KWMR crew at Western Weekend in Point Reyes Station
L-R: Jennifer McFarland, Charlie Morgan, Fred Smith, Anneke van der Veen, Charles Schultz, Amanda Eichstaedt, Aaron Ely, Ocean Ely, Hannah Morris,Carola DeRooy, Nova DeRooy, Susan Santiago, Katie Eberle, Raul Gallyot, Jesse Rose DeRooy, Mark Davis and there, but you can't see them: Bing Gong, Marc Matheson, Lyons Filmer, Richard Dillman, Vickisa and Rosebud
photo: Bill Majoue



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Public Service Announcements

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KWMR PSA SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

 

KWMR airs public service announcements for non-profit organizations, or for events that benefit non-profit organizations. 

 

The non-profit status needs to be clearly indicated.

 

Please limit your PSA to 50-60 words, with Who/What/When/Where, plus contact (telephone, email, or website) for further information.

 

Email your submission to [email protected]

 

Please put "PSA" in the Subject line.


Donate your vehicle:
KWMR contracts with Center for Car Donations to help facilitate donations from donated vehicles. You can donate your car, truck, boat, motorcycle or camper. It's easy and helps keep revenue coming in that supports KWMR's mission.
You call them:
1-888-596-7288 to make the arrangements.
(Contrary to popular belief, we do not maintain a lot of used cars down here at the station.)

We want your feedback. What do you like? What makes you turn off KWMR? As your community radio station, we want to hear what you think! We know you have lots of listening options.

 

You can email either call or email Amanda Eichstaedt, Station Manager at [email protected] (415) 663-8068, extension 104 or Lyons Filmer, Program Director at [email protected] (415) 663-8068, ext 101

 

As always, thank you for listening and caring about West Marin Community Radio!


Traffic Information
Remember to tune in to KWMR for live broadcasts about road closures and traffic issues in West Marin. But here is a cool link to a map that shows road closures etc. CALTRANS keeps this updated.
Promote your business or non-profit on KWMR

Why not get the word out about your business, non-profit, event or even your love for one another right here on the airwaves.

Underwriting on KWMR is a great way for folks to hear your message, plus you get a presence on the KWMR web site.
Learn more HERE.

Y
ou can contact
Mia Johnson at [email protected].

Improve your listening:

If the signal at your home is not great and you live in the broadcast area for KWMR, you might want to check out these
Listening Tips. If you need further assistance, KWMR is there for you.
Fun things to do!
Thursday, June 12 you can catch Ian McMurray (KWMR IT Specialist) and his band, The Detroit Disciples at The Fenix supper club and venue in San Rafael at 8 PM.
Detroit Disciples  
Programmer Paul Smith is coordinating three Chamber Music and Chamber Opera. Paul programs classical music on KWMR. All performances are free.

Sunday, June 15 at 7:30 PM: Three for Piano and Strings - Paul Smith, piano with the Tamalpais String Quartet

Sunday, June 22 1t 7:30 PM: Tamalpais String Quartet - Candy Sanderson & Susannah Barley-violins, Meg Eldridge - viola/Anne Lerner-Wright - violoncello

Sunday, June 29 at 7:30 PM: Piano duo Valeria SZERVANSKY/Ronald CAVAYE - The renowned London based piano duo returns to Marin for a rare performance of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in it's original version for piano four hands. The evneing opens with transcriptions of JS Bach by the living Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag. 
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June 3, 2014
It is a big deal when a programmer decides to stop doing a show. I recall vividly when Jeff Morrison wrapped up the last Wiseacre The Roots and Routes of Rock 'n Roll in the summer of 2011 - I shed a tear when I heard the closing music. I understand what it means to listeners when a program takes a hiatus or ends.
 
It's important to remember that all of our 90 plus programmers are volunteers. It takes a lot of effort to put together programs on KWMR and schlep yourself and your music or show notes to the station every other, or in some cases every week, to do your show. 
Rick with some of his Halloween decor.
Rick Clark, a familiar voice on KWMR currently hosts one program every week, and two every other week (he used to host four EVERY week). Rick has been a mainstay on the airwaves of West Marin for 18 years.  We estimate that the number of hours that Rick has put in at KWMR is something to the tune of 7,500 (hours).
 
