Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData WGLT Program Guides Arts and Sciences Fall 10-1-1980 WGLT Program Guide, October, 1980 Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg Recommended Citation Illinois State University, "WGLT Program Guide, October, 1980" (1980). WGLT Program Guides. 17. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg/17 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]. October Illinois State University Program Guide Normal, IL 61761 Program Guide Staff: (309) 438-2255 Editor: Floyd Arthur Brewer Graphic Artist: Julie Graf WGL T89.1FM is a non-commercial radio station ON operated by Illinois State University in Normal, IL. General Manager: G. Ben Paxton The station is financed by the Illinois State Univer Station Manager & Public Affairs Director: Rod sity General Revenue Fund, the Corporation for Neavei/1 Public Broadcasting, local and area business un­ Development Director: Nancy N. Briere derwriting, and the Friends of WGL T. We provide Chief Engineer: Mike Flood unique and informative programming which in­ Music & Fine Arts Director: Paul Feinman cludes classical, jazz, and ethnic music, along with Operations Director: Charlie Bronson a wide variety of public affairs and general interest Assistant News & Public Affairs Director: Nancy educational programs. DiSanto Engineer/ Announcer: Don White WGLT89.1FM is associated with the Corporation Announcer/Producer: John Burk "What a piece of work is man. .. " exults William Shakespeare. Yet what does it mean to be for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio Secretary/Receptionist: Helen Holzer human? Is man " .. the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals," as Shakespeare's age (NPR), Public Radio in Mid-America (PRIMA), believed? Or are we nothing more than a figment of our own imagination, an intellectual concept National Radio Broadcasters Association Audience Research: Theresa Gregory, doomed to obsolescence and extinction? (NRBA), Illinois Broadcasters Association (IBA), Denise Robinson Illinois News Broadcasters Association (!NBA) The consideration of the concept of man, and our assessment of our place in the order of things and Illinois News Network (INN). Development Staff: Floyd Brewer, David form the basis for a new NPR series. A QUESTION OF PLACE: SOUND PORTRAITS OF TWEN­ Claeys, Patricia Glaser, Julie Graf, Belinda TIETH CENTURY HUMANISTS, which was made possible by a major grant from the National En­ Lawhorn dowment for the Humanities, with additional funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, explores contemporary humanist thought by examining 12 seminal figures of modern intellectual Volunteer Producer/Hosts: Benton Bristol, history. The series premieres on WGL T Sunday, October 5, at 7 p.m. J.F. Briere, Dwight Brooks, Julian Dawson, Thomas Fatten, John Freed, Mike King, Chris According to NPR Presidnet Frank Manckiewicz, "A QUESTION OF PLACE is so Schwelle, David Shrader, Roar Schaad, Daryl demonstrative of what radio can do in the area of bringing ideas to life, that I believe people who Rowe, Tim Walker respect ideas will have new respect for public radio- as more than just a purveyor of excel/en t news and music programs. With this series, we have taken a quantum leap into the intellectual life of our Music Library: Karena Bailey, Carol Krebs, country." Jill Schroeder, Rene Schwoerer, Terrence Featured in the 13-part series are the works and ideas of poet Robert Frost; novelist William Seaphus, Susan Wittmer Faulkner; philosopher Bertrand Russell; playwright Bertold Brecht; linguist Noam Chomsky; News & Public Affairs: Mike Coslow, Gretchen writer and philospoher Simone de Beauvoir; sociologist W.E.B. DuBois; radical historian Michel Monti, Ike Olney, Julie Stoneburner, Bruce Foucault; psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud; author James Joyce; anthropologist Claude Levi­ Zanca Strauss; and composer Igor Stravinsky. The final program reviews the work of these figures, relating their ideas to the tradition of human inquiry. about the cover: Operations: Mary Lou Simonis, Gina Stortz The programs, which combine the best scholarly consultation with state-of-the-art audio techniques, feature such outstanding actors and actresses as Theodore Bike!, Len Cariou, Colleen Production/ Announcers: Jamie Brandt, Mike Dewhusrt, Tammy Grimes, John Houseman, Viveca Lindors, and Fritz Weaver as well as members Bucek, Mark Burgess, Joe Davis, Tim Emmons, The Illinois Arts Council is sponsoring its third an­ of the Negro Ensemble Company. Jim McManus, John Murie/lo, Cardell Purdie, nual Jllinois Arts Week Oct. 4-12, and to salute this Larry Kotowski, Tom Stolberg, Yvonne event, WGLT89.1FM has chosen for this The premise throughout the series is that a system of beliefs concerning human beings is only Schmoeller Tost Program Guide an art print created by Harry meaningful as it is understood and lived by human