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thanks to you ■ ■ ■ The exception becomes the rule A(short) fund drive message fromPa t Peterson, GLT Membership Director

hank You. For over a year now we've been working with you, our listeners, to support. So start bugging your friends. Persuade them to join you in supporting news, sustain GLT's excellent programming and to keep on air fund raising interruptions blues and all that jazz. And remind them that their contribution will double in value this Tto a minimum. Which is a fancy way of saying we've been working together to pay spring ... thanks again to GLT corporate supporters who have agreed to match every pledge the bills without those seemingly endless 10 day fund drives. received now through the conclusion of the fund drive on April 6, 2003.

First we limited fund drive appeals to certain times of the day. That worked. Through the mail, on line, or over the phone, every pledge this spring counts towards the goal. Every pledge will We met goals and shortened fund drives. be matched. And every pledge helps pay for the quality Then last fall we cut our usual 9-10 day fund drive in half. And that worked too. programming you expect from GLT.

Listeners from all over the country* contributed the money needed to pay GLT' s Short, powerful fund drives ...the exception is programming bills, protect the broadcast and/or internet service they rely on and offset becoming the rule, thanks to you. the impact of deep cuts in State of Illinois funding .. .a ll in the shortest fund drive in GLT history.

Let's make it work again this spring. *Did you know GLT currently has supporters in some 20 states and one Canadian province? These folks rely on GLT's live audio stream at wglt.org for music and In fact, let's make short, effective fund drives the rule rather than the exception. W ith entertainment they cannot find anywhere else. And they understand that our your help, support from friends of GLT in the business community, and a little bit of luck, internet service, just like our broadcast service, costs money. So be proud of your we can keep the upcoming spring fund drive - and subsequent fund drives - effective, public radio station, central Illinois, and be a part of the national community that productive, and SHORT. supports GLT. •

The GLT Spring Fund Drive is just 5 days long, April 2-6, 2003.

The goal? Pay for the programming. This spring the ticket is $100,000.

Here's how you can help: Renew now. If you are due to renew your annual support this spring, please do so as soon as you receive your reminder. Every pledge we receive through the mail, on line at wglt.org, or over the phone GLT Pledge Phone Volunteers! counts toward the campaign goal and is being matched by area businesses who are as determined to protect GLT's broadcast service Now's the time to reserve your favorite shift. as you are. Your prompt renewal also saves GLT time and money Call Pat Peterson or email to [email protected]. much better spent on the programming we all rely on. We need people from early to late April 2-April 6. Especially on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6. Give more. If at all reasonable, increase your annual support or send in an additional Thanks! gift. Your increased investment in your public radio station will double in value when it is matched by local businesses who want to see GLT emerge from the current State of Illinois budget crunch unscathed. And your additional dollars will help the station offset the ever increasing costs of bringing you the service you depend on.

Talk it up. You know that GLT provides choices and services you simply cannot find anywhere else on your radio. You know there would be no GLT without listener concert

Nickel Creek In Normal Thanks To GLT

LT is proud to present the first-ever Central Illinois appearance of a band that Ever a leader in bringing great acoustic music to GLT listeners, Acousticity host Bruce Time magazine dubbed one of the "Music Innovators for the Millenium." Nickel Bergethon has been playing their music since 1995. In addition to their two as a GCreek will appear in a concert benefiting the GLT Equipment Fund on Thursday, group, and (reviewed and recommended in this issue), the members April 24 at Braden Auditorium, Illinois State University. of Nickel Creek have performed and recorded with the Dixie Chicks, , Glen Phillips, the Modem Quartet, David Grisman, Hootie and the Blowfish, Hank Nickel Creek is a quartet largely comprised of Williams Jr., Sam Bush, Kelly Willis, Bluegrass Etc., and Bela Fleck. has youthful virtuosos who have been playing together released three solo instrumental albums, the most recent of which is titled for half of their lives. Musical partners since their Not All Who will release his second solo , 26 just a few pre-teenage years in California, Nickel Creek's Wander Are Lost. Miles, weeks before Nickel Creek's appearance in Normal. core is mandolinist Chris Thile (21), guitarist Sean Watkins (25), and his sister, fiddler Come enjoy a unique evening of original music that will help GLT continue to improve (20). All three of the younger members sing. They the sound of the station in the years ahead. Tickets for Nickel Creek's April 24 show are are joined by versatile bassist Derek Jones, well on sale at the Braden Box Office and through all Ticketmaster outlets. regarded in both jazz and new acoustic music.

