log-in

WBCR-news: April 2011

PUMP IT UP FRENCH PICNIC FRIDAY

Jean Claude (“The Food Show”) will be grilling tuna and making Salad Nicoise outside the station at 4:30 on Friday!!!  Come to the station, BYOB, eat, and make a contribution!!!

→ Posted on Fri. April 29th, 2011 by paulrapp.

Great Barrington’s 250th Anniversary Book

Great Barrington’s 250th anniversary will photograph US for their book. Photographer and former and future BCR DJ Steve “Dr. Nod” Donaldson will be at the station Friday, April 15th at 6 PM If you are a past present of future programmer, member, part of the radio station community, please come for this!

WHAT:  BCR Group photo for GB 250th anniversary book
WHEN:  Friday April 15th at 6 PM
WHERE:  At the station

→ Posted on Mon. April 11th, 2011 by wbcr-web.

Pump it Up! Spring Fund Drive

special event image


WBCR-LP, Great Barrington’s all-volunteer community radio station will be holding on on-air fund drive beginning on Monday April 25 and running through Sunday May 1.  Entitled Pump It Up, the drive will raise funds for operating expenses to keep the station running.

There will be special events all week at the WBCR-LP studios, including appearances by FODFest tour musicians, the Two-Man Gentlemen Band, and singer-songwriter Sky Smeed, along with cooking demonstrations, poetry readings, and much more.  The public is encouraged to stop by the studios, located at the Granary Building on Rosseter Street in Great Barrington, or to make a pledge by calling 413.664.9797 or visiting the stations website at http://www.berkshireradio.org.

Founded in 2004, WBCR-LP, is an all-volunteer listener-supported radio station that broadcasts in the town of Great Barrington and can be heard worldwide on the internet at berkshireradio.org. Each week, WBCR-LP presents over 80 locally-produced or sponsored radio programs, with programmers ranging from elementary school students to retirees; with topics including local community issues, astrology, women’s issues, and water preservation; with announcers speaking in English, Spanish and French; and with live and recorded music ranging from classical to Italian folk to jazz to hip-hop. Dozens of community volunteers perform the myriad tasks required to maintain the studios and keep the station running. For more information about the station, see http://www.berkshireradio.org.

→ Posted on Mon. April 11th, 2011 by wbcr-web.

“Honor The Housatonic” Benefit Concert & Poetry Slam

WBCR-lp programmer Leslie Gabriel and host of “And So It Flows” is producing an event at the Guthrie Center to “Honor the Housatonic”.  The event will take place on April 23rd, 2011 and feature local performers.  WBCR-lp will have a table at the event.  You can read more about it on our PSA blog or at the event’s Facebook page.

→ Posted on Thu. April 7th, 2011 by wbcr-web.