Radio & TV Program Guide | Aug12 Noteworthy in August n Look for us at August festivals! n Dan Bayer honored at Summer Solstice Jazz Festival n TV membership campaign — August 16-26 n Introducing Peter Whorf College of Communication Arts and Sciences Aug12 A Warm WKAR Welcome to WKAR Peter Whorf Fall Preview Late this month, WKAR will welcome 2012 Peter Whorf as the On Our Cover Thursday, September 6 new WKAR Radio Orangutan Diary is just one WKAR Studio A station manager. Peter Whorf of the new programs viewers Refreshments at 7 p.m. Peter has a Bachelor of Arts degree can support during WKAR-TV's Program begins at 7:30 p.m. August membership campaign, from the Eastman School of Music, August 16-26. and has been the program director for You Are Invited! WNYC and KBIA, the managing pro- WKAR’s Fall Preview event has become ducer for news and talk programming Mark Your an annual tradition. Enjoy a wonderful at Chicago’s WBEZ and most recently Calendars! evening at WKAR with a sneak peek at WFMT/Chicago as program director at the new seasons for radio, televi- and vice president for content. Lansing Jazz Fest sion and online programming – and August 3-4 Gary Reid, WKAR’s general manager, delicious treats to accompany it all! said, “His references from around the The Great Lakes This year’s Fall Preview will introduce country were generous in their praise.” Folk Festival you to the men and women who will ”Peter is astonishingly creative and August 10-12 be participating in our first Quiz- leads by example,” said one. “He is Busters Special Edition match. These thoughtful and forward thinking...,” WKAR will be at the local personalities are well-known in added another. Jazz Fest record- mid-Michigan and they will compete Peter and his family are moving to mid- ing programs for to see who can best answer host Matt the new season of Michigan this month and he will join Ottinger’s challenging questions! us on August 27. We’ll offer you a more BackStage Pass. Check the back cover for details and in-depth profile of Peter after he’s had And we’ll be at the registration information. a chance to settle for a bit! Folk Festival on the Dance Stage. Look for WKAR”s Street Team at both Loving Our events and say hi! Listeners Recently 90.5 Classical CREDITS host Mark Schwitzgoebel Editor Jeanie Croope received a letter from a College of Communication woman in New York City Arts & Sciences who listens to the WKAR Dean Pamela Whitten WKAR General Manager Classical stream… Gary Reid TV Station Manager Susi Elkins Dear Mark, Radio News Director Kevin Lavery I just had the urge to write somebody and thank them for streaming WKAR. Radio Reading Service I listen to it here in New York City. I do that because my mom’s radio in her Brad Walker Volunteer Coordinator nursing home in Okemos is tuned in every day to WKAR. She is 96 and it is a Mary Wright deep form of comfort to me to know we are listening to the same music all day QUESTIONS? together. It makes me feel close to her, even when I am miles away. This may If you have questions about be a bit of a unique use of streaming, but I bet you collect lots of stories like WKAR call (517) 432-9527, ext. 365 weekdays (8 a.m. to mine. Your efforts really matter to me. 5 p.m. or contact Carol Karber at [email protected]. My best to you, WKAR is a division of the College of Communication Gina Bria Arts & Sciences at Michigan State University. Thanks, Gina. Your words are touching and we are glad to be there for you both, and all those around the world who listen to WKAR. MSU is an Affirmative-Action/ Equal-Opportunity Employer. 2 August 2012 | StayTuned WKAR Create Marathons WKAR’s Summer WKAR Create is seen on Channel 23.3 and on many cable systems. Create Marathons are seen Saturdays from 6 a.m.-Noon and 6 p.m. to midnight with encores the following Spectacular! Sunday from Noon to 6 p.m. Create programming may be pre-empted in part on August 16-26 August 18 and 25 for WKAR’s on-air membership campaign. Tune in August 16-26 and give 8/04 Camp Create us a call! Our September cam- Activities for kids, including crafting with Katie Brown, cook- paign moves ahead to August ing with Christina Pirello and gardening with Jamie Durie. this year. If you generally renew 8/11 Be Cool your membership in Septem- Skip the heat wave with visits to cooler climates with Burt ber, now is the time to call or Wolf, Joseph Rosendo, Art Wolfe and Tina Nordstrom. visit us online at WKAR.org. 8/18 Celebrate Julia! This is the first drive of our fiscal It’s the Grand Dame’s 100th birthday! Enjoy a marathon of year. Our plan is to significantly Julia Child programs. eliminate pledge days. So, while 8/25 Global Rhythm our on-air campaigns will con- tinue, they will be only 11 days, Flamenco dancing in Madrid with Rudy Maxa, step dancing if goals are met and we stay on in Ireland with Rick Steves and salsa dancing in Columbia. track for our fiscal