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No Foolin': WDIY's Spring Membership Drive Launches This Week | |
This week, we are kicking off our 2024 Spring Membership Drive! Our "Buy-Back" contributors have gotten us off to a great start raising funds off-air over the last month. Now we're asking everyone who hasn't had a chance to donate to either renew their membership, become a new member, or make an extra gift in support of their listening. | |
Meals Provided to Those in Need with Every Donation | |
Your gift to WDIY will not only be helping Lehigh Valley Public Radio continue to bring you the programs you value, you'll be providing meals to those in need.
For every $100 WDIY receives in donations, Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley will provide 15 meals to individuals and families in our community.
WDIY has partnered with Valley National Financial Advisors to cover the costs of the meals, allowing 100% of WDIY member donation to stay with the station.
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Win Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Tickets | |
Everyone who donates to the Spring Membership Drive will be eligible for our giveaway for a pair of tickets to see Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey – “The Greatest Show on Earth” at the PPL Center in Allentown, November 1-3, 2024.
The "reimagined" circus features exciting action-packed stunts, acrobatic displays, and comedy acts from 75 performers from over 18 countries.
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WDIY in the Community:
CareFair 2024
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WDIY had a great time at CareFair 2024 at the Air Products headquarters last Wednesday. Here's our Executive Director Margaret McConnell and Director of Community Relations Alison DelRe. |
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Get Your Groovin' in the Grove Tickets | Take advantage of discounted Early Bird tickets for a limited time for WDIY's Family Fun Day — Groovin' in the Grove 2024 on Saturday, May 18! Help us celebrate 29 years on the air with another afternoon of great music,food, drinks, raffles, and more — all in support of Lehigh Valley Public Radio! | |
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Volunteer of the Week:
Aurea Ortiz
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WDIY is proud to honor the more than 120 volunteers that make Lehigh Valley Public Radio Possible.
This week, we are recognizing Aurea Ortiz! Aurea is the host of Charla Comunitaria, WDIY's bi-lingual monthly program dedicated to the Latin community in the Lehigh Valley. She is a former board member of the Bethlehem Area School District and has previously worked for Pennsylvania State Rep. Steven Samuelson.
Gracias por tu trabajo, Aurea!
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The Blend
Host: Arnie Lichten
Monday, 1 - 4 p.m.
We begin our Spring Membership Drive on the Blend this week with music about April and Fools. We also have new music from Tierney Sutton, Lenny Kravitz, Sarah King, The Rockyts, Laney Jones, Middle Kids, and The Gaslight Anthem. Plus, lots more of the old, new, borrowed, and blue.
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Hear this and other WDIY music shows after they have aired using our Two-Week Music Show Archive! Available on the WDIY app or wdiy.org.
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The Inside Dish
Host: Heidi Stahl
Monday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Heidi Stahl talks with Golf Kiewkajee from Thai Thai 2 in Bethlehem and Lisa Dayoub from Maza Middle Eastern Cuisine in Whitehall.
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At the Movies
Host: Paul Willistein
Monday, 6:25 p.m. during The Inside Dish
Our critic Paul Willistein reviews Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the fifth moview in the Ghostbusters franchise. Most of the original Ghostbusters cast is back: Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Dan Aykroyd, Annie Potts and William Atherton. Add to this Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Logan Kim and Celeste O’Connor from Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). Plus, newcomers Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Emily Alyn Lind, James Acaster and some really big ghosts join the party.
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Folk Classics
Host: Steve Aaronson
Monday, 7 - 9 p.m.
What manner of “Tom” foolery will take place during the program tonight? Listeners will have to tune in to find out.
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Milestones
Host: Rob Reagan
Monday, 9 - 11 p.m.
For the first Monday of the month "Decades" theme, we'll go back 50 years to hear from keyboard player Chick Corea and jazz fusion group Weather Report (both '74); saxophonist Joe Lovano ('94); percussion icon Roy Haynes; and innovative trio Medeski, Martin, and Wood (both '04). Singers Najwa Parkins and Gabrielle Stravelli will offer a couple opinions on the spring season. A Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn set of instrumentals and vocals will start the second hour of the program.
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Blues Cruise
Host: Steve Capwell
Monday, 11 p.m. - Tuesday, 1 a.m.
On the Blues Cruise we sing the praises of Opening Day and give a nod to Easter. You will hear Left Hand Charlie, Lucky Millander, Hot Shot Love, The Harlem Hamfats and Little Johnny Jones. Fuzzy and I crawled back into the library and found some goodies. We aim to please.
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On the Media
Host: Brooke Gladstone
Tuesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: Boeing Conspiracy Theories Take Flight. Plus, the Politics to TV News Pipeline.
Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, conspiracy theories proliferated. On this week’s On the Media, hear how memes and misinformation obscure the real causes of tragedies, from bridges to planes. Plus, what Ronna McDaniel’s hiring and firing from NBC News tells us about the revolving door from politics to tv news.
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Live from Godfrey Daniels
Host: Dave Fry
Tuesday, 7 - 9 p.m.
Dave Fry is joined by fellow Live from Godfrey Daniels host Norm Williams for a special Spring Membership Drive edition of the show. Hear archived Godfreys sets from Peggy Seeger ('05), Ellen McIlwaine ('88), John Hammond ('83), and The Red Clay Ramblers ('85); plus recent sets from The Nighthawks, John McEuen, Peter Case, Mark Cosgrove, The Dry Branch Fire Squad, and more.
