Volume 44 – Issue 1 January/March WYSU HOSTS TWO FEBRUARY EVENTS The 20th MAD ABOUT THE ARTS In This Issue: AND PAULA POUNDSTONE! Mark your calendar now for two great events in February. MAD ABOUT THE ARTS Page Five On Friday, February 20, Mad About the Arts takes place at Stambaugh Auditorium, a new location for this event, now in its 20th year of celebrating food, wine, music and art to benefit 88.5 WYSU and the McDonough Museum of Art at YSU. The YSU Jazz Ensemble and the band Redline will provide music. Tickets are on sale now at .org.

Page Six A week later, on Friday, February 27, comedian Paula Poundstone will perform at the DeYor Center’s Ford Recital Hall. Tickets are $35 and $75 each and are on sale now. The higher ticket price includes a reception with Paula following the show. Poundstone is the star of NPR’s popular news quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Paula! Me!, airing on WYSU at 11 a.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays.

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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 Fresh Air Weekend Wait, Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! Performance 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 2:00 Classical Music with Gary Sexton Today 2:00 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Travel with Rick Steves Says You! 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 3:00 3:00 Fresh Air Sound Medicine 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 6:00 On the Media A Prairie Home Marketplace, 6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. 7:00 Companion 7:00 Looking Out, 7 - 7:30 Fresh Air 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thistle and Shamrock 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Allegheny Front 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. 8:00 8:00 Folk Festival with Charles Darling 9:00 9:00 World of Performance Today The Jazz Sofa with The Jazz Sofa with 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Opera Rick Popovich Rick Popovich 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. Classical Music, 9:30 - 10 10:00 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 10:00 Harmonia 10 p.m. - 11 p.m. 11:00 11:00 Classical Music Jazz Now’s the Time Classical Music 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight 11 p.m. - Midnight Mid. Mid. All programs are subject to change without notice.

2 ALASKAN CRUISE is on the Horizon for the Next WYSU Tour! by Barbara Krauss If you’ve ever dreamed of visiting Alaska, your chance There will be an opportunity to experience some of is coming up, and as hundreds of past travelers can tell Alaska’s winding waterways, some magnificent towering you, there is simply no better way to do it than with the blue glaciers and rushing waterfalls, and whale sighting WYSU tour group! is practically guaranteed! In addition, we’ll spend a Everything is managed by the travel experts at Go few days exploring Seattle, and the beautiful gardens of Ahead Tours of Boston, and this tour package is almost Victoria, British Columbia. entirely inclusive, covering round trip airfare, most of Departure is July 15, 2015, but our roster is filling your meals, a full time tour guide and passage on the up fast, so please call 330-941-3363, or e-mail krauss@ Royal Caribbean Celestial Solstice for a cruise along wysu.org for more details. Alaska’s western coastline. HOW TO GET TICKETS…

FOR MAD ABOUT THE ARTS FOR PAULA Tickets are on sale online at $80 each. Discounted tickets at $65 each available for: POUNDSTONE Tickets for Paula Poundstone are available through • WYSU members • McDonough Museum of Art members the DeYor box office at 330-744-4269 or online at • YSU faculty members, staff and students www.youngstownsymphony.com/box-office/. They • YSU Fine & Performing Arts (now Creative Arts are $75 and $35 each. & Communication) alumni Visit www.wysu.org/madaboutthearts to purchase tickets. For more information about either event Tickets can also be purchased with a check or credit card call Tricia at 330-941-1777 or at the WYSU offices, located in the basement of Cushwa email [email protected] Hall on the campus of Youngstown State University.

More Staff Flashbacks For our Staff Flashback this month – No need to guess who this is. Former WYSU director Robert Peterson was much loved and is greatly missed.

3 THE VALUE IN GROUP TRAVEL - BARBARA AND TRICIA Why Travel in a Group? Reasons go beyond safety and convenience!

WYSU’s Barbara Krauss and Tricia Perry have experienced group travel many times, and can name many benefits of doing so – in addition to the practicality and safety it offers. Read on for ten reasons why traveling with the WYSU group tour (next stop, Alaska in July 2015!) can add more to your tour experience.

