Spring FunDrive Special Programming!
We’ve got two+ weeks of special, creative, surprising, and delightful programming coming up for you during our spring Fundrive! This is when our programmers go above and beyond, try new things, bring in special guests and even add extra shows! Some might even have live music from the station! We have a little of everything and we hope you enjoy it. Below is most of what we plan to do. Thanks for tuning in and giving by March 23 to help us hit that $20,000 goal!
Week One: Friday, March 7-Saturday, March 15
Friday, March 7
10:30am-1pm: Get Fresh with DJ Llu - Music to Draw To Set - A mellow few hours of music to do something creative or connective to. Inspired by Montreal's Kid Koala "Music to Draw To" winter coffee house sets.
1pm-3pm: A “Thank You, Dave Tucker” Show - Two hours of music, memories, and gratitude for Dave!
3-5pm: A Special Fundrive Thought Pasture w/ Maura -- music, musings, and money raising!
Saturday, March 8
2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Live music!
4pm-7pm: Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - Local singer-songwriter Dana Robinson will be joining at 5pm live in the studio for an on-air interview and performance.
7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole. Live music and more.
Sunday, March 9
7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip with Alan LePage and Steven Farnham- With special guest former Lt. Governor David Zuckerman.
4pm-5pm: Bon Mot/Lounging Around - Reecardoe will spin jazz au fromage and lounge music on Lounging Around, the jet set soundtrack to your life.
5pm-6pm: Bon Mot - a very special Bon Mot with poet, writer, and fellow programmer Maura Quinn, outstanding in her thought pasture. We’ll share poems, stories and her creative intuition. She’ll share reflective and confessional poems from her work with Writers in Recovery and we’ll read from her new children’s book, Pauline Paddleduck. Tune in for a creative process explicated.
Monday, March 10
5-7pm: A Special Fundrive show with DJ Eben Flow
7-9pm: In Common Sounds with Brother B. - A Tribute to arguably our greatest living writer of songs of protest and resistance during times of civil, political and social unrest...Bob Dylan.
9pm-10pm: A Deep Blues Special with Les Mawson.
Tuesday, March 11
9am-11am: A Special Fundrive Show with DJ Eben Flow.
12pm-3pm: Mermaid Avenue - Extended Mermaid Avenue with Trevor!
3-6pm: An Extended Edition of Listen Up! with host Bill Nowlan.
6-9pm: Still Life with Orange Peel - Extended Still Life with Orange Peel.
Wednesday, March 12
2am-3am: Open All Hours with DJ Sacramento - Darkwave, avant-garde and music that only works between 1:00 am and 4:00 am.
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Wednesday and make it funky!
5-7pm: The Doom that Came to Plainfield with Barry - Need a break from current events? Stop the doom scrolling and embrace a different kind of darkness with two hours of the heaviest, fuzziest, dreamiest metal imaginable. Leave our everyday hellscape behind and be transported to a musical world of madness and mystery from beyond time and space. You'll hear a mix of classic and contemporary tracks from bands like Black Sabbath, Cirith Ungol, Windhand, Electric Wizard, Acid King, and more. In between epic tracks, we'll celebrate this amazing thing called community radio!
Thursday, March 13
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Thursday and jump into a mix of music to get your morning started right!
12-2pm: A Special Fundrive Show with DJ Eben Flow
4pm-6pm: A Special Get Fresh with DJ Llu
6-9pm: Xav Wax w/ Xav - Special Extra Programming: A three-hour special vinyl set with Xav!
Friday, March 14
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Friday and start the best day of the week with a mix of music to get you moving and grooving.
9am-11am: The Magical Mystery Tour with Tonio - We'll be live in the studio with CVCR board member and former programmer Charles Rossell. The phone lines will be open to callers, and we can talk about future directions for the station, raising money AND anything our listeners want to talk about in the age-old tradition of WGDR call in talk shows. Join us!
