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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 local almanac

Dec 07, 2011 12:01 am
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 is the 70th anniversary of the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941.

Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Catskill.
The National Weather Service predicts Wednesday there will be rain mainly after 5 p.m., with a high near 48. The rain turns to snow Wednesday night by midnight, with a low around 31. Two to four inches of snow are possible overnight, so stay tuned Thursday morning to WGXC for late openings or closings due to the weather. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 38.

Weather in Harlemville

From the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page. Tuesday's high in Harlemville was 60 degrees. When the computer is turned on, the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page reports weather information live from Harlemville. Check dates and times at bottom of image to see whether reports are live or from when the computer was last turned off.

Town meetings today
This is the first Wednesday of the month.
CAIRO Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 512 Main Street, Cairo (622-3120).
GHENT Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, P.O. Box 98, Ghent (392-4644).
GREENE COUNTY Meetings for Human Services, Health, and Education Committees at 6 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
GREENPORT Town Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Greenport Town Hall, 600 Town Hall Drive, Hudson (828-4656).
HUDSON Hudson Common Council Youth & Aging Committee meeting, 6 p.m., and Arts, Entertainment & Tourism Committee meeting at 6:45 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
LIVINGSTON Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, County Rte. 19, Livingston (851-9441).

The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 7:06 a.m./ 4:29 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 2:29 p.m. / 4:19 a.m.

WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Wed. Dec. 7:
• "The Half-Hour News Hour," 3 p.m.: Lissa Harris and Julia Reischel of The Watershed Post blog report on news in the Catskills.
• "WGXC Afternoon Show," 4 p.m.: John Quinn, founder of The NY 77th Regimental Balladeers, will be in the WGXC studio at the Catskill Community Center to talk about Civil War music and reenacting. He will also talk about a nationally famous Civil War musician, Jed Marum, and play songs from Marum's newly released Christmas album. With hosts Ron Diamondstein and Peter Krug live from the Catskill Community Center.

Audio clips for WGXC programmers
This information is not meant to be read on-air.
The information below are options of pre-recorded material hosts can choose to play.


Reports from UN Climate Change Converence in Durban, South Africa by Kelly Benjamin
• Report about the Green Climate Fund. PLAY CLIP 3:44
Report produced by Kelly Benjamin at UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.
• Street protest outside UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.
Recorded by Kelly Benjamin. PLAY CLIP 3:20
• Maneka Ghandi, former Indian Minister of Environment and Forests and a current member of the Parliament of India, talks about methane.
Interview by Kelly Benjamin for WGXC at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. PLAY CLIP 6:31

New PSAs/STATION IDs
• A_OFF_PSA_20111209_dot_holiday_concert.mp3
• A OFF PSA 20111226 Coop Ext Little Theater in the Woods.mp3
• A_OFF_PSA_20120119_farm_film_fest_4 in Chatham at Crandell Theatre.mp3
• A_OFF_PSA_20120128_catskill_filmvid_fest.mp3

Audio headlines for top of the hour
• 5 a.m.: WGXC News 8:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:08
• 6 a.m.: WGXC News 8:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:08
• 7 a.m.: WGXC News 8:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:08
• 9 a.m.: WGXC News 8:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:08
• 4 p.m.: International Network News (INN), through Audioport
• 5 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News headlines, through fsrn.org
• Midnight: International Network News (INN), through Audioport