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August 2007 State of the Station
Welcome to WCOM's Enews. WCOM 103.5 is our community station that provides a different kind of radio. In August of last year, WCOM volunteers came together to determine what was needed to ensure the continuing growth of the station and its goal to facilitate community access to the airwaves for the purpose of sharing culture, news, music and information. This report to you, our supporters, our underwriters and our growing number of listeners, celebrates the accomplishments of that effort over the past year and lays out some of our dreams for the future. Full story...
This past year – August 2006 to August 2007 - WCOM:
• Added over 25 new, live, locally produced programs to even better become “your voice in the community”
• Totally redesigned the website including Spanish
• Provided timely response to persons interested in becoming involved with grassroots radio
• Switched WCOM internet streaming to Ibiblio
• Developed communications with The People’s Channel and The Carrboro Citizen
• Improved communications with sponsors
• Joined the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce
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Dreams for the future
What’s Going On
WCOM Wish List and more... |
Grillin' and Chillin' at Weaver St. Market
 This Thursday, August 30, from 6-8pm, WCOM is scheduled to be the featured nonprofit at Weaver Street Market’s 2007 After Hours concert series, with Contrazz, a jazz fusion band, taking the stage, as WCOM volunteers man the grills to raise money for our all-volunteer station. Come on out and join the fun and support WCOM! |
WCOM Goes to Broadway
Chris Frank, one of the original creators of WCOM as we know it, opens at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway in “Lone Star Love” on December 3rd. In his role of Bardolph he will be part of the trio of Falstaff’s men in a take-off on Shakespeare’s “Merry Wives of Windsor,” along with Red Clay Rambler members Jack Herrick as Pistol and Emily Mikell as Nim. Falstaff is being played by Randy Quaid in his first appearance in Broadway theatre. Full story...
Chris has been a member of the Red Clay Ramblers for many years as a highly gifted artist on guitar, accordion, tuba, ukelele and trombone. He played in Doug Marlette’s “Kudzu” as the Mystic Pilgrim at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. and in an off-Broadway production of a previous incarnation of “Lone Star Love.”
When asked for a ‘message to the world’ Chris replied, “Come see us in Lone Star Love.” We thought that was a good message, but prodded him for more, so he answered through the character of Mystic Pilgrim, “The lower you fall, the higher you bounce.”
Here’s hoping you bounce real high, Chris! |
Listener Survey
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DJs in the News
 Ernie Hood is featured in the Summer 2007 Sigma XI news.
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