ON AIR & ONLINE JULY 2017

NPR Cooking Videos Travel to Costa Rica Old Time Radio Live Centennial Presentations

Featured Photo Fans of WPR and Larry Meiller gathered at in June for a special "History of the Packers" event as part of our centennial

WPR Next: New Program Development Update celebrations. The event, sponsored by the Packers, This past May, Public Radio launched WPR Next - a included interviews with content-incubation project designed to create and curate new on-air team President Mark and online content. After several months of development, we shared Murphy and Team four pilot programs with you on air and on wpr.org: "Because Historian Cliff Christl. Science," "BETA," "Entertain Us" and "Wisconsin Life Weekend." (Photo by Paul Manke) Thanks to everyone who took time to listen and share their feedback Find a centennial event through our online comment form or via our Audience Service phone near you at wpr.org/100. number. Your comments, along with other input, were valuable to our review process and we're pleased to announce that "BETA" and "Entertain Us" will have a second round of pilot episodes to further develop those programs.

"BETA" is an idea incubator from Doug Gordon, a producer for WPR's nationally-broadcast program, "To the Best of Our Knowledge." "Entertain Us" is a pop-culture clearinghouse covering TV and movies, music, comedy, books and more with hosts Haleema Shah and Chris Malina. According to Mike Arnold, WPR's director of content and chief operating officer, WPR Next has been the largest program development effort since the launch of The Ideas Network more than 25 years ago. "We have an incredibly talented staff with a lot of great ideas," he said. "We're learning from this process and look forward to sharing more plans for all four of these programs in the coming months."

Listen to all of the WPR Next Pilots at wpr.org/next

Cooking and Culture Videos with NPR Staff

Love, giving, comfort. What do you think of when you eat your favorite food? #NPRHotPot has been exploring this topic in a six-part online food video series called "Hot Pot: A Dish, A Memory." Sound Bites Each episode of Hot Pot features one dish made by one person and Kathleen Dunn the stories and memories they Announces August associate with it. Retirement On July 5 Kathleen Dunn So far the video series has featured stories and recipes such as announced her retirement collard from Atlanta, khichuri from India and, in the latest on her program: "The time video, NPR journalist Alina Selyukh makes oreshki, a cookie from has come for me to leave the former Soviet Union. The videos are engaging, the stories and my career in radio which inspiring and the food is delicious. started 44 years ago. The best 24 years have been Share your stories with NPR on Twitter #NPRHotPot with Wisconsin Public Radio. My last broadcast will be August 10." Since BEHIND THE SCENES her announcement, hundreds of listeners have sent well wishes and personal thoughts and remembrances of her time on the air.

Read Kathleen's letter to listeners and leave a note here

Don't Miss the WPR "Party of the Century" October 14 in Madison WPR at 100: Bicycle Traffic Court and More WPR and WPT will celebrate 100 years of In our 100th year, we're taking a look back at some of the people public broadcasting in and stories that made us who we are today. For more stories like Wisconsin with a grand this, visit wpr.org/100. celebration and fundraiser on Saturday, October 14 WPR's flagship station, WHA-AM, is also its oldest, but it was the at Overture Hall in 1932 partnership with WLBL, out of Stevens Point, that really began Madison. The night, what we think of as the WPR network today. We thought it would be called The Power of Story, fun to look back at some classic WLBL programs. will be emceed by NPR's All Things Considered If you were listening to WLBL back in 1924, one of your favorite Host Ari Shapiro. If you shows may have been Enemies of Sleep. The dramatically-named love public broadcasting, program was a variety show of sorts, featuring talent from area you won't want to miss communities and schools. Unfortunately, we don't have recordings this event! of some of our earliest programs, but it is fun to try and deduce the content based on their titles. Get tickets today at the Overture Center Box Perhaps today's Judge Judy should thank WLBL for paving the way Office Online for her TV courtroom, as the station brought Bicycle Traffic Court to the radio on the weekends. The Drink More Milk Club aired Saturday mornings, suggesting it may have been a serial targeted toward kids. Donate Your Car to Rent Control on the Air is thought to have been a listing of available Wisconsin Public Radio rental properties. Did you know you can donate your car to WPR WLBL also made room on its schedule for the discussion of civic and get a tax deduction? issues and advice for homemakers. In 1939, WLBL teamed up with We also take trucks, the Stevens Point Daily Journal to offer news read directly from the boats, RVs, and even , making it the first radio station in the state to do snowmobiles! We'll tow it so. The station was also known for sports, covering high school away for free at a time basketball and football games and UW-Madison Badger games. In that's convenient for you, the 1930s, it even entered into an agreement with WTMJ in and WPR will get a to carry Bay Packer games. donation in your name. Turn your old vehicle into Today central Wisconsin is still home base for WLBL 930 AM, WPR the programs you love! reporter Glen Moberg, our Route 51 regional program and more. Go to wpr.org/support to get started, or call 866- Experience Costa Rica 789-8627. Thanks! This Winter with WPR's

Veronica Rueckert Quick Links Escape the cold, dark days this winter and fly south to a tropical WPR Online paradise with WPR's Central Time Donate Now Host Veronica Rueckert. WPR WisContext Travel & Adventure are offering a sun-soaked Costa Rica tour, NPR Online January 20-30,2018, with Earthbound Expeditions. Listen Live to Ideas Ideas Schedule On this 10-night eco-adventure, you'll discover a vibrant land unlike any other. Costa Rica hosts greater biodiversity than all of Europe and North America, with over Listen Live to NPR News 850 species of birds and more butterflies than on the entire continent & Music of Africa. Enjoy visits to colorful botanical gardens, explore lush NPR News & Music jungles, stroll the shores of starlit beaches, and view an abundance Schedule of exotic wildlife from a bridge that gently suspends you in the mist of the Cloud Forest canopy. Be Part of WPR's Online Travel with fellow WPR listeners, travel with curiosity and Community support the programs you love - find complete details online here.

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WPR Presents: Old Time Radio Drama Live in Door County and Bayfield

As part of our centennial year, we're taking Old Time Radio Drama on the road so you can experience the magic of the golden age of radio. Celebrate WPR's 100th birthday, and join us for a night of comedy, sound effects, live music and more.

WPR's Norman Gilliland hosts the 9XM Players' performance of "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde, adapted for all ages. You can see the show tonight, July 22, at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek or on Saturday, August 12 at Big Top Chautauqua in Bayfield. Find tickets below or at the door.

Click here for July 22 Door County tickets

Click here for August 12 Bayfield tickets

Find all of our centennial year events at wpr.org/100.

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Centennial Community Talks - Available Upon Request from WPR and WPT

Wisconsin is the birthplace of public broadcasting! Before the BBC, before the , the idea of public service broadcasting started right here at home. It's a great story and we've had so much fun sharing with civic groups across the state over the past several months.

As our centennial celebration continues, we'd love to share our story with your community group or organization. Presentations are free of charge, approximately 20 to 30 minutes in length and cover the history and future of WPR and WPT.

To schedule a presentation in your community, please contact Dawn Jewell at 608-604-600 or email [email protected]

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