WGXC special announcement

Dear WGXC community members,

Over the last few months, we’ve been working tirelessly producing benefit events and preparing for the launch of WGXC’s FM signal on 90.7-FM later this year. Please see below for an exciting announcement regarding Prometheus Radio Project (a Philadelphia-based group that helps community stations like ours) who will help get WGXC on the air this September.

Urgently, however, we now need to ask you directly for your financial help.

PLEASE HELP WGXC RAISE 5,000 IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

As publicized, WGXC received a large matching grant from the US Department of Commerce to purchase the equipment (transmitter, antenna, etc) needed to get the WGXC-FM signal on the air. We must match this grant. Fundraising at the community level will demonstrate that we have local support for this effort that will sustain WGXC into the future. We’ve secured the means to extend our fundraising efforts towards the match into the summer, but WE MUST RAISE 5,000 IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

We are asking you to dig as deeply as you can to ensure that WGXC stays on track and can meet our matching deadline. If you are not yet a member, please consider becoming one at the highest level possible. If you are already a member, thank you, and we hope you’ll consider increasing your membership to the next level.

Founding member levels:

· ELECTRODES = 1 watt ($25 - 49)
· CAPACITORS = 2-4 watts ($50 - 124)
· CIRCUITS = 5-9 watts ($125 - 249)
· TRANSISTORS = 10 - 20 watts ($250 - 524)
· TOWERS = 21 - 40 watts ($525 - 1,024)
· ANTENNAE = 41 - 100 watts ($1,025 - 2,524)
· TRANSMISSIONS = 101 - 200 watts ($2,525 - 5,000)
Become a member by making your donation online at www.wgxc.org

Or send a check payable to

WGXC
5662 Route 23
Acra, NY 12405

Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

You can become a Founding Member of WGXC by making a donation with a credit card through Paypal below:

PROMETHEUS BARNRAISING NEWS

As part of our launch preparation efforts, Station Manager, Kaya Weidman, and Program Manager, Tom Roe, put forth an application for WGXC to be considered a candidate by Prometheus Radio Project for one of their renowned radio station barnraising events.

We are delighted to report that WGXC has been selected! What this means is that in late September, radio experts from Prometheus will descend on WGXC for a weekend of events, workshops, studio perfecting, and engineering. Events will take place across Columbia and Greene Counties. Stay tuned for further details regarding the date and schedule, and we hope to see you then. Thank you Prometheus!

Thank you for your time and attention,
Galen Joseph-Hunter, Executive Director (galen@wgxc.org)
Tom Roe, Program Director (tom@wgxc.org)
Kaya Weidman, Station Manager (kaya@wgxc.org)

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Listen to Scott Murphy Tele-Town Hall

Listen to a recording of Rep. Scott Murphy's Tele-Town Hall from 6:30 p.m. March 10, 2009 on WGXC Online Radio by clicking here. Rep. Murphy represents NY-20, which includes Columbia and Greene counties.

That link should open an mp3 recording in Quicktime Player on your computer. Note: This does not work in Internet Explorer, use a different browser. If you have Quicktime Player Pro, you can download the recording.

You can also paste this in to your iTunes, or whatever media player you use, under "Open URL":
http://archive.free103point9.org/2010/03/ScottMurphy_TeleTownHall_WGXC_031010.mp3

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

WGXC a third of way towards fundraising goal

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air. So far, WGXC is 33 percent of the way towards our goal.

You can become a Founding Member of WGXC by making a donation with a credit card through Paypal below:

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Village of Catskill candidate forum March 20

WGXC and the Mid Hudson League of Women Voters will host a "Meet the Candidates" forum at 10:30 a.m. Sat. March 20 at the Catskill Community Center for politicians running in Village of Catskill elections.

WGXC will air the forum live on an internet web stream at www.wgxc.org, and is inviting all members of the local media to cover the event. Recordings of the events will be posted as quickly as possible here and at www.wgxc.org.

For more information:
Fawn Potash/League of Women Voters, 518-929-5764, fawnpotash@yahoo.com

Basic Political Debate/Meet the Candidates Event Format

Event should be no more than 90 minutes long. Candidates need to arrive 15 minutes before start of event. Substitute speakers are not permitted. No campaign literature or materials will be allowed inside the room.

Lots will be drawn in advance to determine the order of speakers for opening remarks. Moderator will be introduced by the sponsoring organization’s spokesperson. Moderator will introduce panel members and go over the rules. Each candidate will have a 3-minute opening statement.

Audience members will be asked to silence all electronic devices. The audience will be provided with index cards/writing implements with which to write questions.

1. No statements
2. No personal remarks
3. All questions must be legible
4. The moderator will choose questions and paraphrase for clarity/appropriateness.

The candidates will have one minute (or two, depending on number of candidates and time available) to answer. The moderator will call on candidates in succeeding order to answer. The moderator has the right to rule on all questions. No one else will be permitted to see the questions before, during or after the event. [Candidates should be reminded that they may take notes and cover issues/comments they missed during the Q&A as part of their closing statement.]