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WDIY Classics
Host: Karen El-Chaar
Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Hesperion XX (now XXI) well-known for their performance of music from the 10th through 18th centuries. Directed by Jordi Savall, viol player and music scholar, the program opens with music composed by one of the most popular French composers of the 17th century, Francois Couperin. Early Music New York under the direction of now-retired Frederick Renz follows with music of Renaissance Venice. Also enjoy music of Lehigh Valley-based Cambiata and a Moravian University connection via the Baltimore Consort. Composer Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960) provides a few childhood memories while the Burning River Brass (members of the Pittsburgh Symphony), Amherst Saxophone Quartet and bass trombonist Chris Brubeck (son of jazz pianist David Brubeck) bring us back into the 21st century.
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Your Financial Choices
Host: Laurie Siebert
Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: First Quarter 2024 market review.
Laurie and Bill Henderson, CIO of Valley National Financial Advisor will be live in the studio. Listeners can ask questions live during the program at 610-758-8810. Questions can also be submitted anytime before the program at yourfinancialchoices.com.
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Teen Scientist
Host: Rayna Malhotra
Thursday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Rayna welcomes Grace Yacobe, a high school junior from Villanova, PA who's working to find a cure for Celiac Disease after being diagnosed with it.
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Teen Money Matters
Host: Jayaditya Kothari
Thursday, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
Javaditva talks with Parkland High School student Ken Zeng and Bill Henderson, Chief Investment Officer at Valley National Financial Advisors about negotiating — the ins and outs, and how negotiations are a big part of everyday life, even when we don't realize it.
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Galactic Travels™
Host: Bill Fox
Thursday, 11 p.m. - Friday, 1 a.m.
On this week's Galactic Travels™, Bill Fox begins a month-long focus on Robert Rich. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Rainforest on Hearts of Space Records. You will also hear new music by Rudy Adrian on Spotted Peccary Music and by Thaneco on Thaneco Records.
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The World Blend
Host: Bill Dautremont-Smith
Saturday, 1 - 3 p.m.
This Saturday's host, Bill Dautremont-Smith, is hoping to include a live interview (TBC) with violinist and current artist-in-residence Diane Monroe to talk about her upcoming April 12 performance at Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center of her major work "Violin Woman: African Dreams". In this piece, she crafts a musical memoir bridging jazz, classical, and traditional African music, all the genres for which she is known. Her band will include violin together with a West African section of kora, banjo and percussion, a Western classical string quartet, and a jazz rhythm section, together with visual art and spoken word. And as usual on the World Blend there will be a wide diversity of music new and old from around the globe, including the brand new album and the very different preceding album from Julie Abbé.
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Blue Moon Cruising
Host: John Beatty
Saturday, 5 - 7 p.m.
Johnny Bee is driving the Blue Moon Cruising bus in a tour of the letters W, X, Y and Z. Probably some Williams, Walkers, Wilsons, Watkins and a Warwick, plus Youngs, a Yarbrough and the Zombies to close it out. Birthday salutes go to early Merle Haggard, Beverly Watkins, guitarist Louie Shelton, Brian Jones by way of Anita Pallenberg, and Janis Ian who will be 73 on Sunday.
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Swing Sunday
Host: Karen El-Chaar
Sunday, 5 - 7 p.m.
So you say "Let's Get Away from It All." Ok then, today we venture "Over On the Jersey Side." Fletcher wants to "Sing, Sing, Sing" while Kay is "Pushin' Sand." Bing and Bob are talking about the "Merry-Go-Runaround" although Shep says "The Merry Go Round Broke Down." So...let's join "The Elk's Parade", then enjoy some "Cornet Chop Suey" with Louis and watch Jackie [Gleason] do the "Furnace Dock Flip." "Diga-Diga-Do!"
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Hearing Voices
Host: Karen El-Chaar
Sunday, 7 - 9 p.m.
With the myriad of global environmental issues in today's news, enjoy selections related to water by contemporary composer Christopher Tin and performed by the Angel City Chorale, Kardes Tuerkueler, Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, Schola Cantorum and the Soweto Gospel Choir. Also enjoy music from Johann Strauss II's "Die Fledermaus," Gothic Voices' presentation of Hildegard von Bingen's "O Ecclesia," two works by Lehigh University Music Professor Steven Sametz and more.
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Footlight Parade
Host: Bill Rudman
Sunday, 9 - 10 p.m.
This week's show: 1982 on Stage and Screen.
"1982 on Stage and Screen" -- The best of the year, including "Nine," "Cats," "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Victor/Victoria."
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Latest WDIY Local News Reports | |
Latest Archived Public Affairs Shows & Features | |
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Latest WDIY Music Features | |
Upcoming WDIY Sponsored Events | |
This Week's Member Ticket Giveaway | |
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Hey WDIY members, check out the events we're giving away tickets for this Sunday, April 7! Watch your email Sunday at noon for your chance to enter.
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If you are a WDIY member who has contributed at least $60 for the year or you are actively supporting WDIY as a Sustaining Member, you are eligible for WDIY's Member Ticket Giveaway! If you are not receiving this member benefit on Sundays, please email shamusm@wdiy.org. | | | | |