Easy to enjoy, Nickel Creek's sound is resistant to easy categorization. Thile and the Watkins' were raised in California's vibrant neo-traditional bluegrass culture, and have been recognized for their recocious musical prowess (Thile was nominated P Nickel Creek is Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins & Chris Thile for Mandolin Player of the Year by the International Association five times before his 20th birthday). Although their repertoire includes traditional bluegrass and folk, it is laced with contemporaty songs by the rock group Pavement and singer . The majority of their songs are written by band members, principally Sean Watkins and Chris Thile.

The original material of Nickel Creek reflects the diverse musical tastes of the group - from Bach to Pat Metheny to Radiohead. New York Times writer T TerryTeachout describes their sound as "polystylistic." "It's just Nickel Creek music," counters bluegrass luminaty , producer of their two best selling Sugar Hill albums, and a huge fan of, and influence on, the band. What unites Nickel Creek's sound is a devotion to musical exploration, a reliance on the "good wood" of unplugged mandolin, , and , and a desire to infuse traditional music with new vigor. As Sean Watkins expresses it, "We want to bring the acoustic message to the youth."

The eclecticism of Nickel Creek has been recognized in a remarkably wide set of contexts. Honored with numerous Grammy, Association and IBMA nominations, they have appeared on the Tonight Show; been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, All Things Considered, and in the New York Times; and were named among the "best of 2002" by , Borders, and the Chicago Tribune. They have had three hit videos on CMT, and their first gold album held a top 20 spot on Billboard's Country Album Chart, even with practically no airplay on mainstream country radio. national