After the weekend of June 14 & 15 Rick will cease producing his weekend programs: Rick's Jazz Cafe and Sunday Celebration of Sacred Music. Rick will continue to be on the air on Mondays at 2 PM pm with Cruisin'.
Aggie and Rick
KWMR Founder Muriel Murch with Rick Clark in Studio A at KWMR.
Rick contributes to KWMR in many other ways including vacuuming the office and studio weekly for umpteen years, swapping out the very attractive model car display in the front window regularly with his collection of mini realistic motors and decorating during the holidays - especially Halloween and Christmas. Rick and his wife Jillian are member-contributors to KWMR.
 
Halloween
Mia Johnson peering out from behind some of Rick's scary decorations.
We can even thank Rick for helping to lure newest staff member Katie Eberle (host of the Friday Guide and close personal friend to DJ Barbarella) to KWMR. Katie was "just driving along" when she heard "Pease and Rice" by Freddy McCoy, the opening to Rick's Jazz Cafe and she came directly to the station to learn the name of the tune - the rest is recent history. 
 
If we weren't rocking your world enough with the above weekend changes.... Gregory DeMascio stepped down from a 12-year run of early morning weekend programming (Morning Glory and Daybreak) at the end of May 2014. He will continue to host Greg's Groove on alternate Saturday nights at 8 pm.
 
Gregory DeMascio
Gregory also volunteers, using his technical and audio background to keep the Soundcraft Board working and in good shape as well as assisting with remote broadcasts and as an active sub for programs on KWMR.
 
KWMR is so very grateful for the many hours of programming put in by Gregory, Rick and all of the current and past programmers.
 
I'm sure we'll hear from more than a few of you regarding these programming changes. We will work hard to replace the programming you have grown so fond of-which has become a soundtrack to your life. 
 
Change can be tough, but it can also be good.
 
Note: Jaime Crespo is currently on leave from Faultline Radio and Anthony and Tess are filling in with Off the Cuff. Solange Escheverria is currently on leave and the new Friday Guide is now on Friday mornings from 8-10 am.

Amanda Eichstaedt
Program Highlights

Wednesday, June 11

8-10 am "Swimming Upstream." Steven Siegel from Coastal Health Alliance discusses the new dental program. Moses Gittens, team captain for golf foursome "Holly Moses" describes how his team plans to return to the KWMR Daggie golf tournament to defend the winning title.

Golf Cow  

12-1 pm "Special."  Shake it - a modern Polaroid love story, produced by Vanessa Lowe. Can you hear it? Click, whir, wait, shake - ahhhh! Taking a Polaroid picture is a totally sensory experience. But it is more than just the sensation of a snapshot; there is something special and social about seeing, giving & receiving that white-framed photo.

 

Taking and sharing instant digital photos these days is second nature. But what is it about that white-framed, square pic that survives in our digital lives (hello, Instagram)? Includes: Personal narrative inter-woven with interviews with experts and enthusiasts in the world of art and film, Polaroid history & digital photography, technology and design; rich and diverse music, sound effects and sound beds - including shutter clicks, a vintage Eames Studio ad for Polaroid, a pop music parody and more. Gus Van Sant, noted film director and Polaroid photographer, talks about how he used Polaroid photos in his creative process.

 

 

1-1:30 pm "Special: for 100th Anniversary of Marconi Wireless Radio in West Marin." Artist Charles Lindsay and SETI astronomer Laurence Doyle preview their June 14 conversation, moderated by Eric McDougall (4 pm, Bolinas Community Center). New York artist Lindsey is the first Artist in Residence at Palo Alto's SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). His multi-media installation at the Bolinas Museum was commissioned by the Museum in honor of the Marconi Centennial. Composed of sound, video, and sculptural elements "Code Humpback" explores encrypted languages and forms of communication inspired by Morse code transmissions originating from the Bolinas Marconi/RCA station and recent inter-species communications discoveries lead by SETI Institute scientist Laurence Doyle.

 

Friday, June 13

1-2 pm "Special." Capitol Public Radio produced "The View from Here: Who Cares?" Personal stories of family care-giving bring listeners into the lives of families who are caring for loved ones at home. There's no doubt, the need for care-giving is increasing as the U.S. population ages. In California, there are roughly six million people who are tending to chronically ill or disabled loved ones. How do caregivers cope with this heart-breaking and back-breaking work? How do they manage the financial, emotional and physical demands?