1. You always have someone with whom to explore. 6. Your travel group is like extended family. Traveling in twos can be difficult when it comes time to Did you forget a camera battery? Want to share a cab during agree on what to see and when. But when in a group, you your free time exploration? Other travelers in the group are instantly widening your circle of companions who are like your extended family – there is always going to be might share a similar interest. So when some of your group someone around willing to help! decides they really don’t want to see another museum during free time, you can find other museum-lovers to 7. There is safety in numbers. accompany you. Traveling in a group means others are always there to look out for you, so that you never feel alone. 2. All the details of your vacation are taken care of for you. Planning a big trip can be stressful, especially when you’re 8. You’ll receive personalized attention before and during going to a country where you don’t speak the language. departure. But with a Tour Director and a private tour bus at your As the local tour coordinator, Barbara sends out monthly disposal, all of your group transfers and excursions are newsletters to all travelers that include helpful travel tips planned out for you. Your only responsibility is to sit back and all the information you need to make trip preparations and enjoy each stop on your itinerary. as easy as possible. And she’ll be there to guide you through the airport experience as well. 3. You’ll see things you might not get to see on your own. There’s no better way to visit some of the most popular 9. There’s always a travel expert to take care of any historic sites than by traveling with a group, if only for emergencies. the discounted tickets and exclusive access that often Our Go Ahead tour group leaders are travel experts, accompanies larger tours -- like skipping the long lines equipped to handle all kinds of emergencies, from at the Vatican Museum, for example. And with an expert helping to replace lost passports to coordinating medical handling your itinerary, you’ll be sure to see all the major emergencies that may come up. When you’re on your sights, as well as a few hidden gems along the way. own, you’re on your own – but on a Go Ahead tour, help is always there. 4. You’ll forge friendships that span ages and distance. Traveling with a group creates an immediate bond, simply 10. Local tour guides know the terrain. due to the experiences and memories you’ll share together No tour books to study, no city maps to master. When you on tour. More often than not, you’ll return home with a travel in a group, you’ll be able to learn so much more about new network of friends from all over the country with the places you visit from the local experts. Best part of this? whom you can keep in touch, or even travel with again— Not getting lost – and if you do, it won’t be long before the and who can really relate when you’re seriously missing the tour director gets you back on track. paella from Valencia. Of course, group travel 5. Each person brings a different perspective. is not for everyone, but a One of the best parts of being on tour is learning from group tour is something the other travelers. Since everyone brings different that everyone should try backgrounds and learning experiences to the table, they once. can offer additional insights or perspectives to some of the You might be surprised at many famous (or not-so-famous) sights you’ll see during the memories you make! your trip.

4 WYSU TWO NEW EMPLOYEES Welcomes October saw the arrival of two new faces in the WYSU offices in Cushwa Hall: Cindy Bella and Susan Moorer. Both longtime YSU employees in other offices, they recently relocated into positions at the station. Cindy worked for 14 years in the YSU Bursar’s office, and is now our administrative assistant. Susan has worked at YSU for eight years in the Department of Education and the Department of Equal Opportunity and Diversity. She takes on the role of Development Officer for WYSU, working with the many underwriters and foundations that support us. Both are doing a great job of learning the public radio ropes and fitting right in. You can New to the WYSU Staff: Susan Moorer, Development Officer and find out more about Susan and Cindy in their Cindy Bella, Administrative Assistant. profiles posted at www.wysu.org. MAD ABOUT THE ARTS

It has been 20 years and we are still MAD ABOUT THE ARTS! Save the date for Friday, February 20, 2015, as the McDonough Museum All concerts held at the Edward W. Powers Auditorium beginning at 8 PM of Art and 88.5 WYSU Tickets : 330.744.0264 or www.YoungstownSymphony.com celebrate the arts at Stambaugh Auditorium. Note the new location!

5 Unusual Fund Drive Schedule Gets Results! You might have noticed we did something different during our recent Fall Fund Drive. Instead of holding a 72- hour drive on consecutive days in October, we moved the dates up to September, and picked several different days over a three-week period to fundraise on the air. It was a lot of work, but the results were terrific! We brought in over $140,000 thanks to pledges from YOU, our loyal supporters. That total exceeded our goal of $132,000, and is allowing us to continue with the great programming we have been airing for 45 years! Enjoy some of the photos of WYSU staff, volunteers and supporters who made the drive a success!

