Our spring fundraiser pledge cards have now been mailed to our generous supporters throughout the Four Rivers region! Now is the time to make your pledge by mail to help shorten the on-air portion of the fundraiser which is set for March 3-10. We appreciate your support, which is vital for the well-being of your source for in-depth news and a variety of entertainments.
If you haven't received your pledge card, call us at 800-599-4737. This will help us troubleshoot our database system more effectively. You can also pledge online at wkms.org, where you can select from the same selection of thank you gifts offered during the on-air part of the fundraiser; and, as you'll see in the article below, pledge online before March 10, and your name is entered in a drawing for a new iPod Nano!
Our goal for listener support is an historic one that coincides with 2007, marking the year of WKMS adding a digital signal to its transmission chain. In order to pay costs for programming, personnel and technology to split the digital signal into two programming streams, we have set the spring goal for listener support at $100,000. Thanks again for your belief that WKMS is public radio worth supporting!
WKMS
Brings
Music to Your Ears
and a Chance to Win a
New iPod Nano!
The
WKMS spring fundraiser is underway! Our goal is $100,000 in listener contributions,
and we can't reach that goal without YOU!
Make your pledge online before March 10 and your name is entered
in a drawing for a new iPod Nano! There's no purchase necessary to win,
but you can't lose by supporting your public radio station!
Click on the Win an iPod image above, to make your pledge and enter the drawing! And thanks for your support!
The WKMS Newsroom
offers listeners another chance to hear previously aired
local stories online. Click each link below to read or listen to each
story.
Visit the WKMS Newsroom online here.
Fraternities
After Yonts
Chad Lampe takes a look at the effect of the Harrison Yonts conviction
on Murray State University fraternities.
Dennison
Settlement
A settlement could be just weeks away in the ongoing lawsuit between
former Murray State Athletics Director E.W. Dennison and former President
King Alexander. But not everyone is ready to make a deal.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Playhouse in the Park opens its 30th season with an original stage adaptation of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
Maiden
Alley - "The Painted Veil"
Maiden Alley Cinema's Larry Thomas talks about the second remake of
The
Painted Veil.
Conklin
Recital
The Murray Civic Music Association honors the memory of Jan Wilson,
longtime advocate for children's music education, with a concert on
Sunday, February 18. Murray native Scott Conklin, violinist, and his
colleague at the University of Iowa School of Music, Alan Huckleberry,
perform.
Kentucky Math and Science Academy Kentucky's Academy of Mathematics and Science is recruiting bright high school students across the Commonwealth.
Catfish
to Caviar - Couscous
Chef Denise Gordon explains how to prepare couscous.
Audio
Book Review - "13 Moons" by Charles Frazier
This audio book review is presented by Randy O'Brien, featuring the
book 13 Moons by Charles Frazier.
Seatbelt
Ride Along
Seatbelt laws still pose a problem throughout the Commonwealth. WKMS'
Amy Eddings has the report.
Boat
Tax
On paper, it looks good for the coffers of many Kentucky's counties.
But a newly-collected boat tax could send owners across shores.
Catfish
to Caviar - Oils
This week on Catfish to Caviar we learn about different types of cooking
oils.
Audio
Book Review of the Week
This week's audio book review features Next by Michael Crichton.
Nurse Practitioners Open Private Practice Healthcare that would have been unthinkable two decades ago is now a reality at Murray Calloway County Hospital
Segments of your favorite NPR programs are now available for download at www.NPR.org/podcasts. Podcast subscriptions for 30 topics can be found at the NPR Podcast Directory.
Click here
for more information on Regional Events
You can support WKMS by donating your vehicle through the Car Talk Vehicle Donation Program and get a valuable tax deduction. It’s the easiest way to get rid of a vehicle, particularly newer vehicles that cost too much to repair.
Click here
for complete information or donate now by calling 866-HEAP-LOV.
Murray Shakespeare Festival VI
February 22-27
For
a schedule of this year's Festival, click
here.
For more information on the Murray Shakespeare Festival, or be notified
of upcoming events and festivals, e-mail Dr. Warren Edminster at warren.edminster@murraystate.edu.
Quote
Me on That...
"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen
of the world, and that his heart is no island cut
off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them."
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 –1626)
English Philosopher, Statesman, and Essayist
WKMS Needs VOLUNTEERS!
We need your help this fundraiser! Be a part of the action as we kick off the on-air portion of our 2007 spring pledge drive. We need volunteers, people just like you, to record your personal accounts of why you listen to and choose to support WKMS. We also need volunteers March 3-10 to take pledge calls from WKMS listeners. We'll make sure you have training and refreshments!
To volunteer and help sustain WKMS' first-rate programming, excellent
music, and in-depth news reporting, contact Stephanie Nutter-Osborne
today at
800-599-4737, or click here to email
her.
We can't do without you! Thanks!
Saturday Night Programming Schedule Change!
Our
Saturday night schedule is changing, effective Saturday, March 3. We
thank Jeff Dunman for his nearly 400 shows produced here at WKMS. This
change in our schedule marks what we hope is a hiatus in his long-standing
volunteerism rather than a conclusion to it.
Our Saturday night lineup as of March 3 includes Stateline Blues 7 to 9 p.m., Beyond the Edge 9 to Midnight, Indie Connection Midnight to 1 a.m., and BBC World News 1 to 6 a.m.
We appreciate the hundreds of hours Jeff has donated each year in addition to his personal investment in the music you’ve heard on Rockin’ Saturday Night.
You can see the entire WKMS program schedule at wkms.org!
Constance
Alexander Reading
Rescheduled
Constance Alexander was scheduled to read from her
new chapbook, Dreamfish on Thursday, February 1 at 7 p.m. in
Murray State's Clara Eagle Gallery. Due to bad weather, the reading
has been rescheduled to Monday, March 5 at
7 p.m. in MSU's Curris Center Stables.
Dreamfish was honored as one of ten distinguished manuscripts featured
in the New Women’s Voice Series by Finishing Line Press.
The reading also features highlights of her upcoming
book, Who Needs June Cleaver? which you can read excerpts from
at wkms.org's commentaries page by clicking here.
Playhouse
in the Park Presents... One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
By Dale Wasserman adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey
Performances: Thursday, February 15 through Sunday, February 25
(Thursdays-7 p.m.; Friday & Saturday Nights-7:30 p.m.; Saturday Matinees-
2 p.m.; and Sundays-2 p.m.)
Prices: $10 adults; $9 Seniors (ages 60 and up); $8 Students (ages
13 and up); and $7 Children (ages 12 and under.)
To purchase tickets, or for more information, call the Murray Tourism
Office
800-651-1603 or 270-759-2199 or visit
playhouseinthepark.net.
Conversations with Dr. Randy Dunn
Murray State President, Dr. Randy Dunn, sits down with WKMS Morning Edition host Jim Michael every last Thursday of the month, through May, to find out what is on the minds of MSU's students, faculty and staff.
What's on your mind? If you have a question for Dr. Dunn, email it
to wkms@murraystate.edu, then tune in to the conversations on WKMS the
following Thursdays:
February 22, March 29, April 26 and May 24.
We look forward to hearing from you!