 

"Who Cares?" tells the stories of a retired husband caring for his wife who has dementia, a woman who quit work and is now paid to care for her sister and father at home, and a working couple who are caring for their son with cerebral palsy. The stories are honest, often heart-wrenching and show the struggles and joys of this effort.

 

 

5 pm "Happy Hour" withguest hosts DJ Barbarella and Sir Charles.

 

Saturday, June 14

2 pm "Hawai'i Calling." Relax on the lanai with Susanna......

 

 

6 pm "TheCeltic Universe." Achat with Andy Irvine, who performs at the Freight & Salvage on Thursday, June 19. We have a pair of tickets to give away......

 

 

8 pm "Rick's Jazz Caf�" does its 'swan song.' Please tune in and thank Rick for all his years of devotion to us listeners!

 

Sunday, June 15

9 am-12 noon "Sunday Celebration of Sacred Music." Another goodbye from Rick. Ditto Saturday night notes!!

 

1-2 pm "Jazz Rhythm." "Alberta Hunter: Timeless Diva of Swing."

 

 

4-6 pm New Show "The Scoring Stage" with Susan Lockwood. This program explores music composed for film and television, across all decades and genres.  Tune in for awesome music, trivia, historical notes, and the odd "never heard anything like that before..." moment. 

 

8-10 pm "L.A. Theatre Works" presents two works tonight: "Arcadia" Part 2 by Tom Stoppard; "The Unexpected Man" by Yasmina Reza.

 

"Arcadia" is directed by John Rubinstein, and stars Kate Burton, Gregory Itzin, Peter Paige. Love, literature, and chaos theory converge in Tom Stoppard's play. As a group of modern-day scholars examine the work of a 19th century math prodigy, they discover an unsettling truth about the circumstances surrounding her life.

 

The broadcast includes a conversation with mathematician and author Dr. Steven Strogatz.   

Lead funding for this production was provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.This play is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

 

 

"The Unexpected Man" is written by Yasmina Reza; translated by Christopher Hampton.Gordon House directs David Suchet, Harriet Walter. Two strangers share a train compartment-each privately longing for connection with the other. We listen in on the interior monologues that power our assumptions about ourselves and others ... and the battles we fight to bring our real voices to the surface.

 

The broadcast includes a conversation with the cast. Lead funding for this production was provided by the Sidney E. Frank Foundation.

 

Tuesday, June 17

4-4:30 pm Open House: Severine Fleming on land access for young farmers. Severine v T Fleming of Agrarian Trust joins Lyons Filmer. The

Trust focuses on land access for beginning farmers, and permanent protection of affordable organic farmland. Severine will report on the April gathering in Berkeley, "
OUR LAND: a Symposium on Farmland Access in the 21st Century. 

 

 

In the next 20 years, an estimated 400 million acres of farmland will change hands as 70% of current farmland owners retire. Meanwhile, entering farmers struggle to compete with real estate prices, particularly in peri-urban areas critical to food security. Greyhairs have to get out, Greenhorns want to get in, and it's a transition about the size of the Louisiana purchase.

 

Speakers included Joel Salatin, Kathy Ruhf, Gary Nabhan, Gloria Robinson, Wes Jackson, Raj Patel, Gayle Mclaughlin, Anuradha Mittal, Elizabeth Henderson, Eric Holt Gimenez, Reggie Knox and Severine v T Fleming.Through the lenses of history, ecology, political economy and direct experience, the speakers addressed both practical and philosophical aspects of this transition.

 

Wednesday, June 18

8-10 am "Swimming Upstream." At 8:30 am Jim discusses this exciting new business coming to the Valley: Community Farmstand in Forest Knolls.

 

1-2 pm Epicenter: Politics 101." Herb Kutchins interviews West Marin elected officials 

Thank you Mo and Joe Blumenthal
At KWMR, innovation is encouraged. Mo and Joe Blumenthal are no strangers to innovation and to helping out local non-profits in West Marin. Dr. Joe (as he is called) has done several bicycle trips as fundraisers for local non-profits, accompanied by his wife and trusty sag driver, Mo. 
 
They are both artists. Mo a photographer and Joe does etchings.
 
During Western Weekend Jo and Moe offered to sell their art at a "pop up" art gallery in front of Toby's Feed Barn.
 
