O C T O B E R / N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 5 New season, new programs, new schedule: Wait, Wait… New Local Programs Don’t Tell Me! The Beat Saturdays at 11 am Authority with David Sommerstein The Fridays at 3 pm Tavis Sunday Classics Smiley with Paul Show Connett Second Sunday Fridays at 1 pm of each month at 3 pm And coming in mid-November, a Open Source with new live 15-minute regional news and feature program with Gregory Christopher Lydon Warner, weekdays at 4:45 pm. Wednesdays at 2 pm Programs on the Move: Jazz Speaking of Faith: to Thursdays at 1 pm Only a Game: to Saturday at Noon Profiles The Next Big Thing: to Wednesdays at 1 pm Saturdays at 9 pm The Splendid Table: to Sunday at 2 pm Sound and Spirit: to Fridays at 9 pm Read more about new Millennium of Music: to Fridays at 10 pm programs inside….. The Folk Show with Mike Alzo: to Fridays at 8 pm Hooray for our newest signal at 100.3 fm, serving Clayton And for our relocated signal, with improved coverage for Speculator at 97.5 fm 89.5 fm Canton 88.1 fm Lowville 88.3 fm Plattsburgh/Burlington 88.7 fm Old Forge 88.9 fm Watertown, Paul Smiths 89.1 fm Lyons Falls 89.7 fm Keene 89.9 fm North Creek 90.3 fm Morristown 90.5 fm Saranac Lake 90.9 fm Malone 91.3 fm Thousand Islands, Blue Mountain Lake 91.7 fm Long Lake, Lake Placid, Tupper Lake, Boonville 93.5 fm Lake George 93.9 fm Cape Vincent 96.3 fm Keene Valley 97.3 Newcomb 97.5 fm Speculator 100.3 fm Clayton 101.7 fm St. Huberts 102.1 fm Jay 102.3 fm Carthage Ellen Rocco, Station Manager s we go to press, the A nation’s attention is focused on the Gulf Coast states and the relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. At North Country Public Ra- Northern Borderlands airs first Thursday of dio, we are working to get the month, 7 pm the word out to you about o begin our series, we’ll talk with Howard Frank how to volunteer or con- TMosher, a resident of northern Vermont, about his tribute cash; we are book North Country: A Personal Journey, etc. Does scheduling special pro- this affect the artist’s perspective? Are there themes or grams; and, we are looking sub-texts that emerge? To begin our series, we have at how to offer technical invited Howard Frank Mosher, a resident of northern and personnel assistance to our colleagues who op- Vermont, to join us on the air, Thursday, October 6 at erate public radio stations in the affected states. If 7:00 pm, to talk with listeners about North Country: A you live in our listening area, you know what it’s like Personal Journey, a chronicle of the author’s trip to need the help of friends—and strangers—in the across the North American continent, along the border midst of natural disaster. So many people came to our between Canada and the US. Mosher begins his pil- aid during the 1998 ice storm. grimage in the East, and concludes his journey in Washington’s Cascades. Old Elisha in Lubec, Maine, sums up the connection between all “north country” Thanks to Liz Mazzotta of Canton, a dwellers, “Us are the stubbornest people on the face of student at Union College in Schenectady, the earth, which we’ve had to be to survive at all.” Stay tuned and visit us online for details about other pro- who spent her summer as an NCPR grams in this year’s series. student intern. October 6: Howard Frank Mosher, North Country: A Personal Journey November 3: Mason Smith, Florida, a novel published earlier this year which has been described Adirondack News Bureau as “quintessential North Country.” December 1: Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light, a f you have Adirondack news or feature novel set in the Old Forge area at the turn Istory ideas, contact reporter Brian Mann of the 19th century, revisits the American at 518-891-9708 or via e-mail: tragedy theme from a new perspective. [email protected], or write to him at the Major contributors to Readers & Writers Adirondack News Bureau, Hotel Saranac, on the Air include: Citigroup Foundation, 101 Main Street, Saranac Lake NY 12983. Seacomm Federal Credit Union, The Corning Foundation, a memorial donation in Thank you to the Adirondack Museum honor of Jan Lambertz, and the New for continued support of NCPR’s York State Council on the Arts Adirondack News Bureau. Literature Program Station Manager: Ellen Rocco Programs: Jackie Sauter News: Martha Foley, Brian Mann, Todd Moe, David Sommerstein, Gregory Warner Membership: June Peoples Underwriting: Sandy Demarest Development Assistant: Kelly Jacoby Outreach and Special Gifts: Susan Sweeney Smith Production: Joel Hurd Operations: Shelly Pike Engineer: