WAMC Program Guide September 2014 - Volume 20 Issue 9 Labor Day Specials – Page 3 The Control Room Challenge September Programming Notes Alan S. Chartock Katie Britton WAMC President and C.E.O. WAMC Programming and Outreach Director At the beginning of October comes the next fund It seems like it’s been a short summer. Labor Day drive. Before you groan, please try to remember how is upon us, this first day of September, and to much these drives mean to the continuation of the dedicate the day to the social and economic station that you listen to and depend on. Sooner or achievements of American workers, we have a later, someone has to pay the piper. The only way bevy of specials lined up for your listening that we can be sure that WAMC remains in its pleasure. present form – with the freedom to say what we want, preserve balance, and operate as we have been Technological advances have put us on the edge of doing - is for each person to do what they can. a new industrial revolution. In the 9AM hour, When that happens, when everyone pitches in, the Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor and station flourishes. I was recently at Tanglewood and Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, and several folks came up to say hello. They proudly Susan Hassler, Editor-In-Chief of IEEE Spectrum announced that they loved the station and were Magazine, are joined by engineers, scientists, and members. Obviously, I thanked them with futurists from MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, Rice everything I had in me. That’s because when University, and the Institute for the Future to give someone tells me that they understand, I am listeners insights into how technology will incredibly, personally and humbly grateful. I know redefine work in the not too distant future, in the that every day people tune in and often stay tuned in. special Futurework. They often tell me of things that I haven’t heard and I am grateful for that, too. In the 10 o’clock hour, we hear about the work we do, from Wall Street traders to taxi cab drivers… We try to make the drives as happy and inspiring as people who work with brassieres, with dead can be. There is evidence that more people listen to bodies, and off-the-books in an underground economy. With a tone-poem by Ken Nordine, a Continued on page 2 podcast from Love and Radio, and sound-portraits from Radio Diaries, Toni Schwartz, Ben Rubin, David Greenberger, and hosts Ann Heppermann I N S I D E T H I S I SSUE and Kara Oehler bring us Hearing Voices – Nine to Five. 3 Labor Day Specials 4 WAMC Program Schedule at a Glance At 11AM, we’ll bring you two of the short stories from American writer John Updike. In this 8 Events Calendar Selected Shorts special, hosted by television actress and comedian extraordinaire Jane 10 Underwriter Directory Kaczmarek, will read Updike’s "Unstuck," and 23 WAMC HD2 Program Schedule screen legend Sally Field will perform "Playing continued on page 3 WAMC Program Guide 1 Chartock continued from page 1 the fund drives than to any other programming. That’s WAMC-FM broadcasts 365 days a year to eastern New because we are a community and the smart ones, the York and western New England on 90.3 MHz. Our studios compassionate ones, the understanding ones, know and offices are in Albany, NY. what we have built and know that we have to keep it The WAMC transmitter is located atop Mount Greylock in going. The latest piece of evidence that people get it is Adams, MA. The WAMC-AM transmitter is located in the huge number of contributors to the WAMC Locked Albany, NY. WAMK’s transmitter is located on Overlook Mountain, Woodstock, NY. Box that precedes every drive. It sure is a relief to go into the drive with several hundred thousand dollars. It WAMC transmits on these frequencies: cuts days off the drive and allows the staff to WAMC-FM 90.3 - Albany, NY concentrate on the work they all do so well. On the WANR- FM 88.5 - Brewster, NY WCAN-FM 93.3 - Canajoharie, NY other hand, there is still plenty of fund drive left to WAMQ-FM 105.1 - Great Barrington, MA WAMK-FM 90.9 - Kingston, NY cement our community in the way that only fund drives WOSR-FM 91.7 - Middletown, NY can. WWES-FM 88.9 - Mount Kisco, NY WCEL-FM 91.9 - Plattsburgh, NY WRUN-FM 90.3 - Remsen, NY People often ask what we have planned. The fact is, WANZ 90.1 FM - Stamford, NY WANC-FM 103.9 - Ticonderoga, NY these drives are serendipitous and things just happen. WAMC-AM 1400 - Albany, NY Once a guy called in and said that he would give us Translators: twenty-five cents because that’s all the station was W280DJ, 103.9 - Beacon, NY worth. Well, he helped