April 2023 - Radio Guide

Thursday, April 13 at 8 p.m.

2023 Democratic Mayoral Primary Debate

Hren,

April 2023

Vol. 72, No. 4

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2023 Democratic Mayoral Primary Debate

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton is not running for re-election after serving two terms. There are three Democrats running in the May primary: Don Griffin, Susan Sandberg, and Kerry Thomson.

WFIU/WTIU News will host a live debate among Griffin, Sandberg, and Thomson on Thursday, April 13 at 8 p.m. on WFIU. Indiana Newsdesk anchor Joe Hren will moderate.

Thomson is the Executive Director of IU’s Center for Rural Engagement and the former CEO of Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County. Sandberg is the president of the Bloomington City Council and says she is campaigning on key policy differences with Hamilton. Griffin is the former Deputy Mayor under Hamilton. He is the president of the Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus and the owner of Griffin Realty.

The public is invited to submit questions prior to the debate for consideration. You can submit via e-mail at news@indianapublicmedia.org or on WFIU’s and WTIU’s Facebook pages. Participants are encouraged to tweet about the events using #IPMDebate.

A live stream of the debate will also be available at indianapublicmedia.org

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This Middle Eastern couscous is a warm, fragrant dish with a great variety of flavors and textures, thanks to some dried fruit and decadently toasted pine nuts.

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Middle Eastern Couscous (Maftoul)

2-1/4 c. broth or stock

1 cinnamon stick

2 cardamom pods

1/2 tsp. salt (more if your stock is not salted)

Freshly ground pepper, to taste

1/3 c. chopped figs (or apricots or another dried fruit)

1/3 c. hot water or stock

4 T. butter

1/2 c. pine nuts

1-1/2 c. couscous Minced fresh parsley

• In a small saucepan, warm the stock with the spices.

• To prepare the fruit, soak the figs in the 1/3 c. of water or stock.

• Melt the 1 T. of butter in a small skillet on medium heat. When it melts, add the pine nuts and cook, stirring until they brown slightly, about 5 minutes. Set aside. Be careful: the nuts will continue to cook in the skillet after you take them off the heat.

• Melt 3 T. butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the couscous and cook, stirring for 1 minute.

• Strain the stock and add it to the couscous. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to the lowest setting. Cover and cook 7-10 minutes until all liquid is absorbed and the couscous is cooked.

• Drain the figs and stir them and the pine nuts into the couscous. Fluff with fork to remove lumps. Serve with chopped parsley.

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Happy Jazz Appreciation Month! We’ll kick off things on Monday, April 3, with a visit from jazz educator Monika Herzig to our weekday afternoon jazz program Just You & Me. On Thursday, April 6, host David Brent Johnson will feature records from the late 1950s and ’60s that brought together saxophone giant John Coltrane and Indiana trumpeter Freddie Hubbard. Pianist and IU Jacobs jazz alum Jake Richter will stop by the show on Thursday, April 27. This program will also offer a preview of the IU Jacobs School of Music’s spring jazz celebration highlighting faculty member Brent Wallarab’s Gennett Suite, an extended work inspired by legendary jazz recordings made in Richmond, Indiana during the 1920s.

Speaking of the 1920s, take a trip back 100 years for the Afterglow show on Friday, April 21, which looks at songs that hit big in 1923 and then stuck around. Afterglow also pays tribute on April 7 to the late songwriter Burt Bacharach, who passed away in February at the age of 94, and whose collaborations with lyricist Hal David found favor among jazz as well as pop singers of the 1960s.

You can hear more Freddie Hubbard on the April 7 edition of Night Lights that explores his early-1970s recordings for the CTI label. Other Night Lights shows this month delve into the jazz history of Detroit and Duke Ellington’s post-World War II big band.

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1 Saturday

1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Verdi – Falstaff

Daniele Rustioni, conductor

Hera Hyesang Park (Nannetta), Ailyn Pérez (Alice Ford), MarieNicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Jennifer Johnson Cano (Meg Page), Bogdan Volkov (Fenton), Michael Volle (Falstaff), Christopher Maltman (Ford)

2 Sunday

6:00 PM WFIU PRESENTS

3 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA

de Waart and Josefowicz

ADAMS: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)

STRAVINSKY: Violin Concerto in D

Leila Josefowicz, violin

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8

Edo de Waart, conductor

BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 (Double)

Isaac Stern, violin; Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Claudio Abbado, conductor

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS

Now the Green Blade Riseth

The festival of Easter is integral to the Earth’s rebirth in springtime.

