FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ken Beck
September 11, 2003 (212) 621-635
Ninth Annual Radio Festival
Festival Includes:
·
Seminars
with Felix Hernandez, Brian Lehrer,
Curtis Sliwa, and WCBS-FM
·
Live
Broadcasts with John Gambling, Kurt Andersen’s Studio 360,
a 20th Anniversary Broadcast with Hal Jackson,
and CMJ Music Marathon Broadcasts with
KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and
Seattle’s KEXP-FM,
among others.
New York, NY—The Museum of Television & Radio will present its
Ninth Annual Radio Festival from Thursday, October 16 to Sunday, October 26,
2003. The ten day festival is a unique
opportunity for the Museum to join with members of radio's creative community
to celebrate the powerful presence of radio through seminars, live broadcasts,
live radio drama, and more. Funding for
this Festival is generously provided by Clear Channel Worldwide, Interep, and
The Mel Karmazin Foundation, with additional support provided by Sirius. Special thanks to the Festival’s Media Partners for
their in-kind support: Broadcasting & Cable;
Radio Ink; Radio & Records; and Radio World.
This year's
Festival will feature three seminars including legendary oldies radio station
WCBS-FM, celebrating their 30th anniversary, discussing the
station’s place in the New York radio landscape; a panel of talk radio hosts
will discuss the state of the format in 2003 with an emphasis on the role that
talk radio plays in the public square; and Felix Hernandez will discuss his
seventeen years on New York City’s airwaves and his program of classic soul,
R&B music, and Rhythm Revue.
In addition to the
seminars, the Festival will feature live radio broadcasts of local and
nationally syndicated programs, including Hal Jackson, John Gambling,
Morning Becomes Eclectic with Nic Harcourt, All Mixed Up with Peter Bochan,
Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, and Radio
Thrift Shop, as well as broadcasts
from WWRL, WLIB, WAWZ, and KEXP. The
Festival will also include a radio drama with Stage Shadows.
SEMINARS
These
seminars will bring together radio personalities and behind-the-scenes talent
to discuss a variety of topics. Panelists will also take questions from the
audience. Seminars currently scheduled
include:
Radio’s Dance Party: Felix Hernandez and Rhythm
Revue
Monday,
October 20; 6:00 to 7:30 p.m
For seventeen years New York weekends have
belonged to Felix Hernandez and his program of classic soul and R&B music, Rhythm Revue. Heard each Saturday on
non-commercial WBGO-FM and Sundays on commercial Kiss FM (WRKS), the program
boasts the largest audience of any weekend program on New York radio. A
testament to the popularity of the program are Hernandez’s monthly sold-out
dance parties at the Roseland Ballroom. In addition to his weekly show,
Hernandez has also produced such popular syndicated programs as Harlem Hit Parade, BluesStage, and the
Latin music program Club del Sol.
Hernandez will discuss his career in radio and the elements that have made his
programs so popular.
Talk Radio in the 21st Century
Tuesday, October 21; 6:00 to
7:30 p.m.
During the 1990s much
was made of the perceived power of talk radio, particularly in relation to what
was known as the “Republican revolution.” Nearly a decade later talk radio
remains an important and popular format with over 1,300 stations that
collectively reach a larger audience than any other radio format. Panelists will
discuss the state of the format in 2003 with an emphasis on the role that talk
radio plays in the public square. Does talk radio have an impact on the
political process, or does it merely mirror the thinking of Americans? Also to
be examined will be the issue of diversity among the many voices of talk radio.
In Person: Amy Goodman, WBAI-FM, Host, Democracy Now!; Brian Lehrer, WNYC-FM, Host, The
Brian Lehrer Show; Bev
Smith, WWRL-AM, Host, The Bev Smith
Show and Straight Up With Bev Smith;
Ed Walsh, WOR-AM, Host, The WOR Morning Show;
Curtis Sliwa, WABC-AM, Host, Curtis and Kuby in the Morning; Phil Boyce, WABC-AM, Program Director.
Thursday, October 23; 6:00 to
7:30 p.m.
For over three decades
WCBS-FM has been spinning the oldies for New York-area listeners. Starting in
1972 the station became one of the first in the nation to adopt the format, and
it is now the longest running and most listened to oldies station in the
country. Throughout, the station has kept alive the spirit of the Top Forty AM
stations of the 1950s and 1960s. On-air personalities and programmers will
discuss the history of the station and its place in the New York radio
landscape.