us more than you could W247BM, 97.3 - Cooperstown, NY W292ES, 106.3 - Dover Plains, NY imagine. Everyone added an extra twenty-five cents to W243BZ, 96.5 - Ellenville NY their pledge. What’s more, faced with that kind of W271BF, 102.1 - Highland, NY W246BJ 97.1 - Hudson, NY negativity, our community pulled together even harder. W204CJ, 88.7 - Lake Placid, NY W292DX, 106.3 – Middletown, NY W215BG, 90.9 - Milford PA I cannot tell you how many times some hero has W299AG 107.7 - Newburgh, NY W211CE 90.1- Oneonta, NY stepped up to help us in meeting our fund drive goals. W257BL, 99.3 - Oneonta, NY Perhaps that’s why we have always met them. A W226AC 93.1 - Rensselaer-Troy, NY wonderful man named “Mr. Big” from northwest W296BD, 107.1 - Warwick, NY Connecticut has come up with some behemoth Surface mail: challenges. So has Eliot Spitzer, who does not believe WAMC Box 66600 in government support for public broadcasting because Albany, NY 12206-6600 he knows that politicians will think that if they give public money to broadcasters, they have the right to Phone: 1-800-323-9262 call the shots. That certainly has been my experience. E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wamc.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/WAMCradio Our present dilemma is that we desperately need a new Twitter: twitter.com/WAMCRadio control room to bring us into the twenty-first century. I invite you to come by and see for yourself what I mean. Every day, the technology increases exponentially and we must catch up. On the rare occasion when you hear a glitch in the station, it’s because time is running out. The Lennox Foundation and our board member Bob Norris will put up $25,000 if we can raise the $200,000 that we need to get this job done. All the money will count toward the one million dollar Fund drive goal. We simply can’t limp along with antiquated technology and pulling together as we have always done, we can save our radio station one more time. I thank you for understanding, as you always do. That’s what this is all about. - Alan WAMC Program Guide 2 Programming Notes continued from page 1 with Dynamite". Live at the Linda Broadcasts Wednesdays at 8pm on WAMC Our team of reporters and host Brian Shields will have the latest regional news on Midday Magazine, and that 9/3 – Syd Straw / Michael Eck (Recorded on 10/5/13) www.wamcarts.org/event_details.php?id=304 will be followed with your weekly dose of RadioLab. Closing out our Labor Day specials is 24 Hours: A 9/17 – Who Are You (Recorded on 9/28/13) Day in the Working Life. In this special by Blending www.wamcarts.org/event_details.php?id=301 Borders, twelve workers who might otherwise go 9/24 – Melissa Ferrick (Recorded on 12/7/13) unnoticed – including a stripper, deli waitress, bus www.wamcarts.org/event_details.php?id=334 driver, metal scrapper and bathroom attendant – take – Ashley Sophia (Recorded on 2/22/14) us inside their places of work to show us what they do, www.wamcarts.org/event_details.php?id=353 why they do it and what it takes. ____________________________________________________ 9/10 – Dancing on The Air (Not recorded at the Linda) As we move further into the month, the High Holy www.jayandmolly.com Days begin with Rosh Hashanah, and at 11AM on September 24th, Music for Rosh Hashanah will highlight the spiritual and cultural significance of the WAMC Executive Staff Jewish High Holy Days, with traditional melodies and classical music selections by Bloch and Handel. Alan Chartock – President and CEO Performers include harpist Rachel Van Voorhees, soprano Stacy Lowe, violinist Lisa Rautenberg, and the Dona Frank-Federico– Chief of Staff Western Wind. Selma Kaplan – Senior Vice President Enjoy & L'shanah tovah.- Katie Pat Cooney – Vice President, Operations Joe Donahue – Vice President, News/Programming Labor Day Special Broadcasts Monday, September 1 Management Staff 9 AM: Futurework - Spectrum Radio explores Meegan Finnegan – Membership Director what the workplace will look like and what the Cassandra Mundell – Business Manager meaning of work will be 30 years into the future. Ian Pickus – News Director 10 AM: Nine to Five - The work we do, from Wall Katie Britton – Programming & Outreach Director Street traders to taxi cab drivers. People who work with brassieres, with dead bodies, and off-the- Thom Job - New Media / Communications Manager books in an underground economy. A tone-poem by Ken Nordine, a podcast from Love and Radio, Ray Graf – Web Content Manager and sound-portraits from Radio Diaries, Toni Joy Houle – Grants Director Schwartz, Ben Rubin, David Greenberger, and hosts Ann Heppermann and Kara Oehler.