4 Tuesday

8:00 PM ETHER GAME

Drip, Drip, Drop

With the start of the rainy season, we’ll quiz on music that accompanies a downpour.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

Great Hoaxes

A program dedicated to scams, shams, hoaxes, and hoodwinks. Whether you fall for them or are just fascinated by them, you’ll love this episode, filled with music from Catch Me If You Can, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, War of the Worlds, Wag the Dog, and more.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

New World Winds

WOOLF: Righteous Babe for Flute and Piano

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Peda Muzijevic, piano

CARTER: Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn

Sooyum Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de GuiseLanglois, clarinet; Gina Cuffari, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

TOMASI: Danses profanes et sacrées for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn

Sooyum Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de GuiseLanglois, clarinet; Gina Cuffari, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin for Wind Quintet

Sooyum Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de GuiseLanglois, clarinet; Marc Goldberg, bassoon; Eric Reed, horn

COLEMAN: Umoja for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn

Sooyum Kim, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de GuiseLanglois, clarinet; Gina Cuffari, bassoon; Radovan Vlatkovic, horn

5 Wednesday

8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Richard Egarr, conductor

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso in B-flat, Op. 3, No. 1

HANDEL: “Entrance of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon

PURCELL: Fantasias 11 & 13 for Strings

LAWES: Royal Consort Sett 9 in F major

HAYDN: Symphony No. 101 in D, “The Clock”

10:00 PM THE NEW YORK

PHILHARMONIC

Jaap van Zweden conducts Wagenaar, Korngold, and Beethoven

WAGENAAR: Cyrano de Bergerac, Overture, Op. 23

KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Hilary Hahn, violin

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 9

6 Thursday

8:00 PM HARMONIA

Oh Haec: This Is the Day the Lord Has Made

We’re listening to an antiphon that is featured in masses for Easter Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Its words begin, “This is the day the Lord has made,” and end with a joyous “Alleluya.” William Byrd composed what is probably the best-known setting of the text, but we’ll also hear a variety of different takes on it.

9:00 PM FIESTA!

Easter Celebration

Latin America has developed its own strong Easter musical traditions. Fiesta explores songs from different latitudes, including colonial music from South America as well as Spain.

7 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

What the World Needs Now: The Burt Bacharach Songbook

We pay tribute to the great American songwriter Burt Bacharach, who brought style and sophistication to pop music in the 1960s. Bacharach passed away in February at age 94.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

Freddie Hubbard: The CTI Years

The Indiana trumpeter was hitting his prime when he recorded for Creed Taylor’s early-1970s crossover jazz label, combining hardbop, funk, modality, and ’70s groove.

8 Saturday

1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Puccini – Tosca

Domingo Hindoyan, conductor Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Yusif Eyvazov (Cavaradossi), Željko Lučić (Scarpia)

9 Sunday

6:00 PM WFIU PRESENTS

10 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Muti Conducts Beethoven and Glass

BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

Mitsuko Uchida, piano

GLASS: Symphony No. 11

DEBUSSY: Ibéria from Images for Orchestra

Fritz Reiner, conductor

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS

Concert Archives

A sampler of live performances drawn from the extensive collection of Pipedreams recordings.

11 Tuesday

8:00 PM ETHER GAME

Best, Better than the Rest

You’d be hard-pressed to find a successful composer or musician without a competitive streak. Join us for the music of contests, competitions, and rivalries.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

Hoppy Easter

Get that warm and fuzzy feeling as host Edmund Stone features all things bunny. Whether they’re bringing baskets of Easter goodies in Hop and Rise of the Guardians, slam-dunking with Michael Jordan in Space Jam, or saving society from bigotry in Zootopia, rabbits are bound to make you smile.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

Czech Delights

JANÁČEK: Pohádka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano

David Requiro, cello; Gilles Vonsattel, piano

DVOŘÁK: Quartet in G Major for Strings, Op. 106

Emerson String Quartet

12 Wednesday

8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST

Lviv National Philharmonic

Theodore Kuchar, conductor

Stanislav Kristenko, piano

BRAHMS: Tragic Overture

GRIEG: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

10:00 PM THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC

Jaap van Zweden Conducts

Tchaikovsky and a Premiere by Julia Adolphe

WAGNER: Prelude to Act I, Lohengrin

ADOLPHE: Unearth, Release (Concerto for Viola & Orchestra) Cynthia Phelps, viola TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

13 Thursday

8:00 PM 2023 DEMOCRATIC

MAYORAL PRIMARY DEBATE

WFIU/WTIU News host Joe Hren moderates a live debate between the three Democrats running for Bloomington mayor in the May primary: Don Griffin, Susan Sandberg, and Kerry Thomson.

