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Reminders...
In This Issue...
Win a Free WSCA Membership
and T-Shirt
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Annual Meeting of the Trustees
Tuesday, March 22nd
7 PM at the Station
All Contributing Members are
Invited to Attend
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Spring Membership Drive
Kick-off Concert/Dance
Thursday, May 5th at Elks Lodge
This Cinco de Mayo event
will feature the incredible
eight-piece band,
The Boston Horns
Event Details TBA
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Spring Membership Drive
May 6th - 12th
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Please Support Our Underwriters
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CONTACT US
Portsmouth Community Radio
P.O. Box 6532
Portsmouth, NH 03802-6532
603.430.9722
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Dear Friends,
As our thoughts turn toward the warmer months ahead, we hope that you will regularly tune to 106.1 FM, perhaps on your portable listening device when you are out and about, or while relaxing at the beach. We will be here for you with our wide diversity of programming.
A reminder that during the summer, many of our programs feature live performances by artists who are playing at various venues throughout the Seacoast. Be sure to check our website for any special events and programming notices.
Our Spring Membership Drive is May 6-12. We thank you for your past support and sincerely hope you will continue to help keep Portsmouth Community Radio on the air. In addition, please tell your friends and relatives about WSCA and help us grow our base of listener-supporters.
Finally, after the winter we have experienced, we are particularly glad to be able to say to all, "Happy spring!"
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Notable Event
National Homelessness Marathon Broadcast (February 23-24) Focused on Issue of Homelessness on Seacoast
 | | Jaspar Salach and Dee Hebert at the Homelessness Marathon. (photo:Tim Stone) |
In the following letter, Dee Hebert describes the overnight Homelessness Marathon live broadcast from the Vaughn Mall.
Dear WSCA Community,
I'm humbled and proud of what we, as a community, accomplished with this year's Homelessness Marathon.
Any of us who produces a show knows that it's a lot of work, and this year our marathon was a very ambitious project.
No one person could have pulled this off alone.
The comments I'm seeing via email are very touching - they show the pride that each of us rightly takes in what our station does, and can do. We are a vital part of the community, and each of us contributes to that.
What did it take to do the show we did this year? It took an idea - the idea that being out in the community would be a good thing to do. And from there, it took the direct effort of Rick Dirck, Peter "Rocky" Smith, Jasper Salach and myself, along with help from Jean Proulx. Brad Carr (DJ Big Brother) loaned us some music for the show. (Read More...)
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Volunteer of the Month
Shawn Henderson
When it comes to "doing it all," Shawn Henderson has been stepping up to the plate for the past six years.
His programs, Stay Tuned and Live Stay Tuned (Fridays 1:30-5PM) have featured an incredible number of live performances by local and visiting artists. Shawn's many contacts, combined with his thorough knowledge of the music industry, have helped make him a very skilled interviewer.
When it comes to helping the station raise money, Shawn has consistently offered his services to arrange concert dates and book outstanding performers.
Whether he is interviewing a true legend like Judy Collins, arranging a Deely Stan concert, or hosting his annual
Thanksgiving All Day Beatles program, Shawn Henderson has been an outstanding volunteer in every sense of the word.
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Shawn's work has received worldwide recognition:
E-Mail Dated 11/25/2010:
"Dear Shawn,
I'm listening in the UK over the Internet, its now our early evening, dark and cold, your show is wonderful and warming!
Please repeat it next year.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Mike Terry in Bournemouth, southern England"
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Thank you, Shawn, for all that you do for Portsmouth Community Radio. We sincerely appreciate you.
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New on the Schedule
Sharon Jones Returns To WSCA
Great News! Sharon Jones (photo) is back with her excellent program, Singers Past and Present. Sharon's popular
 program can be heard at a new time and day, Thursdays 6-8 AM.
Sharon is a native of Portsmouth who has been delighting audiences here and beyond with her tremdous energy and great singing style for many years.
Her return to our airwaves is very welcome as she will once again be sharing her talents and knowledge of the music and its singers with listeners of Portsmouth Community Radio.
Welcome back, Sharon!
Emily Cherin is Host of All Things Gay
Emily Cherin (photo) returns to WSCA with a new program, All Things Gay (Mondays 8-9 AM), which is the "first all gay all the time radio show to hit NH." 
The purpose of the program is to inform and entertain listeners on many topics related to being gay. "The show will contain personal stories of coming out, social happenings, music and artist spotlights, tons of humor, and plenty of gay sparkle."
Emily, a transplant from Boston, felt the area was lacking in media coverage of the gay community. She feels her new interview format show will help to fill the gap.
Welcome back to Portsmouth Community Radio, Emily.
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With Gratitude
Rachel Forrest Ends Five-Year Run of
Wine Me Dine Me
WSCA sincerely thanks Rachel Forrest (photo) for five years of hosting her excellent show Wine Me Dine Me,
described as "a wild ride through the food and wine world of the Seacoast."
