July 2011 | WSIU Radio | Signal eNewsletter

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Vol. 4, No. 7: July 2011

An Online Newsletter from WSIU Public Radio P o w e r e d b y Yo u ®

This Month on Morning Conversations July 5 • Confidence Man. Filmmakers Bob Streit, Dan Johnson, and Stace England talk about their biopic of Hugh DeNeal and The Woodbox Gang.

July 12 • SIUC Chancellor Rita Cheng.

July 19 • American Cancer Society. New programs are being added to help support and educate cancer patients, their families, and support systems.

July 25 • SIU President Glenn Poshard. We get updates about the SIU Board of Trustees meeting (July 14 in Carbondale), budget expectations and other issues.

July 26 • Southern Illinois Roller Girls. Representatives from the Southern Illinois Roller Girls will visit to talk about their program and upcoming events.

Morning Conversations anchor Jennifer Fuller.

Photo: Monica Tichenor

All Morning Conversations episodes are available on air and on our live stream www.wsiu.org/live. You can also find them on our podcast page at www3.wsiu.org/radio/morningconversation.

You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

WSIU Summer Community Support Celebration Celebrates Community Dedication Your dedication to WSIU is a shining example of our region’s commitment to public broadcasting. Thanks to your generosity, WSIU raised more than $15,000 during this event!

Cheryl Stewart volunteers her time answering the phone during WSIU Radio’s 2011 Summer Community Support Celebration.

Photo: Susan Patrick.

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SIU Radio would like to thank everyone who called, pledged online, or mailed in a contribution between June 24 to June 30 during WSIU Radio’s Summer Community Support Celebration.

The ongoing support of listeners is what makes it possible for us to finance our programming, which totals more than $200,000 annually. Your contributions help to support programs such as Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, Car Talk, Whad’Ya Know?, This American Life, and classical music, as well as local shows like Celtic Connections, Rhythm in Bloom, and Sounds Like Radio.

WSIU Radio also plays a vital role, not only as a source for news, information, and entertainment, but as a social convener that connects the many communities that populate our region.

WSIU Radio is proud to serve as your public radio service, and we are equally proud to be “Powered by You!”

You’re invited to the 4th Annual SIRIS Classic Vinyl & Media Sale

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leaning out your closets or garage this summer?

Donate your old vinyl records, DVDs, CDs, cassettes, VHS tapes, and gently used stereo equipment to the 4th Annual SIRIS Classic Vinyl & Media Sale to benefit WSIU Radio’s Southern Illinois Radio Information Service (SIRIS). SIRIS is a radio reading service for individuals who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled.

This year’s sale will be held at the University Mall in Carbondale on Saturday, September 10 from 10am to 9pm and Sunday, September 11 from noon until 6pm.

Look for us next to Hot Topic on JC Penney’s end of the mall!

Beginning Monday, July 11, you can drop off your donations at the table near the Information Desk at the University Mall.

You can also drop off your donations at several other locations: Wright Do-It Center at 208 S. Williams in Murphysboro, Lyn-Nita Winery at 514 Coal Road in Elkville, both SIU Credit Union locations in Carbondale at 395 N. Giant City Road and 1217 W. Main, and the

SIU Credit Union branch at 2809 Outer Drive in Marion.

Volunteers are needed to assist with this annual fundraiser.

Sat, SEPT 10 • 10am-9pm Sun, SEPT 11 • noon-6pm Photo illustration based on an image by Guillaume Lemoine used under a Creative Commons license.

To learn how you can help or to learn more about SIRIS, contact Vickie Devenport, SIRIS director and WSIU outreach coordinator, at (618) 453-6148 or vickie.devenport@wsiu.org.

Vintage vinyl fans last year helped raise almost $6,000 to support SIRIS. Help us reach another milestone this year!

Congratulations to the new WSIU FM Operations Manager: Lisa Morrisette-Zapp

W WSIU FM Operations Manager Lisa Morrisette-Zapp.

Photo: Katie Tullis.

SIU is pleased to announce the promotion of Lisa MorrisetteZapp from FM Broadcast

Programming Assistant to WSIU FM Operations Manager. Lisa has been at WSIU for 17 years, and was chosen from a large pool of national candidates to lead the operations and production areas for WSIU Radio. You might recognize Lisa as ‘the voice’ of the station, as well as when she’s on-air and coordinating our pledge drives. She also is in charge of promotions, traffic, and supervising and training students interested in learning about broadcasting at SIU Carbondale.

Morrisette grew up in southeast central Illinois, near Longview, and has always been a fan of public broadcasting. As a child, she enjoyed the PBS children’s programs Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, The Electric Company,

and The Letter People. Later in high school, chums gave her the nickname ‘Ms. PBS’ because of her family’s dedicated viewing of NOVA, Frontline, Nature, and National Geographic programs. Lisa’s love of music was nurtured not only by her participation in band and chorus, but also by listening to classical music on WILL Public Radio. She says that public broadcasting has always been a significant part of her life.