Depending on time available, questions may be permitted from the floor. Questions will be limited to one minute and will be answered as above. The same rules apply as with written questions.

Each candidate may have a 2 or 3-minute closing statement.

The moderator will close the event and invite members of the audience to remain in order to have personal conversations with the candidates (must be agreed upon in advance by candidates).

SPEAKING TIME WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND THE AUDIENCE’S RIGHT TO HEAR ALL CANDIDATES SPEAK.

Candidates are encouraged to bring campaign literature. A table should be set up outside the room for the purpose of distributing the literature. Each candidate will be permitted to display a packet of flyers, position papers, and letters of endorsement or other campaign material. However, each candidate will be allowed only ONE stack of information on the table unless the organizer permits more.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Julie Lequin at Hudson Opera House April 10

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Congressman Murphy hosts tele-town hall Wednesday

Congressman Scott Murphy (NY-20) will host a tele-town hall Wednesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the economy and job creation. Residents of the 20th District (which includes Greene and Columbia counties) can participate in the call by registering with Congressman Murphy’s office at 202-225-5614 or email NY20.townhall@mail.house.gov with your name, address, and home phone number by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9. Those who have signed up will receive a phone call Wednesday evening inviting them to join the call. WGXC Online Radio will also air the tele-town hall, so if you do not register in time you can listen to the WGXC web stream online at www.WGXC.org. When you click on the link there, the stream will play in your computer's default media player.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

WGXC's "Radio, Radio" DJ dance party

DJ times for WGXC's "Radio, Radio" fundraiser this Saturday night at the former Muddy Cup storefront in Catskill, NY.:

8-8:45: DJ Dizzy
8:45-10: DJ Sam
10-10:45: The Magic Stranger
10:45-11:30: Tony Fletcher
11:30-12:15: The NRG People/Male Room
12:15-1: DJ John Deux

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties

Help WGXC get on the air. Currently, WGXC is attempting to raise $71,000 for a matching grant from the U.S. Commerce Department for most of the major equipment to get WGXC on the air including the antenna, transmitter, and studio consoles for spaces in Cairo, Catskill, and Hudson. You can help us get on the air by:
*Stopping by Swallow on Mondays in February, and buying a Machiatto, with all proceeds going to community radio.
*Buy a $5 raffle ticket at Musica in Hudson to win a Gibson Les Paul guitar in a March 17 drawing. You can buy raffle tickets online here, and see a photo of the guitar here.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

WGXC's Hudson Gallery event

(Photo by David Lee/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers)
From The Register-Star:

Propreitor of Kling Magnetics and Solaqua [and Sun Dog Solar] in Chatham and also masterful banjo player Jody Rael entertains the audience assembled at the Nicole Fiacco Gallery on Warren St. Saturday evening with some of the better known protest songs, as part of an all-star program that included writers, poets and visual artists as well as musicians. Organized by Paul Smart and Max Goldfarb, the event was for the benefit of the nascent WGXC FM — free103point9 — community radio. [Google images of Hudson were projected on the wall.]

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

WGXC "Radio, Radio" DJ dance party

The Magic Stranger, Tony Fletcher, DJ John Deux, The NRG People/Male Room, DJ Sam, DJ Dizzy, and more, 9 p.m. Feb. 27 in Catskill, in the empty storefront where the Muddy Cup coffee house used to be on Main St.

The Magic Stranger is John Cleater, an artist/ architect who lives in Columbia County. He shows his work at Nicole Fiacco Gallery in Hudson and is on the advisory committee of the architecture program at Art OMI. http://www.cleater.com/

Tony Fletcher (born April 27, 1964) is a music journalist best known for his biographies of drummer Keith Moon and the band R.E.M.. Born in Yorkshire, England, Fletcher was inspired by the London punk rock movement and started a fanzine as a thirteen-year-old schoolboy which he named Jamming!. The magazine developed over the next eight years into an independent alternative to more established music magazines of the day such as the NME and Melody Maker. This led to Fletcher presenting TV programmes and networking with numerous post-punk figures including Paul Weller and Echo & the Bunnymen, the latter of which were the subject of his first book published in 1987. He has two children and is married to Posie. Fletcher then juggled band and record label management before moving to New York in the late 80s, where he also became involved with DJing, club promotion and music industry consultant. His first novel, Hedonism, was published in 2003. http://www.ijamming.net/

The NRG People/Male Room first performed at WGXC's New Year's Masquerade Ball, and are led by Giorgio.

DJ Jean Deux is Dan Seward, of John Deux Books & Records in Hudson, the band Bunnybrains, and the host of "Battlefield Earth" on free103point9 Online Radio.

DJ Dizzy is Tom Roe, who regularly hosted DJ nights in NYC at Diner in Williamsburg, and Angel in Manhattan, and performed at many underground Brooklyn venues such as Rubulad.

