesota-Duluth August-S.pwmber 1986 Volume 7, Number 4

Bill Shapiro, creator and host of Cyprus Avenue • The Beach Boys • Bob Dylan y Cyprus Avenue comes to KUMD Plus · KUMD: 1973 to 1979 Local Production on Momlng Edition KUMD's 30th Birthday Prevl•wl Guthrf• and SMg.r • U• at Wolf Trap 1 kumd 103.3 fm Station Manager • Paul Schmitz Report to the listener Program Director • John Ziegler Public Affairs Director • Jean Johnson Outreach Coordinator • Bob DeArmond by Paul Schmitz, Station Manager Producer • Kathleen Anderson Engineer • Kirk Kersten What a summer it's been' The put back up. Several sections had to be transmission line and, we hope, shut Secretary • Donna Neveau weather has been pretty good for replaced also. Total cost: about $14,0001 everything down in the event of a Duluth, if you don't mind abrupt, Ouch1! similar emergency. frequent, and dramatic changes. Actually that figure only scratches I debated whether to go on the air Volunteer Staff Actually I did mind one such change. the surface of what we need to do to shortly after the accident with a mini- Bill Agnew, Bob Allen, Craig Anderson, Jon Remember the last two days of May? prevent such an accident from fund-raiser. Having decided against it, I Anderson, Kathleen Anderson, Mark Those were the 90-degree days. At least happening again. We have already do want to encourage you to consider Anderson, Tom Anderson, Bob Andresen, until about 10:35 p.m. on May 31. The received substantial help from the helping KUMD overcome this financial Leo Babeau, Chris Bacigalupo, Sondra temperature dropped about 40 degrees University to cover the most immediate setback. Any contribution will help us Bergeland, Lynette Brauer, John Brazner, in what seemed like ten minutes. The needs, and we are asking for additional get back to where we were on May 31. Jan Cohen, Bruce Eckland, Dann Edholm, fortunes of KUMD took a nosedive too, funds to buy entirely new transmission On the brighter side, KUMD was Carol Edwards, Pat Eller, Phil Enke, Linda for that was the night the transmission proud to be selected as the site of a Estel, Susanna Frenkel, Bob Galras, Doug line. But we have to bear many costs Greenwood, Jim Gruba, Bill Hansen, Steve line burned up! ourselves, both in muscellaneous parts training workshop for news reporters Hansen, Bob Hanson, Paul Hanson, Dean When the station was turned on and especially in time lost to other during the third week of July. Twenty Hauge, Gerry Henkel, John Hensrud, Ruth Saturday morning on June 1, we knew projects we had expected to work on. producers, including our own Kathleen Huschle, Tim Jenkins, Dave Johnson, Tim something was wrong. It is still not This is the story, then, of why KUMD Anderson, participated in four days of Kaiser, Pat Keenan, Bob King, Robert Kreda, entirely clear just why the electrical was off the air for the first week of intensive work with nationally Brenda Latourelle, Mike Martin, Dean burning occurred, but it caused enough June, and why we are still operating at recognized public radio producers. Jean Mattson, Al Merry, Kathy Mosher, Joni damage to require that the entire half-power. The lower power is a safety Johnson deserves special credit for her Nelson, Pam Nelson, Don Ness, Shawn transmission line be taken down from precaution until we install some new hard work as the on-site coordinator. Nowlin, Peter Olsen, Rick Olsen, Tina the tower, thoroughly cleaned, and then equipment that will monitor the Peterson, Mike Peura, Sarah Phoenix, Odie Powell, Helen Prekker, Dan Proctor, Jessica Redman, Lance Rhicard, Will Rhodes, Kathleen Ryan, Don Samuels, Jane Soukup, Jim Stanton, Kathy Sting!, Chris Thygeson, KUMD: 1973 to 1979 by Bob DeArmond ------Nancy Tibbetts, Terry Tucker, Tim Veiner, Bryan Vollman, David Williams, John On December 13, 1974, the UMD should go to UMD. So they started the 'new' station, "The feeling around Williams, Tim Winker, Billy Wright, Ted News Service announced that the negotiations with the campus here has always been one of great pride. Wright, Peg Zahorik. Educational Policy and Long Range administration which continued even We really believe that we have one of Planning Committee of the University of after UMD did win the bid and the finest radio experiences available. I Minnesota Board of Regents established KUMD/ WDTH went on the air with its think this is a beautiful radio station. It Program Underwriters negotiations to purchase Duluth radio new power and equipment on March 8, offers more in-depth things to more The following firms have provided funds to stations WDTH -FM for the expansion of 1976. people and more different types of help underwrite acquisition of the indicated KUMD. KUMD was now known as WDTH and experiences than just about any other programs. We appreciate their participation This proposal was supported by was found at 103.3 FM instead of 89.1. media experience that I could conceive in quality public broadcasting for our area. UMD's Associate Provost Dr. Heller but This was because UMD now owned two of." not by the student staff of KUMD. The FM radio licenses - WDTH, a 100,000 But even though there was increased Lake Superior Port Cities Magazine • All staff felt that the increased power watt transmitter that had an effective activity at the station the funding from Things Considered and Listening Points Minnesota Power • (100,000 watts) and listening radius range of about 100 miles and KUMD, a the University was slowly eroding due to News-Tribune & Herald • would cause UMD to take the 512 watt transmitter with an effective the uncertain fate of WDTH. This St. Louis County Federal Savings & Loan management of the radio station out of range of about 20 miles. The KUMD situation was made more visible when Association • Morning Edition the hands of the students. The student license and equipment were retained in 1977 the Student Service Fee Stereo 1 Duluth • Jazz Expansions staff presented a statement to this effect for several years even though the Committee removed WDTH from the UMD Theater Department and to Dr. Heller and the committee. Their station was not on the air. This step was summer session service fee. Tom Minnesota Repertory Theater• NPR statement ended with the following taken because the fate of WDTH was Livingston, the staff and supporters of Playhouse. sentence, "Because we feel that KUMD still not decided by the University and WDTH immediately responded to this would be operated and controlled by there were now state committees decision and in a meeting a week later interests other than the students we meeting to look at the needs for non- the decision to drop the station from