Lisa began her career at WSIU Radio as a volunteer board operator in 1994 when she came to SIUC for her studies, and later became a paid student employee. After obtaining her degree in Radio Television from SIU in 1997, she was hired full time, and has been passionate about the role she plays at WSIU Public Broadcasting ever since. In her time with WSIU she has twice served as the temporary director of SIRIS and has volunteered her efforts for various WSIU-TV and community outreach activities over her many years.

Lisa lives between Carbondale and Makanda with her husband, Jon Zapp,. and their two pugs, Fu Ling Lu and Miso Soup. She is very dedicated to the mission of WSIU Public Broadcasting, and looks forward to continuing to serve the WSIU community in her new role as FM Operations Manager.

Those Who Serve series on Morning Edition

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his Fourth of July, NPR begins a series of three stories, “Those Who Serve,” that explores the divide between the civilian and military worlds. NPR’s Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman profiles several Marines fighting in Afghanistan, who talk candidly about why they serve.

This series airs beginning Monday, July 4, on Morning Edition.

Story Descriptions Those Who Serve: The Grunts

Morning Edition; Monday, July 4 Troops now serving in Afghanistan come from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. NPR’s Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman meets two of them in Helmand Province: Lance Corporal Andrew Zemore and Private First Class Dave Kroha. Neither could find their way at home -- bar fights, quitting college, the usual stuff. Then they joined the Marines. Now both men feel they have a mission and a calling: on patrol in Afghanistan.

A two-way with Bowman and ME host Steve Inskeep will wrap this first segment.

Those Who Serve: The Sergeant

Morning Edition; Tuesday, July 5 NPR’s Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman goes on patrol with Sergeant Jon Moulder as he leads his Marines through Helmand Province in Afghanistan. A Nashville, TN native, Moulder is on his fourth combat tour, having served twice in Iraq and twice in Afghanistan, and has lost several friends to the wars. His biggest fear, after witnessing the ugliness of war: losing his respect for humanity.

Those Who Serve: The Medic

Morning Edition; Wednesday, July 6 NPR’s Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman talks with Darryl St. George about his decision to become a Navy Corpsman, a medic for the Marine Corps. The 29-year-old Long Island native is a former high school history teacher whose fellow teachers warned against his enlisting. But he felt compelled to serve his country -- and so he joined.

WSIU and NPR Celebrate Independence Day

Reading of the Declaration of Independence Morning Edition, Monday, July 4

NPR’s Morning Edition continues its time-honored reading of the Declaration of Independence. Tune in to hear hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators read the historical text, backed by the traditional musical composition “On the Threshold of Liberty” by Mark Isham. New Takes on Traditional Grilling.

Steven Raichlen with 4th of July Grilling Morning Edition, Monday, July 4

Tired of the same old burgers and hot dogs for the 4th of July? BBQ master Steven Raichlen joins Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep to explore some other BBQ options.

Reading of the Declaration of Independence.

A Capitol Fourth 2011 Monday, July 4 • 7-9pm

The national Independence Day celebration airs live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, co-hosted by NPR’s Lisa Simeone and actor Jimmy Smits.

Free to all stations, the two-hour special includes a 90 minute PBS simulcast followed by a half-hour of music with similarly-themed content.

Celtic Connections host Bryan Kelso Crow.

Photo: Suzanne Milano.

Airs Saturday @ 7pm • Sunday @ 6pm July 9 • New Releases

Join your host, Bryan Kelso Crow, for a roundup of some of the best Celtic vocal and instrumental music from both sides of the Atlantic.

July 16 • Music from Cape Breton

Our returning guest this week is Cape Breton native Shauna MacDonald, who brings us the inside scoop on some of the current favorite singers and musicians among the younger generation in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

July 23 • Guitars Out Front

The featured instrument this week is the guitar, in the hands of some of the top Celtic and American lead players and accompanists.

June 25 • Summer Festival

We raid the library shelves of the Celtic Connections CD collection or songs and tunes by favorite performers of the past several decades.

Thank You, Underwriters!

Please join us in thanking the underwriters who recently began, renewed, or expanded their partnerships to make public radio possible:

Camp Ondessonk, Ozark Etcetera Flowers & Fine Gifts, Marion Mathis, Marifian, & Richter LLC, Belleville & Nashville, IL & St. Louis, MO

“[WSIU] covers such interesting stories.”

- Jack Parker, Carbondale, IL

I moved here in 1977, and I’ve been listening to WSIU Radio every day ever since. I listen to NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered during the week, and to Weekend Edition on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Oh, they cover everything! They cover such interesting stories… the kind of stories you usually can find only in a top newspaper.

In the last few years, I’ve noticed more local reporting, which I find really interesting and appreciate. I actually listen when you interview the SIU President, and that’s kind of fun!

I’m Jack Parker from Carbondale, IL and WSIU Public Radio is Powered by Me!

Pomona Winery, Pomona

What do you love about WSIU?

Shawnee Health Service, Carterville, IL & multiple other locations

Tell us and we’ll share it on the air, online, or in print!

Southern Illinois Art Gallery of the Illinois State Museum Whittington, IL For a complete list of WSIU sponsors and information about sponsoring WSIU programming, visit us online at www.wsiu.org or call (618) 453-4286.

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