In 2010, Pacifica unsuccessfully attempted. Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.) had the debuts of our shows mentioned in the Congressional Record. Tension between Pacifica and the stationexistent, some staffers say, since the beginningpeaked in 1993, when Porter, then the interim general manager, was passed over by a WPFW committee to keep the job permanently. WGTB evolved into a free-form underground rock station while maintaining much of its jazz programming. This excerpt has been edited. In fiscal year 2012 WPFW raised about $1.4 million through foundation grants, major gifts, events, and five pledge drives (in addition to funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting), according to its development director, Tiffany Jordannot enough. Mumble Sauce, About Us When it returned, small groups of listeners and programmers picketed for several weeks. Jazzing up the Radio: Maintaining Tradition | District of Columbia Currently, Miyuki lives in Washington, DC. //--> //--> One Saturday afternoon he could not make it to the station and Jerry Washington had to do the show on his own. Miyuki Williams Sunday Kind Of Love Donnie McKethan American Songbook Larry Appelbaum / Reuben Jackson Sound of Surprise Jim Byers Latin Flavor Classic Edition Daniel del Pielago Pa'Lante Tony Carr This is Reggae Music Time Artist Song Title Album Label Andre Radio Andy The Reggae Experience Time Artist Song Title Album Label Beginning last week, listeners found mostly news and talk throughout the workday and jazz at night. Local Dining Guide, City Lights Miyuki Williams, one of the stations more prolific fundraisers, said last weekend on her Sunday Kind of Love program that while she was grateful for the extra hour she now has each week, she wished it hadnt been at the expense of some of the stations Sunday-night Latin music programming. WPFW Listen Live - 89.3 MHz FM, Washington, United States | Online Williams, 64, chooses mostly timeless jazz for her sessions, with some exceptions. Suggestions by WPFW programmers to allow limited underwritingseveral people I interviewed dream of Bens Chili Bowl sponsorshiphave almost always been rebuffed. Music served a conscious-raising purpose. Performance/Dance Then consider the Beacon your resource for trustworthy information on health, money, technology and travel topics, as well as entertaining features, arts and events. WAMU programs were Rob Bambergers Hot Jazz Saturday Night, my Jazz Sunday, and Marian McPartlands Piano Jazz. With the exception of Morning Brew, the Hughes Doctrine seems to separate music from news and talk, even in programs that historically blended the two. Steve Hoffman hosted a blues show and Ernest White did public affairs. For decades AM radio dominated the airwaves with Top 40 music programming, but there were also some commercial jazz shows, such as Felix Grants on WMAL-AM. A recent radio show on WPFW began with a quote from Shakespeares Henry V, as the love-struck king woos his future wife. . (We had a very good relationship and very good conversations about radio, Hill says of his former boss. Melody Gardot, Over the Rainbow, Rick Williams, Evening Drive Jazz: Lamont's Entertainment Complex 4400 Livingston Rd Indian Head, MD 20640. Hughes insists that the programs he wanted to drop either had low listenership, poor fundraising records, or didnt fit into the new, clarified grid. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; One spring day in 1981, Williams was driving her car along Minnesota Avenue in southeast D.C., listening to the Bama on the radio. In a press release, the year-old Programmers Association declared itself on the threshold of an Occupy type revolt The board voted to pursue mediation between the partiestalks that ended without resolution, and with Daughtry still out. The journey he takes me on is familiar, then earth-shattering, opening my ears and my heart., Williams admires Billie Holiday for her unique voice that is so musical and expressive, creative in the use of time and timing an exquisite master storyteller..
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