6 Unusual Schedule Gets Results! 7 Some Changes to MORNING EDITION on WYSU There have been some changes to the Morning Edition schedule on WYSU that affect when you will hear some of your favorite local inserts, such as regional news headlines, The Writer’s Almanac, and Gina Marinelli’s Doing Good. NPR revamped the Morning Edition clock, requiring some changes on our end. NEW TIME AND MORE TIME FOR DOING GOOD The schedule for Doing Good, a locally produced interview program that focuses on those making a positive difference in the WYSU listening area, has also changed. It can now be heard on Tuesdays at 5:45 and again at 7:45 a.m. The length of the program has been expanded to five minutes. That pleases host Gina Marinelli, who can now talk to her guests for a longer period of time! NEW TIME FOR THE WRITER’S ALMANAC Doing Good host Gina Marinelli (center) From now on, you’ll hear regional news headlines at and a few of her guests. 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. The Writer’s Almanac now airs at 6:45 and 8:45 a.m.

WYSU-FM OPEN MEETING POLICY

All meetings of WYSU-FM’s University Advisory FOR Board, Youngstown State University’s Board of Trustees, and Youngstown State University Board of Trustees’ WYSU’s Institutional Engagement Committee are open to the public. ASHTABULA The Youngstown State University Board of Trustees LISTENERS! is WYSU-FM’s supervisory board. The meetings that might address WYSU-FM business are the After 20 years of operating W211AL on 90.1 MHz in General Meetings and the Institutional Advancement Ashtabula, WYSU was recently required to change its Committee Meetings. frequency there. WYSU relocated transmission to 88.1 The WYSU-FM Advisory Board does not MHz, W201DP on November 12th. make station policy, but it is open to the public for observation and comments. The engineering staff at WYSU was prepared for Notices for all meetings will be posted on the this change, and as a result there were no lengthy WYSU-FM website – www.wysu.org. delays in service. In the future, any announcements On-air announcements for all meetings will be made concerning W201DP will be posted at www.wysu.org. on WYSU-FM, 88.5 MHz. Any questions about WYSU-FM’s open meeting policy can be addressed to Gary Sexton, station director, at [email protected], or by phone at 330-941-3363.

8 Now’s The Time with Martin Berger, Saturday, 11 pm

1/3 New New Orleans. The 2/14 Benny Carter. Smooth, 3/14 Ruby Braff. A long and traditional street band sound in sophisticated Swing-era altoist, admirable career, mastering the latter-day form, with a bit of the arranger, and occasional world- trumpet/cornet art of Bobby Dirty Dozen and a lot of Rebirth. class trumpeter, often referred to by Hackett and Buck Clayton and 1/10 Old New Orleans. Founders of colleagues as “The King.” achieving his own blend of the form, with a bit of Bunk Johnson 2/21 Horace Parlan. Alumnus and exuberance and grace. and George Lewis, and a lot of lesser cornerstone of the stunning Charles 3/21 Donald Byrd. As ‘50s-‘60s up- known but worthy practitioners. Mingus band of the ‘50s, a pianist and-coming hard-bop trumpeter, in 1/17 Andrew Hill. Adventurous with a sure instinct for the essentials. excellent company. modern-jazz pianist. 2/28 Booker Ervin. Forceful Texas 3/28 Clifford Jordan and John 1/24 Archie Shepp. Explosive avant- tenorman with a highly personal Gilmore. Relying heavily on the garde saxophonist of the ‘60s, more sound, a frequent associate of two-tenor 1957 session “Blowin’ recently reflective and serene. Mingus and Parlan, mostly leading in from Chicago”–compatible, small groups in the ‘60s. competitive young saxophonists, a 1/31 Art Pepper. One of the most rhythm section with Horace Silver persuasive post-Charlie Parker 3/7 Art Hodes. Unfancy, solid blues pianist, solo and leading and Art Blakey, and a great deal of altoists, mostly in recordings of the energy. ‘50s and early ‘60s. distinguished Chicago-traditional bands. 2/7 Sonny Stitt. An alternative, hard-hitting modern saxophonist, not a Parker disciple but a fellow innovator.