In Person: Bill
Brown, Joe McCoy, Program Director, “Cousin Brucie” Morrow,
Don
K. Reed, Norm N. Nite and Bob
Shannon
LIVE RADIO BROADCASTS
The
Radio Festival will include live broadcasts of local and nationally syndicated
programs from the Museum's Ralph Guild Radio Studio and theaters. These broadcasts, which are open to the
public, allow visitors not only to listen to a radio broadcast, but also to
experience the behind-the-scenes components of the broadcast as it is
happening. Scheduled broadcasts to date include:
WAWZ-FM, New Jersey, 99.1
FM
Thursday, October 16;
3:00 to 8:00 p.m.
WNYC-AM/FM &
Nationally Syndicated, New York, 820 AM/93.9 FM
Thursday, October 16;
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Morning Show, WWRL-AM,
New York, 1600 AM
Friday, October 17;
6:00 to 10:00 a.m.
John Gambling,
WABC-AM, New York, 770 AM
KCRW-FM & Nationally
Syndicated, Santa Monica, 89.9 FM
Friday, October 17;
1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
All Mixed Up with
Peter Bochan, WBAI-FM, New York, 99.5 FM
John in the Morning,
KEXP-FM, Seattle, KEXP.org
Monday, October 20 and
Tuesday, October 21; 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
These broadcasts are held
in conjunction with the CMJ Music Marathon
Jonesville Station, WFMU-FM, Jersey City, 91.1 FM
Monday, October 20;
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 21;
6:00 to 10:00 a.m.
KEXP in the Afternoon, KEXP-FM, Seattle, KEXP.org
Wednesday, October 22
through Friday, October 24; 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
These broadcasts are held
in conjunction with the CMJ Music Marathon
Morning Becomes
Eclectic with Nic Harcourt, KCRW-FM, Santa Monica, 89.9 FM
Thursday, October 23
and Friday, October 24; 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
These broadcasts are held
in conjunction with the CMJ Music Marathon
The Whole Wide World
with Rita Houston, WFUV-FM, New
York, 90.7 FM
Friday, October 24;
8:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop, WFMU-FM, Jersey City, 91.1 FM
Saturday, October 25;
12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
This broadcast is held in
conjunction with the CMJ Music Marathon
Hal Jackson’s Sunday
Classics/20th Anniversary, WBLS-FM,
New York, 107.5 FM
Sunday, October 26; 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
LIVE RADIO DRAMA
Festivalgoers
will have the opportunity to experience the excitement of listening to—and
watching—a live drama.
Stage Shadows Mystery
Theatre
"Radio Like You've
Never Seen It!" ™
Internet
Broadcast
Monday, October 20;
7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Be part of the audience as Stage Shadows presents a mystery double feature, Murder in the
Mirror and Landslide. This
hour of original audio theater, Stage Shadows’s seventh Radio Festival
broadcast, is performed by a New York company of actors, musicians, and sound
artists, nominated for a 2003 Edgar Award.
The show is recorded and aired over the Internet.
LISTENING SERIES
The
following curated radio listening series will run continuously in the Ralph
Guild Radio Listening Room:
Worlds Without End “Soap Operas on Radio”
The Man in Black: Johnny Cash on Radio
A Corwin Kaleidoscope: Norman Corwin's
Radio Work
Bob & Ray on Radio
Creaking Doors & Rattling Chains:
Horror on Radio
TICKET INFORMATION
5:00
p.m.
For information on becoming a Member of The Museum of
Television & Radio, please call our Membership Department at (212) 621-6780
or visit www.mtr.org.
For more information on the Museum's
Annual Radio Festival in New York, please call the Museum's press office at
(212) 621-6735.
The Museum of Television & Radio, with locations in New York and Los Angeles, is a nonprofit organization founded by William S. Paley to collect and preserve television and radio programs and advertisements, and to make them available to the public. From its inception in 1975, the Museum has organized exhibitions, screening and listening series, seminars, and education classes to showcase its collection of more than 110,000 television and
radio programs and advertisements. Programs in the
Museum’s permanent collection are selected for their artistic, cultural, and
historic significance. The Museum has initiated a process to acquire Internet
programming for the collection.
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The
Museum of Television & Radio in New York, located at 25 West 52 Street in
Manhattan, is open Tuesdays through Sundays from noon to 6:00 p.m. and until
8:00 p.m. on Thursdays. The Museum of Television & Radio in California,
located at 465 North Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills is open Wednesdays through
Sundays from noon to 5:00 p.m. Both Museums are closed on New Year's Day,
Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Suggested contribution: Members
free; $10.00 for adults; $8.00 for senior citizens and students; and $5.00 for
children under fourteen. Admission is free in Los Angeles. The public areas in both Museums are
accessible to wheelchairs, and assisted listening devices are available.
Programs are subject to change. You may call the Museum in New York at (212)
621-6800, or in Los Angeles at (310) 786-1000.
Visit the Museum’s website at www.mtr.org.
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