Organizational oppose the proposal to purchase WDTH. commercial broadcasting in Minnesota. the summer session service fee was Members How did all these negotiations and Dr. Heller responded to this overturned. This was a very important A& E Supply statement by asking the students to committee hearings affect WDTH, the step for the station because it received, Austin-Jarrow Sports trust him, reminding them of the student radio station at UMD? Basically at that time, $25,000 a year from the Nancy Serini Gallery present laissez faire policy the thP,y affected them on a financial level. Student Service Fee or about $4 per Blue Heron Trading Company administration was then taking towards With its new power and larger student per year. Builders & Laborers Commonwealth KUMD. He asked the staff of KUMD to listenership, WDTH increased All these events made it crystal clear Cloquet Natural Foods prepare a policy statement concerning broadcasting to 17 hours a day, started to Tom Livingston that WDTH needed to Destination Travel the student operation of a 100,000 watt to carry classes for credit, and somehow stabilize its operations. So in The Duluth Clinic broadcast facility. This they did. Their expanded its musical offerings and January of 1978, Livingston started the First Bank Duluth public affairs, both national and local. wheels in motion to try to have WDTH Jeff Frey Photography policy statement called for the creation Global Village of four paid staff positions - a student Tom Livingston, who became station qualify for support from the Grandma's Inc. manager, an engineer, an instructor manager in 1976, had this to say about Corporation for Public Broadcasting Highland Beauty Floors faculty member, and a secretary. and accepted as a member of National Highland Service Center Dr. Heller presented both the Public Radio. One of the main obstacles Hummingbird Productions proposal to buy WDTH -FM and KUMD's in this process was the fact that to be a Kar Kare policy statement at the next meeting of member of NPR a station has to have Krenzen Cadillac-Pontiac-Honda-Datsun the Board of Regents and they were five full -time staff people. This was not Lake Superior Custom Photo Lab both approved. UMD now added its the case at WDTH in 1978. Natchio's And so Livingston started the long Neo Theatrique lnsty-Toot name to those of several groups bidding North Shore Bank of Commerce on WDTH-FM, one of which was process of University paper work and Park State Bank Minnesota Educational Radio Network fund raising necessary to WDTH's Positively 3rd Street Bakery which was hoping to establish a two eventual acceptance by the Corporation Saab Club of North America channel service in northern Minnesota. for Public Broadcasting and NPR. As St. Louis Billiards and Minnesota Educational Radio Network part of this process WDTH held its first The Eating Emporium is now known as Minnesota Public on-air listeners pledge drive in the fall Sawbill Canoe Outfitters Radio. of 1979. The response to this drive was Studio Graphix MPR expressed interest in WDTH-FM better than expected, raising $15,300 Trek & Trail Sport Shop, Bessemer from 702 listeners. Rolf Ulleberg-Attorney at Law even if the ownership of the station Tom Livingston, Station Manager Women's ijealth Center of Duluth

AIRWAVES is the bi-monthly program guide of KUMD, the 100,000 watt public radio KUMD's 30th Birthday Preview! ======station at the University of Minnesota- by Bob DeArmond _A NATIONALPUBI.JC RADIO Duluth, broadcasting at 103.3 fm. KUMD is part of University Media Resources, a .,..AUDIO CASSETTE CATALOG department of Continuing Education and Fall is always busy at KUMD but this much more; and an Irish Ceili Benefit OVER 800 OF THE MOST Extension at the University of Minnesota. ENTERTAINING AND INFORMATIVE coming fall should be something special Dance. PROGRAMS PUBLIC RADIO HAS TO OFFER KUMD is a member of National Public Radio - we hope! We are also planning activities and an 0 YESI PleaM Mnd me the FREE and the Association of Minnesota Public As most of you probably know by open house to take place at the station 1986 Cassette Catalog Educational Radio Stations; and an associate now, on November 12, 1986, KUMD will during our Fall Marathon Drive which - member of the National Federation of become 30 years old. We are celebrating will be in late October and early NAM,., ______Community Broadcasters. KUMD is funded by the University of Minnesota, the State this occasion by planning a variety of November. And, of course, mark ADDRESS;_;::W;;;;;;;;::;;:.::;;~-- events and activities which will take November 12th on your calendar and Legislature, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a student service fee, and place during our Fall Membership Drive join us for cake. It is just our way of listener contributions. and the months of October and thanking you 1 November. I am sorry that I don't have any more Some of the events already in the specific information about these events For membership and subscription information, contact the station. We works include a concert featuring a at this time but we will keep you up to CompMII.. Md mail to: ,..__....,..,_.._C...... ,.._llaM..,.__N.W,...... O.C.JDCDI major artist; a Larry Long and Country encourage interested persons to become date as our plans progress. volunteer programmers. We are located in Joe McDonald Benefit Concert on 130 Humanities Building, University of Saturday, November 22nd; a 1950's The University of Minnesota is an equal Minnesota, Duluth. Our telephone number Dance with live music, door prizes, and opportunity educator and employer. is (218) 726-7181. I Public Affaln ______Classes on Fiction Writing, Folk Tales to .. Local Productions Airing During MORNING EDITION by Bob DeArmond Air ======In June we removed several time slots some time to be able to identify it. But fo llowing short series. With the beginning of the academic from our broadcasting day. What this this didn't stop her. She went on to Our locally produced coverage of year, KUMD will air two classes fo r did for us was open up our days for become the president of the Duluth UMD's symposium on AIDS will credit, in a new time slot. Saturdays, more music but it may have also made udubon Society and is currently the continue on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. beginning September 13th at 6 to 7 some of you wonder where we placed editor of their newsletter. through August 13th, followed by One p.m., the class is Fiction Writing, Engl our local coverage of public affairs and Big Union, which continues through 3101. It is an examination of the - the arts. The answer