APRIL 2019 PROGRAM GUIDE Stations Help WAMC Go Green! from alan You may elect to stop receiving our paper Monthly column from Alan Chartock. WAMC, 90.3 FM, Albany, NY program guide, and view it on wamc.org. PAGE 2 WAMC 1400 AM, Albany, NY Call us to be removed from the mailing list: WAMK, 90.9 FM, Kingston, NY 1-800-323-9262 ext. 133 PROGRAM NOTES WOSR, 91.7 FM, Middletown, NY PAGE 3 WCEL, 91.9 FM, Plattsburgh, NY PROGRAM SCHEDULE WCAN, 93.3 FM, Canajoharie, NY WAMC Staff Our weekly schedule of programming. WANC, 103.9 FM, Ticonderoga, NY PAGE 4 WRUN-FM, 90.3 FM, Remsen- WAMC Executive Staff Utica, NY WAMQ, 105.1 FM, Great Barrington, Alan Chartock | President and CEO LIVE AT THE LINDA BROADCAST MA Joe Donahue | Senior Director of WWES, 88.9 FM, Mt. Kisco, NY News and Programming Stacey Rosenberry | Director of Operations SCHEDULE WANR, 88.5 FM, Brewster, NY and Engineering Listen to your favorite shows on air after WANZ, 90.1, Stamford, NY they have been at The Linda. 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When it comes to courage, my personal ob- servation is that NPR is not the leader in that field. I would give you the shocking amounts of money that they are asking for but they have sent out a memo saying that we shouldn’t talk about their agenda in a meeting called to discuss all of this. I wonder whether they have ever heard of freedom of the press. But never mind, what is important here is that NPR’s intent to bleed the member stations is just one more reason that my already grey hair is getting whiter. We run on an even keel but if what we fear starts to happen, we are about to get sunk. Photo by Eric Korenman I have always tried to figure out what goes on in the Now more than ever, we need WAMC. We all know it. minds of the incredible numbers of people listening to the Of course, there are a few trolls who find that WAMC’s station. You, dear readers, know what I am talking about. speaking truth to power is not to their liking. All I can say Most of you learned family lessons early in life. You rely is “too bad” or “join the lumpenproletariat” (“lump it or on the station and we rely on you. Frankly, I wouldn’t want leave it.”) We are doing our best under very trying circum- it any other way. Because we know that you are there, we stances. We know that Donald Trump is conducting a war can move on. Without you we would be nothing. against his perceived enemies, including the press. The First Amendment to the Constitution is a backstop against It is a simple matter. We have to value what we have. fascism and totalitarianism. I understand that the press When you turn your radio on in the car or while you are can be self-serving and sometimes wrong but when you making the egg salad for the kids, you must know that stop freedom of expression, you stop a civil society and WAMC delivers each and every day. No one else has the you deal a body blow to democracy. This is the time to amazing Ian Pickus heading their news division or Joe stand as tall as we can. Donahue’s contributions to the arts. Those names are just I am old enough to have lived through McCarthyism, a for a beginning. time during which many good people ended up losing their jobs or even committing suicide because of accusa- We will continue to stand tall and to fight like hell to main- tions about their past or current political affiliations. It ap- tain what we have and we know that you’ll be right there pears that Trump and his newly installed Attorney Gener- with us. al, William Barr, may be on a similar track. We know that in past years, public radio and television have been taken out of the federal budget. I have always said that when you give politicians the power of the purse over public sta- tions, sooner or later they will insist on their prerogatives when it comes to calling the shots and influencing the delivery of the news. In the end, it is up to each of us to make sure that we stay solvent. This is not going to be an easy task based on the very words that this president is using about getting even with his enemies. 2 WAMC PROGRAM GUIDE APRIL 2019 3 PROGRAM NOTES DAVID HOPPER The saying “April showers bring May flowers” means this month is a time of change. As we wait for the flowers to bloom, let’s take a look at what is burrowing up from under the soil at WAMC. Starting April 1st, WAMC’s National Productions will be using a new program clock. What this means for our lis- teners is the shows will fill a full half-hour, instead of being 25 minutes long. Please tune in at 3 p.m. each day of the week for the start of your favorite WAMC shows. Because of this change there will be no newscast at 3 p.m. but please continue to enjoy the award-winning cov- erage of the WAMC news team during the 2 p.m. news- cast and at 3:30 p.m. during Northeast Report. tions. He has shared his vision for a future powered by biology around the world, including presentations at TED WAMC’s National Productions affected by this change in- Global, PopTech, and Davos. He is the CEO and Co- clude The Media Project, which airs at 3 p.m. on Mondays Founder of Ecovative Design, a leading biomaterials com- and 6:30 p.m. on Sundays, The Book Show at 3 p.m. on pany that has created of a wide range of products, from Tuesdays and 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays, 51% at 3 p.m. luxury leather like materials, through high performance on Wednesdays and 8 p.m. on Thursdays, The Capitol foams in apparel, to cellular scaffolding for food and medi- Connection at 3 p.m. on Thursdays and 5:30 a.m. Satur- cal applications. days, and The Best of Our Knowledge, airing at 3 p.m. on Fridays. Tickets for the show start at $10 but you can give as much as you’d like! They are available here: https:// Coming up Saturday, April 6th at 7 p.m.: a live taping of www.eventbrite.com/e/person-place-thing-live-tick- Person Place Thing at The Linda WAMC’s Performing ets-58337819990 Arts Studio featuring host Randy Cohen speaking with Ecovative CEO and Co-Founder Eben Bayer. The Metropolitan Opera continues its season on Saturday afternoons this month with Puccini’s “Tosca” on April 6th Person Place Thing, which airs on WAMC at 11 p.m. on at 1 p.m. and “Siegfried” by Wagner on the 13th at 11:30 Fridays, is an interview show based on this idea: people a.m. The 20th brings “La Clemenza Di Tito” by Mozart are particularly engaging when they speak not directly starting at 1 p.m. and the month is rounded out on the about themselves but about something they care about. 27th with “Gotterdammerung,” also by Wagner, which Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing starts at 11 a.m. that are important to them. The result? Surprising stories from great talkers. On Sunday evenings, due to a contractual negotiation that does not directly include WAMC, we are unable to air Host Randy Cohen is a five-time Emmy winner whose the Boston Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m.