DJ Sam is Sam Sebren.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Please become a WGXC Founding Member

WGXC is trying to get on the air and bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties. We have the license. We got a grant from the U.S. Commerce Department for half of the money needed for the transmitter, antenna, and major studio equipment. We now have to raise the other half, a little over $71,000. Above, you can see where we are so far. We need your help to get this community radio station on the air. We need you to become a Founding Member today! If you have a business, we need you to become a Founding Underwriter, and underwrite future community radio programs. We need you to go to our fundraising event Feb. 13 in Hudson at Nicole Fiacco Gallery. We need you to go to www.WGXC.org and get involved in your community radio station.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Tune in Hans Tammen today on WGXC

Click on this link to listen to Hans Tammen today live at 6 p.m. at the I 'heart' WGXC fundraiser at Sorted in Hudson:

Hans Tammen

I "HEART" WGXC

Sat., Feb. 6, 2010: 11 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
at Sorted, 357 Warren St., Hudson

Spend Saturday, February 6 with WGXC at Sorted: Shopping, Sounds, and Strongtree.

Organized by Elizabeth Powell, this WGXC benefit event will feature goods made by local artisans including ceramics (Michele O'hana and Paula Shalan,) photography (Karen Keats and Carlos Loret de Mola,) books (Rebecca Wolff/Fence,) textiles (Minc House,) jewelry (Stephanie Iverson,) beeswax candles (Susan Reisen,) leather accessories (Elizabeth Powell,) knitted hats (Gundula Brattke,) tabletop design, and other multiples and one-of-a-kind objects. Sound artist Hans Tammen will perform his "Endangered Guitar" throughout the day, culminating in a performance at 6 p.m. Just in time for Valentines day, proceeds from I "heart" WGXC will go towards acquiring the equipment needed to launch WGXC's FM signal on 90.7. Organic and delicious coffee will be available courtesy Hudson's Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters.

Hans Tammen is a 2009 Artist Fellowship recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). This presentation is co-sponsored by Artists & Audiences Exchange, a NYFA public program.

WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties. This multi-faceted project will be much more than just a radio station. With studios in Catskill and Hudson, WGXC activities will include special exhibitions and events, workshops and media training for youth and adults, a news blog with writing and photography, and a local calendar of events, meetings, and other resources.

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air. Join us on February 6th and help launch WGXC-FM.

About Hans Tammen's Endangered Guitar
In hundreds of solo performances since 1993, New York-based Hans Tammen has explored the sounds of concert halls and small clubs with an assortment of mechanical contrivances applied to his modified "endangered" guitars, interactive software programming, and stereo and multichannel sound systems. His music has been described as an alien world of bizarre textures and a journey through the land of unending sonic operations.

His instrument is a hybrid between a guitar and a computer, designed to react with the resonant frequencies of the room. It constantly records his sounds, and the information from the analysis of these sounds and the playing determines a wide variety of processes. This makes every performance a site-specific one, bringing the sonic qualities of the surrounding conditions to the listener's attention. www.tammen.org

About Elizabeth Powell
Elizabeth Powell is a designer who makes accessories from leather. She works and resides in Columbia County with her family.

About Sorted
Sorted is a small, fully solar-powered graphic design studio in Hudson, NY. Special thanks to Antony Katz for making his beautiful space available for this event. sortofsorted.com


Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Macchiato Mondays at Swallow for WGXC

Stop by Swallow in Hudson any Monday this month (including today) and buy a Macchiato drink, and all proceeds go to WGXC and bringing community radio to Columbia and Greene counties. Swallow is at 433 Warren St. in Hudson and opened in August. Owned by Aaron and Sarah Dibben, Rural Intelligence says, "Every week Swallow offers a featured coffee, in addition to their stand-by beans from Intelligensia, the legendary Chicago chain, now also in L.A. Intelligensia’s coffee buyers are a step ahead of Fair Trade, working directly with farmers in Africa and Latin America, visiting each, on average, three times a year, building trust and relationships and sharing with the farmers the best practices they’ve picked up from producers around the world. They reward the resulting superior crops by paying 25% more than the farmer would normally get from an exporter or other middleman."

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Become a WGXC Founding Member

WGXC is trying to get on the air and bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties. We have the license. We got a grant from the U.S. Commerce Department for half of the money needed for the transmitter, antenna, and major studio equipment. We now have to raise the other half, a little over $71,000. Above, you can see where we are so far. We need your help to get this community radio station on the air. We need you to become a Founding Member today! If you have a business, we need you to become a Founding Underwriter, and underwrite future community radio programs. We need you to go to the fundraising events Feb. 6 and Feb. 13 in Hudson at Sorted and Nicole Fiacco Gallery. We need you to go to www.WGXC.org and get involved in your community radio station.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Alexander Turnquist and Kelli Rudick at Hudson Opera House

Recordings from WGXC's webcast of Alexander Turnquist and Kelli Rudick's performances at the Hudson Opera House, Sat., Jan. 30.

