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    The Laugh Factory - Sunday - February 16th - Noon to 1 pm - Host: Chuck Curtis - Click Here For Details And This Week’s Featured Comedians.
    February 1st, 2014

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    If you like to laugh…or even smile a little…you will LOVE  The Laugh Factory with host Chuck Curtis.

    Portsmouth Community Radio + Chuck Curtis + The Laugh Factory = Audio Comedy at its best.

    This week this show features a great lineup, including: Ken Davis, Carl Hurley, Bill Cosby, and Steve Wright

    Be sure to tune in locally at 106.1 FM,  Streaming live online at www.wscafm.org, or on your Mobile Device at http://tunein.com/mobile/

    You Can Contact Chuck at ccurtis@wscafm.org

     

    Tags: , Chuck Curtis, Comedy, , The Laugh Factory, ,
    Posted in Special Show, Tune in to hear, Uncategorized
    “Women Plus” with Jo Ann Paradis Welcomes Carol Coronis - Saturday - 2-4 pm - October 12th - Click Here For Details
    October 12th, 2013

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    Carol Coronis with her new CD “Girl FromThessaly” will join host Jo Ann Paradis at 3 pm on Women Plus - Saturday - October 12th.   Always a great guest and performer, Carol  will be entertaining us with her wit and songs.  

    Be Sure To Turn in to Women Plus from 2-4 PM.  Listen locally at 106.1 FM, streaming online at www.wscafm.org, or on your mobile device with the free TuneIn App. 

    Tags: , Carol Coronis, Jo Ann Paradis, , Women Plus,
    Posted in Special Show, Tune in to hear, Uncategorized
    The Burt Cohen Show - Tuesday- May 14th- 12 - 1 PM - Topics: “Psychedelic Science 2013″ - Click Here For More Details.
    May 12th, 2013

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    In late April there was a conference called “Psychedelic Science 2013,” at which over 100 of the world’s leading researchers from 13 countries presented recent findings on the benefits and risks of such things as: use of LSD, psilocybin, and other drugs, along with a discussion of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy. Should be an interesting show: Tuesday May 14, noon to one ET at wscafm.org, or later at theburtcohenshow.com. And tell me what you think.

    Listen in live from noon to one ET at wscafm.org, podcast later at theburtcohenshow.com

    Streaming live at www.wscafm.org    Locally at 106.1 fm    On your mobile device using TuneIn  and search for WSCA.

     

     

     

     

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    Metaphysical Circus Show # 408 with The Eggman - Annual R.I.P. Show - Part 4 - Conclusion - Friday, February 1st - 10 pm to 1:00 am - Click This Link For Details
    February 1st, 2013

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    Show #408: “R.I.P. 2012, Part 4 of 4″

    This week (plus the last 3 weeks) is my annual “R.I.P.” show, where I pay tribute to all the musicians/artists/singers who died in the past year. I will play a track and give a brief bio on each artist featured as a tribute. This is PART FOUR of FOUR shows. I’ll be covering 130 total artists of the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s who died in the year 2012, in a four part show. I will be playing music chronologically by the artist’s death and tonight’s show covers September through December of 2012. So, tune in tonight and learn about the musicians and singers who died in the fall and winter of 2012, hear their story, and hear their music. Tonight you can hear music by: Sugar Boy & His Cane Cutters, Andy Williams, The Rivieras, Frank Wilson, R.B. Greaves, Big Jim Sullivan, The Hangmen, The Heartbeats, The Hombres, Terry Callier, Eddie & The Showmen, The Penguins, The Delfonics, Renaissance, The Cadillacs, Mickey & Sylvia, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Spirit, Ravi Shankar, Jimmy McCracklin, Iron Butterfly, Marva Whitney, The Mothers Of Invention, Fontella Bass, and many others!!

    ***To stream The Metaphysical Circus live via the web click this link: http://portsmouthcommunityradio.org/listen … to listen to past shows, view playlists and more, fan the show on facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Metaphysical … ref=stream
    Live every Friday night at 10pm to 1am EST on WSCA-LP 106.1 FM, Portsmouth Community Radio!