Journalist's Boot Camp by Charlie Schlenker, GLT Assistant News Director

y the time you read this, the United States may already be in open warfare with insurance policy. And they're going Iraq. Even if that has not happened, major news organizations such as National to be with us and see warts and all. BPublic Radio and the Associated Press have laid contingency plans with such firmness it is apparent management believes larger scale hostilities will come. One of the CS: While chasing after reluctant people NPR will be sending into the field is correspondent Eric Westervelt who went news sources and the adrenaline through a week-long Pentagon-sponsored and required combat training program for rush of writing on tight deadline journalists who might shadow active military units in combat zones. produce a certain amount of cardiovascular activity, reporters are The training, titled "Joint Military Media Contingency Training," was held at the Marine not generally known for high (or Corps Training Center in Quantico, VA, and the Naval Station in Norfolk, VA. even adequate) levels of physical fitness. How well do you think you'll I recently spoke with NPR's Eric Westervelt about what he learned: be able to keep up with a platoon? Eric Westervelt: Some of the in-class material was kind of military 101, structure EW: While I am no triathlete, I get command, history of the military, which for someone like me who covers the Pentagon exercise, so I think it'll be fine. This was not exactly new. But, I'd say the hands on stuff was great: field navigation, cover and was an armored division so, while concealment, first aid, practice travelling in a helicopter, being dropped into a "hostile" there are physically demanding landing zone where real marines were firing fake rounds and setting off smoke bombs to aspects to it, you are also travelling simulate battlefield conditions. We'd have to run across the field diving and get up with in Hum-vees, tanks, and Bradley our platoon and get into the field. EricWesterveltinAfghanistan fighting vehicles, not necessarily Charlie Schlenker: Why do they call it "embedding" journalists in a unit instead of marching. My biggest adjustment "shadowing" or "travelling with"? And is that significant in how you and/or the soldiers was probably getting used to the sleep deprivation that came in this exercise, where they view the relationship? would go to bed eleven, twelve at night and get up at four in the morning. And after a few days of that, you start to feel a little sleep deprived. EW: I don't know why the Pentagon chose that, but you ARE embedded. You are part of that unit. You live, eat, sleep, and travel with that unit if you are embedded. So the idea CS: Any reporter thrown into an intense experience, may start to identify with the is that the reporter shouldn't get some special treatment or be a burden to the unit. You people he or she is covering. How can you keep a distance from people you will be living are just supposed to be part of the unit. It's really an old-fashioned concept, Charlie, that I with and on whom you are depending to keep you alive? think became one of the casualties of the Vietnam War. That bitter conflict built up a lot EW: I think it's similar to covering a Presidential campaign where you are travelling with of cynicism and mistrust, some of it for pretty good reason, between the military and the and living with the campaign day after day. You probably build up a certain comfort level media and I think we're finally starting to realize that the post-Vietnam attitude toward and there are risks involved. But I think good reporters keep a professional distance and the media probably needs to change. remain as objective as they can. You don't tilt the story because you know "Joe", because CS: Why is it changing? The military achieves some objectives by keeping the media you've been travelling with him. You're going to have to report straight and honest and I out: better security on the battlefield and doing their job without the public jostling their really think good reporters know how to do that. elbows. So what's changed? CS: What kinds of stories do you want to tell by going with a unit? EW: Well yeah, Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm, and even Afghanistan, reporters were EW: I'm looking for the people stories. Each soldier, man or woman has a story to tell, kept away from the U.S. military, or at arms length certainly. I think some in the military where they're from, why they volunteered, what they do, what they hope to do, how they did start to realize that the post-Vietnam policy wasn't always serving the military well. feel about what they're doing. I think there are great human personal stories out there and There are too many times when there is no one there to independently verify what the a lot of times we get the military news kind of filtered through the Secretary of Defense or heck happened. Villagers say one thing. The military says another. It becomes he said­ the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And they obviously know a lot, but it's great to get the front line she said and I think some military think hey, in a democracy we can use the media as an interaction with people that are out there doing the fighting. • recommended releases

GLT Blues Picks GLT Acousticity Picks from Mike Mccurdy, GLT Program Director from Bruce Bergethon, GLT Station Manager