Click here to listen to an mp3 sound recording of Alexander Turnquist at Hudson Opera House, 013010. Does not work in Internet Explorer. You need Quicktime Player Pro to download file. WGXC follows Creative Commons.


Click here to listen to an mp3 sound recording of Kelli Rudick's set at Hudson Opera House, 013010. Does not work in Internet Explorer. You need Quicktime Player Pro to download file. WGXC follows Creative Commons.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Eric Carbonara at Spotty Dog on WGXC Online Radio

Eric Carbonara performed Friday, Jan. 29 at Spotty Dog Books & Ale, and WGXC was there to record the show and create a live web stream.

Watch video of Carbonara performance below:


Click here to listen to audio mp3 of Eric Carbonara's performance at Spotty Dog.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

Nick Davis at Spotty Dog and WGXC Online Radio

Nick Davis performed at Spotty Dog Books & Ale Fri. Jan. 29 and on WGXC Online Radio. Watch video of a portion of the performance below.


Click here to listen to a complete audio mp3 recording of Nick Davis at Spotty Dog Books & Ale.

Click on WGXC or WGXC Newsroom for more information. Send news, tips, etc. to news@wgxc.org.

WGXC fundraiser: Hudson Sound + Voice + Image

Feb. 13, 2010: 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.
at Nicole Fiacco Gallery, 336 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534
518-828-5090

Admission: $10

Curated/Organized by: Paul Smart & Max Goldfarb

This event benefits WGXC's fundraising efforts to launch its FM signal in 2010. The evening will include performances and readings (with MC Norman Douglas) by: Bunnybrains, Brian Dewan, Cornelius Eady, Maggie Estep, Peter Head, Lady Moon, Bernadette Mayer & Philip Good, Prana, George Quasha, Jody Rael, David Rothenberg & Matt Bua, Luc Sante, Sparrow, Studio Stu, Kimberly Truitt w/Peter Head, Sam Truitt, Peter Wetzler & Julie Hedrick, and Rebecca Wolff.

Artworks (see special preview hours) will be on view and available by Yura Adams, Nancy Azara, Doug Beube, Vincent Bilotta, Darla Bjork, Dawn Breeze, Marco Breuer, Victoria Brill, Carl Van Brunt, David Chambard, Sasha Chermayeff, Nicole Cherubini, Leona Christie, John Cleater, Steven Courbois, Peggy Cyphers, Sue Daley, Dan Devine, Jeanne Englert, Jacques Flechemuller, Clyde Forth, Alsion Fox, Mimi Graminski, Steve Gross, Jan Harrison, Peter Head, Christine Heller, Jeremy Hoffeld, James Holl, Philip Howie, Rainer Judd, James Krewson, Melora Kuhn, Lisa LaMonica, Ken Landauer, John Lees, Ruth Leonard, Gay Leonhardt, Justin Lieberman, Mimi Lipson, Amy Maddon, Paul Matthews, Ieva Mediodia, Wayne Montecalvo, T.P. Moynihan, Portia Munson, Annie Nocenti, Caitlin Parker, Margo Pelletier, Chris Piazza, Myron Polenburg, Fawn Potash, Lucio Pozzi, Christopher Quirk, R. Keith Rendall, Howard Saunders, Sam Sebren, Nancy Shaver, Slink Moss, Allyson Strafella, Kianja Strobert, Oscar Strodl, Deirdre Swords, Nitin Vadukul, Susan Wides, Jennifer Zackin, Jared Handelsman, Ryder Cooley, Kahn & Selesnick, Jason Middlebrook, Tim Clifford, Earl Swanigan, Jackson, Nitin Vadukul, and others.

Special thanks to Nicole Fiacco for generously hosting this event.

WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties. This multi-faceted project will be much more than just a radio station. With studios in Catskill, Cairo, and Hudson, WGXC activities will include special exhibitions and events, workshops and media training for youth and adults, a news blog with writing and photography, and a local calendar of events, meetings, and other resources.

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air. Join us on February 13 and help launch WGXC-FM.

See WGXC.org for more info about WGXC.

Radio theater on WGXC

WGXC, the new community FM radio station free103point9 is launching in Greene and Columbia counties, is looking for radio theater of all types, all lengths, all genres, all ages, any possible kind of radio theater you can think of. WGXC would like to have a recurring one-minute play air every weekday in prime time, and other radio theater programs airing on Saturdays and late nights. Please send samples, links, letters of inquiry, and more to WGXC at info at WGXC.org or WGXC, 5662 Rt. 23, Acra., NY 12405.

Helsinki Hudson to open March 1

The video above features the new Helsinki Hudson, the club at Columbia St. near N. 4th St. in Hudson, which this blog reported earlier will open March 1. While there today picking up the $1000 donation the club made to WGXC, Cameron Melville showed us this new video of the club. It features many folks, including Evan Randall, who like the club, left Great Barrington last year for Hudson.