    Watch my playlist unravel before your eyes LIVE here: http://wscafm.radioactivity.fm/

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    Tags: , Metaphysical Circus, , R.I.P. Show, The Eggman, ,
    Posted in Special Show
    Pledge Drive Shows: The Free Speech Zone - Sunday - December 2nd - 7-8 pm - Host: DJ Big Brother / Then Stay Tuned for “Lives in the Balance” 8-9 pm
    December 1st, 2012

    The Free Speech Zone and Lives In The Balance hosts the Harvest the Power
    of Community WSCA pledge drive on Sunday, December 1st, 2012. Please call
    and support the diverse programming you will only hear on Portsmouth
    Community Radio. Thank you very much.

    NOVEMBER 30, 2012

    Dear Friends,

    Look what we’re brewing up over at Portsmouth Community Radio! This very cool mug is just one of the many reasons why you should consider making a donation to Portsmouth Community Radio during our eight-day Harvest the Power of Community drive, which began on Thursday, November 29.

    “This drive is an opportunity to celebrate our eight years of local, independent, and commercial-free programming produced by local folks for our community,” said Jean Proulx, the station’s Pledge Drive Director. ”Although WSCA is all volunteer, nearly 100 strong, we still have operating costs in order to stay on air. As we look to our ninth year, we’re reaching out to our listeners to support us in our Harvest the Power of Community drive. Our goal is to reach $25,000. Our listenership understands the importance of local programming - this simply isn’t available anywhere else.”

    Making a pledge by calling 603-430-9722 (for this brand new, oversized mug or a newly designed T-shirt - or both if you pledge $106.10 or more) is a great way to show your support for Portsmouth Community Radio. And, throughout the drive, WSCA will be donating the first dollar of every pledge to disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

    Keep reading for more reasons to become a member or to renew your membership!

    One of the highlights of our Harvest the Power of Community drive is our Live Music Marathon scheduled for Sunday, December 2, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Shawn Henderson, host of Stay Tuned and Live Stay Tuned (Fridays, 1:30-5 p.m.), has assembled 17 acts to perform throughout the day in the studio to be broadcast over the airwaves.

    Be sure to tune in or come on down to the station at 909 Islington Street and pledge to be entered to win a $400 gift certificate generously donated by Portsmouth Kayak Company.

    Check out the amazing lineup Shawn has put together for our Live Music Marathon:
    10:00: Steve Carrigan/Bruce MacIntyre/Jim Pendergast (Celtic/Folk/Holiday)
    10:30: Sea Reeds (Classical Clarinet Quartet)
    11:00: Charlie Strater/Kate Redgate (Roots/Americana)
    12:00: Cormac McCarthy (Singer/Songwriter)
    12:30: Jason Crigler (Singer/Songwriter)
    1:00: Carol Coronis/Ramona Connelly (World Music)
    1:30: Don Watson (Singer/Songwriter)
    2:00: Spirit Family Reunion (Old-Timey/Folk)
    3:00: Ed Gerhard (Instrumental)

     3:30: Samuel James (Blues)
    4:00: Andrea Szirbik (Pop)
    4:30: Cedar Mountain Boys (Bluegrass)
    5:00: Joe Young (Singer/Songwriter)
    5:30: Lunch at the Dump (Bluegrass)
    6:00: Liz Frame (Roots/Americana)
    6:30: One Step Up (Pop)
    7:00: RMS Five (Gospel Choir Holiday)