Bob Sauter Announcers: Lamar Bliss, Barbara Heller, Connie Meng, Kevin Irwin, Kathleen Walters Web Manager: Dale Hobson Receptionist: Meg Hawley Volunteers: Mike Alzo, Guy Berard Please stay in touch. Individual staff e-mail is [email protected] (e.g., [email protected]) or collectively: [email protected] The North Country Public Radio Newsletter is published quarterly by North Country Public Radio, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617 and is mailed to members and contributors and by request. Jackie Sauter, Program Director ometimes change is hard, but now and then it’s good Sfor the brain and the soul. It’s why many of us relish Met Opera Returns the turning of the season. We may grumble a bit while dig- The Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinees return to ging around for the sweaters and jackets and boots we our schedule in mid-December. Live from the Lincoln stashed away in the back of the closet, but a change of Center in New York City, the broadcasts, hosted by Mar- routine can revitalize and give us fresh ideas and new per- garet Juntwait continue through Spring 2006. spectives. So, while I know there will be some listening December 17, 1:30 pm Verdi’s Rigoletto adjustments to be made, I’m excited to tell you about changes in our program schedule. A cluster of events, in- December 24, 1:30 pm Picker’s An American cluding the end of The Connection and Odyssey, both no Tragedy (World Premiere longer being produced, and the development of several Broadcast) new interesting national programs, including Open Source December 31, 1:00 pm Berg’s Wozzeck with Christopher Lydon, The Tavis Smiley Show, and the January 7, 1:30 pm Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore revitalized Jazz Profiles, has led us to rework parts of our program schedule. In addition, three swell and talented local guys — Gregory Warner, David Sommerstein and Paul Connett — have lined up to produce and host intrigu- ing new programs, which will be wonderful additions to our line-up. And by shuffling some of the program cards around, we are able to respond to the great many listeners who have requested that we add NPR’s comedy/news quiz show Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me! to our schedule. And to the many who have begged us to move The Splendid Table to the weekend so they can listen, be inspired and cook! And folk music lovers will note that at his new Fri- day evening location Mike Alzo can focus entirely on the music, at a time when more people can listen. As you probably know already, at least one program change was made for us. During the summer, producing station WBUR in Boston chose to cancel The Connection Join host Paul Connett for Sunday Classics, the second with Dick Gordon, one of the most popular programs heard Sunday of each month from 3 to 5 pm. on NCPR, and replaced it with Tom Ashbrook’s On Point. A great many of you were unhappy about this change. For Worlds of Difference Airs in November now our plan is to continue with On Point, at least for a Starting Saturday, November 5 at 4 pm, for six weeks: while, to see how this new program develops and if listen- ers come to enjoy it. Do let me know what you think about orlds of Difference, hosted by Maria Hinojosa, is a On Point as we go along. Wsix-part radio documentary series exploring the im- In fact, you’re invited to send feedback on all our pact of global change on local cultures worldwide. The changes. Some new offerings in our schedule, like The stories include intimate, sound-rich features that bring lis- Tavis Smiley Show and Open Source with Christopher teners into the homes and communities of people facing Lydon, are experiments and I’m hoping you’ll weigh in. For critical decisions about their changing ways of life. The instance, Open Source is offered to us live four nights a series is a project of Homelands Productions, an indepen- week at 7pm, with a call-in element and a round-the-clock dent, non-profit media cooperative that has been producing blog. Because of our ongoing commitment to PRI’s The award-winning radio documentaries since the 1980s. World weeknights at 7pm, we’re trying Open Source once a week on a delayed basis. Does it work that way? Do you Jazz Profiles want to hear more or less? Do you miss one day of Talk of Saturdays at 9 pm the Nation? And what about The Tavis Smiley Show? Does his commitment to bringing an African-American per- PR’s series of award-winning spective to the week’s events enrich your understanding Njazz documentaries focuses of news and issues? on the masters.