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Hippie heading to Crested Butte!
Congratulations are in order for Jerry Lunsford, the Hippie from Olema. Jerry has been hired to be the Station Manager at KBUT Community Radio in Crested Butte, Colorado. Jerry has been with KWMR since 1999 when the first Hippie from Olema show was broadcast on Tuesday, November 2. On December 11 of 2000 due to Charlie Morgan's need to watch Monday Night Football, the Hippie moved to Monday Nights, trading places with Musical Variete. KWMR programmer, baseball commentator, remote broadcast and sound volunteer Jerry has been a mainstay at KWMR, helping with pledge drives and reporting in with updates during storms and power outages from Bivalve. With Mika the Wonder Dog in tow, the Hippie will be packing off to Colorado for an August 1 start date. KBUT is comparable in size to KWMR but with a more music-heavy format. The Hippie from Olema show is synonymous with Bluegrass and Americana music, much of it recorded live by Jerry Lunsford at festivals and music events. The Hippie from Olema has listeners from all across the United States who stream KWMR when Jerry's is on the air. Jerry's many friends from the festival circuit and locally are devotees to the music and to Jerry's knowledge about the tunes that he plays on the air.
Jerry first came to West Marin in 1982 and moved permanently to the area after the flood in 1985. He raised llamas in Olema and has held a variety of positions in the area including as the Technical Director at the Dance Palace Community Center where he did sound for many of the events and concerts for twelve years.
Congratulations Jerry!!!
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Latin Alternative in the press!
KWMR was one of the first stations to pick up and begin broadcasting The Latin Alternative. Recently the Associated Press did a big story about Latin Alternative music last week which included some nice mentions of 'The Latin Alternative.' This piece has been picked up by hundreds of outlets including Yahoo News, Washington Post, Huffington Post, SF Chronicle, etc.
In response to a congratulatory email from KWMR Program Director, Lyons Filmer to Latin Alternative Co-hosts Josh Norek and Ernesto Lechner, Josh responded. "Thank you for being a part of our success!"
KWMR thanks YOU for listening! The Latin Alternative airs on KWMR on Tuesday evenings at 10:30 PM and again every other Monday at 4 PM.
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Program Highlights
Wednesday, July 11 5 pm "Open House." The full conversation between Norman Solomon and George Clyde, discussing Solomon's run for the California 2nd Congressional District and the role of progressive thinking in 'the body politic.'. 5:30 pm "Epicenter: West Marin Issues." Thursday, July 12 is the thirteenth annual "Night of Nights" wherein Morse Code practitioners bring to life the Point Reyes receiver station and send and receive messages 'round the world. Thursday, July 12 
9:30 pm "L.A. Theatre Works" presents "This Is Our Youth" by Kenneth Lonergan. Mark Brokaw directs Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton, and Missy Yager. The original Off-Broadway cast reunited for this exclusive L.A. Theatre Works performance. In 1982 on Manhattan's Upper West Side, three pot-smoking teenagers are resoundingly rejecting the 1960s ideals of their affluent parents. In hilarious and bittersweet detail, This is Our Youth follows forty-eight turbulent hours in the lives of three very lost souls at the dawn of the Reagan Era. The broadcast includes an interview with playwright Kenneth Lonergan, director Mark Brokaw, and the entire cast. Saturday, July 14 
9 am "The Vicarious Traveler." Vicki Leeds hosts David Talbot, author of Season of the Witch...Enchantment, Terror, and Deliverance in the City of Love, the city being San Francisco from 1967-1982. They talk about what was happening in the city during that time-including the summer of love, civil strife, and more-and about many of the national social movements that started in San Francisco. "By welcoming outcasts, San Francisco led American society towards a greater live-and-let live tolerance, a shared sense of humanity, and an openness to change that's as relevant today as it was in the 1960's."  10 am-12 pm "Woody Guthrie Special." In celebration of Woody Guthrie's centenary, American Routes-the public radio music program from New Orleans- has produced "Going Down the Road with Woody Guthrie." July 14 is Woody's birthday. Visit with friends and relatives who share tales of Guthrie's trials and triumphs, from Okemah, Oklahoma to Coney Island, New York. Guthrie's children, Nora and Arlo, reflect on their father's life, scholar Guy Logsdon discusses Guthrie's Dust Bowl days and Pete Seeger shares the backstory to Woody's anthem for the "down and outers." Plus music and memories from Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Moses Asch, Bob Dylan,and many others. Monday, July 16 
12 pm"The Farm & Foodshed Report." Host Robin Carpenter interviews farmer, naturalist, activist and author Eric Herm. His first book, Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth, examined the strain of commercial agriculture's methods on our natural resources, our health and our farmers, and is a wonderful primer on GMOs and the seizure of the world's seed supply. His new book, Surviving Ourselves: The Evolution of Community, Educations, and Agriculture in the 21st Century, has just been published, and Dr. Vandana Shiva states in her Forward, "Eric has become the change he wants to see. As a farmer poet, he is walking in the footsteps of our dear, beloved Wendell Berry." 