    Fall 2012 Pledge Drive Premiums Announced

    We at Portsmouth Community Radio are pleased to announce that we will be offering the following premiums during our Harvest the Power of Community drive:
    •     Two sets of tickets to the Players’ Ring Theatre
    •     A gift certificate to Moe’s Italian Sandwiches
    •     Two marble cutting boards from Arens Stoneworks of Greenland
    •     Yoga class cards from 3 Bridges Yoga
    •     Weekly guitar lessons for a month from Ryan Levasseur
    •     A gift package from Lion’s Tooth Wellness of Dover
    •     A gift certificate from Jessica Todd Salon worth $200
    •     A $50 gift certificate from Flatbread Co.
    •     A $50 gift certificate from the Portsmouth Brewery
    •     Five tickets to Sonata Arctica December 7 at the Worcester Palladium donated by Black Trip
    •     Five passes to Strawberry Banke Museum
    •     Two CDs or two free downloads from Featherscale

          •     A color print of mill buildings and the Cocheco River by Dee Hebert
    Thanks again to all of the businesses who have generously donated these premiums to Portsmouth Community Radio. More premiums keep coming in for special surprise giveaways each day or for our Premium of the Day drawings. Tune in to find out how to win!

     

    Scratchy 45s & Beyond - Special Pledge Drive Show - “Bubble Gum” Music - Dec 1st - 9 am - Noon - with Supersport and The Spindoctor
    November 29th, 2012

    On Saturday, December 1st,  starting at 9 AM “Scratchy 45s & Beyond” will feature a special Pledge Drive show focusing on “Bubble Gum” music.
    Supersport and co-host Louie “The Spindoctor” will team up once again and do what they must to earn your financial support during the WSCA 2012 Fall Pledge Drive.

    Tune in for those “bubble gum” memories you grew up with, zaniness, fun, and whatever else bubbles up during the 3 hour show.

    We invite you to call into the show (603-430-9722)  with your requests and pledges helping us carry on into our ninth year.

    We are 106.1 FM - Portsmouth Community Radio conntinuing the tradition and service to our local community and world wide web listeners.  (603) 430-WSCA or become a member using our website at wscafm.org.

    Tags: Bubble Gum Music, Scratchy 45s and Beyond, Spindoctor, Supersport, WSCA Fall Pledge Drive
    Posted in Special Pledge Drive Show, Special Show, Tune in to hear
    The Jazz Boys - Thursday - November 1st - 1 to 3 pm - Great Jazz with Gordon and Francis… The Jazz Boys -
    October 31st, 2012

     

    Hey all,

    With the storm of the century now behind us, its time to brew a nice cup of cappacino or 2, and sit back and relax…..and enjoy 2 hours of great jazz!

    When?  Thursday Nov 1st  1 to 3pm

    Where?  WSCA-FM  106.1 - Portsmouth Community Radio  Also streaming from the internet at www.wscafm.org

    A great show as always!

    Join Your Hosts,  Gordon and Francis

    Tags: Gordon and Francis, Jazz, The Jazz Boys
    Posted in Special Show, Tune in to hear
    The Free Speech Zone - Sunday - December 4th - 7-8 pm - Host: DJ Big Brother - Then Stay Tuned for “Lives in the Balance” 8-9 pm
    December 1st, 2011

    Tune in to The Free Speech Zone on Sunday night December 4th at 7 pm to hear a Jim Puplava / Financial Sense Newshour interview with Peter Schweizer, author of Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism. Schweizer describes one of the biggest scandals in American politics that is waiting to explode. He tells the story of the inside game in Washington and shows how the permanent political class enriches itself at the expense of the rest of us.

    On WSCA-LP 106.1 FM - Portsmouth Community Radio (streaming via www.portsmouthcommunityradio.org for those outside the broadcast signal limits) 

    Then stay tuned for some great music on Lives In The Balance from 8 to 9 pm.  

    This week is our annual fall fundraising show when we appeal to you to pick up your phone and make a pledge of support to keep unique and valuable shows like this one on the air. As you know, we’re a non profit, volunteer-operated radio station. Every dollar we raise is important to us. We ask that you donate $10, $25, $50, $100 or more—whatever you feel fits your budget. You can put it on a credit card, send us a check later, whatever works for you. This year, we’re asking  that you also consider a sustaining membership: Choose a monthly amount you feel you can commit to, and you can have it drawn from your checking account or from a credit card each month. (Of course, the arrangement is cancelable at any time.) You can do this by phone when you call in, or you can do it on the website.
    Thank you so much for all you do already. And I hope we’ll be hearing from you during this important pledge drive.

