January 2015 e - Newsletter
Berthold Reimers
Happy New Year to the WBAI Family -

Thanks to your continued generosity, we were able to avoid  interrupting programming for a fund drive in December.

Our End of the Year campaign from Dec. 26th to the 31st was a success, and a listener who participated has been chosen to co-host the Morning Show during the month of February.

But we're not there yet - we still need to raise funds to close our budget gap during the month of January. Perhaps you've meant to write that check to WBAI, but haven't had the time. Well, we've made it easier for you.

Giving to WBAI is just one click away. Or become a BAI Buddy micro-contributor of $5 or $10 per month and enjoy discounts around town as well.

Your gifts allow us to limit pre-emptions - and it gives us the ability to dream big for 2015.

Thank you for your support,
Berthold Reimers
General Manager
From Interim Program Director Mario Murillo
Mario Murillo
Greetings WBAI Community!

First of all, let me wish you all a very happy and healthy new year! May 2015 bring you all the peace and progress that you deserve, and then some!

 

After four months of serving as Interim Program Director, I want to share with you some thoughts about current and forthcoming programming changes...

Read More Here
Host Highlights
 
Daulton Anderson,
producer of High Praize 
has been chosen as a finalist for the 2015 Stellar Announcer of the Year Award.
Building Bridges, producers  
Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash win 1st and 2nd
place Excellence in Media Awards from the 
International Labor 
Communications Association
Sergio Argueta
 of Behind the News. L.I. will be the recipient of the Leadership Award
from the Hollywood Full Baptist Cathedral at their  MLK Day celebration Jan.19.

David Kenny of Everything Old is New Again will be honored at THIS IS YOUR NIGHT, DAVID KENNEY for
his contributions to the NYC Entertainment Industry at the Metropolitan Room on January 26. Info Here
Allan Evans of Sound Archaeology has been awarded a Mellon Foundation Fellowship to work on restoring and repatriating lost Balinese recordings of gamelan and singing from 1928.
Events @ WBAI

Listen in the entire day as WBAI celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a day-long series of special programs from 6am to midnight. Hear the best of MLK speeches, Peter Bochan's To the Mountaintop Short Cuts, and many of your favorite producers discuss how MLK and the civil rights movement informs today's Black Lives Matter movement. 

 

 

WBAI publishes an online calendar of events and calls - to - action that we think might be of interest to our listeners and members. As a community service, we also offer the on-air Community Bulletin Board to help organizations publicize their events to the community at large.

 

Submit both web and on-air announcements using the online form HERE.

Intern + Volunteer @ WBAI
WBAI Intern Chloe Glickman (second from right) sitting on the 2014 Socially Relevant Film Festival Jury and participating in the special WFCC Award presentation there for Best Movie By A Woman. WFCC is a sister organization of the WBAI Women's Collective program. SR Film Festival is a partner organization of WBAI.

Applications are being accepted for credit and non-credit internships in the following areas: marketing, accounting, event planning, social networking, program and news production, web management and graphic design. Email  HERE.

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Volunteer Aurelie Diese captures sound for
WBAI at NYC Climate March

Volunteer @ WBAI:

 

WBAI relies on a substantial team of talented volunteer help to support our staff. They are an integral part of our operations.


As a volunteer you can help with mailing out thank-you gifts, filing, organizing, stuffing envelopes, capturing sound, and answering phones.

Help is needed at live events, making phone calls to collect pledges and doing research. Have a specific skill? Let us know. Contact our Volunteer Co-ordinator at volunteers@wbai.org  

Listener Commentary
To the producers of Law and Disorder:

Thanks for another great show. I listen to WBAI. I live about 50 miles north of Manhattan (Hudson Valley) and hear you loud and clear...lucky me. My daughter is entering CUNY's law school in the fall and plans to become an activist attorney. I'm sending in a contribution to your show. Stay strong. Peace Out! 

- Nick Kuvach

Putnam Valley, NY 

 

Make a donation in then name of YOUR favorite show here 
Please send your comments, complaints, or compliments related to any program subject matter aired this month to Listenercommentary@wbai.org with "Listener Comment" in the subject line. Submissions should be limited to 400 words and please include your full name and location. We reserve the right to edit where deemed necessary.
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