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WGLT Program Guide, September-October, 2008 Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData WGLT Program Guides Arts and Sciences Fall 9-1-2008 WGLT Program Guide, September-October, 2008 Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg Recommended Citation Illinois State University, "WGLT Program Guide, September-October, 2008" (2008). WGLT Program Guides. 220. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg/220 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Arts and Sciences at ISU ReD: Research and eData. It has been accepted for inclusion in WGLT Program Guides by an authorized administrator of ISU ReD: Research and eData. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Carl Kasell Visits Veteran newscaster, Wait, Wait judge, magician. GLT presents An evening with Renaissance man Veteran broadcaster Carl Kasell's radio career spans more than 50 years. He is the official judge and score­ keeper for NPR's weekly news quiz show, Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!®, which premiered in January 1998. RADIO Kasell's voice is one heard oftern delivering news during I Morning Edition®, a role he has held since the FACES program's inception in 1979. Friday, November 7, 2008 Before his work with Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!®, Kasell hosted NPR's Early 5 - 6:30 p.m. - Cocktail hour ($100 level only) Morning Edition, a one-hour news program created in 1997 and incorporated 6:45 - 9:30 p.m. - Dinner and presentation into Morning Edition® at the start of 1998. (both ticket levels) In 2004, UNC at Chapel Hill selected Kasell as an inductee to the North Carolina Journalism Hall of Fame, which recognizes North Carolina natives who have made Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center Ballroom exceptionally distinguished and career-long contributions to the field of journalism. 10 Brickyard Drive Bloomington, Illinois As the 2008 guest for Radio Faces™, Kasell shares some of his experiences as a radio journalist, and maybe a magic trick or two. There are two ticket levels - see The In-Depth Story $100 per person next page for details. Ticket includes an elegant cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres, open bar, and the opportunity to meet Carl Kasel! one on one. Your menu choices are: Followed by a full dinner with wine, and the presentation. Tournedos Of Beef Tenderloin Roasted Vegetable Empanada In The News Roasted Tenderloin Sliced In Medallion (turnover) $50 per person Fashion With Smoked Plum Tomato and Black Flaky Butter Pastries Filled With Roasted Season­ Ticket includes a full dinner with wine, and the presentation. Olive Compote. al Vegetables Served With Red Beans and Rice. Orange Roughy Nantua Style All entrees include Salad, Dinner Rolls This GLT event sponsored by: Broiled Fillet Of Sweet and Mild Orange Roughy, and Butter, Fresh Seasonal Vegetables, Tickets on sale now online at wglt.org Seasoned With Lemon Pepper and Completed Chef's Choice Selection of Potato or Rice, or by calling (309) 438-8910. With Sauce Bechamel, Diced Fresh Tomatoes a Luscious Dessert, and Table Wine. and Garlic Shrimp. You will be asked to make your dinner selection when you place your ticket order. Fund Drive. Now there's a great idea. Here's another great idea: by GLT Membership Director Pat Peterson Renew your support, send an additional contribution or make that first-time Fund Drive a great idea? Are you kidding? A week-long begging marathon? investment in GLT by 5 pm on October 25, 2008 and you will be entered in Interruptions in your favorite programs? This is a great idea? a drawing* to win a brand new Accurian HD radio. Yes it is. See, the original idea behind public radio like GLT is this: the public Why the heck would you want an HD radio? Because you'll want to have will support radio that serves the public interest. The public (you) helps pay for access to GLT's brand new HD-only stations: our all-blues radio station and quality news and entertainment (GLT), keeping your public radio station free from our all-news and ideas station. commercial influence, and available to all (serving the public interest). That is a We're launching our HD radio great idea. services in September. (Details Like most great ideas, this one is strikingly simple. Every fund drive, we ask you to on thisnewGLTventureon pg 12.) help pay for the services you use. And you do. We thank you for that and we thank you for: Renewing your annual support for GLT as soon • as you receive your reminder. Save time, paper, Yet another great idea: and postage. Put your money to work right away, helping to sustain the news and entertainment Take your passion for GLT a step further. Volunteer to come to the studios and services