    Kind regards,  Brad  aka dj Big Brother
    djbigbrother@portsmouthcommunityradio.org

    “The people, unfortunately, are still very ignorant,
    and are kept in ignorance by the systematic efforts
    of all the governments, who consider this ignorance,
    not without good reason, as one of the essential
    conditions of their own power.”  ~ Mikhail Bakunin  1871
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    The Free Speech Zone   with dj Big Brother
              glimpses of sanity and truth
                     Sundays  7:00-8:00 pm
                       WSCA-LP   106.1 FM  

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    Lives In The Balance: songs of social and political import
        that you won’t hear on brain-dead corporate radio
                            with   dj  Big Brother                              
             Sundays  8:00-9:00 pm  WSCA-LP  106.1 FM 
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    “Do the best that you can in the place where you are and be kind”
    ~ Scott Nearing

    SUPPORT PORTSMOUTH COMMUNITY RADIO ~ JOIN NOW!
    www.portsmouthcommunityradio.org

    Women Plus - Saturday - October 15 - 2-4 pm - Host: Jo Ann Paradise - Special Show - Women Singing OUT! presents: “Where I Live: A Breast Cancer Oratorio”
    October 13th, 2011

     

    Jo Ann reminds us that  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. So please tune in to Women Plus show this Saturday, October 15th at 2PM. Hear all about:

    Women Singing OUT!  presents:

    “Where I Live: A Breast Cancer Oratorio”

    Composed in 1999 by Diane Benjamin, “Where I Live: A Breast Cancer Oratorio” is an important work that stresses the environmental factors that still drive the high rate of cancer through the experience of one woman, who represent many. Filled with lyrical beauty and rhythmic intensity, the oratorio is comprised of six narrative readings alternating with seven songs performed by the chorus and chamber orchestra.

    Jo Ann welcomes two members of  Women Singing Out (see photo above).  They are Claudia Frost (see photo below), director, and Marte McNally.  Marte has sung the piece they will be featuring during the show, Where I Live: A Breast Cancer Oratorio,  with another group in Denver, CO.  She has been at WSO! for four years and has been instrumental in making the performance occur.

    Women Plus - Saturday - October 15th - 2-4pm - listen locally at 106.1 fm or streaming live online at www.wscafm.org and click on “Listen Now” at top menu of the page.

     

    Tags: Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Claudia Frost, Jo An Paradise, Women Plus, Women Singing Out
    Posted in Special Show
    Audio Theatre - Tuesday - August 2nd - 6-8 pm - Host: John Lovering - Tonight: “X-Minus One Night” - Four Back to Back Sci-Fi Classics!
    July 31st, 2011

     

    It’s X-Minus One Night on Portsmouth Community Radio Audio Theatre.  Yes, four of the highest rated back to back  X Minus One programs: ” Cold Equations”, “Protection”, “Martian Death March”, and “ The Seventh Victim” - 1957.  If you like Sci-Fi, this is the place to be on Tuesday, August 2nd from 6 to 8 pm.   More Info: http://heirloomradio.com/audio_theatre_page.htm

     

     

    Audio Theatre - Tuesday - June 14th - 6-8PM - Host: John Lovering - Featured Shows: “Horror-Thriller Night” - Escape / Inner Sanctum / Lights Out (Our Own Audio Theatre Players Production)
    June 12th, 2011

      

    Inner Sanctum starts us off with our “Horror-Thriller Night” Program.   The episode is “Dead Man’s Holiday” and it was originally aired on September 18, 1950.  Your host, Raymond (Paul McGrath) greets you as the creaking door makes its spooky appearance.  Prepare yourself for another ghostly tale accompanied by Raymond’s sickly puns!   Inner Sanctum ran from 1941 to 1952 producing over 520 episodes.  It was a premier horror series on radio.