is, during September 10th. essential elements in creative writing, MORNING EDITION! One Big Union presents a radio including discussion of the creative Locally produced modules are 'alive history of the Industrial Wo rkers of the process in writing fiction and intensive and well' and can be heard everyday as World - the Wobblies - labor agitators practice in the genre. Readings, part of our MORNING EDITION who were once the nations most discussion, and practice will include program. At 6:50 and 7:50 a.m., dynamic and feared radical group. such topics as diction, structure, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, On Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. join KUMD plotting, and dialogue. No examinations Kathleen Anderson presents reports fo r The Aging Society, a program of will be given, but lesson assignments and features on area happenings, lively, informal, and revealing and a final portfolio will be required of people, and issues of interest to our conversations about the substantive those taking the class for credit. The listeners. Airing at the same times, on changes that will occur as massive instructor is Ian Leask, a Teaching Tuesdays and Thursdays, you can hear demographic shifts take place within Associate in the English Department at KUMD's locally produced art modules our population. The Aging Society the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities which are funded in part by a grant Laura Erickson begins on August 7th and continues campus. from the Arrowhead Regional Arts through September 25th. Sundays, beginning September 14th Council and Duluth/ Superior Area Laura's educational background Airing Saturdays at 6 p.m. beginning at 6 to 7 p.m., the class is European Community Foundation. These special includes an Elementary Education August 9th, is the series Another Kind Folk Tales, ComLlt 5414. This course reports and features replace our Degree and graduate studies in fisheries of Courage. This series presents an is devoted to the folk tales of Germany, 'UNTITLED: An Arts Magazine' and wildlife at Michigan State oral history of draft resistence and Scandinavia, France, Russia, and program and are aired at this time University. From Michigan she moved to conscientious objection through the England. It discusses the structure, because it has a much larger listening Madison, Wi, where she taught junior use of interviews, readings of first- message for adults and children, origins audience than its previous time slot of high school science, math and music. person narrative, music, and historical of folk tales as a genre, and compares 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. During this time she also began writing sounds. The series ends August 30th. the tales of different nations and states Another locally produced feature - submitting regular articles about I know that changes are almost the differences and similarities among which is new on KUMD is 'FOR THE birds and concert reviews of classical always confusing but I hope that this them. Folk tales will be analyzed within BIRDS' which airs at 7:35 a.m. on music to the Wisconsin State Journal in short explanation will help to enlighten the broader context of oral literature Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Madison. you about our locally produced and folklore. The instructor is Anatoly These short reports, by Laura Erickson, Laura has continued to write since programs and also about what is Liberman, Professor of German at the explore the lives and habits of our locating in Duluth and has had articles coming in the area of public affairs. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities feathered friends in the Northland. published in Port Cities Magazine and Please let us know how you feel about campus. When Laura approached KUMD with Minnesota Volunteer, the publication of these recent changes. We do listen to For registration information, call or ... her idea for the program 'FOR THE the Minnesota Department of Natural your comments and suggestions. write Continuing Education and BIRDS' she lacked any experience with Resources. She has also received a Extension, 403 Darland Administration radio of any kind. This approach to grant from the Minnesota State Arts Building, (218) 726-8808. things is not uncommon to Laura. Board to complete a novel. When she began bird watching in 1975 And if all this wasn't enough, Laura is she was also a complete novice. In fact, the mother of three small children. the first bird she saw was a chickadee Other public affairs highlights during and it took her two books and quite the next two months include the Cover Story ______SAAB/VOLVO REPAIRS Cyprus Avenue - Rock and Roll and more! .DOMPI.EJE FOIEIGN CAI SEJIVICE . f _ . b • TUNE-UPS • ROAD SERVICE Seven years ago, KCUR-FM, the reference books, a personally designed • TRAILERING SERVICE• PICK-UP University of Missouri's public radio computerized multi-cross reference • --=:==:::::::::. • & DELIVERY • BRAKE SERVICE station in Kansas City went on the air system, and contacts with rock 1 PARTS & SERVICE with a new one hour program that archivists throughout the country. With SPECIALISTS IN • ELECTRIC SERVICE• differed from anything in its 20 year the passion of one who has been a pop SAAB• VOLVO TOYOTA• DATSUN• VW • EXHAUST• history and was like nothing else in its devotee since the 1940's, each progr:am HONDA• SUBARU current broadcast schedule. integrates commentaries on the history, That program was Cyprus Avenue. trends, and influences with the music Cyprus Avenue is the creation of Bill and comments of the contemporary SWEDISH EXPRESS INC. Shapiro, the producer and host of each artists who have chosen Rock and Roll FACTORY PARTS.I TRAN:[) SERVICE HOURS: week's program. as their venue of expression." MON-FRI B:00 AM About Cyprus Avenue, Shapiro says, The appeal of Cyprus Avenue is TEONaANS fi:.t:t.