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Thank You to Our Underwriters and Supporters
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Ann Bailey
Bob Halperin
Shawn Henderson
Rick Pickford
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Contact Us
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909 Islington Street
Suite 1
Portsmouth, NH 03802
603-430-9722
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March 20, 2014
Welcome spring! March is heating up with some great programming, as you will discover below. Be sure to mark your calendars or set your reminder alarms for those you don't want to miss.
Tidings introduces WSCA's programming department with Programming Corner, set to become a standard monthly feature.
Also, read about a Tom Bergeron interview to be broadcast in early April, check out the success of our high school sports broadcasting, discover the popularity of True Tales Radio and see if a volunteer opportunity is a good fit for you.
As always, we greatly appreciate your community spirit!
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Hear Tom Bergeron Discuss His Radio Days
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Did you know that a young Tom Bergeron honed his on-air skills in Portsmouth? That's right, Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron was originally hired at WHEB by Portsmouth resident Dick Rozek. Listen in on their fun conversation about the "good ol' days."
This special program will air on Tuesday, April 8, 4:30 to 5:00 p.m., with an encore rebroadcast on Wednesday, April 9, 8:15 to 8:45 a.m.
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True Tales Radio Features Humorous Stories, Funny Surprises, and April Fool's Jokes
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True Tales Radio continues its monthly series on Tuesday, March 25, between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. on 106.1 FM (or streaming live on wscafm.org). Local storytellers will include Jeffrey Stern, Ronnie Tomanio, David Balkin, Chuck Curtis, Bob Halperin, and Amy Antonucci.
Part of Audio Theatre and produced by John Lovering, True Tales Radio is heard the last Tuesday of each month. Pat Spalding is the emcee and Making Waves co-host Amy Antonucci is the announcer. March's themes center around "Humorous Stories, Funny Surprises, and April Fool's Jokes," in honor of April Fool's Day.
Audience members are invited to claim one of the 35 in-studio seats and should arrive by 6:15 p.m. From 6 to 6:30 p.m. our listeners will hear the classic radio sitcom "The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show." The storytelling will begin at 6:30.
 | | February 25 storytellers Heather Ann McClellan and Jeff Line (photo by Jean Gagne) |
For more information about being a storyteller for True Tales Radio, please call 603-842-4574 or email truetales@wscafm.org.
April's True Tales Radio theme will be "Spring and Nature Stories; Stories of Hope and Rebirth." We're seeking six storytellers for this production.
Any individual, business, or non-profit is invited to become a monthly underwriter for this program. Interested? Please email underwrite@wscafm.org.
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Welcome to our first Programming Corner news update. We hope this space assists you in gaining a better understanding of what radio programming is all about. We will be sharing goals and challenges. To get started, here is a programming overview.
The programming department at WSCA is made up of volunteers charged with providing 106.1 FM listeners a compelling, artistic and educational experience. Our goal is to provide locally produced content that is relevant to the lives of Seacoast residents and the many annual visitors and businesses who identify with our city.
It is a priority to make sure our shows reach listeners' ears. In keeping up with technology's constant changes, programming must remain focused on how listeners consume radio content in the 21st century. The advent of web streams, mobile devices and on-demand listening forces us to update our equipment and software environments to keep pace with listener habits. A local WSCA producer would find it discouraging, after all of their hard work, to learn they only reached a small population.
Programming is also where local producers present ideas for specialty shows. Each show proposal moves through an approval process whereby we determine if the proposed show is bringing a new approach for listeners to engage the particular topic or subject matter. If needed, we help new producers navigate our training process, provide them with production guidance and/or help them navigate FCC regulations.
We are also the umbrella under which many other departments stand. We assist with music reporting and acquisition, scheduling, artist support, underwriting placements, live broadcasts, pledge drives, public service announcements and a myriad of other tasks comprising a standard broadcast day. It sounds complicated, and could not be done without the many volunteers who make up the engineering, development, facilities, membership, accounting and other departments. Programming works because of the combined efforts of all our volunteers.
In future articles, we will discuss topics and issues that we are continually focusing on, in order to ensure we serve listeners by delivering the issues, arts and information in ways not found on commercial stations.