Chris Giacomini was open to the idea and KWMR set out, working with Mo and Joe to help make it happen.
 
Mo and Joe "set up shop" for three days, featuring both framed and unframed etchings and photographs.
 
Yesterday they dropped a check off at KWMR for over $1000!
Mo Blumenthal, Chris Giacomini and Dr. Joe at Toby's Feed Barn
 
Thank you Mo and Joe for supporting West Marin Community Radio! Thank you to Katie Eberle as well and of course, as always, thank you Chris Giacomini!
The Daggie 
KWMR 4th Annual
Golf Tournament

Stacking up to be one heck of a fun tournament! The 4th Annual KWMR Golf Tournament, "The Daggie!"

If you are just now realizing that you MUST play, let Amanda know. We think we can squeeze in a few more players.

Registration info: HERE

Centennial Celebration of Marconi & RCA Wireless Radio 

On Saturday, June 7 the Bolinas Museum held a public reception co-hosted with the Point Reyes National Seashore Association. The reception kicked off the opening of exhibits to be on display at the Bolinas Museum through August 17.
 
The opening of this exhibit was well attended and nothing but rave reviews have been heard. It is a "must see."
 
Here are a few photos from the events on Saturday, June 7:
Exhibit at Bolinas Museum
photo: Elia Haworth
Carola DeRooy from NPS and Richard Dillman working on the installation.
photo: Elia Haworth
 
Richard Dillman, Carola DeRooy and Denice Stoops (first female telegrapher at RCA) at the opening reception.
photo: Elia Haworth
There are a variety of events happening throughout the summer. For more information please click HERE.

Be sure to check out Night of Nights, July 12 from 3 pm to Midnight at the RCA receive site: 17400 Suir Francis Drake Boulevard (on the way to the lighthouse). This is the event that commemorates the last commercial message sent by Morse ode at 5 PM (PDT) in 1999. Lots of knowledgeable folks on site - a great way to have fun and lear about history at the same time!

Far West Fest 2014!


At Love Field in Point Reyes Station
Voted BEST Music Festival in Marin County
Saturday, July 26
Line-Up (so far!)

Honey Island Swamp Band - New Monsoon - LoCura - The Grease Traps - Grateful Bluegrass Boys with members of Hot Buttered Rum - The Seshen - Cello Joe
More Acts to Be Announced

As always: Kids' Zone - Oysters - Beer & Wine 

Benefits West Marin Community Services, KWMR & West Marin Youth Groups

Tickes on sale now (early bird pricing - get em while they are HOT) at www.farwestfest.org
Thank you for your support of KWMR! Refer a friend to KWMR, send us the email address and we will send them the newsletter so they can be up to date with KWMR happenings!

Got ideas? Feedback? Time on your hands and want to volunteer? Contact Amanda Eichstaedt, Executive Director/Station Manager at 415-663-8068, Ext 104 or email [email protected].

Find it quickly......
Editors' Club
  Members 
(so far this time) 
  Anneke van der Veen

 
Find a typo and join this group! Every six months editors will be put into a drawing 
for an Eton hand crank radio! Yep, crowd-sourced editing!
Open Meetings

KWMR open meetings:

 

Board of Directors & Programming Committee. 

 

Board Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm at the Point Reyes Public Safety Building & Fire House (corner of 4th and B Streets).

 

Programming Committee meetings are held at KWMR on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at KWMR at 11431 State Route 1, Suite 8.

 

KWMR Board & Advisors 

 

Annual Reports & Audits 

On Your Radio!
Why not you, your organization, your idea, a fascinating visitor to West Marin, a local happening?

If you have an idea for something that you would like to hear on KWMR, let us know.

If you are interested in learning to be a KWMR Programmer, give us a shout.

Contact:
[email protected]
Listen on your Mobile Device
Amanda's new favorite way to listen to KWMR on the go! Tunein Radio is the way to go! You can check out their web site HERE.
Works on Iphone, Androids and pads etc. Easy to download. Fun to listen to KWMR far from home. If you listen remotely, let us know where you are?
Community Service

Put your lead foot to good use! If you receive a speeding ticket or other traffic infraction, you may be eligible for Community Service. If so, keep KWMR in mind. We have an interesting variety of jobs that you can do in order to satisfy the courts. : ) Find out more by contacting Amanda at [email protected].
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