Hounds Briefs—Summer 2011

Summer 2011

Membership MattersTrish Allison, WUWF Membership Director

Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun of WUWF’s 30th Anniversary by participating in the first scheduled membership campaign of 2011. Your overwhelming support made the campaign a great success, exceeding the goal and raising $127,877 in pledges.

Equally as important, WUWF welcomed more than 350 new members to the 88.1 FM family, which is key to the success of your public radio station. With the continuing threats of state and federal funding cuts, growing the number of supporters to WUWF is vital to its future. Thank you to everyone who pledged support to WUWF and the expanded programming being offered.

With the expanded programming, came more volunteer shifts and once again WUWF volunteers stepped up to meet the challenge. More than 75 volunteers assisted in taking 745 pledges during the 10-day campaign. Thank you for working the early shifts, the late shifts, double shifts and multiple shifts. Pledge drives simply would not be possible (nor as much fun) without you, and it’s always great to share the success of the campaign with you. WUWF volunteers truly are the best!

You receive the Hound’s Briefs newsletter because you are a member and supporter of the station. You make public radio possible for our entire community. Thank you again for doing your part. Acknowledgement letters, information about day sponsorships and your public broadcasting member cards have been mailed. If you haven’t received yours, don’t hesitate to contact me at 850-473-7433 or by email trish@wuwf.org.

Despite a valiant effort from friends and fans of RadioLive to keep the program going, production of the popular monthly, live music, concert series will cease at the end this fiscal year — the last live concert being June 2, 2011.

The program was deleted from the WUWF budget in 2009 as a result of reductions in state funding, but continued on, due to a generous grassroots fundraising effort begun by attendees and matched in 2009 and 2010 by the University of West Florida. The Jim Dyehouse Memorial Fund to Save RadioLive, established to honor of one of the program’s most ardent fans, along with the efforts of a loyal cadre of volunteers, managed to keep the program alive for an additional two and a half years.

Unfortunately, additional funding cuts for the FY 2012 budget make it impossible to continue the monthly live RadioLive broadcasts in the near future. Since its debut in September of 1988, RadioLive has exposed its audiences to world class musicians in a family-friendly atmosphere. The live program has been a community building event, creating a special bond between the artists and the audience.

We appreciate the many loyal RadioLive fans of acoustic music and their generous donations — approximately 5,000 lbs. of food annually — to our long time partner, Manna Food Pantries. We encourage RadioLive fans to continue to remember Manna with food and funds donations.

There is no doubt that the program will return in some form, at some point, but for now fans can continue to enjoy RadioLive Encores on WUWF 88.1FM at 7 pm on Thursdays and weeknights at 9 pm on WUWF-TV Cox Cable CH 4.

RadioLive Takes a Break BY PAT CRAWFORD, WUWF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Hound’s Briefs Going Digital — Beginning with the next quarterly edition, (Fall 2011), the WUWF Hound’s Briefs Newsletter will be digital only.

WUWF will announce on air when each new edition becomes available, however, readers may also request an electronic notification by emailing

newsletter@wuwf.org. You may also read the current Hound’s Briefs anytime at wuwf.org under the “About WUWF” section and print from a PDF file, if desired.

Inside this Issue:New Program Grid ...........page 2

New Programming ...........page 3

NPR Music ....................page 4

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Nicole Sturgill joined WUWF on April 4, 2011, as host for the afternoon NPR news and information program, All Things Considered, and as producer of in-depth feature stories for WUWF’s local news department.

A Kentucky native, Nicole comes to WUWF from Lake City, FL, where she served as news director at 96.5 The Jet WJTK. During her time at the Jet, she produced the morning news talk show North Florida Today, anchored hourly newscasts and managed the station’s Web site.

Nicole married her high school sweetheart just before moving to Pensacola. Her family includes her husband Justin and their two kitties, Garfield and Kegger.

Changes to Classical 24’s Host Schedule — As of Sunday, May 1, hosts Mindy Ratner and Lynne Warfel have swapped time slots permanently on Classical 24, broadcast

on WUWF HD-2. The new schedule (ET) will be as follows: 1 - 7 am, Scott Blankenship; 7 am - 1 pm, Mindy Ratner; 1 - 7 pm, Lynne Warfel; 7 pm - 1 am, Valerie Kahler.

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New Programming — WUWF Summer 2011

We hope by now you’ve had a chance to investigate some of WUWF’s new programming that began in February. The Diane Rehm Show, now fills the 9-11 am, M-F time slot. Rehm’s nearly four decade long radio career is a tribute to active seniors. She has interviewed many high-profile political figures and cultural icons, including Bill Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, Madeleine Albright, Sandra Day O’Connor, Ralph Nader, Arlo Guthrie, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Maurice Sendak, Maya Angelou and Fred Rogers of the PBS program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Her career has not been without challenges. After having dif-ficulty with her voice Rehm found out in 1998 that she suffers from spasmodic dysphonia nevertheless, after a brief hiatus, she has continued as host of the popular program.

* * *Here & Now fills noon to 1 pm weekdays. Curious, open minded, and tireless, Here & Now is in the moment, paddling in the middle of a fast moving stream of news and information. It is Public Radio’s daily news magazine, bringing listeners the news that breaks after Morning Edition and before All Things Considered. In addition to the news, Here & Now features thought provoking conversations and rounds out each show with features on the arts, food, or sports.

Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS, and ABC televi-sion, and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for the Today Show.