~fc~S TOIOOPM "It is my belief that the real revolution simple - it deals with the music that is 335 S. 1st Ave. E. DULUTH of Rock and Roll is the unification of the primary listening taste of the wide the performer and writer into a single majority of the western world, rock and creative entity. With this process, roll. Cyprus Avenue looks at the popular music has become a legitimate history and personalities of rock and form of contemporary artistic roll, but more importantly the social expression, analagous to current relevance that the music has had on Drama ______cinema and writing. our society . .. "To structure each broadcast, I have Cyprus Avenue is not only highly drawn upon a personal library of over intelligent but also very listenable and Spy Thriller Uncovers "The Price of Silence" 5000 LPs spanning 35 years of we hope that you will enjoy listening to recording, a library of several hundred it on KUMD, Mondays at 6 p.m. The shrill signal of nuclear western scientist suspected of emergency echoes worldwide, from the collaborating with the Russians; and Pentagon to the Kremlin. And only one Ellsberg, a former Soviet spy who now man stands between peace and threatens to destroy Maxon - his only Armageddon. friend. NPR Playhouse presents a tale of Trapped in a maze of deception, P\OtiEER CRAFtJ international intrigue and adventure in Maxon soon learns about the schemes Original Art the encore of author Stephen Barlay's of politicians in both the East and West. The Price of Silence. The espionage The disillusioned agent must re- and Crafts thriller's nine half-hour episodes air on evaluate his mission, or pay a high price (IJ[JlIJ KUMD each Saturday at 11 a.m., for remaining silent. from beginning August 2nd. London-based writer Barlay, known Northeastern The fast-paced plot opens as top to American readers for such books as British intelligence agent Maxon is "In the Company of Spies" and Minnesota ordered to investigate circumstances "Blockbuster," believes that the surrounding the mysterious self- espionage thriller works best on two destruction of a Russian nuclear planes. warhead. Lured to Toronto by his "The first level, of course, is a former lover, the spy discovers old compelling story with exotic locales, allies, dangerous enemies, and a complex characters, and fast-moving PIONEER CRAFTS COOP shocking secret. situations," he says. "Behind that top A fascinating assortment of layer, however, is an exciting and Open Daily June thru September characters surround Maxon throughout difficult moral problem with no the drama, including "Jack," an absolute answer - the questions of 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM Phone (218) 834-4175 enigmatic beauty who once loved treason and loyalty. This series offers 4 1/2 miles N.E. of Two Harbors on Hwy 61 Maxon; General Locke, Maxon's tough, both in equal measure." unyielding American boss; Kowalski, a - 3 Week at a Glance Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday ' Sunday 5:30 Morning Edition (news magazine) 5:30 to 8 M-F 8:00 V///////////J Awakening (musical variety) 8:00 10:30 Awakening Feature Talkline 10-11 a.m. Album Feature 11:00 - 11:00 NP R Playhouse New Dimensions 11:30 Noon Noonsong (musical variety) - 1:00 Noon 1:30 Our Front Po rch Noonsong 1:30 1:00 Workshop (musical variety) Folk 'n' Bl ues Folk Migrations Blues 'n' Things 4:00 All Things Considered (-news magazine) 4-5:30 M-F 5:00 5:30 Weekend ATC Horizons Fresh Ai r AIDS/Union Aging Society Connection 6:00 6:00 Cyprus Avenue Sidran on Record Heard it Through Public Affairs/Class Pickin' in the Wind Blues Alley 7:00 the Grapevine Wise Women 7:00 8:00 Radio Jazz Expansions Jazz Expansions Ru by Red Slippers Crossroads 9:00 10:00 Soul Arrival Hearts of Space Jazz Expansions 11:00 World Beat Steppin' Out RPM Sound Visions Mid night . ' 1:00 Interstate 103 Moondance KUMD 103.3 fm Public Radio 3:00 - 3:00 ______Programs at a Glance ______

Album Feature. This daily program Heard It Through the Grapevine. A NPR Playhouse. An ongoing program World Beat. A weekly program 1-----,...,rm,cu-1"1°t~hff"'rn:==n..-.,~,,.,,.-r=mr.-_.__ _,5'VTn:rt'=:r'7~t7U1crt C'"1CMTI•n=~.,,,....,C,-- """D r--.~'-'D• rl. ff- tr, l "-'U t IVlte1 1950s and 60s. Listen for artists the live in concert programs presenting an who have applied reggae, ska, salsa, and All Things Considered. NPR's award likes of the Orioles, Moonglows, Ray eclectic view of traditional music. the various African and Asian beats to winning news and public affairs mag- Charles, and James Brown. western popular music and jazz. azine program aired daily to round out Pickin' in the Wind. A weekly program your day. Horizons. This series of programs deals which presents a healthy mix of folk Program Changes with issues that affect special segments music from the traditional to the Awakening. Our daily morning of the population, minorities, women, creators of a new tradition. Morning Edition now starts program which draws from all of our children, etc. our day at 5:30 a.m. with national and vast musical libraries and which is RPM. A unique weekly program com- local news, information, and weather. always kept fresh through the use of a Interstate 103. Classic rock 'n' roll mitted to airing new, often struggling Northland Hoedown will no longer be variety of announcers. after the midnight hour. artists not heard on other radio heard on Saturday but will now become stations. Explore hardcore punk, new shorter modules aired during Morning Blues Alley. A weekly program com- Jazz Expansions. Highlights the many wave, heavy metal, dance beat1 and pop Edition, Folk Migrations, and Folk 'n' mitted to the blues in its pure form forms of jazz. rock. Blues. Vinyl Countdown is being from Chicago to the Mississippi Delta. replaced by Cyprus Avenue, a new Listen to such greats as Muddy Waters, Listening Points. A monthly environ- The Ruby Red Slippers Show. A syndicated program about rock 'n' roll. Brownie McGhee, Buddy Guy, and mental and nature radio magazine weekly program featuring the rich and Wise Women Radio moves to a new many others. produced by the Sigurd Olson Environ- varied music of feminist time, 7 to 10 p.m., beginning on mental Institute in Ashland, Wisconsin. and performers plus occasional news, September 14th. This makes room fo r Blues and Things. A weekly program poetry, and other aspects of women's our fall Classes for Credit which will which presents all of the blues from the Moondance. A weekly program playing culture. air on Saturday and Sunday, 6 to 7 p.m., Mississippi Delta and Chicago to the a variety of rock and other related beginning September 13th. Other public rising urban scene in Los Angeles. music such as reggae, urban blues, and Sidran On Record. Host Ben Sidran affairs listings can be found elsewhere country rock. reviews the latest jazz and talks in the guide. Connection. Weekly half-hour with the artists making them. interview program with in-depth Morning Edition. NPR's awar:d winning coverage of disability issues. morning program of news and public Soul Arrival. A weekly presentation of THE RECORD STORE affairs with local news, arts features, the best in urban contemporary music. Crossroads. A weekly program devoted events announcements and weather. to rock music of the 1950s and 60s and Sound Visions. A weekly program will cover the music of Chuck Berry Mountain Stage. Singer/ which explores the wo rld of the more and Buddy Holly up to Janis and Jimi Larry Groce is host of this weekly two- popular avant garde composers such as and through to the Beatles and the hour program of music, storytelling, John Cage, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Stones. and humor. and Terry Riley. Local artists and groups will be featured when available. 