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Did you know WYSU provides a Community Make Quick Calendar page as a public service? You can Work of enter your event by going to our website, wysu.org. Remember, we concentrate on fine Stuffing and performing art events, large community events, and YSU events. Newsletters This is a free service to the public, but as such, we do not promise airing frequency or WYSU owes a big to students at the Rich Center location. You can contact Susan Moorer at thank you 330-941-3364 if you would like something for Autism here at Youngstown State University. They helped us more guaranteed, such as underwriting or a with the remit envelopes you see here, by taking the time to insert day sponsorship. them into all 2,400 newsletters. The envelope can be used to make It is easy to enter an event. Go to wysu.org and a donation to WYSU. The students stepped up when we needed visit the Community Calendar page under the COMMUNITY menu. Remember to include more hands, they enjoyed the work, and they did a great job. all the necessary information and a contact number or email address. 9 WYSU STAFF Folk Festival, with Charles Darling Cindy Bella - Administrative Assistant Sunday, 8:00 - 9:30 pm Chris Hartman - Assistant Broadcast Engineer for IT & Operations Barbara Krauss - Announcer/Producer 1/4 New Year Folk Sampler. The 3/1 Best of the Country Blues. Stars Ron Krauss - Broadcast Engineer year starts with many listeners’ Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Sleepy David Luscher - Associate Director requests. Includes Joni Mitchell, John Estes, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Susan Moorer - Development Officer Loudon Wainwright III, Lemon Robert Johnson, Sonny Terry and Tricia Perry - Funding Officer Jefferson, Grateful Dead, Judy Brownie McGhee, et al. Rick Popovich - Announcer/Producer Collins, many more. 3/8 Brits and Yanks. Singers from Gary Sexton - Director 1/11 Extended Sets, Part XLVII. both sides of the Atlantic: Shirley Thirty-minutes each: folk balladeer Collins, Eric Andersen, Roy Arbuckle, PROGRAM HOSTS/PRODUCERS and actor in the 1950s and ‘60s Judy Collins, Julie Henigan, Maddy Martin Berger - Now’s the Time Logan English; slide guitarist and Prior among others. Sarah Brown-Clark - Looking Out gospel singer of the ‘20s Blind Willie 3/15 A St. Patrick’s Day Salute. A Bonnie Burdman - Looking Out Johnson; and charming, whimsical, Green Theme stars Patrick Street, the Charles Darling - Folk Festival dramatic musician Ann Mayo Muir. New Barleycorn, Clancy Brothers and Willie Lofton - Production Assistant 1/18 Play It Again, Sam, Part X. from local artists, County Mayo. Gina Marinelli – Doing Good Two or more versions of the same 3/22 Humor and Satire in (Folk) George McCloud - Looking Out song, including “Sally Goodin,” “The Song. Smiles and smirks with The David Porter - Looking Out Queen of Argyll,” “Police Dog Blues” Foremen, Gamble Rogers, Alan and “Barbara Allen.” Sherman, Joady Guthrie, Beatrice Kay, STUDENT STAFF 1/25: Back to the 1920s & ‘30s, and more. Dakesha Jordan - Still Again. With Clarence Ashley, Weekend Announcer/ Production Assistant 3/29 Ballads Old and New. From Daniel Paterson - Cannon’s Jug Stompers, Uncle Dave Child Ballads, British and American Weekend Announcer/ Production Assistant Macon, Memphis Sanctified Singers, Broadsides to modern examples with Gregory Sili - Music Librarian Carter Family, etc. Peter, Paul and Mary, Will White, Tom Rachael Swanson - Weekend Announcer 2/1: Messages of Dissent, Part Russell, David Roth, Youngstown’s III. Protest music from my book Gail Finnie, etc. Tyler Tsangaris-Braatz - Office Assistant Messages of Dissent and Beyond. Includes “No Irish Need Apply,” “No More Auction Block for Me,” “Battle All programs are subject to change Cry of Freedom,” “Youngstown,” and without notice. ADVISORY BOARD “Love That Politician.” 2009/2012 2012 Lark Dickstein Stacey Adger 2/8 Songs of Peace, Hope and Love,88.5 FM 88.5 FM Part II. Inspiration and purpose Lynn Griffith LuWayne Annos John Polanski Judy Barron with Bob Dylan, Bill Staines, Priscilla Fr. Bob Bonnot Herdman, Judy Collins, Don 2010/2013 Leslie Cusano McLean, the Beers Family, et al. Nancy Marsh Radio you need to know. Melinda Crawford Perttu 2/15 Country Cookin’, Part XCIV. Bill Brennan This newsletter is printed Gina Schiavone 2013 Musical stew from the Appalachians 88.5on recycledFM paper. Rebekah Sheeler Matt Alspaugh with the Skillet Lickers, Mac Radio you need to know. Karen O’Malia-Zauderer Wiseman, Doc Watson, Uncle Dave 2011/2014 Macon, Chris Thile, et al. Gary Davenport 2014 The newsletter Maggie McClendon Heidi Daniel 2/22 Dulcimers, Harmonica and is also available online at Patricia Fleming Autoharps. Folk instruments in the 88.5 FM 88.5 FM Lynn Green hands of talented folk artists such as wysu.org Tom Hull Bill Spence, Sonny Terry, Kilby Snow, Chris Meta Mike Fenton among others. Jessica Winters

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