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When Americans want to be a part of the national conversation, they turn to Talk of the Nation, NPR’s midday news-talk show. Journalist Neal Conan leads a productive exchange of ideas and opinions on the issues that dominate the news landscape. From politics and public service to education, religion, music and healthcare, Talk of the Nation offers call-in listeners the opportunity to join enlightening discus-sions with decision-makers, authors, academicians, and artists from around the world. Listeners can join in from 1-3 pm M-F on WUWF 88.1 FM.

Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast as part of NPR’s Talk of the Nation programming. Each week, the focus is on science topics that are in the news. Panels of expert guests join Science Friday’s host, Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science, take questions from listeners, and try to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand.

Award-winning journalist, Neal Conan, is the host of Talk of the Nation. Conan brings three decades of news and radio experience to the show, which reaches 3.4 million listeners a week on more than 300 NPR member stations. Conan also tours nation-ally with Ensemble Galieli as the narrator and host of the National Geographic production “First Person: Stories from the Edge of the World,” and “A Universe of Dreams,” produced in cooperation with the Space Telescope Institute. Conan was born in Beirut.

* * *On Saturday at 6 am you can hear The Animal House, covering animals and pets and our human relationship to them. The Animal House explores the latest in animal science, pet behavior, and wildlife conservation with the aim of deepening human un-derstanding of animals and explaining the powerful bonds that link us to the animal world. The program is fun, substantive, and appealing to a broad audi-ence — with pets and without them. Each week, listeners can hear expert advice about pet-related questions from Dr. Gary Weitzman, veterinarian and executive director of the Washington Animal Rescue League. Dr. Weitzman has more than 20 years expe-rience in veterinary medicine, and currently chairs the DC Board of Veterinary Medicine.

When he’s not in The Animal House, host Sam Litzinger — a broadcaster for 35 years and counting — is an anchor and reporter at CBS News. He also hosts and produces the radio series Sound Sessions from Smithsonian Folkways, and he’s currently working on a series of radio shows on the history of journalism for the George Washington University’s Global Media Institute and the Newseum.

On Being is a spacious conversation (and an evolv-ing media space) about the big questions at the center of human life, from the boldest new science of the human brain to the most ancient traditions of the human spirit. The program has both responded and contributed to a growing acknowledgement that there are basic questions of meaning that pertain to the entire human experience. The particular dramas and dynamics of the 21st century — ecological, political, cultural, technological, and economic — are bringing this into relief. Host, Krista Tippet, envi-sioned a program that would draw out the intellectual and spiritual content of religion that should nourish our common life, but that is often obscured precisely when religion enters the news. The growth of the show has been nurtured by a cultural shift that seeks conversation, shared life, and problem-solving within and across religious traditions and across categories of belief and non-belief. Early risers can join the conversation at 6 am on Sundays.

On Being began as an occasional series on Minne-sota Public Radio in 1999, later becoming a monthly national program and then a weekly program, Speak-ing of Faith, in the summer of 2003. The recently re-named, On Being is heard on a growing number of public radio stations in the U.S. and globally via Internet and podcast. In 2008, the program was awarded the highest honors in both broadcasting and electronic media — its first Peabody and second Webby Award. On Being is the only public radio program in the U.S. to achieve this distinction.

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Discover NPR Music an overlooked ResourceWELL, MAYBE NOT OVERLOOKED BY EVERYONE... With 1.6 million visits per month, the three year old NPR Music website is content rich with something for everyone, from the serious to curious.

No matter the genre from Jazz to Folk or Rock to Classical, you can find concerts to listen to, and reviews, artist interviews and blogs to read. In fact, there is so much information it almost defies description in an article but, here are a few things you may want to check out (go to wuwf.org and find NPR Music Home on the Listen Now drop menu).

All Songs Considered, with host Bob Boilin and producer Robin Hilton, is the place to go to find new music that may get little airplay elsewhere. The idea for the web-only, Webby-winning, and Emmy nominated program began from countless requests to Boilin wanting to find out about the music played between features on NPR’s All Things Consid-ered, newsmagazine. Producer Hilton, also curator for Second Stage, a recurring blog feature and podcast which profiles unsigned artists and bands, scouts through stacks of CDs by emerg-ing musicians to introduce listeners to the best.

First Listen is an opportunity to preview — or pre-listen — to entire albums prior to their commercial release. First Listen has been the first opportunity to hear albums from the likes of Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan — scoring 300,000 streams in a week. Previous segments of First Listen are archived and there is much to discover.

Fifty Great Voices is a series of stories highlighting awe-inspiring singers from around the world and across time. This is an incredible collection just waiting for your spare listening moment. Archives of past stories are accessible and podcasts and RSS feeds are available. See if your favorite voices are included.

Tiny Desk Concerts? Who wouldn’t be curious to find out what this is? From time to time, artists or groups drop in to visit Bob Boilin’s desk at NPR. Yes, his real desk — not a studio. Watch videos of these intimate concert samplers and discover something new. Archives of previous concerts are available.

Current NPR Blogs• The Record is a collaboration between NPR’s Arts Desk and NPR Music, blogging about how people find, make, buy, share and talk about music.

• Deceptive Cadence is for classical fans. It is an open space for disovery of music listening and news — trying to “un-stuff” the world of classical music.

• A Blog Supreme: NPR Jazz is an ongoing conversation about jazz for indoctrinated fans and curious listeners.

• All Songs Considered: the Blog offers a behind the scenes look at the show and shares new music.

• Alt.Latino: the Blog brings inter- views, news and recommendations from NPR Music’s program dedicated to Latin Alternative music and rock in Spanish.

All this and much more awaits you at NPR Music!