45 '5, LP '5, 78 '5 Cyprus Avenue. This weekly program Music from the Hearts of Space. A deals with the history and current weekly program of mood music which Steppin' Out. A weekly program which relevance of Rock and Roll Music - the will take you on a wordless inner wan- plays the full spectrum of rock 'n' roll WE BU~, SELL, joy of its sound, the impact of its dering in the world between conscious- from its beginnings to the progressive message. ness and the unconscious. This 1980s. A.ND TRADE RECORDS! program is produced in San Francisco . Host interviews by Stephen Hill and Anna_Turner. Wise Women Radio. A weekly program some of today's most interesting and SPECIALIZING IN HA® TO FIND by and about women ai med at ROCI( 'N' RO..L, provocative personalities. New Dimensions. Conversations with increasing people's awareness of thinkers on the leading edge of change. women's culture, issues and history. ~'ffHM 'N' BLUES, Folk 'n' Blues. A weekly program This program includes albJ,J.m features. COLNT~'I'. ETC. which gives listeners an exciting Noonsong. Our daily noon-day program overview of these two rich traditions. which draws from all of our vast Workshop. Our afternoon program musical libraries and which is always which draws from all of our vast 417 E. 4TH STREET Folk Migrations. A weekly program kept fresh through the use of a variety musical libraries and which is always DULUTH, MN 55805 that explores the full range of our of announcers. kept fresh through the use of a variety (218) 727-3295 outstanding fo lk library. of announcers. 4 ~~August/September Listings~~ :r Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays

Horizons fresh Air Talkline! events surrounding the 5:30p.m. 5:30p.m. 10:00 a.m. "Everett Massacre" of 1916, a bloody Horizons a weekly documentary Terry Gross interviews some of conflict betwen Wobblies and deputy Join us for informative, thought- sheriffs in a mill town. series, explores major issues and today's most interesting and provocative provoking call-in programs featuring concerns of minorities, women, personalities in this award-winning University and community guest children, the elderly and other groups. weekly series of half-hour programs. experts. Radio you can talk back to! Sidran on Record 6:00p.m. 8/ 4 "Death in Birth: The Risk of 8/ 5 Author Maya Angelou discusses 8/ 6 Food Preservation. Eleanor Jazz musician Ben Sidran hosts this Childbearing for Women in Kenya." how the blues, southern preachers, and Collins, Associate Professor, Home series on new jazz releases, and trends Women in Kenya discuss the life-and- a childhood trauma have influenced her Economics. in what many call America's death realities of childbearing in a writing. "classical" music. culture with limited medical facilities. 8/ 13 (To be announced). 8/12 Avant-garde composer and 8/ 6 Legendary guitarist Kenny Burrell philosopher John Cage explains why 8/ 20 Archaeology of Northeastern talks about and demonstrates his sound he's committed his life to challenging Minnesota. Gordon Peters, Forest on both acoustic and electric ; preconceptions about music. Archaeologist, U.S. Forest Service, and also featured are cuts from a recent Adjunct Faculty Member, UMD Milt Jackson disc. 8/ 19 Jazz legend Woody Herman Archaeology Dept. discusses leading his big band which 8/ 13 Tenor saxophone player Scott has become one of the great institutions 8/ 27 Duluth's Park System. Jim Hamilton demonstrates the technique of American music. McCord, Director of Parks & Recreation known as sub-tone playing, and leads for the City of Duluth. listeners through an array of recently 8/ 26 Filmmaker John Waters ("Pink released mainstream records. Flamingoes," "Female Trouble" and 9/ 3 (To be announced). "Polyester") talks about his lifelong 8/ 20 Jazz whistler Ron McCorby dem- obsession with bad taste, his 9/10 New Entrance Requirements for onstrates the art of "puckalo" playing T~Mahal - relationship with his stars Divine and the University of Minnesota. Robert and reviews recently released records Edie "The Egg Lady" Massie, and his Franz, Acting Associate Vice Chancellor by Al Cohn and Coleman Hawkins. 8/ 11 "T~ Mahal: Makin' People recent work teaching film making in for Academic Administration, and Happy."·Si nger, songwriter and prison. Gerald Allen, Registrar. 8/27 Jazz recording experts Orrin musician T~ Mahal reflects on his Keepnews and Steve Backer discuss musical career and his dedication to 9/ 2 Novelist Scott Spencer ("Endless 9/17 and 9/ U (To be announced). the pros and cons of starting a new jazz "makin' people happy." Love," "Waking the Dead") reads label in the '80s; and we hear new from his new book and discusses his releases from Richie Bierach, Anthony .... 8/ 18 "Meg Christian: Face the development as a writer. Public Affaln Braxton, YusefLateef and Bobby Music." Composer and singer Meg Hutcherson. Christian, one of today's leading 9/9 Pianist George Shearing reflects 5:30p.m. feminist musicians, reflects on her life on his life and music, and considers the AIDS: Personal Dimensions and and career. · impact of his blindness on both. Social Response. We continue the series begun last month based on 8/ 25 "Machito." A tribute to the 9/ 16 Novelist Rita Mae Brown symposiums held in April, 1986 by the legendary Frank "Machito" Grillo, (Rubyfruit Jungle, High Hearts) Medical School and the Department of who skillfully blended jazz and discusses her work as a lesbian feminist Philosophy. rhythmic Latin American sounds. activist and writer. 