s part of the weekend blues crew, Mike McCurdy has developed a new fondness for pork It takes artists years to master their craft and find a voice, but there are also individuals and groups rinds, biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, apple fritters, black coffee, the recommended that seem to hit the public spotlight with a fully formed and unique vision. This is as true in A releases below and whatever else Frank Black brings into the studio following Mike's acoustic music as in other art forms. Acousticity host Bruce Bergethon points you toward three 4-8 PM Saturday blues shift. groups - a duo, a trio, and a quartet - that have established a fresh sound "right out of the box." You can enjoy all of their music on Acousticity, Sunday nights from 8 pm to midnight. ' . . VARIOUS Crucial Chicago Blues (Alligator) . NICKEL CREEK This Side (Sugar Hill) 1 This CD of previously released material, along with the future Crucial Guitar Blues Nickel Creek (Sugar Hill) and Crucial Harp Blues, will lay a good foundation for novice blues collectors. James Cotton's harp cries on "23 Hours Too Long," you'll love the searing fret • The three members of Nickel Creek (mandolinist Chris Thile, fiddler Sara work of Son Seals on "Cotton Picking Blues," there's the big, bad voice of Koko Taylor, and much Watkins and guitarist/brother Sean Watkins) are in their early twenties, but have more. been playing together for over a decade. Accomplished instrumentalists in their teens, their two CDs (both produced by Alison Krauss) have shown dramatic growth and ambition, particularly in THE PHILLIP WALKER BIG BAND the area of songwriting, vocal interplay and production experiments. Their goal seems to be the Live at Biscuit & Blues (M.C.) creation of a rock and roll intensity using only acoustic instruments, and most of the time they succeed. The first record is probably more fun as a listening experience, but This Side demonstrates Walker's been knocking around the blues world since landing his first full time gig an extraordinary artistic maturity: the subjugation of individual virtuosity to the pursuit of a group as Zydeco king C lifton C henier's gu itarist in 1954. Walker's horn section delivers a vision. fat wall of sound for an enthusiastic crowd at this San Francisco club. Harp master, Charlie Musselwhite, drops in for a killer solo on "Think," Walker's duet with singer-guitarist DA VE CARTER AND TRACY GRAMMER Angela Su·ehli. And then there's my favorite "Respirator Blues." Don't pull the plug on this until When I Go (Signature Sounds) you've listened from beginning to end. Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds) Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds) JUNIOR WATSON If I Had A Genie (Heart & Soul) Carter and Grammer had been the buzz of the singer/songwriter circuit for the last five years because of Carter's amazing lyrical gifts and the symbiosis of their vocal and instrumental Watson may be one of the best blues gu itarists playing and recording today. While talents. They alternated lead singing duties, while Carter played banjo and guitar, Grammer fiddle it says nowhere in the liner notes how If I Had A Genie was recorded (other than and mandolin. Dave Carter died of a sudden heart attack at age 49 in the summer of 2002, thus the it was recorded live in the studios with no overdubs), I'd guess it was on vintage reissue several months before of the duo's debut, When I Go, achieved an eerie added resonance. studio equipment. It has an authentic feel that you can't fake. It's a fun CD all the way through ... All three recordings are worth owning, though my personal favorite is their last work together, and it's a must have! Drum Hat Buddha.

SALLY WEISENBURG BILL HILLY BAND Homemade & Hot (independent) All Day Every Day (Borealis)

Sally Weisenburg and Don Berbaum cooked this up in their 128 year old fann A quartet from Victoria, British Columbia, the Bill Hilly Band professes to seek house near Peoria, so this CD is certainly "homemade" ( while sounding much "a space in which to explore acoustic music in all its forms." On this, their second better than homemade). With the first cut, you'll also realize it's "hot." Don's recording, that includes high energy newgrass, music of Cole Porter, Sicilian and recipe for song writing includes a pinch of the S0's and a dash of the 60's. While it's all grounded Brazilian stringband music, and "Francophone maritime stylings." Guests include bluegrass thrush in the blues - it's not all strictly blues. There's the funky, "Word With No Meaning," the surf tune Jenny Lester and banjo phenom Craig Korth. It may sound like an impossible variety, but it works "Surftoven" and the fun, old-timey jazz tune, "Pedal It All Over Town" (written by Sally). You'll because of the group's transparent joy in playing together and their irresistible sense of fun. Oh, and eat it up and it'll leave you wanting seconds. did I mention that they have a great accordion player? •

Sally Weisenburg's CD is available at http://sallyband.adnetweb.com/ Other discs are available from The Public Radio Music Source at www.pnns.org Link to the Public Radio Music Source from www.wglt.org staff profile