WGXC at Bank of Greene County

The Catskill branch of the Bank of Greene County is hosting a display of WGXC materials. If you would like to know more about community radio, stop by the bank's Catskill branch.

YouTube videos of WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball

"Rope Alley" by the Hudson City Ramblers at WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball at Basilica Industria in Hudson.

Also Facebook video of Lady Moon at WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball is here.

WGXC t-shirts for sale

Buy WGXC t-shirts and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties! WGXC stands for Greene x Columbia, and getting the station on the air will bring community access to the airwaves in this area. Help support community radio with a new t-shirt, with the WGXC logo in silver/grey/white on a black t-shirt. Sizes: adult male L, M, S; adult female L, M, S; child L, M, S. T-shirts $15 in Greene or Columbia counties; $20 outside those counties.
Click below to purchase with credit card via Paypal:

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live in Greene Cty $15.00 live in Columbia Cty $15.00 live outside the area $20.00

WGXC t-shirt any size

Become a WGXC Founding Member!

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the U.S. Commerce Department that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air.

We need folks to step up now and create a local community station. Become a Founding Member and get WGXC on the air and community radio will be beaming into your radio by the end of the year. We are very close to making a giant difference in the community, airing live town meetings, and giving citizens a voice with their local government officials. We are very close to bringing media training to local youth, who will then report on what is going on in the schools for WGXC. We are very close to airing live performances, festivals, and events on WGXC, and being a central information source for local farmers, artists, history buffs, and fans of interesting music. Together we can get that all and more on WGXC if you become a Founding Member.

3,300 watts at $25/watt = 82,500 & WGXC-FM IS ON THE AIR!

Founding member levels:

ELECTRODES = 1 watt ($25-49)

CAPACITORS = 2-4 watts ($50 - 124)

CIRCUITS = 5-9 watts ($125 - 249)

TRANSISTORS = 10 - 20 watts ($250 - 524)

TOWERS = 21 - 40 watts ($525 - 1,024)

ANTENNAE = 41 - 100 watts ($1,025 - 2,524)

TRANSMISSIONS = 101 - 200 watts ($2,525 - 5,000+)


DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW.

WGXC: Sound + Voice + Image

Feb. 13, 2010: 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.

at Nicole Fiacco Gallery
336 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534
518-828-5090

Admission: $10

Curated/Organized by: Paul Smart & Max Goldfarb

This event benefits WGXC's fundraising efforts to launch its FM signal in 2010. The evening will include performances and readings by: Peter Wetzler & Julie Hedrick, George Quasha, Maggie Estep, Brian Dewan, Bunnybrains, Peter Head, Lady Moon, Luc Sante, Studio Stu, Jody Rael, Sparrow, Rebecca Wolf, Sam Truitt, and Prana. Artworks will be on view and available by Matt Bua, Slink Moss, James Holl, Lucio Pozzi, Dan Devine, Mimi Lipson, Sam Sebren, Rainer Judd, Melora Kuhn, John Cleater, Dawn Breeze, Amy Maddon, Max Goldfarb, Marco Breuer, Caitlin Parker, Ieva Mediodia, Ken Landauer, Nancy Shaver, Leona Christie, Kianja Strobert, Jennifer Zackin, Allyson Strafella, Nicole Cherubini, Myron Polenburg, Justin Lieberman, Christopher Quirk, Howard Saunders, and others.

Special thanks to Nicole Fiacco for generously hosting this event.

WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties. This multi-faceted project will be much more than just a radio station. With studios in Catskill, Cairo, and Hudson, WGXC activities will include special exhibitions and events, workshops and media training for youth and adults, a news blog with writing and photography, and a local calendar of events, meetings, and other resources.

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air. Join us on February 13 and help launch WGXC-FM.

Win Gibson Les Paul guitar through WGXC raffle

Win a Les Paul Gibson guitar and help bring community radio to Greene and Columbia counties! Stop by Musica (17 N. 4th St. in Hudson, NY) to see the guitar on display, and purchase raffle tickets. Raffle tickets for the cherry sunburst guitar are $5 at Musica, and selected WGXC events, or $20 for five tickets. The drawing will be held on March 17, 2010. Buy raffle tickets online here, and online sales end March 16, 2010.

I "heart" WGXC

Feb. 6, 2010: 11 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

at Sorted
357 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534

Spend Saturday, February 6th with WGXC at Sorted: Shopping, Sounds, and Cider

free admission

Organized by Elizabeth Powell, this WGXC benefit event will feature goods made by local artisans such as leather bags, clothing, tabletop design, and other multiples and one-of-a-kind objects. Sound artist Hans Tammen will perform his "Endangered Guitar" throughout the day, culminating in a performance at 6 p.m. Just in time for Valentines day, proceeds from I "heart" WGXC will go towards acquiring the equipment needed to launch WGXC's FM signal on 90.7.

WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties. This multi-faceted project will be much more than just a radio station. With studios in Catskill and Hudson, WGXC activities will include special exhibitions and events, workshops and media training for youth and adults, a news blog with writing and photography, and a local calendar of events, meetings, and other resources.

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air. Join us on February 6th and help launch WGXC-FM.

About Hans Tammen's Endangered Guitar
In hundreds of solo performances since 1993, New York-based Hans Tammen has explored the sounds of concert halls and small clubs with an assortment of mechanical contrivances applied to his modified "endangered" guitars, interactive software programming, and stereo and multichannel sound systems. His music has been described as an alien world of bizarre textures and a journey through the land of unending sonic operations.

His instrument is a hybrid between a guitar and a computer, designed to react with the resonant frequencies of the room. It constantly records his sounds, and the information from the analysis of these sounds and the playing determines a wide variety of processes. This makes every performance a site-specific one, bringing the sonic qualities of the surrounding conditions to the listener's attention. www.tammen.org

About Elizabeth Powell
Elizabeth Powell is a designer who makes accessories from leather. She works and resides in Columbia County with her family.

About Sorted
Sorted is a small, fully solar-powered graphic design studio in Hudson, NY. Special thanks to Antony Katz for making his beautiful space available for this event. sortofsorted.com

WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball schedule

SCHEDULE OF PERFORMERS FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE
(subject to slight change)

MAINSTAGE
6:00 - 8:00 - DJ Jim McCabe/Trixie Bingo in dining room table.
8:00 - 8:45 - Lady Moon
8:45 - 9:00 - Children's confetti drop/Ryder aerial dance
9:00 - 10:00 - Young Paris/Saber Coup
10:00 - 10:30 Ryder aerial dance then The Bleeding Hearts belly dancers
10:25 - 10:55 - Hudson City Ramblers
10:55 - MC announcements
11:00 - 11:45 - Mother Fletcher
11:45-12:15 - champagne, Diata Diata drumming with Ryder aerial dance and The Bleeding Hearts belly dancing
12:15-1:00 Bella's Bartok
1- The Bleeding Hearts belly dancers/Ryder aerial dance
1:30 - DJ Jackie Thomas

THEATRE
8:05 Abby Lappin
8:45 - Norman Douglas radio play
9:35 - 10:05 Rob Hervey
10:10 - Liv Carrow, Alan Coone, & Jake Plourde
11 - Evan Randall
11:45 - 12:15 - Sounds of Main Stage
12:15 - 1:00 - The Magic Stranger
1-1:30 - Hi-NRG from Giorgio
1:30 - The Sisters Three
2:15 - Rye'n Clover & astickandastone
3:00- M.A.S.S.

Chatham Brewing to provide drinks for WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball

Chatham Brewing will be providing the beer for the WGXC New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball at Basilica Industria in Hudson. As a community radio station, WGXC wants to work with as many local businesses as possible, so support them and their all-natural beers! Servers from Jason's Upstairs Bar in Hudson will help get you those tasty beers on New Year's Eve. You can buy tickets for the event at Spotty Dog Books & Ale, 440 Warren St. in Hudson. Lady Moon, M.A.S.S., Saber Coup, Bella's Bartok, DJ Jackie Thomas, Mother Fletcher, Young Paris, Trixie (MC), Diata Diata, Hudson City Ramblers, Evan Randall,The Magic Stranger, Rob Hervey, DJ Jim McCabe, Ryan Clover & astickandastone, The Bleeding Hearts, Liv Carrow, an aerial performance from Ryder Cooley, and a Norman Douglas radio play are some of the confirmed performers/performances. Click here for full information about the event:
http://www.free103point9.org/events/2223/

WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball

The Incident Report window at 348 Warren St. in Hudson is now devoted to WGXC and our New Year's Masquerade Ball fundraiser. The display will stay up through New Year's. Photo by Max Goldfarb.

WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball

This flyer by Alan Coon (Spotty Dog Books & Ale) will be in the Incident Report window on Warren Street in Hudson through New Year's.

WGXC's New year's Masquerade Ball

ABOUT THE SOME OF THE PERFORMERS/PERFORMANCES AT WGXC'S NEW YEAR'S MASQUERADE BALL


Mother Fletcher is a rhythmic Hudson-based band.


Saber Coup is a Hudson-based rock 'n' roll band.


Young Paris is a Hudson-based hip hop performer who will perform with Saber Coup at this event.


Bella's Bartok Western Massachusetts' premier Acoustic Gypsy Punk Circus Band, and sometimes Western Massachusetts's premier Gypsy Balkan Rockabilly Fusion Party in a Box (just squeeze).

Diata Diata The Percussion Ensemble of Diata Diata International Folkloric Theatre is led by husband and wife team André and Pamela Badila, accompanied by their children, who were raised on the stage in New York and France. Founded in 1985, Diata Diata presents folkloric dance of ancestral Africa as international theatre, including wildly popular performances at Hudson schools.