8/ 6 AIDS and the Schools. Jean Olson, 9/ 1 "Profile: Libra Cotton." A 91- 9/ 23 John Phillips, fo under and leader a member of the Duluth School Board year-old self-taught guitarist, who has of The Mamas and the Papas, describes and Past President of the Minnesota· become one of America's most his journey from pop star to recovering School Board Association, describes the respected folk musicians, vividly recalls drug addict. steps taken·by the Duluth School Board her long and fulfilling career. and other educational authorities in deciding how to handle potential cases 9/ 8 "Hiroshima: Mixing Cultures of AIDS. Through Music." Members of the Hiroshima band discuss the widespread 8/ 13 AIDS: Personal Responses. attention they have received while Reflections on the disease, its victims, incorporating various ethnic influences and how our society is responding to it with the use of traditional-Japanese from Brooks Anderson, community Freddie Hubbard instruments. activist; Rev. Daniel Miner, of St. Paul's 9/ 3 Bebop trumpeter Freddie Episcopal Church; and Dr. Mark Hubbard talks about his musical career 9/ 15 ''The Gullahs." An examination Eckman, a Duluth physician. and demonstrates his technique; also of a unique group of black people, who featured are-cuts from recordings by inhabit the coasts of Georgia and South 8/ 20 AIDS: Institutional Response; Kenny Wheeler and Bobby Bradford. Carolina, and their fight to preserve Concerns of Gay Communities. The their culture. series concludes with an interview 9/ 10 Keyboardist Russ Ferranie conducted by Iver Bogen of the UMD shares with listeners the evolution of 9/ 22 "Latin Music: A Changing Department of Psychology and Mental his compositional technique from Sound." This program explores the Health. Guests are Darryl, an active acoustic piano to the synthesizer; participant in the Minnesota AIDS diversity of Latin music in the United recordings from John Abercombie, States ranging from traditional to big Project; Leo Treadway, a member of the Pat Metheny and Phil Upchurch are band, salsa to jazz, and blues to rock n' Wingspan Ministry at St. Paul featured. > roll. - Reformation Lutheran Church, and Dr. Hal Leppink, Director of the St. Louis County Health Department. 9/ 17 Vocal sensation Bobby McFerrin 9/ 29 "For the Love of the Little John Phillips joins Ben Sidran for an examination of People." This program focuses on the what makes a jazz singer, making it One Big Union, a radio history of the Little People's Research Foundation in 9/ 30 Crime writer George V. Higgins clear that his own technique is very Industrial Workers of the World - the Baltimore, MD., pioneers in the field of describes how his contact with the simple, even though it points out the Wobblies - labor agitators who were corrective surgery for little people, who underworld as a journalist and difficulties in determining what are often called dwarfs or midgets. prosecutor helped him with his fiction. once the nation's most dynamic and feared radical group. These four contributes to a jazz singer's own unique style. programs recapture the feisty spirit of the Wobblies through dramatic 9/ 24 Saxophonist Paquito d'Rivera recreations, period music, archival tells his remarkable story of escape We have select keepsakes for the visitor recordings, interviews with historians, from Cuba and his rise to the top of the and the unique remembrances of the jazz business in New York City. and amusements /or the traveler last survivor of the "Everett Massacre" to our North Country of 1916.

8/ 27 The Life and Times of Jack Hypnosis Miller traces the life story of a 95-year- Habit Control J·Skylark old Wobbly organizer. Family Services COMPANY 9/ 3 We Shall Be All presents the ideas and actions of the Industrial Workers of TOYS• GAMES• DIVERTISEMENTS the World nationwide. 'l • DeWitt -Seitz Ma rket place 394 Lake Avenue South• Telephone 722-3794 9/ 10 Rebels of the Woods explores Wobbly organizing efforts in the Sunday noon to 5, Monday-Friday JO to 9, Saturday JO to 6 Northwest lumber industry.

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The Aging Society Our Front Porch NPR Playhouse - The under current U.S. administration 5:30 p.rn. l:OOp.m. Price of Silence policy. Many of today's leading thinkers and This continuing series of hour-long 11:00a.m. Another Kind of Courage, an oral activists join Alan Pifer, Chairman of . programs presents an eclectic view of Stephen Barlay's espionage thriller history of draft resistence and Carnegie corporation's Aging Society traditional music from the United States comes to life in this nine-part drama Project, and New York talk show host conscientious objection. Produced by and abroad. Hosted by John Sheffler, chronicling the events when a single Phil Andrus, an independent radio Roz Dunn, in lively, informal, and the presentations feature performances man - top British intelligence agent revealing conversations about the producer from Chimacum, Washington, of blues, folk, bluegrass, and music Maxon - stands between peace and the series includes interviews, readings substantive changes that will occur as from around the world. Armageddon. massive demographic shifts take place of first-person narrative, music, and historical sounds. within our population. 8/1 Performing is D.L. Menard, known 8/2 ''The Alert." The American Global as "the Cajun Hank Williams"; Menard Early Warning System announces an 8/9 I Must Not Fight Interviews with 8/7 Introduction. Public opinion is a veteran composer and performer of approaching Russian missile; at the last expert Daniel Yankelovich talks with three. conscientious objectors from music from the Louisiana Bayou. minute, it self-destructs, but World War I, both religious and Alan Pifer and Rozz Dunn about what international tensions are high. population aging will mean to political, together with a brief outline of 8/8 The ensemble Fiddle Fever serves the philosophical and legal history of individuals and institutions over the up some toe-tapping tunes. 8/9 ''The Catch." British agent Maxon conscientious objection. next five decades. goes to Toronto, where he meets The Lost World String Band 8/15 Ellsberg, a wartime friend who later Conscientious Campers. 8/14 The Childless Society. Dr. 8/16 performs in a demonstration of the became an agent for the KGB. Interviews with conscientious objectors Bel\jamin Spock talks about the ensemble's exceptional versatility. who served in civilian public service implications of fewer children being 8/16 "Old Pros and Cons." Ellsberg born in an aging society, questions how camps as their alternative to military 8/22 The husband-and-wife team of claims he can clear the scientist service, objectors who participated as we can improve life for them and where and displays· Robin Linda Williams Kowalski, who is being subtly smeared, "Human Guinea Pigs" in medical their adult advocates will come from, versatility, humor, and high energy in but hints that he also has more and asks what will happen if the elderly experiments, and objectors who went to performances of old-time country important information. prison for their acts of protest against and children become more polarized. music, gospel, blues, and rockabilly. selectiye service. 