NickWilson

hen asked to name something that the rest of the GLT staff staff doesn't think "What can people give us?" They think "if someone's going to give us may be surprised to discover about him, Nick Wilson gives two something, how can we give them even more back?" which I think is really nice. answers. He has a college degree in religious studies and he runs W MM: Your official role is to raise money for the station so we can do more things to make a jazzy/hip-hop (Battersea Park Music). He has a passion for music. He shares space in his Urbana home with his wife, infant daughter listeners happier. ls there any more to it than that? and about ten thousand record albums. As a kid he cut lawns to buy some of those NW: Since it's still a small staff, people are involved in a lot of aspects other than their records. In an effort to maintain funding for the programs you love during yet another own departments. It could be a formal meeting or on a personal level, but everyone can period of state budget cutbacks, Nick was hired to join the GL-Team December 2nd as have an effect. Willis Kem (WGLT News Director) told me he went to a pet supply Corporate Support Coordinator. company to buy crickets to feed his kid's gecko and heard the station being played there Mike McCurdy: How did you start running a record label? and suggested I call them about financially supporting the station. Nick Wilson: I've always loved music. I always like a mix of things. So I'd listen to Run MM: There's a 3-page interview for the next program guide! I think everyone will want DMC, then Black Sabbath and then listen to DEYO. I like everything. The Clash is one to know about Willis' kid's gecko. of my favorite bands of all time. I just heard Joe Strummer [front man and main songwriter NW: Yeah, he's making cricket runs for the gecko. But part of the joy in working at a for The Clash] died. public radio station with a small staff is that even though everyone has their own job, you MM: Natural causes ... died in his sleep. can still dabble in what everyone else is doing and sometimes help out a little bit.

NW: I was horrified ... just horrified. MM: And what do you think about how GLT sounds compared to other public radio stations? MM: What's your favorite Clash album? NW: It sounds professional. .. and there are plenty that don't. NW: I think I'd have to say Sandinista. It's very seldom anyone's favorite choice. MM: You were on the air in college and hosted some different shows at WCBE MM: It's so good ... and there's everything on it. in Columbus, OH. You also raised underwriting dollars from local businesses and organizations for WCBE ... and that's what you'll be doing at GLT. Do you have a NW: You got the dub mixes, it's experimental. preference, either the on-air stuff or hitting the streets and raising money?

MM: And you have the great pop stuff on it too. So ... how much time does it take to run NW: It's always fun to ham it up on the air. They both have their positives. On-air is a record label? great, but you never to get to see the daylight and you can be a little insulated. I like the NW: The more time you have the better. There's not really any money in it at this level. underwriting aspect because you get to meet and talk to new people. It's more a labor of love. MM: When are you going to ask to do something on air here?

MM: How many artists on your roster? NW: Everyone back in Ohio keeps asking "Are you gonna get a show? Are you gonna get a show?" I never want to be where I'm not wanted or where I'm not adding to the mix. NW: We're on our sixth or seventh release. We have a band, Def Harmonic from I tell them that I have to see how things are and what the blend of the station is and see Milwaukee, which is sort of our core. what they're trying to do and then figure out how I might fit in. MM: At the time of this interview you've worked for GLT for all of about a month. What's your impression ofGLT so far? MM: I look forward to seeing your proposal.

NW: It's a together station. I see everyone in their department working toward the goal NW:Thanks. • of making the station better, making more people in the community happier and aware of what we do and what we can offer. When dealing with businesses and organizations, the Loads of fabulous prizes. Raffle tickets will go on sale in late April. Drawing May 23.

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Personality Green View Nursery, Inc.

