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Learn more about the future of Internet Radio on Whidbey

Posted on 05/24/2013 by | Leave a comment

Whidbey AIR logo 20130513 180x124Can I hear it in my car?  Can I hear it on my phone?  Why do I want to hear it?  Just  exactly what can I hear?  Do I have to buy something?  But I’m afraid of computers!  I don’t trust the Internet!   My grandchildren mentioned something about this.  But will it harm the environment? And how does this thing work?

Everything you ever wanted to know about

Internet Radio

. . .but were afraid to ask!

Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m. - Coupeville Public Library [map]

Sunday, June 9, 10 a.m. - Whidbey Telecom in Freeland [map]

WhidbeyAIR – all-Internet, non-commercial public radio – for Whidbey Island invites you to a free, informative discussion about the potential of non-commercial Internet public radio to serve our island’s diverse communities.

Please come and bring your friends!

Hear the sounds and voices of Whidbey at http://www.whidbeyair.org

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We’ll have a demonstration of an internet *radio tuner

*WhidbeyAIR does not indorse any specific home or car internet radio tuner or App. The pictures below are strictly posted as examples of what is available to the public at this time. 

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We will have one version of an internet radio at the demonstration 

Come learn more about the future of internet radio and find out more about WhidbeyAIR

Thursday, May 30, 7 p.m. - Coupeville Public Library [map]

Sunday, June 9, 10 a.m. - Whidbey Telecom in Freeland [map]

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Whidbey AIR & Home Connections Radio Lab Class and KIRO’s Rachel Belle

Posted on 01/08/2013 by | Leave a comment

HC Radio KIRO Belle

Whidbey AIR has been assisting the Home Connections School in Oak Harbor with a radio lab class again this semester, and oh what fun!    It is our 2nd year working with Home Connections.

Adding some spice to the class this year,  Home Connections teacher Kelly Hall contacted KIRO Radio’s Rachel Belle and asked her to come to Home Connections to share with our students what it’s like to be a “real” radio host.   In her usual bubbly fashion Rachel agreed !

December 14th – Rachel came to the Home Connections campus in Oak Harbor, held an assembly for the students, showed them some of the equipment she uses to record and produce her show, and answered student questions about who, what, why and how she became a radio personality, produces her shows and find ideas for her subjects.

Then they all loaded up into parents cars and mini vans and headed to the Whidbey AIR studio for an on air LIVE interview with Rachel.

If you missed that interview it will be available again in Feb. IN conjunction with the Home Connections radio show “Home Connections Radio Magazine” – stay tuned.

If you have a kid who’s interested in recording, radio, music or hosting a show – contact us at feedback@kwparadio.org and we’ll set up a meeting time to help your young broadcaster what it takes to get involved with Whidbey AIR.

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Author of End of Silence – Dorothy “Dot” Read joins Mary Rose and Annie

Posted on 12/17/2012 by | Leave a comment

15594_573123042705273_1267189368_nAuthor Dorothy “Dot” Read joined hosts Mary Rose and Annie on Whidbey AIR’s Isle of the Arts to share the story of how her book End the Silence came to be written, how she spends her time helping other writers through the Whidbey Island Writers Association, and to read a selection from her book.

end-the-silence-book-cvverEnd the Silence is the memoir of  Ilse Evelijn Veere Smit, who was interned in a Japanese concentration camp for Dutch and Indo women and children, during World War II.

In 1945, Ilse, her 3 younger siblings and their mother lived in a vermin-infested bungalow with 35 other people at Camp Halmaheira on the island of Java.  During their internment, Ilse’s mother and several other women in that squalid bungalow were arrested for a “crime”, forcing Ilse to be responsible for herself and her younger siblings.  Surviving the camp, and eventually being freed at the end of WWII, Ilse found herself in the middle of a bloody Indonesian revolution, targeted for death.

Taking in excess of 5 yrs. to write End the Silence is a story of endurance, suffering and triumph.

A key volunteer with Whidbey Island Writers Association (WIWA) Dot also devotes time to the Altar Guild, the Banners and Paraments Committee and choir at her church.

During this interview Annie Zeller Horton will also be reading, from a WIWA submission.

You can find more information about Dot’s book End the Silence on her website or at Createspace.

Listen >Dorothy Read on Isle of the Arts – Dec 17 2012

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Perry Woodfin’s DEBUT on Whidbey AIR

Posted on 11/13/2012 by | 7 Comments

Hello Listeners,

Local Whidbey artist, and writer, Perry Woodfin, has been working on production of his new Whidbey AIR show Adult Content.  It’s been exciting and fun to have Perry contributing to our community generated content on Whidbey AIR. As per the title of his show, the best we can say is – don’t judge a show by its title.  During Adult Content Perry reads his original writings, accompanied by his choice of music, and not a vulgarity in sight.

This first edition includes a short story, When the Dust Settles, and two poems, Master Mind and Tracking Me.  Below is a note from Perry concerning this piece.

LISTEN Adult Content with Perry Woodfin – When the Dust Settles and 2 Poems

“My father, Don Woodfin, was a very resourceful man. He would use every opportunity to invent tools and was a real master of all trades. While living on Vashon Island he met and became friends with Betty McDonald and her husband. Betty MacDonald was the author of “The Egg and I”, among many other creations. Betty and her husband hired my dad to build a barn for them on their property. That barn is now on the National Historic Register as being considered historically relevant. Betty and her husband and my father and mother had many good times together until she died of cancer. “When the Dust Settled” is a story about my father and the type of character that he was; always positive always looking forward. I believe that’s why Betty liked my father. She possessed that same type of personality. All of her characters showed that.”  —– Perry Woodfin 

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AND !!! there’s a little surprise at the end of Perry’s show from Whidbey AIR host Annie Zeller Horton.  - Enjoy.  And thank you for supporting community generated public radio on Whidbey Island.