8/23 ''Two-Timers." As Maxon digs 8/29 Featured is blues singer/guitarist 8/21 A New Look at Work and deeper into the story, he finds that 8/23 When My Induction Notice Rory Block, whose style Rolling Stone Retirement Peter Libassi of the Kowalski has been lying, but may not be Came In The Mail, I Ate It lnten kwed Travelers Companies and Janet Sainer, magazine has compared to singers in- a spy after all, and Ellsberg is killed, in this program are objectors and cluding Aretha Franklin and Bonnie Commissioner of the City of New York apparently by the Russians. · resisters from the war in Viet Nam, Department for the Aging, talk about Raitt. including men who emigrated to the trend to earlier retirement, why 8/30 "Limbo." Kowalski is the next to Canada, men who went underground, The internationally-acclaimed musi- older workers will need to remain 9/5 die, and Maxon and Jack realize they're and men who did prison time. longer in the work force, threats to the cian John Hartford performs. being manipulated; Maxon narrowly Social Security system, and the escapes arrest on a charge of 8/30 Registered Objections. The final of private pension funds. Alan Pifer 9/12 Highlights from Michigan's manslaughter. program in this series includes explains his concept, "The Third popular Wheatland Festival include the ·interviews with non-registrants today, Quarter of Life." Red Clay Ramblers performing music 9/ 6 "Pressure Point" Maxon goes to and with men and women who have ranging from old-time music to show London where he discovers the real been discharged, both honorably and 8/28 Staying Healthier, Living tunes; and Hot Rize, an ensemble reason for the speed of the nuclear dishonorably, from the armed services Longer. Dr. Robert Butler, Chairman specializing in bluegrass and western alert, and also finds that he must now due to their conscientious objections. of the Department of Geriatrics and swing. work alone. Adult Development at the Mt. Sinai In Addition to the sources described School of Medicine, N.Y.C., and his wife, 9/19 The Doug Dillard Band performs 9/13 "In the Know." Maxon makes the above, each program will also include psychologist Mryna Lewis, discuss a lively program of eclectic folk music. final discovery: the phantom existence brief readings from first person whether or not people are really living of GLEW has bluffed the Russians into narratives, appropriate music, and other longer and what the implications of this massive expenditures on sounds of historical interest. trend are for the health care system. counter-measures. 9/6 Commonwealth Club. R. Milton 9/4 Are the Young Being Robbed of 9/20 "Crack-Point." Maxon is torn by Friedman, economist, author and Nobel Their Future? Landon Y. Jones, divided loyalties; is it not better to Prize winner, talks about "What we author of the best-selling book Great betray the GLEW secret? know that ain't so about economic Expectations, America and the Baby policy." Dr. Friedman says popular Boom Generation, and also Editor of 9/27 "The Price." Maxon's agonies are beliefs about the U.S. budget deficit and Money magazine, talks with the series' revealed as part of a careful plan; war the need to balance the nation's budget hosts about the fears of baby boomers may have been postponed, but another are not necessarily true. He points to a for their future. agent has paid a terrible personal price. thriving economy in spite of the country's deficit that now reaches the 9/11 Women: Living Longer and trillions. Living Better. Gloria Steinem, Public Affairs feminist leader and Editor of MS )Jt\ ~ ~.·,,~, ,. :· ·. magazine, and Dr. Lydia Bronte, Staff maf -·1:. 6:00p.m. Class for Credit Director, the Aging Society Project, talk 8/2 Family Planning Under Seige. A Bill Staines Photo: Peggy Brisbane about the aging society as a production of the Population Crisis 6:00 p.rn. predominantly female society because 9/26 Notable musician and champion Committee, this program examines in t.o Fiction Writing. Class of greater numbers of women living yodeler Bill Staines performs his several short reports the difficulties 9/13 11/ 15 longer than men. original compositions. faced by population control advocates for credit. See description and registration information elsewhere in this guide. 9/18 The Economy. Robert Lekachman, Professor of Economics at the City University of New York, and Rena Bartos, Executive Vice President ARI of J. Walter Thompson, a New York Wlhi (O)Il te IF 100>dl1 advertising agency, disucss the (C(O)Inm!lml1Ulln1Il{tJ economic picture and problems of the aging society. FINE ART & CRAFTS c~O]p) 9/25 The Lifelong Leamer. Dr. /0-9 Mon.-Fri.l 10-6 Sat.I Noon-5 Sun. 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Mountain Stage 8/23 Country singer/ songwriter Guy New Dimensions Radio Fuller. The founder of the Mo Tzu 7:00p.m. Clark, whose songs have been sung by 11:00a.m. Project, Bob Fuller travels the planet as Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Singer/songwriter Larry Groce is This continuing series presents a "citizen diplomat," searching out the Ri cky Skaggs, performs for the Moun- roots of conflict in the hope of learning host of this weekly two-hour program conversations with thinkers on the tain Stage audience, along with the what can be done to make peace a of music, storytelling, and humor from leading edge of change. popular, nationally-acclaimed ensemble West Virginia Public Radio. The spirited reality, not just a dream. Trape zoid. and lively show features the talents of 8/3 Helping Yourself with Ram Dass. artists such as jazz violinist John Blake, In his inimitable and articulate style, 9/ 7 Being a Whole Person with 8/30 Headlining this program is the In this dialogue The Fabulous Twister Sisters, and the Ram Dass talks about serving others, Frances Vaughn. acoustic string ensemble The Nashville folk/ acoustic ensemble Trapezoid. i. e., helping as a path of wholeness. A psychotherapist Frances Vaughn Bluegrass Band, as well as singer/ song- legend in his own time, he brings a provides the ground of being to support writer Haze l Dickens. 8/2 Autoharp virtuoso Bryan Bowers wealth of direct experience as a the ultimate journey of self-discovery. joins singer / songwriter Wendy Wald- psychologist, seeker and spiritual 9/ 6 Jesse Winchester's soft and gentle man and Kathy Mattea in a lively teacher together with a wonderful 9/ 14 Information, Intelligence and songs blend with the manic energy of program also featuring actor Gordon ability to reveal himself fully, serving as the Computer Myth with Theodore and virtuoso Pierce ("WKRP") Jump and Dr. Demento. a mirror from which we can reflect our Roszak. One of the keenest, most Pettis. own journey. respected observers of our society 8/ 9 Artist John McEuen joins musical today, Roszak makes a strong case that 9/ 13 Host Larry Gross welcomes our love affair with the computer may forces with the ensemble Mountain 8/ 10 Sacred Sexuality: God, Sex and musicians Josh White, Jr.; Robin be crippling our ability to think Thyme, as well as John Rosenbohm Batteau and Ron McCroby to the stage. the Body with Gabrielle Roth. Seeking and Bonnie Collins. the deepest well of our being, Gabrielle originally and creatively. takes us on a rhythmic ride through the 9/ 20 Anne Hills, who has sung on the 9/ 21 Voice Dancer with Jill Purce. 