Submitted announcement
WSIE-FM (88.7) —The Jazz Station, broadcasting from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, will be conducting an on-air fund drive from 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, with scheduled breaks in between.
During the weekend, special guests will visit or call the station studio to chat with on-air personalities Dick Ulett, WSIE news coordinator Peter Bradley, as well as WSIE General Manager Gregory J. Conroy.
Some of the scheduled guests include MaxJazz Records executive Rich McDonnell; Bach to the Future Band members Mike and Rob Silverman; jazz photographer Roscoe Crenshaw, and SIUE Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe, to name a few.
Saturday Night at The Chase Park-Plaza, a weekly show of music from legendary singers of the 1960s and 1970s, and part of the fund-raising weekend, will begin at 7 p.m. that Saturday with hosts Evan Johnson, Kelly Hoffman and John Uzell. Many of the selections are from vinyl albums in the WSIE vault.
The station will offer WSIE premium items for giveaways at various levels of funding, including a beverage tumbler and a stylish desk clock, CDs from the MaxJazz recording label in St. Louis, a Miles Davis CD and a Herbie Hancock CD, both from the Legacy label, with cuts not often heard before.
Conroy said proceeds will benefit the station’s equipment and operating funds. “We conduct these radio-thon weekends twice a year” he said, “usually in the spring and fall.” He said some of the needs of the station include a new transmitter, audio system component upgrades and music library enhancements.
“I realize our listeners tend to prefer we don’t talk about financial need, especially in this economic climate,” Conroy said, “but a good portion of our budget comes from our loyal listeners, so this becomes necessary.
“We will try to make this weekend uniquely entertaining, continuing to play great jazz and interesting interviews between the fund-raising portions of the weekend.”
In addition to the modern American Jazz for the St. Louis region from the 1950s to the present, WSIE-FM—The Jazz Station, broadcasts news, public affairs and SIUE Cougar Sports.
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