10:30am-1pm: Show of Shows with DJ Llu - An annual Fundrive tradition hosted by DJ Llu. Llu creates a soundtrack for the sounds and vibes of all the local content you hear on the air right now. Through music, you will hear just how eclectic our community radio station is. This is also a thank you to all who pour their hearts into their shows here at the station. Tune in for special guest callers and more.
1pm-2pm: The Mulvaney-Stanak Show with special guests, Ed Stanak and Joelen Mulvaney (yup, Llu’s parents, it will be a family affair!).
2pm-5pm: A Special Fundrive Show with DJ Levi!
Saturday, March 15
10am-12pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Effery
2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Guest DJ or Live Music!
4pm-7pm: A Special Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - Vermont singer songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons will be joining Mark live on air for an interview and live in studio performance at 5PM.
7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole.
Week Two: Sunday, March 16 until Sunday, March 23
Sunday, March 16
7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip with Alan LePage and Steven Farnham - Extended three-hour show.
2-5pm: Spanning the Chasm with Peter - Extended Spanning the Chasm with a special guest and special treats! You won’t want to miss this!
Monday, March 17
9am-11am: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Eben Flow
6pm-9pm: Gilded Splinters - Extended Gilded Splinters! Join Kevin as he features a combo St. Patrick's Day/Mardi Gras hangover show, including Jon Gailmor doing a long-distance performance over the phone from New Orleans!
9pm-10pm: Deep Blues with Les Mawson - A Special “By Request” edition of Deep Blues
Tuesday, March 18
10am-12pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Eben Flow
12pm-3pm: Mermaid Avenue - Extended Mermaid Avenue with Trevor!
3-6pm: An Extended Edition of Listen Up! with host Bill Nowlan.
6-9pm: Still Life with DJ Club Soda - A three-hour, extended show!
Wednesday, March 19
2am-3am: Open All Hours with DJ Sacramento - Darkwave, avant-garde and music that only works between 1:00 am and 4:00 am.
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Wednesday and make it funky!
5pm-6pm: Future Reflections with Syd - Hump Day Dance Party!
Thursday, March 20
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Thursday and jump into a mix of music to get your morning started right!
10:30am-12pm: Eastern Dawn - Luke & Friends - Student selections, songs and stories.
12pm-2pm: A Special FunDrive Show withL DJ Eben Flow
4-6pm: A Special Get Fresh with DJ Llu - Afternoon drive show to keep your drive vibes rolling into the final few days.
6-7pm: Radio RoundUp - hosted by CVCR - A new monthly "state of the station" show featuring discussions about station programming and projects, as well as updates on what is happening on campus around us.
Friday, March 21
7-8am: Morning Mixtape with DJ Llu - Wake up Friday and start the best day of the week with a mix of music to get you moving and grooving.
10:30am-1pm: Get Fresh with DJ Llu - "Daytime Dance Party!" We're gonna shake out all the donations that have been waiting to come in by spinning a midday ol' school dance party for your lunch break. Tune in and give!
1pm-3pm: A Special Fundrive Show with Maura. - A Special Fundrive Thought Pasture w/ Maura -- music, musings, and money raising!
3pm-5pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Levi
Saturday, March 22
8am-10am: Kitchen Permaculture with Rebecca - An extra-long breakfast themed episode! Donors will have the chance to win registration to a mushroom growing workshop at Peace of Earth Farm!
10am-12pm: A Special FunDrive Show with DJ Effery
2pm-4pm: Box Full of Blues with John Foster - Guest DJ or Live Music
4pm-7pm: A Special Acoustic Harmony with Mark Michaelis - A surprise guest will be joining Mark live on air during the show for music & discussion, as well as a celebration of the Vernal Equinox to welcome in spring!
7-10pm: Jagler Katz Worm Hole - Extended Jagler Katz Worm Hole with live music and more!
Sunday, March 23
7am-10am: Curse of the Golden Turnip - Extended Curse!
7-10pm: The Revel Level Special Fundrive Drive Wrap Party with DJ Emma and DJ Z-Trip - A celebration, body moving, dance party to thank everyone who took part in the fundrive - donors, programmers, everyone!
