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Interim Program Director Mario Murillo
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Dear WBAI Family,
After several months of meeting with a wide array of people both within and outside of WBAI, I'm pleased to say that another round of programming schedule shifts are upon us. Starting, in April, we'll begin to see some notable changes in the sound of our mornings with the Monday and Tuesday Talkback slots. On Monday, veteran civil rights activist Ron Daniels, aka "The Professor", will take over the airwaves from 10:00am to noon with "Vantage Point." On Tuesdays, attorney, author and activist Gloria J. Brown Marshall will offer a critical look at our judicial system. Both new hosts will join the daily Talkback line-up that already includes John McDonagh and Malachy McCourt on Wednesdays (Talk-Mac), and John Kane on Thursdays (Let's Talk). Peter Bochan, host of All Mixed Up will now be heard on Monday nights from 10:00pm to midnight, kicking off the week long WBAI Evening Music Strip which already includes World of Jazz with Dwight Brewster on Tuesdays, and Underground Railroad with J Smooth on Fridays. Joining this diverse musical line-up will be Rebel D�az on Wednesday nights, who'll bring an edgy, Afro-Latino hip-hop feel to the WBAI airwaves starting on April 8th. Meanwhile, on Thursdays, we'll present a new idea we're calling "Musical Chairs," a rotating space for music specials by a wide array of in-house and invited guest hosts from outside. On Thursday, April 16th, a special look at Black Radio and the Music Industry, will be hosted and produced by legendary radio personality Bob Law. This new musical line-up will showcase the wide range of artists and musicians that make up the NYC music scene, and will allow us to air live events in the very near future. For those up at 5am on Sundays, we have added Live With Dharma Punx hosted by Josh Korda. If you aren't up that early you can listen to the show and all WBAI shows on our newly designed, more user friendly Archives. Josh's talks address "...an authentic spiritual practice. To be authentic we need to be willing to express our dissatisfaction with society's oppressive systems and capitalist propaganda, responding in our own way." Exciting additions to the program line-up also include the Reverend Billy Gospel Show. Reverend Billy will be making his WBAI debut on Wednesday, April 15th from 2:00 to 3:00pm, as part of the afternoon arts strip. As a result of the changes in the schedule, a number of programs are being displaced, at least temporarily. In the coming weeks and months, we will be working out ways to reconfigure some of these programs. Perhaps finding new time slots for them, and also developing alternative ways to get them to you in other platforms such as podcasts and other on-demand tools. As is typical of community radio, this is a work in progress. Your input and suggestions are always welcome. So feel free to make contact. And keep on supporting your radio station, WBAI! Looking forward, always, Mario A. Murillo, Interim Program Director |