    Escape is up next… with “The Fourth Man” from August 18, 1947.    Producer, Norman MacDonald (Gunsmoke) utilizes the talents of Paul Frees and William Conrad in another episode of “ESCAPE.”  Our protagonist is in dire straits… all wrapped up in the supernatural.  Tonight’s episode stars William Johnstone… and will definitely give you an opportunity to “get away from it all… Escape!”

    From the famous Lights Out series comes our own Audio Theatre Players in “Coffin in Studio B”. 

     

    This episode of “Lights Out” that was originally written by Wyllis Cooper in 1934 and aired on July 13, 1946.  Our local actors got together in the WSCA studio on July 22nd, 2008 and performed the script live for our listening audience.  Our players (l-r in above photo) include: James Darling, James Sears, Chuck Curtis, Dan Comly and Brian Gregg.   Melanie Lovering (photo below) did the manual sound effects.  Audio editing and mixing was done by John Lovering.   This story takes place in Studio B of a radio station where the actors are rehearsing a murder mystery one last time before they go on the air.   They are interrupted by a strange visitor who happens to be selling coffins!

     

    Join host, John Lovering, for two hours of classic old time radio with a special performance by our own Audio Theatre Players… Tune in locally at 106.1 FM or streaming live online at www.wscafm.org and click on “Listen Now” at the top of the page.  Consider this your formal invitation!    Questions, comments, requests, interested in joining our Audio Theatre Players?  jlovering@wscafm.org

    The Free Speech Zone - Sunday - June 5th - 7-8 PM - Host: DJ Big Brother / Then Listen to “Lives in the Balance” from 8-9 PM
    June 3rd, 2011

     

    Tune in to The Free Speech Zone on Sunday night June 5th at 7 pm to hear a 1956 CBS Radio Workshop  production of Aldous Huxley’s classic 1932 novel, Brave New World, narrated by the author. With announcer William Conrad , the cast includes Joseph Kearns, Bill Idleson, Gloria Henry, Charlote Lawrence, Byron Kane, Sam Edwards, Jack Kruschen, Bill Conrad, Vic Perrin and Lurene Tuttle. Music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann . Brave New World is of the most influential, cutting edge science fiction books ever published and forecasts a civilization centered in London, some 632 years into the future, in which Man’s machines have overtaken Man himself. Human reproduction has  become completely automated, as well as the nurturing and educational processes. Now having become victim to Man’s own modernization, the program examines every conceivable extreme of such a distopian civilization and its plight.

    On WSCA-LP 106.1 FM - Portsmouth Community Radio (streaming via www.portsmouthcommunityradio.org for those outside the broadcast signal limits) 

    Then stay tuned for some great music on Lives In The Balance from 8 to 9 pm.  

    Kind regards,  Brad  aka dj Big Brother
    djbigbrother@portsmouthcommunityradio.org

    “The people, unfortunately, are still very ignorant,
    and are kept in ignorance by the systematic efforts
    of all the governments, who consider this ignorance,
    not without good reason, as one of the essential
    conditions of their own power.”  ~ Mikhail Bakunin  1871
    ************************************************************************
    The Free Speech Zone   with dj Big Brother
              glimpses of sanity and truth
                     Sundays  7:00-8:00 pm
                       WSCA-LP   106.1 FM  

    **************************************************************************
    Lives In The Balance: songs of social and political import
        that you won’t hear on brain-dead corporate radio
                            with   dj  Big Brother                              
             Sundays  8:00-9:00 pm  WSCA-LP  106.1 FM 
    ***************************************************************************
    “Do the best that you can in the place where you are and be kind”
    ~ Scott Nearing

    SUPPORT PORTSMOUTH COMMUNITY RADIO ~ JOIN NOW!
     www.portsmouthcommunityradio.org

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