only GLT provides. answer pledge phones during the Fall 2008 Fund Drive. Phone lines are open from very early to very late, October 17-25, so there's bound to be a two-hour shift Increasing your annual support or making an (or more) that fits your schedule. Sign up online at wglt.org or call Pat Peterson additional contribution. Your extra support will at (309) 438-3581. help us cope with ever-diminishing state and federal funding and help us keep up with the rising cost of Contribute your financial support. Enter to win an HD radio. Volunteer to help bringing you the excellent services you expect. with the fund drive. You can do it all at wglt.org. Thanks for making this great idea called public radio a reality with your financial support. Doing your part. If, by some chance, you've yet to contribute your financial support for GLT's on-air and online services, think about this: everything you like about this public radio station is here because *No contribution is necessary to enter GLT's drawing to win the Accurian HD Radio. You must be 18 or older to enter. To enter without making a contribution, mail your postcard entry with name, ad­ listeners like you help pay for it. You know how dress, city, state, zip, daytime phone/evening phone numbers, and date of birth to HD Radio, important GLT is to you. So, please, do your part c/o WGLT, ISU Campus Box 8910, Normal, IL 61790-8910. Entries must be time stamped or and make a first-time contribution. postmarked no later than midnight, October 25, 2008. Complete sweepstakes rules are available at wglt.org or by calling (309) 438-2255. stay connected election '08 schedule changes Election '08: Dig Deeper on line volunteer community info The 2008 presidential campaign is historic in a number of ways, not the least contests blues festivals HD radio of which is the profound impact of the Internet on this election. We're not just talking about record fund raising, You Tube notoriety, or Twitter debates. This fund drive is the Internet at its best with on line tools that connect you with your fellow citizens, educate you on the issues and candidates, and even let you play a few election coverage Storycorps technical info games along the way. Check out www.wglt.org/electionOB. concerts The NPR/NewsHour 2008 Election Map holiday programs Here's your one-stop access to the best election-related news from nationa reporters, rich data on each state's political environment, and up-to-date r ts on NPR featured series election night. You Predict the Outcome is a very cool tool that allows you to look at "driveway moments" NPR special coverage any state's recent presidential voting records and the hot-button issues in t t s te, and then predict which way that particular state will go in November. Wa behind the scenes at GLT Electoral College totals rise and fall with your predictions. government funding updates Vote-by-Issues Quiz Do you really know where your candidate stands on the issues? Take this quiz and staff favorites you're invited find out if you are, in fact, leaning the way you think you are. Learn about the candidates through their platforms - not their personalities - and learn ore about yourself along the way. Stay up to date with your favorite radio station with You Decide GLT's e-mail newsletters.You can choose to receive our An online "devil's advocate" designed to challenge your point of view on current monthly e-newsletter and/or our occasional bulletins on issues. You're asked your position on an issue of national significance, and however breaking news,station events,and special programming. you answer, you have an opportunity to consider the other side of the argument. The e-newsletter replaces our old snail-mailed "G Notes", saving Even better, you can debate the issue with your fellow citizens. Warning: putting paper and mailing costs,and allowing us to bring you more your critical thinking to work like this is addictive, so set the timer. timely information. Budget Hero Sign up at wglt.org/listenerservices/enews where you can Think through the complexities and challenges of the federal budget and the indicate your e-mail preferences and your interests. major policy issues of 2008 with this engaging and journalistically sound online game. Can you be a Budget Hero by staying true to your values, while creating a The GLT e-newsletters are a service for you. Let us know sustainable government? Hmmm ... imagine the possibilities. what you like, don't like, need, don't need, etc., by e-mailing [email protected]. Thanks! You can count on NPR and GLT for the most intelligent, substantive, and useful coverage of this historic campaign and of election night itself, November 4, 2008, on air at 89.1/103.5 FM and online at wglt.org.
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