Illinois State University ISU ReD: Research and eData WGLT Program Guides Arts and Sciences Spring 3-1-2003 WGLT Program Guide, March-April, 2003 Illinois State University Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg Recommended Citation Illinois State University, "WGLT Program Guide, March-April, 2003" (2003). WGLT Program Guides. 187. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/wgltpg/187 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]. thanks to you ■ ■ ■ The exception becomes the rule A(short) fund drive message fromPa t Peterson, GLT Membership Director hank You. For over a year now we've been working with you, our listeners, to support. So start bugging your friends. Persuade them to join you in supporting news, sustain GLT's excellent programming and to keep on air fund raising interruptions blues and all that jazz. And remind them that their contribution will double in value this Tto a minimum. Which is a fancy way of saying we've been working together to pay spring ... thanks again to GLT corporate supporters who have agreed to match every pledge the bills without those seemingly endless 10 day fund drives. received now through the conclusion of the fund drive on April 6, 2003. First we limited fund drive appeals to certain times of the day. That worked. Through the mail, on line, or over the phone, every pledge this spring counts towards the goal. Every pledge will We met goals and shortened fund drives. be matched. And every pledge helps pay for the quality Then last fall we cut our usual 9-10 day fund drive in half. And that worked too. programming you expect from GLT. Listeners from all over the country* contributed the money needed to pay GLT' s Short, powerful fund drives ...the exception is programming bills, protect the broadcast and/or internet service they rely on and offset becoming the rule, thanks to you. the impact of deep cuts in State of Illinois funding .. .a ll in the shortest fund drive in GLT history. Let's make it work again this spring. *Did you know GLT currently has supporters in some 20 states and one Canadian province? These folks rely on GLT's live audio stream at wglt.org for music and In fact, let's make short, effective fund drives the rule rather than the exception. W ith entertainment they cannot find anywhere else. And they understand that our your help, support from friends of GLT in the business community, and a little bit of luck, internet service, just like our broadcast service, costs money. So be proud of your we can keep the upcoming spring fund drive - and subsequent fund drives - effective, public radio station, central Illinois, and be a part of the national community that productive, and SHORT. supports GLT. • The GLT Spring Fund Drive is just 5 days long, April 2-6, 2003. The goal? Pay for the programming. This spring the ticket is $100,000. Here's how you can help: Renew now. If you are due to renew your annual support this spring, please do so as soon as you receive your reminder. Every pledge we receive through the mail, on line at wglt.org, or over the phone GLT Pledge Phone Volunteers! counts toward the campaign goal and is being matched by area businesses who are as determined to protect GLT's broadcast service Now's the time to reserve your favorite shift. as you are. Your prompt renewal also saves GLT time and money Call Pat Peterson or email to [email protected]. much better spent on the programming we all rely on. We need people from early to late April 2-April 6. Especially on Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6. Give more. If at all reasonable, increase your annual support or send in an additional Thanks! gift. Your increased investment in your public radio station will double in value when it is matched by local businesses who want to see GLT emerge from the current State of Illinois budget crunch unscathed. And your additional dollars will help the station offset the ever increasing costs of bringing you the service you depend on. Talk it up. You know that GLT provides choices and services you simply cannot find anywhere else on your radio. You know there would be no GLT without listener concert Nickel Creek In Normal Thanks To GLT LT is proud to present the first-ever Central Illinois appearance of a band that Ever a leader in bringing great acoustic music to GLT listeners, Acousticity host Bruce Time magazine dubbed one of the "Music Innovators for the Millenium." Nickel Bergethon has been playing their music since 1995. In addition to their two albums as a GCreek will appear in a concert benefiting the GLT Equipment Fund on Thursday, group, Nickel Creek and This Side (reviewed and recommended in this issue), the members April 24 at Braden Auditorium, Illinois State University. of Nickel Creek have performed and recorded with the Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, Glen Phillips, the Modem Mandolin Quartet, David Grisman, Hootie and the Blowfish, Hank Nickel Creek is a quartet largely comprised of Williams Jr., Sam Bush, Kelly Willis, Bluegrass Etc., and Bela Fleck. Chris Thile has youthful virtuosos who have been playing together released three solo instrumental albums, the most recent of which is titled for half of their lives. Musical partners since their Not All Who Sean Watkins will release his second solo album, 26 just a few pre-teenage years in California, Nickel Creek's Wander Are Lost. Miles, weeks before Nickel Creek's appearance in Normal. core is mandolinist Chris Thile (21), guitarist Sean Watkins (25), and his sister, fiddler Sara Watkins Come enjoy a unique evening of original music that will help GLT continue to improve (20). All three of the younger members sing. They the sound of the station in the years ahead. Tickets for Nickel Creek's April 24 show are are joined by versatile bassist Derek Jones, well on sale at the Braden Box Office and through all Ticketmaster outlets. regarded in both jazz and new acoustic music. Easy to enjoy, Nickel Creek's sound is resistant to easy categorization. Thile and the Watkins' were raised in California's vibrant neo-traditional bluegrass culture, and have been recognized for their recocious musical prowess (Thile was nominated P Nickel Creek is Sean Watkins, Sara Watkins & Chris Thile for Mandolin Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association five times before his 20th birthday). Although their repertoire includes traditional bluegrass and folk, it is laced with contemporaty songs by the rock group Pavement and singer Carrie Newcomer. The majority of their songs are written by band members, principally Sean Watkins and Chris Thile. The original material of Nickel Creek reflects the diverse musical tastes of the group - from Bach to Pat Metheny to Radiohead. New York Times writer T TerryTeachout describes their sound as "polystylistic." "It's just Nickel Creek music," counters bluegrass luminaty Alison Krauss, producer of their two best selling Sugar Hill albums, and a huge fan of, and influence on, the band. What unites Nickel Creek's sound is a devotion to musical exploration, a reliance on the "good wood" of unplugged mandolin, fiddle, guitar and double bass, and a desire to infuse traditional music with new vigor. As Sean Watkins expresses it, "We want to bring the acoustic message to the youth." The eclecticism of Nickel Creek has been recognized in a remarkably wide set of contexts. Honored with numerous Grammy, Country Music Association and IBMA nominations, they have appeared on the Tonight Show; been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning, All Things Considered, and in the New York Times; and were named among the "best of 2002" by Rolling Stone, Borders, and the Chicago Tribune. They have had three hit videos on CMT, and their first gold album held a top 20 spot on Billboard's Country Album Chart, even with practically no airplay on mainstream country radio. national Journalist's Boot Camp by Charlie Schlenker, GLT Assistant News Director y the time you read this, the United States may already be in open warfare with insurance policy. And they're going Iraq. Even if that has not happened, major news organizations such as National to be with us and see warts and all. BPublic Radio and the Associated Press have laid contingency plans with such firmness it is apparent management believes larger scale hostilities will come. One of the CS: While chasing after reluctant people NPR will be sending into the field is correspondent Eric Westervelt who went news sources and the adrenaline through a week-long Pentagon-sponsored and required combat training program for rush of writing on tight deadline journalists who might shadow active military units in combat zones. produce a certain amount of cardiovascular activity, reporters are The training, titled "Joint Military Media Contingency Training," was held at the Marine not generally known for high (or Corps Training Center in Quantico, VA, and the Naval Station in Norfolk, VA. even adequate) levels of physical fitness. How well do you think you'll I recently spoke with NPR's Eric Westervelt about what he learned: be able to keep up with a platoon? Eric Westervelt: Some of the in-class material was kind of military 101, structure EW: While I am no triathlete, I get command, history of the military, which for someone like me who covers the Pentagon exercise, so I think it'll be fine.