Her program aired on alternate Wednesdays from noon to 1 PM.
Other work commitments have called Rachel away from our microphone, but her fans can follow her work through her outstanding column and features in the Portsmouth Herald.
We will miss you, Rachel, and you are always welcome to return to Portsmouth Community Radio.
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With Gratitude
Annual Winter Dance Rocks with
The Jeannie Daniels Band
On January 29th over 150 people joined WSCA and The Jeannie Daniels Band at the Portsmouth VFW Hall for the annual mid-winter dance.
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For the sixth year in a row, The Jeannie Daniels Band donated their talents to help raise funds for WSCA.
This year's dance was one of the most successful dances to date and as usual everyone had a wonderful time dancing to some great live music.
 | John "Supersport" Scavo dances with his 80 year-old mother
(photo by Cindy Bistoury) |
A special thank you to all the volunteers who helped make the night such a big success. They include Cindy Bistoury, Jean Gagne, Kathy Chiarello, Nancy Nickerson, Valerie & Winthrop Smith, Liz Wright, Katie Stewart, Tim Stone, Susan Tuveson, Charlie Griffin, Judy Viola and Jasper Salach.
If you are interested in booking the Jeannie Daniels Band,you can reach them at jeanniedanielsband@comcast.net.
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Notable
Suicide Prevention Film Debuting at the Kremple's Center on March 9th Had Its Origin at Portsmouth Community Radio
by Ronnie Tomanio
Portsmouth Community Radio is a greenhouse that germinates ideas instead of vegetables. We know because one idea of ours grew from a little seed into a full blown project.
Ever since we have been on the air interviewing a wide variety of individuals with severe disabilities, the issue of suicide, thoughts of suicide, and even suicide attempts was mentioned, mostly in pre interviews. We felt that it was an issue we could not ignore. (Read more...)
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Ronnie Tomanio (photo) is one of three co-hosts of
Don't Dis' My Ability (every other Tuesday 3:30 to 4:15 PM)
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Have You Heard?
WAKE UP - with Kathy, Meg, Brian & Nancy
Thursdays, 8-10 AM
Wake up to what's going on in the world, the nation and right here in our own community, as four local residents, all with a passion for politics, interpret it with their own special brand of irreverance and humor.
Each week, this provocative news/commentary program takes a look at the headlines
of the day and offers its hosts' unapologetically progressive views on the events affecting our lives. And, whether you agree or disagree with those views, you can't ignore them.
Kathy, Meg, Brian and
Nancy (photo l-r) all demand honesty from our leaders and strive to keep their listeners informed on the hot topics of the day. They go where the mainstream is afraid to go, and, as you'll hear, they never hesitate to speak out on the issues.
Tune in for the laughs, the tears and the passion.
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Program Snippets
From Radiogazette
Do you watch American Idol? Do you vote?
Then Idol Gossip is for you! 
Join Radiogazette (Fridays at 9AM) host Ann Haggart and professional singer Guy Lyndon in a weekly discussion of the show.
Then add your comments to Radiogazette's blog at http://portsmouthcommunityradio.org/radiogazette/
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History of Our Seacoast Community
Did You Know?
Captain Dan Fernald was the oldest person in Portsmouth at the time of his death, which occurred March 7, 1866, at the age of 98 years 3 1/2 months. A soldier in the Revolutionary War, Fernald twice s  neaked by the British delivering arms and battleship parts during the War of 1812.
Sailing out of Portland, bound for Portsmouth and carrying two
24-pound cannons,
six tons of powder and cutlasses, Daniel's schooner, Sally, was stopped by a British tender off the coast of Saco. He was asked by a the Lieutenant in command, "What is your cargo?."
What was Dan Fernald's reply and how did he deceive the British Lieutenant? Find the answer here. The fifth person to reply to Tidings and tell us the correct answers to the two questions above will win a one-year membership to the station and a very cool-looking WSCA T-shirt.
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Radio Activity
Vote WSCA 106.1 Best NH Radio Station
It's that time of year when the folks at NH Business Review hold a Best of NH poll. Several years ago WSCA received the Peoples Choice Award. Go to bestofnh.com (Part 2 - Shops, Services & People) to vote for your favorite NH radio station, WSCA 106.1 FM. 
Three categories apply to radio stations:
NH Radio Morning Show (Wake Up, Jazz Straightahead, Morning Voices, Mixed Up World, etc.) NH Radio Station - FM (WSCA 106.1), and NH Radio Talk Show (Wake Up, The Burt Cohen Show, Don't Dis My Ability, Portsmouth At Large, etc.).
You will need to enter your votes in the "Other" category since only the commercial stations and NHPR are listed. Voting is open until April 20th.
Cast your vote now for WSCA, New Hampshire's only 24/7, independent, open-door, community radio station!
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