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Spoiled Dog Host Whidbey Air Fundraiser !

Posted on 09/05/2012 by | Leave a comment

KWPA Celebrates All Things Whidbey at Sept. 15  Event

COME ONE – COME ALL – Support Public Radio on Whidbey Island

Spoiled Dog Winery will be hosting a fun fundraiser for Whidbey AIR

Whidbey’s All-Internet Radio

KWPA, Whidbey’s only streaming public radio station features local programming streamed from Deception Pass to Clinton and all around the world.

Whidbey’s Spoiled Dog Winery is located at 5881 Maxwelton Road near Langley.

Ample free parking is available. A $15 donation per person is suggested.
Those attending will enjoy a relaxing afternoon of Whidbey wine, food and music. They will sample local wines from Spoiled Dog Winery and an array of finger foods from local ingredients prepared by Red Rooster Catering Chef Edward J. Gallo. Among the local food producers contributing to the event are Greenbank Farm, Willowood Farm, Tree-Top Baking and The Little Brown Farm. Live music will be performed during the event by Whidbey’s own Red Rooster Catering Chef Edward J. Gallo group.
KWPA’s All Things Whidbey event coincides with the seventh annual Whidbey Island Farm Tour, which takes place both Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16. Farm Tour visitors are invited to include an afternoon stop at the Spoiled Dog Winery while on their tour.
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KWPA Whidbey AIR streams Whidbey-centric programming 24 hours a day from its web site at http://www.kwparadio.org. KWPA is also available to smart phone and tablet users through the iTunes web site. In recent months, the station has added dozens of hours of local programming by Whidbey artists and others.
“We are the voice of Whidbey Island to the world,” said Gwen Samelson, president of KWPA’s board. “The internet gives us the ability to stream our local programming to all those who love our island – no matter where they are.”
The station is currently in an urgent fundraising drive to keeps its internet stream going. KWPA, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, needs at least $15,000 per year to pay for music licensing, studio rent, insurance, utilities and other basic costs. All donations to KWPA are tax deductible.

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NEW SHOW Hosts in Training !

Posted on 08/13/2012 by | Leave a comment

Plugging right along building a radio station is just the same as building a house.  It is taking twice (or 3 times) as long and twice (or 5 times) the cost!  None the less we’re getting down with some training for new hosts.

Art Durand is joined by Dianna Worth, Annie Zeller-Horton and Jen McGrath.

Art and Dianna will be doing live shows (recorded while live for re-broadcast) while Annie and Jen will be doing pre-recordings of readings (poetry, children’s stories, short stories, just to name a few genres they’ll be working with.

It’s a good summer for KWPA Whidbey Air!  Hope it’s a good one for you too!

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ART DURAND DEBUTS on WHIDBEY AIR PUBLIC RADIO –

Posted on 07/04/2012 by | 2 Comments

With his show, Songs Come Down, Art Durand shares his 30 years of dulcimer playing, native American storytelling, and studies with his listeners.  Art’s show is geared toward those who are, study and identify with the Pacific Northwest natives communities.

Art Durand has maintained an honorable reputation in the Native American music community for over 30 years. Art has performed for audiences large and small in the 7 Western States.

In 1986-87, Art hosted the White Mouse Radio Hour on Radio station KKUP FM in Cupertino, CA.

In 1999-2004, Art hosted the two hour weekly radio program “Turtle Island” on KZSC FM in Santa Cruz, CA.

Bear’s Public Introduction

Twenty-two years ago an Inupiat man gave Art the name Nanalq “White Bear”.  Arthur in Middle English means Warrior King. In Ancient Welch, Arthur translates as “The Great Bear” referring to the Big Dipper, those seven stars we see in the sky.

Join White Bear on Wednesday’s from 6 to 7pm for SONGS COME DOWN on Whidbey Air Public Radio.  Streaming from Clinton to Deception Pass and anywhere you can boot up a computer.  IT’s Whidbey to the world – Whidbey AIR All Internet Radio.

Find us on facebook “Whidbey Air Public Radio”

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Isle of the Arts – Rebroadcast of LAURIE McLEAN – Literary Agent

Posted on 02/20/2012 by | 2 Comments

This requested rebroadcast of Whidbey Air’s Isle of the Arts with Mary Rose Anderson – covers e-publishing, the new age of the author being in charge of their own promotion, production and publishing of material books and e-books.  We received so many requests for a rebroadcasting of this show – we thought Presidents Day was a good day to do it – in hopes many are NOT at work and are home to listen.

“To me it’s the best time to be an author”.  Laurie McLean

LISTEN on this LINK show starts at 1:15pm PST. And will go on the KWPA website as a podcast March 1st.

Laurie McLean is an agent at Larsen Pomada Literary Agents in San Francisco. She represents adult genre fiction (romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, westerns, mystery, suspense, thrillers, etc.) as well as children’s middle grade and young adult books.

For more than 20 years Laurie ran an eponymous public relations agency in California’s Silicon Valley. She is wise in the ways of marketing and publicity, negotiation, editing and a host of other business-critical areas. She is also a novelist herself, so she can empathize with the author’s journey to and through publication.

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KATHY BAXTER’s NEW SHOW SPIRIT TALKS is off to a GREAT START

Posted on 01/12/2012 by | Leave a comment

Kathy Baxter is hosting our newest show on Whidbey Air KWPA 

Spirit Talks is a show based in physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.  Kathy’s focus on her own journey into well-being and spiritual wellness have provided her with a wonderful bank of resources to share with her listeners. Conversations and guests come in a wide variety, from spiritual, to natural medicine, crystals, to body and energy work.

ENJOY GETTING TO KNOW KATHY

through her show

SPIRIT TALKS!

 

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