9:00 PM FIESTA!

Brazilian Composer and Pianist Radames Gnatalli

Hear a selection of Gnattali’s chamber and orchestral music, featuring his love for Brazilian popular rhythms and melodies.

14 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

Put Down the Horn: Jazz’s Unlikely Singers

We look at some full-time jazz instrumentalists who were also parttime jazz singers like Chet Baker, Buddy Rich, and Oscar Peterson.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

Made in Detroit: Jazz from the Motor City. Part 1

Explore the rich legacy of Detroit’s mid-20th century jazz scene with Mark Stryker, author of Jazz from Detroit

15 Saturday

1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

R. Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier Simone Young, conductor Lise Davidsen (Marschallin), Erin Morley (Sophie), Isabel Leonard (Octavian), Katharine Goeldner

(Annina), René Barbera (A Singer), Thomas Ebenstein (Valzacchi), Markus Brück (Faninal), Günther Groissböck (Baron Ochs)

16 Sunday

6:00 PM WFIU PRESENTS

17 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Hrůša Conducts Dvořák 6

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Ballade in A minor, Op. 33

BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24

Joélle Harvey, soprano

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60

Jakub Hrůša, conductor

SCHOENBERG: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16

MOZART: Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338

Rafael Kubelík, conductor

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS

Love in Springtime

When the seasons change, tunes both secular and sacred put us in an amorous mood.

18 Tuesday

8:00 PM ETHER GAME

Makin’ a Mint

Tax Day is upon us, and the Ether Game Brain Trust is procrastinating with a show about music and money. The financial dealings behind musical masterpieces can get as creative as the composers who write them.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

Telling Tales

Enjoy music to films that are stories about stories, including Out of Africa, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Life of Pi, and more.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

International Virtuosity II

KREISLER: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta for Violin and Piano

Yura Lee, violin; Gilbert Kalish, piano

BARTÓK: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano

Alexi Kenney, violin; Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Alessio Bax, piano

RACHMANINOFF: Suite No. 2 in C minor for Two pianos, Op. 17 Wu Qian, piano; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

19 Wednesday

8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST

Buffalo Philharmonic

JoAnn Falletta, conductor

Tessa Lark, violin

PIAZZOLLA: Las Cuatro Estaciones

Portenas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)

PUCCINI: Crisantemi

BANTOCK: Celtic Symphony

10:00 PM THE NEW YORK

PHILHARMONIC

Lorin Maazel Retrospective

RAVEL: L’enfant et les sortileges/Cat

Duet

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5, I. Allegro con brio

MAAZEL: The Giving Tree

KODALY: Dances of Galanta

TRADITIONAL: Arirang

PUCCINI: Tosca/Te Deum

20 Thursday

8:00 PM HARMONIA

The Life and Times of Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi’s long career spanned a period marked by big changes to the Italian musical landscape: transitions between Renaissance and Baroque aesthetics, the rise of the violin family, and the establishment of public opera, to name a few. Join us on a sonic journey through some of the musical places and spaces he inhabited.

9:00 PM FIESTA!

Touch of Nature

Fiesta explores how Latin American composers have interpreted nature in music.

21 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

The Songs of 1923

One hundred years ago, America was in love with the blues and the Charleston. But what songs from that year stuck around over the

century? We’ll turn back the clock 100 years to hear some songs of 1923, including “I Cried For You,” “Linger Awhile,” and “Swingin’ Down the Lane.”

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

Made in Detroit: Jazz from the Motor City, Part 2

Jazz writer and Detroit chronicler Mark Stryker joins us again as we continue delving into the city’s storied jazz history.