year. The Small Matter The Republican of Big Science National Convention Wednesday, August 1, 8 p.m. August 27-30 at 8 p.m. The evolution of science is seen WKAR will provide coverage through the lens of nuclear of the Republican National physics in a program that takes Convention in Tampa, Florida us from ancient Greece to with analysis from the team the modern isotope research from PBS NewsHour. The fol- currently done at the National lowing Off the Record edition Superconducting Cyclotron will include comments from Laboratory at Michigan State Tim Skubick and the capitol University. Learn how research correspondents about the has changed over the decades. event as well. Tanglewood’s Stan Werbin of Elderly Instruments 75th Anniversary On the local scene, Elderly Celebration! Instruments: All Things Friday, August 10, 8 p.m. Strings will visit the Lansing music store that has fans The Tanglewood Festival, held among musicians worldwide. each year in Massachusetts’ This fascinating documentary Berkshire Mountains, is one about a beloved Lansing of America’s great outdoor landmark was produced by performing arts locations and Bob Albers of the MSU College for 75 years has welcomed lovers of music to their venue. of Communication Arts & Sci- Tanglewood ences with some of his students. Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, James Taylor, John Williams and Keith Music offerings include Cele- Lockhart perform. Great Performances: brating the Music of Johnny Vienna Philharmonic Cash, Pegi and Neil Young’s Friday, August 31, 9 p.m. Concert for the Bridge, and The music of Tchaikovsky, Strauss, a new version of Ed Sullivan Mussorgsky and Debussy is favorites. Jackie Evancho returns presented in this summer special. with music from the movies Gustavo Dudamel conducts the and viewers will meet Nathan Vienna Philharmonic. Included is a Pacheco, an American singer- performance by the Vienna Ballet. songwriter who has been previ- ously seen in Yanni specials. Self-help programs include Dr. Fuhrman’s Immunity Jackie Evancho offers songs Solution, a new program from popular movies on on how one can boost their Great Performances (August 20). immune system. Check listings for WKAR, Create and World for times. August 2012 | StayTuned 3 Friday, August 3, 4:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Saturday, August 4, 1 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Celebrate jazz in a two-day free festival held in Lansing’s Old Town. Featured artists include Tim Cunningham, Sunny Wilkinson Quartet, Betty Baxter, Hot Club of Lansing, Etienne Charles and more. All will include an original composition in their set. We’ll be recording several acts for BackStage Pass. Look for our tent and say hi! Check schedules online at jazzlansing.com. 4 August 2012 | StayTuned Friday, August 10, 6-10:30 p.m. Saturday, August 11, noon-10:30 p.m. Sunday, August 12, noon-6 p.m. The Great Lakes Folk Festival is much more than music but with 14 acts perform- ing over three days on three stages – all free – there is plenty of that, too! Listen and dance to music that includes Celtic, bluegrass, gospel, polka, Zydeco, Dominican Merengue, Ethiopian, Armenian, Indian and more! The rich cultural diversity of the festival sets it apart from others, with traditional arts exhibits, a community sing, a musician’s jam and children’s activities. WKAR will be introducing acts at the Dance Tent, located in the Albert Street lot. Check schedules online at Greatlakesfolkfest.net or follow GLFF on Facebook and Twitter. WKAR will be at the Old Town Lansing JazzFest and at the MSU Museum’s Great Lakes Folk Festival this month. Look for the WKAR Street Team or tent and say hello! August 2012 | StayTuned 5 WKAR TV Weeknight News 04 | Saturday 11:00 LRN 101 The Market Warriors continue their flea The PBS NewsHour market hunting in Brimfield, Massachusetts airs Monday-Friday 11:30 Burt Wolf: and in Pennsylvania.(Aug. 6, 13) at 7 p.m., preceded by Travels & Traditions BBC World News Great Rivers of Europe America at 6 p.m. 12:00 Rick Steves' Europe 05 | Sunday and Nightly Business Little Europe 11:00 QuizBusters Report at 6:30 p.m. 12:30 The Victory Garden Kearsley/Alma Jim Lehrer 1:00 Pedal America 11:30 QuizBusters 1:30 This Old House Hillsdale/Frankenmuth 2:00 Ask This Old House 12:00 Washington Week 01 | Wednesday 2:30 Hometime 12:30 Off the Record 8:00 The Small Matter of 3:00 Woodwright's Shop 1:00 The McLaughlin Group Big Science 1:30 To the Contrary Explore the evolution of science 2:00 Moyers & Company through the lens of nuclear physics In 3:00 Woodsongs this documentary that takes us from John Gorka/Elisa Gilkyso mankind's basic curiosity about our origins from ancient Greece to the mod- 4:00 Classic Gospel ern Isotope research at the National 5:00 This Old House Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory 5:30 Hometime at Michigan State University.