AIRW\VES A Service of Continuing Education and Extension - l5il University of Minnesota , Duluth VOL. 2 NUMBER 2 AUGUST 1980 • calendaP of events The UMD Theatre makes your summer Minnesola Bluegrass & Old Time EXHIBITION SCHEDULE The Whole Food Co-op will be Music Associalion Feslival, Augusl8, 9, entertaining with four great plays sponsoring a benefil dance .on Friday, & IO al Wildwood Campgrounds in showing through August 16th. "The August 8lh al lhe Park Point School Taylor Falls, Minnesota. Fealuring THE TWEED MUSEUM OF ART Workers Wife", "South Pacific", Gymnasium (24lh and Minnesola Ave ) Spectrum from Lexinglon, Kentucky. "Arsenic and Old Lace" , and "A Funny from 9-12 p .m. Irish and American Plus some of lhe finesl bands in lhe Thing Happened On The Way To The music by the Corona Twins. The dance Upper Midwesl. To order lickels and July 29-Sept. 7 Forum". For informalion call 726-8561 . is direclly sponsored by lhe Muriel for further informalion conlacl Selections from the permanent Engstrom Library and Boo1< Exchange. collection. Sludio Gallery. M.B.O.T.M.A., Box 9782, Minneapolis, TAKE BACK THE NIGHT SPEAK All proceeds will direct! y benefi l lhe co- MN. 55440 or call (612)633-9473. op library. Admission at lhe door is one in HibbingAugust2al OUT-MARCH good boo)s or a $2 donation. For more Aug. 1-27 7:30 p .m.. The women of Northern informalion call lhe Co-op al 723-1687. Contemporary Japanese Prints - Main Minnesota gather 10 peacefully Fiddle Contesl Mower County Gallery Fairgrounds, Sunday, Augusl 10, 1980 demonstrate and publicly denounce at 12:00 p.m. in Crane Pavillion, violence against women. Held in Auslin, Minnesola. Three calegories: Aug. 3-31 Bennel Park. For informalion call lhe Junior, Adull, and Senior. Three prizes Kathy Bombera Graduate Exhibition, Women's Coalilion al 728-3679. Court Gallery If you or your organizalion wish to Iisl in each calegory. This coolest is for an event in our monthly calendar, amaleurs earning less than one-half Aug. 9-Sept. 30 Artery Workshop al Spirit Mountain, please submil lhe information by lhe income fiddling. Contacl Sue Radloff, Augusl 18-23. For informalion call 724- 15lh of each month. Austin, Minnesota. Know Whal You See (conservation and resloratipn of art works) - Balcony 4994 . Letters Ccont.l Being a musician, just returning to the Midwest after a year and a half out Easl, what a pleasure it was for me to find your slation on the radio. I happened lo Hey, Hey WDTH we love you. I have find it lasl nighl during your jazz --~:Zf, , jusl been blessed wilh a new child and session. would die al 6;.l 4 in lhe morning rocking her if nol for lhe Awakening Your seleclions are great, & I just Program-love lhal clean pickin' wanted to express my appreciation. - folk. I gol lhis money on lhe Maralhon Please send me a program of your Weekend by singing on the streels. Keep lislening schedule if you could. w lhat good music coming. m I'll be teaching here in Shell Lake at lhe Terrence Smilh U of W-Extension Indianhead Center Duluth, MN. Jazz Camp and will turn my fellow inslruclors onlo your slalion. Keep up Dear Tom, lhe good work! I jusl wanted lo drop you a line Dear Sir: regarding your programming on Sunday afternoon from Noon lO 3:00. I We agree with your decision lo cancel lhink il is high time thal Soul Arrival the Soul Arrival program on Sunday was relieved from such a prime time afternoons. (How about Salurday tool) spot. I see thal lhere is a need for such a The D.J : does a fine job bul soul music program, bul nol two days in a row. is not conclusive to Saturday and Sunday afternoon lislening when folks I fell that lhe Rhylhm and Blues are enjoying their work or jusl taking it program was a good start. It seemed to easy out in the country. The Folk me, however, that the person in charge Migration's programming is great!! was straining too hard to make sure thal We're sure a lOl of people would like every single song he played could be more of lhis program earlier Saturday identified as rhythm and blues. I wish afternoon and Sunday. You're doing a more of lhe music was not from so long great job there at WDTH. Keep it upll ago. It is a great change, however and I will look forward to seeing this type of Your friends, P.rogramming evolve. Congratulations! Andrew C. Brekke Karen Salisbury Gene Schilling Duluth,,MN. Desiree L. Hutala Judy Brekke I just stopped by in order to show my James M. Eades