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| Live Sports Broadcasting a Big Success |
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Portsmouth High School varsity basketball games--both Girls' and Boys' teams--were broadcast on WSCA for the second year in a row. A total of eight regular season and three playoff games were aired between December and March. While most games took place on Friday nights, some did occur on other evenings, and DJs John Lovering, Jim Alvino, Jason Brown and Daryl Mundo graciously relinquished all or part of their regularly-scheduled show times in order to accommodate special playoff broadcasts.
Charlie Griffin and Sam Bruno handled the play-by-play and Portsmouth High School football coach Brian Pafford and Freshman Boys' basketball coach Bryan Rogers presented the color commentary. Debbie Benedict and Lincoln Soldati were site engineers with Roger Wood as in-studio engineer. Charlie recorded pre-game interviews with Girls' Coach Dan Parr and Boys' Coach Jim Mulvey for each broadcast. At halftime, pre-recorded interviews with members of the basketball, track, hockey and swim teams--together with Portsmouth High School Principal Jeff Collins--were aired on "Meet the Clippers." When a freshman basketball player was diagnosed with leukemia in February, Charlie met with his teammates as they recorded a message of encouragement, which was then played at halftime during one of the games.
Listener response to the broadcasts has been very positive and school department personnel expressed much appreciation and kudos as well.
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| Seacoast Currents - Conversations to Inform and Educate |
Kathy Somssich and Larry Drake host Seacoast Currents every Thursday morning, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Upcoming guests include:
March 27: Maggie Fogarty of the American Friends Service Committee will look at the prospects of immigration reform in Congress. Cathy Wolff will reminisce about her time as media specialist for the Clamshell Alliance.
April 3: Rian Bedard of Mr. Fox Composting will discuss the benefits of composting. Genevieve Aichele will reflect on her years in the Portsmouth theater scene.
April 10: Mary Ann List, Director of the Portsmouth Public Library. Local blogger William Tucker (miscellanyblue.com) will update us on NH politics.
April 17: Portsmouth attorney and former State Rep. Paul McEachern will talk about his life in New Hampshire politics. Joan Ashwell of the League of Women Voters will give us the latest on voting rights in the Granite State.
April 24: Rachel Forrest, food critic for the Portsmouth Herald, will survey the Portsmouth restaurant scene. Portsmouth Assistant Mayor Jim Splaine will update us on local government affairs.
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Under The Radar - Big Band Monday, April 7
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Since February 2010, your host Steve has been playing the hits, near misses, and any and all types of Big Band music from one of the greatest eras in American music. The first Monday of each month, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. is Under the Radar--Big Band Mondays.
Monday, April 7, will feature the Boyd Raeburn Orchestra. Boyd Raeburn was never much of a soloist, but his short-lived big band in the mid-'40s featured some of the most advanced arrangements of the time. The group overall was influenced by Count Basie, but they were also the first to record Dizzy Gillespie's "Night in Tunisia"; Dizzy even guested with the band. Such players as Lucky Thompson, Dodo Marmarosa, Ray Linn, and Buddy DeFranco were among the many that passed through the band.
Join Steve in this Boyd Raeburn retrospective and listen to the tidbits for this date in Big Band history. So jump-jive and wail with the Big Bands on the first Monday of each month.
You can connect with the Under the Radar crew via email. And remember, "Steve, loves you madly."
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WSCA Seeking Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, Music Director and More
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We have some terrific volunteer staffing opportunities! WSCA is seeking an Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, a Music Director and other behind-the-scenes positions that help support the work of Portsmouth Community Radio.
Music Director inquiries can be emailed here.
Assistant Volunteer Coordinator and all other positions, please email here.
Anyone with skills to share, we welcome you to contact us to find out more. Applications, resumes and inquiries may be sent via email to: volunteer@wscafm.org
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Call 603-430-9722 and become a member or renew your membership. Visit our website and make a donation! And be sure to have your radio tuned to 106.1 FM.
Take a look at the videos on our website to learn why Portsmouth Community Radio is your community connection.
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