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for‘Special Pledge Drive Show’ Category
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!
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.
Posted in Special Pledge Drive Show, Special Show, Tune in to hear
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
Posted in Special Pledge Drive Show, Tune in to hear
“Seed the Power” and help Portsmouth Community Radio stay on the air as we grow into our 7th season. Please call 603-430-9722 to make a pledge of any amount during Audio Theatre, but listen for our special offers and our new “Members Discount Card” that can net you discounts at an ever-growing list of local businesses who are supporting Portsmouth Community Radio!
Tonight, in addition to conducting our Seed the Power Membership Drive, host John Lovering (above photo) and guest, Chuck Curtis; along with our phone man, Richard Jenisch will be there to receive your pledges and to entertain you with some unique Audio Theatre programming.
You will hear an original story by Chuck Curtis starring Chuck and his ten-year-old granddaughter in “Trees, Bulls and Owls.” Not only is this a very cute story with a very important message about the environment, but Chuck’s granddaughter does an incredible job in her debut on Audio Theatre!
Then John Lovering and Chuck team up performing an original comedy by Chuck Curtis entitled ”Auditions”… a story about a club owner who wants to hire a standup comedian for his club, but secretly wants to be a standup comedian himself. The only problem is that he has absolutely no talent. Maybe the comedian he hires for his club can give him a few pointers!
This evening you will also hear several short plays that we would consider “contemporary” as they come from a series entitled Earplay and were originally produced at WHA at the University of Wisconsin in the 1970′s. The shows were funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting with additional grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Most of the writers were students at the University of Wisconsin.. the plays are crisp, unique, and extremely well done. They were originally aired on NPR. Our recordings are all on vinyl, so you will be hearing stories on the same medium (vinyl records) on which they were originally distributed to NPR stations almost 40 years ago.
From the Earplay series you will hear What Do You Tell the Laughing Wind? by Robert K. Anderson; A Short Sweet Life by Edna Schappert; Kindly Replace the Receiver, The Incinerator, and Alice Throu the Intercom all by Jean Raymond Maljean.
We will be airing these short plays throughout tonight’s broadcast. Don’t miss them…. they are very well done. And while you are listening to these unique shows on Portsmouth Community Radio Audio Theatre, please call 603-430-9722 with a pledge of any amount.. renew a membership, become a member…. listen for Pledge Drive information between the featured shows. Please show your support for Audio Theatre and Portsmouth Community Radio.
Finally, tonight, John and Chuck will perform live in the studio … a recreation of a very funny skit by Mike Nichols and Elaine May entitled The Sixty-Five Dollar Funeral.
This all happens tonight.. Tuesday - May 10th from 6 to 8 pm at 106.1 locally or streaming online at www.wscafm.org and go to the top of the page and click on “Listen Now”.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Posted in Special Pledge Drive Show, Special Show, Tune in to hear
Don’t Dis My Ability is on every other Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:15 pm, and this is an “off ” week. But today, Ronnie Tomanio and a special guest will be sitting in from 3 to 4 pm for a special Spring Seed the Power Campaign show so that the listeners of this fine program can show their appreciation by calling 603-430-9722 and making a pledge in any amount to help keep this and the all the other wide diversity of programs heard on WSCA-LP, on the air.
Engineer, John Lovering, will also be sitting in with Ronnie and his guest and will be continuing the efforts to help with our fund drive from 4 to 5 pm as he hosts a special “Soul Man” program loaded with some excellent soul music… and another chance for listeners to call in and contribute to Portsmouth Community Radio’s Spring Seed the Power fund drive. 603-430-9722… Please call… We need your help.
Posted in Special Pledge Drive Show, Special Show, Tune in to hear
Tune in to The Free Speech Zone on Sunday night May 8th at 7 pm to hear a variety of political and socially oriented clips and short pieces during our spring membership drive program. Call us at 603.430.9722 and renew your membership or become a new member. Lots of fun and new benefits.
Join now!
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
Posted in Special Pledge Drive Show, Special Show, Tune in to hear