Hudson City Ramblers The Hudson City Ramblers were born on a winter night in Columbia County when slap bassist Mikey "Chops" LeConte invited Slink Moss to perform at a benefit at the Taconic Wayside Inn in Copake, New York. Slink Moss brought Aigars Kildiss and Joe Lucas from the Slink Moss East Coast Band and they jammed wildcat rockabilly with the house band.

Rob Hervey of Saugerties has been studying didjeridoo since 1996 and plays the Australian instrument through a variety of effects.

Ryder Cooley is an inter-disciplinary artist, performer and musician. She will perform aeriel dances several times throughout this event.

Jackie Thomas is a Hudson-based DJ who has spun on WBCR (Great Barrington), and at many events in Hudson and NYC.


Lady Moon is a Hudson-based performer, who will play with Saber Coup at this show.

Evan Randall recently moved to Hudson from Great Barrington.

The Magic Stranger is John Cleater of Columbiaville, who is a founding member of internationally acclaimed Performance Group, The Builders Association, creating designs for many of their cross media productions. He has worked as project architect with Asymptote for clients including the New York Stock Exchange, Documenta XI, BMW Headquarters, The Guggenheim Virtual Museum, and Carlos Meile. He will DJ at this event, international psychedelic music from 1969.

Jim McCabe is a Columbia County resident who will DJ at this event.

Liv Carrow is a Hudson-based guitarist.

The Lottery at Hudson is a fictional work/radio play by Norman Douglas that uses the radio documentary format familiar to listeners of National Public Radio. Stylistic paradigms can be found in such programs as Joe Frank (now in reruns on WNYC AM Sunday nights at 11, wnyc.org), WBEZ's This American Life, WNYC's RadioLab, and even a few podcasts like the memory palace. "The Lottery at Hudson" is the small but intricately woven story of how a humble community of approximately 7500 souls living alongside the banks of upstate New York's mid-Hudson River transforms itself into a functioning utopia of sorts. What sort of utopia seems to have arisen largely from the appeal of one person's singular perspective, a multifaceted vision culled from various sources that an otherwise unremarkable teacher and student of history has stumbled across during his twenty-odd years of service in the field of public education.

WGXC in the news

The WGXC Council, (front row): Debra Kamecke, Kathleen Packard, Tom Roe, Hosneara Kader, Kaya Weidman, Max Goldfarb;(back row) Andrew Turner, Paul Smart, Hudson Talbott, Alan Skerett, Dharma Dailey. Missing: Christina Malisoff. Photo from Chronogram by Galen Joseph-Hunter.

Peter Aaron writes about WGXC in Chronogram, here.

WGXC in The Daily Freeman by Ariel Zangla.

WGXC in the Hudson Valley Business Journal (scroll to page 5).


WGXC's Tom Roe and Galen Joseph-Hunter in Hudson Valley Magazine by Shannon Gallagher. Photo by Michael Polito.

WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball tickets on sale at Spotty Dog

Tickets for WGXC's New Year's Masquerade Ball are available now at The Spotty Dog Books & Ale at 440 Warren St. in Hudson.

Basilica Industria, the enormous performance space just down the street from the Amtrak Train Station in Hudson, will host a giant fundraiser for WGXC this New Year's Eve. There will be bands, DJs, and all sorts of other performers to be announced soon. Lady Moon, M.A.S.S., Saber Coup, Bella's Bartok, DJ Jackie Thomas, Mother Fletcher, Young Paris, Trixie (MC), Diata Diata, Hudson City Ramblers, Evan Randall, an aerial performance from Ryder Cooley, Liv Carrow, and a Norman Douglas radio play are some of the confirmed performers/performances.

Jason's Upstairs Bar will help with the champagne toast (included with admission) and the bar; The Main Street Public House in Philmont will sell food; Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters will keep everyone going; Chronogram magazine is co-sponsoring the whole show, and many other local businesses will be involved.

We need help with this event! If you would like to be involved contact Tom Roe (tom@wgxc.org) or Kaya Weidman (at kaya@wgxc.org) to help organize this giant party fundraiser to get WGXC on the air and bring community radio to this area. WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball cosponsored by Chronogram magazine.

WGXC got a 3,300-watt non-commercial license from the FCC to start a community radio station that will cover most of Greene and Columbia counties. WGXC hopes to go on the air next summer. WGXC recently got a $71,000 grant from the Commerce Department to pay for half of the transmitter, antenna, and studio equipment. WGXC needs to match the other half of the grant, and raise $71,000 by March 31, 2010. Please help us bring community radio to this area.

Click here to buy tickets online with Paypal/credit card.

Also buy tickets in person at Spotty Dog Books & Ale, 440 Warren St. in Hudson, NY.

Buy tickets to the WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball

Brown Paper Tickets are selling the online tickets to the WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball at Basilica Industria 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. New Year's. Click here to buy tickets online with Paypal/credit card, $25 plus $1.99 service charge. Tickets will soon also be available through businesses in Columbia and Greene counties.

