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WBCR-news: May 2010

Thank you, WBCR-lp listeners, supporters & local establishments for caring about community radio!

Thank you to everyone who played a role in WBCR-lp’s Fund Drive this last week: Thank you to both those who phoned in and those who spent time answering phones; to those who donated time and those who contributed money; and to those who strengthened us with their support, encouragement, ideas and positive attitudes.

Stay tuned for more great, participatory community radio, more events and for the Oktoberfest! Fall Fund Drive.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

→ Posted on Mon. May 17th, 2010 by laura.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival Ticket Drawing

Anne Saunders, Director of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is generously sending us 2 pairs of all-festival, camping tickets to the three-day Festival, which will take place on July 23, 24 and 25, 2010 at the Dodds Farm on Route 22 in Hillsdale - check the wonderful line-up at http://www.FalconRidgeFolk.com.

WBCR-lp is offering you the opportunity to register for a drawing during the station’s PowerUp! Spring Fund Drive. If you have contributed during the Spring Fund Drive, you will automatically be entered - OR - you may enter by just phoning in over the next three days, while we appreciate your support of community radio in the southern Berkshires, no pledge is necessary.

The drawing will be held Saturday during Berkshire Jazz between 4-6 PM Call now to register: 413-644-9797

→ Posted on Wed. May 12th, 2010 by biotic.

Generous Offer from the Orion Magazine

We have received a most generous offer from the Orion Magazine, publishers of the beautiful and informative magazine, Orion. They have 10 one-year subscriptions that we are offering to the first ten $100 pledges. Thanks to the folks at Orion for supporting Berkshire Community Radio. 413-644-9797

→ Posted on Wed. May 12th, 2010 by biotic.

Program Note:  The Bob Balogh Show

Suzanne Fowle, parent of a Muddy Brook Elementary School student, and Rob Putnam (Director of Teaching & Learning for the school district) will be at WBCR-LP with Bob this Friday morning (May 7) at 8:30am. They will be talking about the first annual Mud Day, scheduled for Saturday, May 15. Mud Day is a community-wide celebration of spring and green living.

→ Posted on Wed. May 5th, 2010 by biotic.

WBCR-LP announces its 2010 Spring Fund Drive

Great Barrington community radio station WBCR-LP announces its 2010 Spring Fund Drive taking place from Sunday May 9 through Saturday May 15. The theme for the drive is PowerUp! Funds raised will be used for ongoing operations and improvements that will allow the station and its volunteers to better serve area listeners. WBCR-LP can be heard at 97.7 FM in the immediate Great Barrington area or streamed online at BerkshireRadio.org.

The PowerUp! Fund Drive will feature on-air fundraising by the all-volunteer programmers each day from 6 AM to midnight. Pledges may be made by calling 413.644.9797, pledging online at berkshireradio.org, dropping a pledge off at the studios located in the Granary Building at 37 Rossetter St. in downtown Great Barrington, or by mailing a pledge to WBCR-LP, PO Box 152, Great Barrington, 01230.

WBCR-LP is operated by the Berkshire Community Radio Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization. The station has no paid staff, is committed to community access to the media, and allows anyone who wishes to be on the radio the opportunity to have a radio program. Currently, over 100 volunteer programmers present the most varied schedule of radio programs imaginable each week at 97.7 FM. WBCR-LP has been on the air for over five years.

The first months of 2010 has seen the number of volunteer programmers jump significantly. “Right now our schedule is jam-packed from 6 AM to midnight, seven days a week,” said station board president Paul Rapp.

Also in 2010, the Federal Communications Commission granted a full-power broadcast license to WBCR-LP, the all-volunteer low-power community radio station located in Great Barrington. In 2007 the FCC provided a rare opportunity for the licensing of non-commercial radio stations, and WBCR-LP applied to upgrade its status to full-power.

“This is something we’ve been working toward for several years,” says station board president Paul Rapp. “Having a regional signal will create a lot of great opportunities and contribute immensely to our mission of community-based media access.

→ Posted on Sat. May 1st, 2010 by biotic.