22 Saturday

1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Mozart – Idomeneo

Performance from fall 2022 Manfred Honeck, conductor Ying Fang (Ilia), Federica Lombardi (Elettra), Kate Lindsey (Idamante), Michael Spyres (Idomeneo), Paolo Fanale (Arbace), Issachah Savage (High Priest)

23 Sunday

6:00 PM WFIU PRESENTS

24 Monday

8:00 PM CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Thielemann Conducts Bruckner BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (1890 version)

Christian Thielemann, conductor WAGNER: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde Daniel Barenboim, conductor

10:00 PM PIPEDREAMS

The PHS in Minnesota

Selections from concerts recorded during the Organ Historical Society’s national gathering in 2017.

25 Tuesday

8:00 PM ETHER GAME

Over Hill and Dale Spring has arrived, and we are heading out to the best place to experience it…the country! Join us for a show featuring shepherds, pastoral dances, and fields of green.

9:00 PM THE SCORE

The Suspense Is Killing Me

A thrilling, taut sonic venture into suspense films. From classics such as North by Northwest and Death on the Nile to Inception and Bullet Train, it’s a show sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.

10:00 PM CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

French Treats

RAVEL: Don Quichotte à Dulcinée for Voice and Piano

Will Liverman, baritone; Wu Qian, piano

DEBUSSY: Petite Suite for Piano, Four Hands

Wu Qian, piano; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

DEBUSSY: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp

Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; Yura Lee, viola; Bridget Kibbey, harp

DEBUSSY: Sonata for Violin and Piano

Chad Hoopes, violin; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

26 Wednesday

8:00 PM SYMPHONYCAST

WDR Symphony Orhcestra

Stephane Deneve, conductor

Augustin Hadelich, violin

GUILLAUME CONNESSON: Flammenschrfit

SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D

JS BACH: Preludio from Partita in E (encore)

ROUSSELL: Bacchus et Ariane, Op. 43, Suite 2

RAVEL: La Valse

10:00 PM THE NEW YORK

PHILHARMONIC

The Sound of Home: Debussy, Caroline Shaw, and Florence Price

DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après-midi

d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)

SHAW: Microfictions, Vol. 3

Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble

PRICE: Symphony No. 4

27 Thursday

8:00 PM HARMONIA

The Carvor Choirbook

The National Library of Scotland is the home of the Carvor Choirbook, the largest surviving collection of

Scottish sacred polyphony from the 16th century. The music is ornate and demanding, implying that the person listening to it had access to very good singers. Luckily for us, there are still singers who can pull off this music.

9:00 PM FIESTA!

Argentine Composer García Morillo

Roberto García Morillo was an Argentine composer, musicologist, music professor, and music critic, who was influential for several generations of Argentine composers.

28 Friday

8:00 PM AFTERGLOW

Dream a Little Dream

We’re counting sheep with the Great American Songbook as we explore standards all about dreaming, including “This Time The Dream’s On Me,” “You Stepped Out of a Dream,” “Street of Dreams,” and many more dreamy tunes.

9:00 PM NIGHT LIGHTS

On a Turquoise Cloud: Duke Ellington

After the War, 1945-47 Recordings from lesser-known period of Ellington, including “The Clothed Woman,” “Crosstown,” and more, with commentary from historian Michael McGerr.

29 Saturday

1:00 PM THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

Terence Blanchard – Champion

New Production/Met Premiere

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

Latonia Moore (Emelda Griffith), Ryan Speedo Green (Young Emile Griffith), Eric Owens (Emile Griffith), Stephanie Blythe (Kathy Hagen), Paul Groves (Howie Albert), Eric Greene (Benny “Kid” Paret)

30 Sunday

6:00 PM WFIU PRESENTS

WFIU’s Spring Fund Drive: THANK YOU!

A special thank you to everyone who supported our Spring Fundraiser. Deciding to get involved may have only taken a few minutes, but your actions will keep public media strong and help us continue to deliver inspiring programs and trusted news all year long.

New WFIU perennial design debuts on thank-you gifts

Last month, we launched a new perennial design on some of our thank-you gifts for the Spring Fund Drive. The artwork is the outcome of a station collaboration with local artist Tonja Torgerson. Torgerson chose the plants in this perennial design for their symbolism: angelica symbolizes inspiration, and grape hyacinth represents knowledge or wisdom. Both are found all over Indiana and are common garden flowers in this region. The headphones have a nod to both the listeners and the makers. They are equipment hosts use in the studio when producing radio and are also a way people can engage with our programming, through listening. If you didn’t pick up one of our new perennial design thank-you gifts during our drive, it’s not too late! Make a gift today at wfiu.org/donate

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Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein

Wednesday, April 26 at 10pm

David Rubenstein explores American history through a close examination of iconic national symbols: indelible artifacts, places, and archetypes. Rubenstein is on location and in conversation with historical thinkers, community members, and subject matter experts. Together, they dive deeply into each symbol’s history and how its meaning has changed over time, using these symbols as a gateway to understand America’s past and present.

