Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData WGLT Program Guides Arts and Sciences Fall 10-1-1999 WGLT Program Guide, October/November/December, 1999 Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg Recommended Citation Illinois State University, "WGLT Program Guide, October/November/December, 1999" (1999). WGLT Program Guides. 168. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg/168 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]. Normal/ Peoria 1st Annual End Of The Millennium Issue My Favorite 20th Century Thing As we are about to bid farewell to the 20th century, we find It's not really a thing or a favorite, but an event worth mentioning. The Watergate break-in and the subsequent cover up by the Nixon administration have forever ourselves looking back at the century that was and assessing its changed our view of political leaders and how the press covers those leaders. There high and low points. Okay, so it's actually the ubiquitous were other scandals before this and others following Watergate, but this is the most serious (a true constitutional crisis prompted by corruption, not a sex scandal). I think newsmagazines that are mostly doing it for us. The 20th century the investigative effort involved to publish the details of the scandal can be considered a was more than just a timeline in a book to us - it shaped us and high point for the press by demonstrating the power of a free press and its importance we shaped it. Here the members of the GLT staff share what they in a democracy. However, since then I think the news industry has become too eager to Program Director make major news or scandal out of personal events personally found to be their favorite (or most interesting) thing Mike Mccurdy (Nancy Reagan's use of an astrologer, Gary Hart's about the last 100 years. infidelity, etc). I guess my favorite thing about the 20th century is the phenomenon ofrecorded sound. I can't imagine anything topping the moment I was married, or when I first laid eyes Like most post-modern things, it has a good and a bad side. Speaking totally selfishly, on each ofmy newborn sons. There was also the time I was in St. Louis at Busch the good side is that I've been able to hear performances by Charlie Parker, Pablo News Dire ct or Stadium sitting in seats right behind home plate the minute my Gener a I Man ager Casals and Bill Monroe, among others. The bad side is Willis Kem beloved Cardinals won the seventh and deciding game of the 1982 World Series. Bruce Bergethon that I have to find a place for literally thousands of CDs, LPs, and tapes in every house I own. I love the work of author J.D. Salinger, especially "The Catcher in the Rye." So I I have many favorites from this century. At work I particularly enjoy having my J a z z An n o u n c e r think one of the best things about the 20th century is computer and my cell phone. (Of course, without recorded sound, I wouldn't be working Amy McCullough that his workswere published so I can read them over at a radio station!) At home, I'm thankful for the convenient household appliances that and over again. make life easier for working women. And personally, there are many "girl things" I've Air conditioning, central heating, fast food, computers, compact discs and reliable Development Director enjoyed this century that women of old had to do A s s i s t a n t N e w s D i r e c t o r electric service which allow me the time and Kathryn Carter without. I love blow dryers, curling irons and comfort to read Robert Penn Warren's All the pantyhose. Oh! And then there are gummy bears!!! Charlie Schlenker King's Men." July 20, 1969 -- Man lands on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin capped an The birth and rise of the Internet. Just as the printing press, telegraph, telephone, amazing century of exploration when they left the bonds of Earth and set foot on our wireless and television have changed our lives, the Internet (which harnesses the closest celestial neighbor. It was not a mission of conquest or occupation, but one of All Things Considered H O st strengths and detriments of all the aforementioned) will 0 p e r a t i o n s D i r e c t o r scientific exploration and expansion. Although a US Grant Armstrong do the same. We've only scratched the surface of the mission, the men of the Eagle and Columbia carried Kevin L. Conlin entire undertaking. the hopes and well wishes of the world. WGLT Program Guide is published bi-monthly by WGLT-FM Campus Box 8910, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-891 O Happy Anniversary, MORNING EDITION! GLT Profile: MORNING EDITION'S It's anniversary time for MORNING EDl110N! GLT and NPR are celebrating 20 years ofhumor, Ellen McDonnell hard news, analysis and the arts heard every morning between 5 and 9 a.m. on GLT. In April 1998, Ellen McDonnell left her post as MORNING EDITION'S Try to imagine your morning without National Public Radio's MORNING EDITION. It's like senior producer to become the program's executive producer. it's always been there, right? Nearly ten thousand central Illinois radio listeners catch Ellen has brought a fresh perspective to the program while MORNING EDITION on GLT every week and nearly 8.8 million listen weekly on more than maintaining MORNING EDl11ON'S signature news style ... 500 stations nationwide. But 20 years ago WGLT listeners woke up to something else. Q: You've been with MORNING EDl11ON for some time now. How does it feel to stand at the Listen Friday, November 5th for the 20th anniversary edition of MORNING EDl11ON helm of America's top morning news program? fromNPR. A: Absolutely wonderful. It's the greatest challenge I've ever undertaken and I'm loving every minute ofit. It doesn't feel like 20 years. Did You Know That... ? i& Bob Edwards conducts more than 800 interviews each year? Q: So what is a typical day like for you? ..,, GLT's Greg Watson delivers more than 15-hundred newscasts annually during A: My day begins at 5 AM when I get up to listen to the first feed of that day's show. MORNING EDl11ON? I try to hear the program as a listener might - so I pay special attention not only to ..,, Sports commentator Frank Deford has delivered nearly 900 commentaries? the content of the program, but how it sounds. After reading some papers and having a i& Bob was the co-host of ALL THINGS CONSIDERED before asked to host MORNING EDl11ON meeting with overnight producers and editors, I head to the News division's editorial for 30 days? meeting at 9:30 AM where the various producers come together to map out what will i& Greg was the GLT host of ALL THINGS CONSIDERED before "asked" to host MORNING EDITION happen on NPR over the next 48 hours. Then I spend my day talking to reporters, indefinitely? producers, commentators. I also try to read a couple of papers each day, in between i& Bob has been the primary MORNING EDl11ON host since the beginning? monitoring the news wires. Before I know it, it's 5 PM. I'll have a de-briefing with the i& Including Greg, GLT has had nine hosts in the last 20 years? swing editor and then head home. I generally call into the swing editor after listening i& Bob, Carl Kassell and Jean Cochran show up for work at 2:00 a.m.? to I'll look at the newswires before heading off to bed - where I'm ..,, Greg shows up for work at 4:30 a.m.? usually reviewing some books for the show . Red Barber appeared 629 times to talk about sports, camellias, cats, and whatever else was on his mind? Q: Is the job stressful? GLT has won 16 awards from UPI and AP for stories that aired during MORNING A: Stressful isn't how I'd categorize it - it's invigorating. EDl11ON since 1994? Q: How do you know when things are really clicking on the show? i& Tom Shales has contributed more than 375 reviews of television and films? Rumor A: You can feel the energy. The interviews are not too long or too short. The copy is well has it that he has actually given something a favorable review, but this cannot be written. There is a balance of texture - wonderful storytelling, engaging sound, exciting confirmed. ideas. You are compelled to listen. i& Bob's biggest goals as an interviewer are to speak with the Pope and J.D. Salinger? i& Greg's biggest goals as GLT's MORNING EDl11ON host are to speak with I.S.U. author While MORNING EDITION is one of the longest running news programs on GLT, THIS AMERICAN LIFE is David Foster Wallace and build a home studio so he can host MORNING EDl11ON the newest. Be sure to listen Saturday, October 16th from 10 to noon for the THIS AMERICAN LIFE from bed? Super Saturday Special.