Something funky, something new, something retro, something cool. .. these just begin rc, I Tim Southey, manager of Green View Nursery, bubbles like to describe the eclectic mix of art that Pam W itzig, owner of Personality, finds to fi ll lt£l!J1 View one of his rock waterfalls when you ask him about their garden her shop at 504 Guido Circle, Bloomington. T ucked behind Dunkin' Donuts off of east The World Is Our Gardencent er. There are three intertwined components to the business, Oakland, it's a little off the beaten path where you'll find a treasure trove of decorative located at 1813 Industrial Park Rd, Normal. As a garden and functional art that Witzig purchases directly from the artists or small center, they sell house and garden plants, gifts, and home accessories. Green View boasts cottage industries. Witzig doesn't buy from the same sources as the big landscape architects who design and install large-scale plantings and landscaping in the merchandisers do, so it's unlike anything downstate. She adds, "we're just second arm of their business. The maintenance side works year-round on both residential having a lot of fun with it!" and commercial yards sprucing things up in every season. A full year's program includes everything from pruning, lawn fertilization & mowing to holiday decorating - inside and out. The store is divided roughly in two. One half is fu ll of pottery, glass, They own their own fields in Peoria where the trees, sod, shrubs, and plants are grown. hand-painted cabinets and tables, paper goods, paintings, and a line of retro/modem TV sets that will knock your socks off. The other half is The company's philosophy is to give back to the community. Green View Nursery has long a fu rniture showroom with a very hip mix of modem lines and antique been a supporter of Easter Seals and partners with the 6th graders of Carlock Elementary ' Pam Witzig shows off a chair goodies. in a Compac program to teach them horticulture. Southey is also the incoming president from Personality of Sunrise Rotary. When asked why Green View supports GLT, Southey says he's always Personality has been open for just over one year and already Witzig been a big believer in public radio, so when Don Schmidt became our very own Dean realizes the importance of GLT to the community and to her business. She says that her of Green, it was a natural thing for Green View to become an underwriter for the show. customers are people who appreciate art, have traveled, and who have varied cultural Southey says, "GLT has excellent programs, it's educated radio, with a touch of class. When experiences, much the same as GLT listeners. And Witzig says, "as a listener, I feel I we're affiliated with quality, we're seen in the same light. And that's what we're all about." literally get 'fresh air'. I enjoy the perspectives and information on the arts, music history, literature, etc. So much texture and dimension that doesn't come from commercial The Alamo II stations." The Alamo II has been serving Illinois State University Fresh, multi-textured, enlightened .. .P ersonality and GLT bring you new perspectives. and Bloomington-Normal since 1933. Although it has not always been called "Alamo II" ( the original name,"Co-op BroMenn Healthcare System Bookstore", was changed in 1975), it's purpose has always remained in tact. This intention is to forge the gap between The BroMenn Healthcare System, headquartered in community and university. The local business sells whatever Bloomington-Normal, has been serving and caring for ♦ BROM ENN a student may need when he/she comes to school, including Opening doors. Touching lives. the people of central Illinois for more than 100 years. The TheA /amollfliesitsflags. textbooks at discount prices, office, school and art supplies, BroMenn System opens doors to healing and discovery, software, and a huge selection of ISU apparel. The Alamo II while simultaneously offering the warm touch of professional caregivers who are also your also offers a wide selection of gifts such as greeting cards, posters and ISU memorabilia. friends and neighbors. The Alamo II supports GLT for the same reason it is successful itself. "GLT is a very With over 200 employees, BroMenn is the fifth largest employer in McLean County. necessary component to the listening area," says Orval Yarger, the owner. He believes Some of the major services they provide include: BroMenn Heart Center, Women and that GLT provides unique music and news programming that is not provided by any other Children Services, Senior Services, Orthopedic Medicine, Emergency/Trauma Services, radio station in the area. "I believe in supporting something you believe in." And Yarger Addiction Treatment and Recovery, and Rehabilitation and Therapy Services. believes in the product of GLT. In particular, he loves the jazz on GLT and especially Rebecca Novack, marketing coordinator, understands good service and how important Radio Munson on Thursday nights. it is to be connected to your community. She believes public radio, especially GLT, is GLT is not the only beneficiary of The Alamo II's generosity. They support the ISU an important part of ours - an important source of news and entertainment. "Personally, Marching Band, ISU Athletics and assist the Homecoming Committee and the Alumni I love it! I listen every day," says Novack. And partnering with GLT gives BroMenn Association, to name a few. Orval Yarger enjoys supporting GLT just as much as he enjoys Healthcare the opportunity to let the community know about special programs and supporting the community. "If I help by supporting it, I have done my job." services that contribute to the well-being of it's residents. Quality service, classy, and smart. Sounds like fertile ground for growing a strong partnership A healthy dose of GLT every day - just what the Doctor ordered. with the community. • day sponsor program GLT hat a Difference a Day Makes 89.1 103.5 FMweek at a glance by Pat Peterson, GLT Membership Director Normal Peoria

