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A two-hour call in show with discussion around issues of concern for Hampton Roads. 5 to 7 Fridays. Began as an idea of the host to open phone lines to allow listeners to vent, grief, share solutions with regard to police shootings of African-American men and women in America and the retaliation shooting of police in Texas. After the first show, it was apparent that it needed to advance from a segment to a weekly program.
Radio Astronomy is a weekly WMPG radio show focusing on raising public awareness of space science and exploration.
The Baltimore Band Block Party is WTMD’s signature fund-raiser. Each year, 15-20 local bands are given the tools to raise money for WTMD in the form of ticket sales and donations. The station provides exposure to these local bands by putting them in heavy rotation. This on-air support builds familiarity among our listeners. At the end of three weeks the station holds a BBBP concert…the top ten fund raising bands play live with the top three winning substantial prizes.
Started as an informal alliance, today CoastAlaska provides leadership, representation, planning and support for seven-member stations in Southeast Alaska. It provides financial, personnel administration and bookkeeping; fund raising support, including underwriting and membership services; engineering services; as well as regional news reporting, editorial support, coordination and training for news personnel at member stations.
WNIN broadcasts a Summer of Music series each of the last eight years with the goal of celebrating the rich heritage of live music in the area. We visit major music festivals to record performances and broadcast live or air the following week. We also produce a retrospective program with audio from all the festivals on Labor Day to conclude the series.
North Country at Work is a multiplatform project exploring the “history of work” through photographs stored in libraries, historical associations, museums and residents’ homes. We go community by community, to scan photographs and record stories about work. We are building a software platform for archival materials that will be searchable and interactive, encouraging exploration and discovery. We will share the software platform with other stations to use for their own multimedia projects.
Native Language Time Checks aims to revive the Paenixily language of the Pala tribe through immersion.
KPCC organizes in-person events to connect their staff with their listeners. Events are also broadcasted live for a digital audience.
Policy and the Pint is a joint venture that provokes conversations about public policy in Minnesota and the rest of the country.
Every Tuesday night Radio Boise hosts national, regional or local bands at Neurolux, Boise’s most popular music venue which donates 20% of drink sales to the station. The event features a Radio Boise DJ who spins before and after each show, promoting the station. Each show is broadcast live. The goal is to raise awareness about Radio Boise and raise funds, but also to provide a strong off-night show in the Boise market for emerging touring bands and indie headliners.
Classical Public Radio 89.9 FM WDAV, in partnership with OrthoCarolina, presents the Young Chamber Musicians Competition for musicians ages 14-25. Chamber ensembles are invited to compete for a chance to win their share of $12,000, a studio recording session and paid performance in the 2017-18 Davidson College Concert Series. Now in its third Year. Grown each year. Entries from major U. S. Conservatries.
It’s a struggle to find afford living in New York City, and the cost keeps rising. WNYC is looking at what it takes to continue making this place home, one neighborhood at a time. We have published more than two dozen stories focused issues of Affordability. We led conversations on gentrification conference in the South Bronx. Our reporters taught journalism undergraduate and graduate students how to cover the topic of affordability.
In 2016, against all odds, KPLU-FM was successfully purchased by the community from Pacific Lutheran University for $7 million in cash and $1 million of in kind contributions. Details of this extraordinary community initiative have been well documented in Current and in The Pub #71.