Archive for August 2008

The Off Grid Enviro Show

Greetings Earthlings. Time to turn our collective back on King Coal; Big Nuke; Big Hydro & Big Wind and see about generating our own power. Yes, it’s home utilities hour with our friend Brad Compton who lives out in the woods a good distance from power lines and the grip of corporate America. [...]

VFR Jobs for Fulfilling Work Requirements

rom Eric: Hello VFR DJs!
As you know, VFR is finally getting around to making it possible and easy to help your all – volunteer station keep rolling AND fulfill your 2 hour-per-month work requirement.   It’ll be fun!*  The bad news here is that if you don’t get a job assignment and start logging your [...]

Music Collective Meeting Minutes 7.22.08

 
Present:  Eddie Kennedy (Music Collective Liaison), Linda Kennedy, Jay
Chase, Butch Bouchard, Steve Cutting, Rikk Desgres, Joann Lutz, Bush I
Harvey Altmai.
 
Apologies sent from Lila Wolan and Steve Curylo.

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 08.27.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, M
Total Running Time: 56:39
This Week’s Topics:
–The 2008 Democratic National Convention begins and Joe Biden is chosen as Barack Obama’s vice presidential running mate.
–Hillary Clinton’s speech at the DNC, trying to convince her primary voters to vote for Obama in [...]

Programming Committee Meeting Minutes 8.21.08

Programming Committee Meeting Minutes 8.21.08:
Attended: Keely Malone, Alan Vogel, Bush-I Harvey, Butch Bouchard
1) New Lock Combo and Volunteer Hours
An email was sent out to the News & Politics Collective and the Arts & Culture collective about members needing to report their hours worked to their liaisons or they will not get the new combo.
Two people [...]

A Baha’i Perspective: 08.23.2008

Warren Odess-Gillett interviews Vito Benenati, a Baha’i from Long Island who was adrift after returning from the Vietnam War, but found direction after running into the Baha’i Faith. Before playing this interview, Warren plays a piece from National Public Radio about a Baha’i family hosting an interfaith children’s class focusing on virtues.

VFR General Membership Meeting August 20, 2008

7-9 PM Media Education Foundation Meeting Room

Happily In attendance:
Mo Ringey (Clerk), Fidel Hidalgo, Bob Gardner, Dana Prescott, Tony Shannon, Ed Russell, Johanna Halbeisen, Steve Curylo

Midweek Politics with David Pakman – 08.20.2008

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
*NOTE: The first 10 minutes of this week’s recording were mangled and had to be cut. The interview and almost all of the content did make it into the recording.*
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, M
Total Running Time: 39:16
This Week’s Topics:
–Ed O’Reilly, who is running [...]

General Meeting Agenda 8.20.08

Wednesday 7-9 pm
Media Education Foundation
60 Masonic St. Northampton
AGENDA
-Fundraising Meeting
-September Pledge Drive
-Publicity/Valley Advocate Flyer
-New Programming Co-Coordinator
-Volunteering/New Lock

A Baha’i Perspective 08.16.2008

My son, Damian, was at the Northeast Baha’i Youth Conference this year where 1000 young people gathered in Stamford CT. At this conference, Rainn Wilson, who plays the supporting character role of Dwight Shrute in the hit TV sitcom, The Office, was there as the keynote speaker. Damian had the opportunity to have [...]