t has been five years since we first established the Day Sponsor program, a unique Monday Tuesd ay Wednesd ay Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday benefit for contributing listeners who invest $365 or more annually in GLT. These S am Sam On the Media Fresh Air Weekend generous folks have the opportunity to sponsor a day of GLT programming with 6am I Only a Game On the Media on-air announcements marking a personal milestone such as an anniversary, birthday 7am or memorial. Since its inception, scores of listeners have taken advantage of our Day Morning Edition® Sponsorship program. Creative souls that they are, GLT Day Sponsors have not limited Weekend Edition 9am 9am themselves to simple happy birthdays or happy anniversaries. We've had the honor Cartalk" 10am of helping our day sponsors celebrate all manner of endeavors. Here are some of our This American Life Whad'Ya 11 am favorites: Know? Cartalk" 12 pm GLT Jazz

Just last fall, Aaron Wissmiller chose to use his day sponsorship to propose marriage to the love of his life, Linsdey Morefield. (She said yes and the happy couple used another day Blues sponsorship to announce their intention to marry in 2003.) 4pm All Things Considered® Radio host extraordinaire Don Munson used his day sponsorship to honor Dr. Matt Fraker 6pm 6pm and the staff at Prairie Oak Veterinary Center for their extraordinary care in tending the Fresh Air American 7pm Routes animals in their charge, especially his beloved dogs. Piano Jazz I Radio This American Life 8pm SwingTime Song and 8pm Jazz Profil es I ID ance Man I Munson Tom Gerschick celebrated everyone at Illinois State University who volunteers in the 9pm community, particularly those who work with Habitat for Humanity. Blues Acousticity GLT General Manager Emeritus Ben Paxton uses his sponsorship every year to mark the anniversary of the station's first broadcast on February 6, 1966. 12am GLT Jazz 1 a m Ruth and Jim Knecht used their sponsorship to congratulate veteran elementary school Blues Before GLT teacher Terry Nouri on his retirement (and made sure Mr. Nouri's students at Glenn Sunrise Jazz Elementary got to hear the announcement at school).

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The list goes on and on. We've sent birthday wishes to 10 year-olds and 80 year-olds, NEWS&TALK Stardate JAZZ surprised husbands and wives on anniversaries, celebrated the legacies of those who have NPR Newscasts 6:59 a, p GLT Jazz with passed on, congratulated colleagues on a job well done, and happily welcomed those Hourly during ME, ATC, Fresh Air, Tech Talk Lau ra Kennedy Mon. 7:06a devoted listeners who designated their announcements to celebrate GLT and encourage On The Media, Only a Game, M-F 9a-1p Fresh Air Weekend Dean of Green GLT Jazz with others to support public radio. Daily at 12:01 p, 9:01 p, 12:01 a Fri. 8:49a & 5:49p Mike Mccurdy Fri., Sat., Sun., 9:0 1 p GLT Week in Review M-F 1-4p If you want to see what a difference a day makes to your public radio station, call GLT Sat., Sun., 5:01 p Sat. 7:34a Sun. 8:34a Blue Plate Special ISU Arts Date Book M-F 12-lp Membership Director Pat Peterson, 309-438-3581 and learn how you too can become a GLT Newcast s Sat. 8:34a Sun. 7:34a GLT Day Sponsor. Thanks. • M-F 5:49a, 6:35a, 7:06a, 7:30a, Poetry Radio BLUES 8:04a, 8:35a, 12:04p, 3:54p, 4:30p, Tue., Thu., Sun., 1 0a & 1 Op Frank Black 5:04p, 5:30p Fri.&Sat.8p-12a

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