WGXC New Year's Masquerade Ball

DOWNLOAD FLYERS, TO PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE:

Please help WGXC by downloading any of these PDFs, and printing as many flyers as you can. Please take your flyers to various local businesses, or, if you have extras, drop them off at Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters across from the Amtrak train station.

NYE Flyer #1
NYE Flyer #2
NYE Flyer #3

Catskill WGXC Sound-Voice Benefit

An evening of poetry and music featuring Brenda Coultas + Brian Dewan + Charles Stein + Christopher Stackhouse + Coleen Murphy Alexander + Daniel Nester + Frank Cuthbert + George Quasha + Hudson Talbott + Ira Sher + Jared Handelsman + Kim Jaye + Loni Pont + Michael Ruby + Nick Flynn + Paul McMahon + Peter Head + Prana + Rachel Levitsky + Sparrow + Stephen Elliott + Studio Stu + Susan Sindall + The Unbearables + Timothy Liu + Violet Snow and many others in support of WGXC: Hands-on Radio in Greene and Columbia Counties. This special event also features works available by the Garden Goddesses, and will be held 7-10 p.m. Sat. Nov. 14 at BRIK Gallery, 347 Main St. in Catskill. $5 admission.

The "Garden Goddesses" are a group of working artists who garden in Catskill and the surrounding areas. Members have been meeting for just under a year at each other's homes, studios, and gardens. Although the artists work in various media including music, painting, photography, poetry, and sculpture. Their love of gardening and their pioneering spirits bring them together to reflect on their work, their gardens, and how they influence each other. At the November 14th benefit the Garden Goddesses will exhibit works by "the goddesses" and photos of them in their gardens, that will be for sale in support of WGXC. This installation is a glimpse into the personal worlds of the artists and the forces that drive them creatively and spiritually. The Garden Goddesses include Victoria Brill, Alice Caulfield, Sasha Chermayeff, Tasha Depp, Lex Grey, Ruth Leonard, Portia Munson, Dina Palin, Fawn Potash, Erica Potrzeba, and Cate Woodruff.

Catskill WGXC Sound-Voice Benefit is organized by Sam Truitt, Fawn Potash, and Paul Smart.

WGXC is a community-run media project, re-envisioning radio as an innovative platform for local participation. Our inclusive programming connects diverse voices, and distributes information across the public spectrum in New York's Greene and Columbia counties. This multi-faceted project will be much more than just a radio station. With studios in Catskill and Hudson, WGXC activities will include special exhibitions and events, workshops and media training for youth and adults, a news blog with writing and photography, and a local calendar of events, meetings, and other resources.

WGXC volunteers are working hard to launch a 3,300-watt community radio station. More than 78,000 people throughout Greene and Columbia counties will be able to receive the signal on 90.7-FM. WGXC received its license from the FCC and a grant from the US Commerce Dept that will cover 50 percent of our equipment needs. We now need to raise matching funds in order to get on the air. Join us on November 14 and help launch WGXC-FM.

WGXC coffee at Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters

Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters in Hudson is now selling WGXC coffee. Proceeds from every sale benefit your new community radio station. Stop by Strongtree, across from the Hudson Amtrack train station, and buy some beans to help WGXC get on the air. 1 lb bag of special WGXC blend coffee costs $11.

Strongtree Organic Coffee Roasters
60 South Front St. at Train Depot, Hudson, NY 12534
(518) 828-8778


About Strongtree:

"Strongtree is a family owned, quality driven organic coffee roaster located in historic Hudson, New York.

We source 100 percent Certified Organic, premium lots of heirloom Arabica cultivars from master growers who practice responsible land stewardship. All of our coffees come from small farms and cooperative unions where the workers are valued, empowered and rewarded. We guarantee clear traceability, sustainability and responsibility in our supply chain. Strongtree is Fair Trade Certified by TransFair USA and Rainforest Alliance Certified.

Strongtree follows the time honored, traditional methods of our craft to capture and enhance the true flavor of the coffee bean. Our focus is on your great coffee experience through careful selection of premium beans, traditional small batch Probat roasting, hand packaging, advanced brewing technology and personalized service. By putting care into the entire process from seed to cup, we know you’ll taste a difference."

WGXC at Greene County Youth Fair

For the next four days WGXC will record performances and create a radio stream of the event. Cairo-Durham High School students Michael Davis and Jordan Smith will host much of the broadcasts. WGXC is looking for other youth to host the event, interview participants, and run the radio show. WGXC's Erin Roberts, Dharma Dailey, Kaya Weidman, Alex Malmude, Tom Roe, and Galen Joseph-Hunter will aid the students, and run the broadcasts when Davis and Smith cannot be there, or if no other trained youth are around. Live from Cairo Town Park, free admission. Thu-Sat, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m. To join the broadcast team, e-mail info @ wgxc.org. WGXC is free103point9's new community radio station for Greene and Columbia counties in upstate New York. "Hands-On Radio" is the station's slogan.
Greene County Youth Fair.