8/ 16 In a sizzling program, jazz vocalist past six Tom Paxton albums, sexual cycles of life and makes the Ann Baker, who's sung with Dizzy connection between the sexual act and Trained in the techniques of Tibetan demonstrates her sensitive and warm and Mongolian overtone chanting, Gillespie and Count Basie, joins the Bob style; also featured are Tim and Mollie spiritual experience. This is a Thompson Trio. remarkable and relevant dialogue for Purce shares her vision of sound as a O'Brien, and the Charleston String tool for transformation. Quartet. contemporary living in challenging times. 9/ 28 Doing What You Believe with 9/ 27 Vocalist Kathy Mattea is joined Phillip Berman. This is a true-life by Tim and Mollie O'Brien. 8/ 17 On the Path with Alan Arkin. 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Sidran on Record: National Public Radio's Ario Guthrie and Pete Seeger - Live at Wolf Trap Series of Surprises The series, which began in January 1985 and is produced at WHA Radio in Madison, Wisconsin, is as spontaneous ,,.~~"J'.e.-. - as jazz itself. Sidran believes that the f ._ , ··'i'!"l"h . only possible preparation for a program like this is what songwriter Dave Frishberg - a guest this past season -calls "makin' the rounds" and "diggin' the sounds." Sidran listens to the guest, performances unul he "gets a sense of the person behind the music." In that regard, Sidran has been preparing Sidran on Record all his life. The son of a jazz critic, he spent his Wisconsin childhood absorbed in bebop. His doctoral thesis on the sociology of black music in American was later published in book form under the title "Black Talk." But more than simply studying the music, he has lived Ben Sidran the musician's life and talks the talk The success of Sidran on Record from his own experience as a respected clearly results from host Ben Sidran's singer-composer-pianist with several keen awareness of what's happening on albums to his credit. the jazz scene. Each program bursts Sidran is not new to public radio, with insights - directly from the either. In 1982 he succeeded Billy music's creators - relevant to both Taylor as host of NPR's popular and veteran jazz listeners and recent acclaimed Jazz Alive!. That meant converts. The hour-long jazz music and commuting from his home in interview program can be heard weekly Wisconsin to Washington, D.C., but on KUMD, Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Sidran felt that his midwestern base was Sidran feels something special an asset. "I tried to bring a regional happens on his program. "What we do focus to the program. We did remotes is different," he says. "A full hour on from New Orleans, Chicago - wherever Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger the air means getting complete the music was happening.•· responses to my questions - and The relationship between jazz and The magic of two folk music heroes unfamiliar song from Argentina - for making many totally unexpected public radio is very important to Sidran. returns to public radio in Arlo Guthrie his part, Guthrie engagingly recalled discoveries." "It's a perfect marriage," he reflects. and Pete Seeger at Wolf Trap, a two- many of his better known songs and a One week, the program reveals the "Without public radio, jazz misses out hour celebration of music in America. couple by his father, Woody." surprising link between tap-dancing and on the exposure that is critical to The presetantion, taped live; airs on The two performers have been Max Roach's ferocious approach to the survival. At the same time, jazz brings KUMD on Friday, August 29th at 2 p.m. touring together for over seven years, drums. In another installment, public radio an audience it might not Guthrie and Seeger are two of the but their relationship dates back for Branford Marsalis explains the rhythms otherwise have." country's most famous musicians. decades. Seeger began traveling and of bebop in metaphors as lyrical as his After 50 programs, Sidran is During this special concert, they singing with Woody Guthrie before saxophone playing. confident that the freshness of jazz combine their rich musical World War II, playing in union halls and Revelations come easily during the music and musicians ensures a future interpretations of Americana in a warm, for migrant farm workers. Seeger later series, possibly due to Sidran's informal, as exciting as the past. The series will neighborly style, punctuating their formed the Weavers, the group of "hangin' out" demeanor and include such diverse artists as: soul-jazz music-making with a gentle running singers who popularized folk and masterfully simple format: jazz pianist Les McCann, Windham Hill's commentary about their lives and times. topical songs on a national scale during musicians play and discuss their William Ackerman, and Bob Wilber, Writes Mike Joyce of The Washington the 1950s. records and those of their colleagues. who was responsible for the authentic Post, "Seeger, a living repository of folk Guthrie continues in the tradition They evaluate their art with their own swing music in the film "The Cotton songs if ever there was one, had no established by his father, creating criteria for technical, emotional, and Club." The jazz mainstream will be difficulty coaxing the crowd to sing images of American folklife, politics and harmonic excellence, guided by their amply represented by such luminaries along with him whether it be 'Midnight social concerns that have made him love and enthusiasm for jazz. as pianists Mal Waldron and Dave Special', 'Turn, Turn, Turn' or an popular in his own right. Sidran explains the story behind the Brubeck. series. "The concept for Sidran on Undoubtedly, Sidran is well on the Record grew out of my periodic way to exceeding his goal, "to Use Your KUMD Membership Cardi ___ appearances on ALL THINGS communicate the vitality and wit and CONSIDERED discussing music with power of jazz that are reflected in the KUMD's 'NEW' Members' Club ." Sidran developed men and women who create it. 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