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APRIL 2020 PROGRAM GUIDE from alan Stations Help WAMC Go Green! Monthly column from Alan Chartock. You may elect to stop receiving our paper PAGE 2 WAMC, 90.3 FM, Albany, NY program guide, and view it on wamc.org. WAMC 1400 AM, Albany, NY Call us to be removed from the PROGRAM NOTES WAMK, 90.9 FM, Kingston, NY paper mailing list: 1-800-323-9262 ext. 133 What’s coming up on WAMC. WOSR, 91.7 FM, Middletown, NY PAGE 3 WCEL, 91.9 FM, Plattsburgh, NY PROGRAM SCHEDULE WCAN, 93.3 FM, Canajoharie, NY Our weekly schedule of programming. WANC, 103.9 FM, Ticonderoga, NY PAGE 4 WRUN-FM, 90.3 FM, Remsen- WAMC Staff Utica, NY WAMQ, 105.1 FM, Great Barrington, WAMC Executive Staff LIVE AT THE LINDA BROADCAST MA Alan Chartock | President and CEO WWES, 88.9 FM, Mt. Kisco, NY SCHEDULE Joe Donahue | Roundtable Host/ Senior WANR, 88.5 FM, Brewster, NY Advisor Listen to your favorite shows on air after WANZ, 90.1, Stamford, NY they have been at The Linda. 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Our public radio station is committed to letting people hear for themselves what both men are saying. We do our best to fit in both press conferences in the midst of probably the worst pandemic this country has ever seen. Photo by Eric Korenman My view is that the people served by our station are not The Capitol Connection by Alan S. Chartock stupid. They know what’s what. In a democracy, people have to hear it for themselves. Those who think that a We received an interesting letter at WAMC Pubic Radio public radio station should engage in censorship the other day. The very good letter writer, who is obviously undermine the basic tenets of democracy. That word, feeling the same frustration that many other New Yorkers from the Latin, means, “from the people.” are experiencing, said that when it came to playing Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily press conferences, I had a very productive conversation with our letter writer usually around 11:00 in the morning and also playing who admitted that he wrote out of a sense of frustration. President Donald Trump’s press conferences at around After all, the president is the president and whether we noon, we ought to continue with Cuomo until he is done like what he says or not, he should be heard. since he is so much more sensible than the president. The point, he wrote, was that Cuomo gets credit for National Public Radio has been annoying us by cutting in presenting the facts while the president bloviates and incessantly and doing “analysis” of the president’s words offers a lot of misinformation and insults. Both men and then cutting him off before he is through, apparently answer questions but Trump answers in such a way to to assure the continuity of their other programs. I wrote infuriate many of us. Just take the recent question posed them a letter and told them to cut it out. Usually when I by a reporter who, in so many words, asked the president take them to task and send copies to the heads of all the what kind of solace he could give all those people who other public stations, the silence is deafening. This time, were suffering through the present corona emergency. an awful lot of other station managers publicly echoed my The president, always at war with the press, said the sentiments. question was “nasty.” Unbelievable. Look, I am no fan of this president. I truly believe he It is clear that Cuomo is a study in contrast with Trump presents a clear and present danger to this democracy. and he knows it. Unfortunately, New York is desperately in But, hey, we have to do our jobs. We have to allow the need of federal resources and we have certainly seen that people to hear and judge for themselves. If we do other- Trump has not been shy about depriving New York, his wise, we risk doing what Trump is always doing. former home, of things that it desperately needs. Cuomo has been on the phone with the president and is care- ful to put a good face on those conversations. He really has no choice; there is just too much at stake. Trump, however, has another game plan. He clearly believes that by attacking and taking nasty cracks at the governor, he excites his base. He sees that as the path to re-election. So how does Cuomo fight back? 2 WAMC PROGRAM GUIDE APRIL 2020 3 PROGRAM NOTES TINA RENICK It is a strange time in the country as the coronavirus pan- Mercer University. Topics to be discussed include the demic slows everyday life to a halt. But not all is bad. As search for love, the debate over religious symbols on we take to social media for interaction and entertainment, public lands and how reading during hard times can help we’re seeing a new wave of positivity and selflessness. you keep your humanity. Other exciting research to listen Restaurants are providing free meals and people from for in April includes how to better share the road when all nations are joining in on the couch choir craze. As we driving or riding, how predictive data can help college lean on each other for support, many are hoping this will students and also the unexpected benefits of school be a cultural change to last. re-zoning. Tune in each weekday at 7:30 a.m. and 3:56 p.m. on WAMC or anytime at AcademicMinute.org. What’s coming up in April… Coming up at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts To keep you informed and up-to-date, WAMC will con- Studio - since the health of our community is extremely tinue to offer live White House briefings and announce- important to us we are canceling/postponing events until ments from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as further notice. We will do our best to reschedule these they unfold. We will also continue providing special cover- events for a future date. Please visit thelinda.org for more age of the global coronavirus crisis with The National details and updates. Conversation with All Things Considered airing Monday through Friday at 9 p.m. Tune in each day to Be sure to subscribe to the WAMC News Podcast. We WAMC to hear news and updates on the COVID-19 pan- post new episodes twice a week, featuring our most demic. interesting stories from across the Northeast, in-depth interviews with newsmakers, and other special segments. While live performances are canceled at the Met due If you love Midday Magazine and Northeast Report but to health risks, Saturday matinee broadcasts from the can’t always listen on air, the WAMC News Podcast is a Metropolitan Opera will continue with memorable, pre- perfect way to catch up! https://wamcpodcasts.org/wamc- recorded performances from the Met archives beginning news-podcast/ at 1 p.m. This month on Person Place Thing, on April 3 host Ran- Sign up for Airwaves, our weekly newsletter, for program dy Cohen sits down with Paula Scher, one of the most updates and follow us on social media for the latest news acclaimed graphic designers in the world and the and station info. recipient of hundreds of industry honors and awards including: the National Design Award for Communica- tion Design, the AIGA medal and the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design. Scher has been a principal in the New York office of the distinguished international design consultancy Pentagram since 1991.