1 pmTransition to Peace. Russ Faure-Brac interviews Jon Symes of the Pachamama Alliance. Jon is Director of the Awakening the Dreamer program, a symposium guiding people to discover their own role in creating a new dream, a new future based on a merging of indigenous wisdom and modern science. Tuesday, July 17 11 am "One-Sided Radio" with Alden Bevington. Conversations that break the mold of thinking there's only one side to a story.... Wednesday, July 18 6:30 pm"Ridin' the Rails" with Will Minor. Acoustic music producer, Andi White discusses the line-up and the vision for Far West Fest's newest entertainment addition, the Acoustic OysterBed Stage. The Far West Fest, happening July 21st, features musicians such as Orgone, Vinyl, Les Nubians, Spark and Whisper, and Bo Carper (New Monsoon). For more details, go to www.farwestfest.org Full Schedule at www.kwmr.org. |
 The FWF Hosts Three Stages, offering a lineup of blues, country, rock, folk, experimental, bluegrass and world music, internationally touring acts and local favorites. This year's fest will continue with the addition of the new acoustic "Oyster Bed Stage," featuring unplugged versions of favorites acts. 2012 Bands include:  | |
Les Nubians
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Orgone
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...with very special guests! MC RADIOACTIVE! MARSHALL PAYNE! Spark and Whisper Kelly McFarling Bo Carper (of New Monsoon) Katie Freeman and Matt Silva Eric Pollard Pat Nevins Garrin Benfield Kimberly Kenny and the Otherlies ...and MANY MORE to be announced! Get your tickets NOW! at www.farwestfest.org! Blue skies, great food, kids zone, craft & art vendors. Benefits local non-profits including KWMR, youth programs and Home Base at Love Field. Far West Fest was Voted the Best Music Festival in Marin! Over $150, 000 raised for area nonprofit organizations. Good times for the greater good!
Stay tuned to KWMR for interviews with artists and musical selection from Far West Fest bands and musicians!
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NIGHT OF NIGHTS XIII - July 12, 2012!
This event is just days away! Starts at 3 pm and ends at midnight so there is ample time to swing by the RCA station and check out KPH in action!
 Dick Flint of Inverness, former KPH operator, demonstrated his skills at a past Night of Nights.
12 July 1999 was a sad day for many of us. We knew it was coming but when the end finally arrived is was a shock. I was there.
It was the supposed last day of Morse code. The final sign off took place at a remote station on the Pacific coast. Women attending the event were dressed as if at a funeral. Grizzled, hard bitten old men, the kind you wouldn't mess with in a bar room, had tears in their eyes as the last messages was keyed out to the world at 0000 gmt. And then there was silence. It was just beeps in the air. But that's how much Morse code means to the men and women who made the profession of
radiotelegrapher one of honor and skill.
But the prediction of the death of Morse code was not to be fulfilled. On that day the Maritime Radio Historical Society was born. On that day we began plans to restore our own West marin Morse code radio station - the famous KPH. One year later we held the first "Night of Nights" when not only KPH but other coast stations appeared once again on the air. Every year since we have commemorated that date by returning these stations to the air and thereby, we hope, honoring the men and women who came before us.
Join us this year for Night of Nights XIII. See and hear a real Morse code coast station in full song. Mingle with the pioneers who were the men and women of the airwaves.
When: 12 July 2012 - Doors open at 3:00pm, first transmission at 5:01pm (0001gmt)
Where: KPH receive station, 14700 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, past the oyster company and G Ranch
Information: info@radiomarine.com or 663-8982
Light snacks will be served.
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It's a Google Group that sends you an email each day with a summary of the report links to the audio - right in the email! No need to miss the news, it comes to you! Over 200 people have signed up. Why don't you? Just click here to get yourself all signed up. Be in the know! As always, we welcome your comments and news tips. And, please consider joining us as a reporter for your village or area of interest. -- George Clyde, Producer news@kwmr.org |
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SAVE THE DATE!!!!
2012!
Far West Fest
Saturday, July 21
Hey Golfers! Save the Date:
Friday, June 14
2013
KWMR 3rd Annual Golf Tournament |
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KWMR Board Meetings
KWMR holds open meetings of the Board of Directors and the Programming Committee. Board Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Point Reyes Fire House (corner of 3rd and B Streets). Programming Committee meetings are held at the Point Reyes Fire Station on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm.
Additional information available
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KWMR Tote BAG!!!
Did you miss the chance to snag one of these really great KWMR tote bags? If so, you can still make a $50 donation to KWMR and receive this great tote bag (while supplies last) and update your membership - or join!
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