whole hearted support for who's ever Colleen Schilling idea il was to DROP on Sunday afternon, the Soul Arrival program. Once a week is more than enough for WDTH Staff, that particular show. Just a word of thanks for all the good Peter B. Soulus listening. Hope the contributions will Duluth. MN. help keep you all on the air, especially your Early Awakening shows. We never Dear Radio Station: take the radios off 103 FM . Good Luck. I'm writing in regard to the Soul Arrival Kevin show on Sunday afternoon. By all means replace it wilh your planned rhythm and blues show. Wed,J1ug, 27 Congralulalions lO all involved in the ~-i;~oze 0 I am also writing for six or seven other production of lhe new R & B show. In folks in my neck of the woods who two weeks this has become our favorile Grui~, ,-,; enjoy your station but feel lhat " Disco program. Keep up the great work. Sucks" as they say. Nothing personal hosted DJ mind you, but "R & B from noon lO 2502 LONDON ROAD Best wishes, DULUTH, MINN. 55112 three" is our slogan around here. It's ~hango~a (211) 728-3871 good music to pull weeds by and I've Mike & Kathy Paulus also noticed lhat my tomato plants tend Solon Springs, WI. to shrivel during your Soul Arrival show, even when the radio is off! Thank you, Zachary R. Trowner • 2 • SUPPORT PUBLIC Re[U)t to the Listener RADIO Airwaves is a monthly publication - of WDTH-FM, the public radio station at the University of Minne- REPORT TO THE LISTENER Dear Entertainers, Dear Folks, sota, Duluth. A yearly membership in WDTH costs just $20. Member- I certainly didn't get the "Blues" when I FALL MARATHON In response to your question about the ship entitles you to receive "~ir- heard that the Sunday edition of Soul Soul Arrival and R 8c B programs. I feel waves" mailed directly to your We've tentatively set the date and goal Arrival was being dropped.' It was once the Sunday's programming is too home. for our Fall Marathon. Unless plans a very good program but somehow it (or heavily weighted with R 8c B and SouL change, we will take to the air Friday, I) has changed. I'm sure the switch will Write or call us at University of October 10th, and finish Sunday the make a lot of listeners very happy. The· I would prefer your fine eclectic M1nnesota, Duluth, 130 Humani- 19th. Our goal will be $110,000 for the IO addition of "Black Crys" is also much- programming featuring related Jazz, ties Bldg., Duluth, Minnesota appreciated. I do have one request . Country, Classical, etc. at the day event. While this seems ambitious, Rock, 558 I 2, 218-726-7181. we will count renewals from last year though and that is: "Play more Rock' N D.J.'s discretion. Frankly I feel that towards the total, which should make Roll". current programming on Sundays is the WDTH STAFF the goal possible. It might not be easy, low point of your exceptionally fine but that is what we need to keep Thanks, weekly schedule. Station Manager ..... Tom Livingston growing. Program Director ... ... John Ziegler Tom Dymesich I'd like to add WDTH is the finest radio Asst. Program Ditecto r .. Pa ul Schmitz Ashland, WI. station I've ever · tuned in-one Engineering ....... .. Peder Nelson drawback, I live in Mellen, WI. and Senic>rs Project .. ...... Jea n Johnson have a hard time pulling in a clear SUNDAY SOUL ARRIVAL Thank you for bringing my children and me music and information we can't signal on certain days. Any chance of a The University of Minnesota is future power boost? Also, I'd like to bea My call for letters about ·Soul Arrival get on any other radio station. committed to the policy that all generated lots of mail, and almost all of contributing member of your station. persons shall have equal access to Are you still taking pledges? If so send it was in favor of the change. I was Jan Gylund it's programs, facilities, and em- me a form. actually disturbed by the lack of Mason, WI. ployment without regard to race, response from the black community. creed, color, sex, national origin, We've included as many as we can. Keep up the good work: I'm pleased to or handicap. Thank you for taking the time to write. Dear Tom, have this opportunity to respond. As far as the R 8c B programs go, the individual who was scheduled to do the Here's some photos of the fishing trip Greg Radke - program proved unreliable, and since with the N.W. Passage Boys' Home Mellen, WI. we were counting on his library for the from Webster, WI.