The subjects of the series’ eight episodes are Fenway Park, the Hollywood Sign, the Gadsden Flag, the American Cowboy, the Statue of Liberty, the American Bald Eagle, Stone Mountain, and the Golden Gate Bridge. Shot on location across the country, Rubenstein invites historical experts and community members to examine myriad ways Americans engage with these subjects. The series spotlights how these icons were created and how the perception of them formed and changed. These manifestations of our cultural history are sometimes highly contested as different groups invest them with distinct meanings. The symbols that endure speak to what a society values and how people see themselves—and they help us to contextualize a nation’s shared past in the present moment.

Rubenstein journeys to an array of regions and communities, from Boston to San Francisco and New York to Oklahoma City. He conducts interviews with historians and history makers from the worlds of sports, politics, entertainment, and academia, including David “Big Papi” Ortiz (former Red Sox player) and Lake Iolani Stevens (Women’s Ranch Bronc Champion); Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) and former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (RIL); Sylvester Stallone (actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker) and Melissa Rivers (writer, host, and producer); Hasan Kwame Jeffries (associate professor of history at The Ohio State University) and Michael Boulware Moore (chief executive officer of the International African American Museum).

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Bicycle Garage, Inc. (Focus on Flowers)

Bloomingfoods (Earth Eats)

Bloomington Health Foundation

(Noon Edition)

Chamberfest

(Morning Music)

Charles Schwab, Jeremy Zeichner & Assoc. (Morning Music)

(The Soul Kitchen Fridays)

Columbus Visitors Center (WFIU News)

Community Lincoln of Bloomington (Morning Music)

Designscape Horticultural Services, Inc.

(Focus on Flowers)

(The Soul Kitchen Saturdays)

Early Music America (Harmonia)

Estate & Downsizing Specialists

(Noon Edition)

Freitag & Martoglio, Attorneys at Law

(The Soul Kitchen Fridays)

Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce (PorchLight)

Chris Holly, Elder Law Attorney (PorchLight)

Indiana University (A Moment of Science)

Indianapolis Early Music (Harmonia)

Inside Out Kitchen & Bath

(Just You & Me)

IU Center for Rural Engagement

(WFIU News)

IU Credit Union (Just You & Me)

IU School of Education (WFIU News)

ISU | The May Agency (Just You & Me)

Juniper Art Gallery (PorchLight)

Landlocked Music (Night Lights)

Mallor | Grodner Attorneys (WFIU News)

Mann Plumbing/MPI Solar

(The Soul Kitchen Saturdays)

Meadowood (Morning Music)

Monroe County YMCA (PorchLight)

Elizabeth Ruh, Personal Financial Services (Earth Eats)

Smithville (Noon Edition) (WFIU News)

Soma Coffee House & Juice Bar

(Afterglow) (The Soul Kitchen Saturdays)

Dale Steffey Books (Morning Music)

Stumpner’s Building Services

(The Soul Kitchen Fridays)

Village Deli (Night Lights)

WWA Planning & Investments

(Just You & Me)

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Match your gift to the Local News Endowment

This IU Day, April 19, consider a contribution to the Radio and Television Services Local News Endowment. This fund specifically supports Indiana Public Media's local and regional news department, helping to fund critical news programming for our community.

Together WFIU and WTIU serve 43 counties throughout south central Indiana, reaching almost 600,000 households and offering the only regional news coverage accessible without a paywall for the citizens of more than a dozen of these counties. Our newsroom’s dedicated team of reporters, editors, producers, engineers, and hosts make this possible. Member support makes it possible, too.

Thanks to a generous contribution from a local family, all contributions to the Local News Endowment will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $10,000. This is an excellent opportunity to have your gift go even further to strengthen trustworthy, quality local news. The match comes to the stations from individuals who understand how vital local news is at this moment—and how much we’ll need it in the future. Join them with your gift on IU Day and double your impact through this generous match! Make a gift at go.iu.edu/localnews

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