beings. In addition to vivid dramatizations, A QUESTION OF PLACE employs interview material, music, sound effects, and the whole range of Ryburn, Jr., an adult student at the McLean Community Advisory Board: Terry Bush, state-of-the-art audio techniques. These elements have been applied throughout the series to County Arts Center. Although legally blind, William Colvin, Marucha Hartley, Francis Irvin, produce provocative radio essays on contemporary humanist thought as represented by these Ryburn has not let this handicap deter him from Y. Margo Mendoza, Arthur Na/zinger, Donald becoming one of the many fine artists in the diverse figures. Thus, the subjects of these programs are treated as lives lived as well as thoughts Phi/lips, Carol Reitan, Tim Walker, Rev. William thought. Bloomington-Normal area. L. White Musical Notes October is not only "Awareness Month" on NPR, it is a month that our listeners will be DISCOVER "discovering the difference." There are many changes to note this month, all changes benefitting and, hopefully, increasing our listening audience. Jazz fans will note that Friday nights, Saturday mornings and nights, and Sunday nights are THE theirs. Ebony Affair will now be heard four nights a week, 10 pm to 1 am. Evening Concert moves from Friday to Mondays through Thursdays from 6-8 pm. As October is a special-filled month, Music From ISU will only be heard on Monday, Oct. 20 CINCINNATI from 8-10 pm. Their exciting new season gets fully underway in November, Every night in the early evening hours WGLTwill spotlight famous symphony orchestras. On Tuesdays we will feature the SYMPHONY Baltimore Symphony. Thursdays you can hear the New York Philharmonic. The Cincinnati Symphony will be heard on Fridays, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra begins its new season in its regular Sunday spot. Wednesdays will be reserved for specials. ORCHESTRA Opera buffs, the Grand Opera is moving to Saturday afternoons. The Studs Terkel Almanac and Talking About Music become part of the Sunday lineup. There are many new programs and premieres during" Awareness Month" including A Brahms by Byron Belt , noted music critic and admirer of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Banquet, which will feature all the piano music of Johannes Brahms (Sundays at 8 am). Nostalgia buffs will enjoy Saturday evenings when "yours truly" takes you back to a specific year via original The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was one of the first American orchestras to appear on popular recordings. The Talking Machine, with John Burke, (Sunday, Oct. 5 at 1 pm) will do the radio, and since its debut in the 1920's, the celebrated ensemble has been heard irregularly, but same with classical music. Fusion, with Charlie Bronson, will take us from the Chicago Symphony always with great admiration, throughout America. to jazz. Tom Fatten's Die Bibliothek expands to two hours. As you can see, WGL Tis moving forward. We hope our listeners will bear with us and grow as To help launch WGLT's" Awareness Month," the orchestra from the "Queen City" returns for we do. Yours in good listening, a major series of concerts that will stress its magnificent past and its glorious future. For 13 weeks Paul Feinman beginning October 10, Fridays at 8:00 p.m., the orchestra will be heard in concerts from its current season, and a selection of programs taped during the last one as well. TIME Underwriters Support The up-coming season is the first for Michael Gielen as music director. After a brilliant career in Germany, the American appearances with the New York Philharmonic and other major orchestras, ON WGLT Maestro Gielen assumes a podium star-studded from its initial years. YOUR WGLT is most grateful to the following In 1895 Frank A. Van der Stucken conducted the first concert of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and during his dozen developmental years' tenure, brought Richard Strauss as a guest HANDS? businesses whose support is vital. Please let your underwriters know how much you appreciate conductor, and presented- among other major works- the 1905 premiere of Gustav Mahler's WGLT is your radio station, so here's your their support. mighty Fifth Symphony. opportunity to become personally and actively The Brittany Restaurant In 1909 Leopold Stokowski assumed the leadership of the Cincinnati Symphony, a dazzling involved. Contarino's Fine Jewelry luminary among a list of conductors of rare distinction. Currently, we are seeking new volunteers. Now His, Hers, & Theirs Stokowski accepted the Cincinnati post with but little experience as a conductor. He was don't think that to volunteer means to get stuck International Tapetronics primarily a great church organist, and he carried his love of the organ and the music of Bach into a with the dirty work. That's not true! We have Kiss Screen Printing virutal one-man revival of the great baroque master's music.