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Tuesday, August 20, 2013 local almanac

Aug 20, 2013 12:01 am
Weather right now


[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 86F; low 57F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 84F; low 61F.[/caption]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

READ TEMPERATURE IN HUDSON: On thermometer in Studio A.

FAR LEFT: The temperature on the far left is from the Hawthorne Valley Farm Weather Page.
MIDDLE TEMP: Cairo from Weather Underground page.
FAR RIGHT: Catskill from Weather Underground page.

Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Catskill, in Greene County:

Today: Patchy dense fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, sunny. High near 85. Tuesday night, Patchy dense fog after midnight. Otherwise, clear. Low around 60.

Forecast for the next three days:

Wednesday: Patchy dense fog before 10 a.m. Otherwise, sunny. High near 87. Wednesday night, mostly clear. Low around 64.
Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny. High near 86. Thursday night, scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. Low around 64.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High near 80. Friday night, low around 57.

Sunrise today: 6:09 a.m.
Sunset today: 7:47 p.m.

Length of the day: 13:38 hrs.

Town meetings

Today is the third Tuesday of the month.
WGXC suggests calling ahead to confirm time and location.


COLUMBIA COUNTY Health and Medical Services Committee meets at 4 p.m. at 401 State St. in Hudson.
DURHAM Town Board meets at 7:30 p.m. at Town Building, 7309 State Rt. 81, East Durham (239-8260).
HILLSDALE Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall on Main Street (325-5073).
HUDSON Finance Committee meeting at 5:30 p.m.; Common Council Public Meeting and Hearing at 6:30 p.m. to consider a local law to clarify when site development plan approval is required and to accept and consider public comment on the local law; Regular Common Council meeting at 7 p.m., all at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
HUNTER Meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 5748 Route 23A, Tannersville (589-6150).
LEXINGTON Town board meeting at 7 p.m., at Municipal Building, 3542 Route 42, Lexington, (986-6303).
TAGHKANIC Planning Board workshop meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall on Route 82 in West Taghkanic (851-7638).

The day ahead on 90.7-FM

Midnight to 5:59 a.m.: Free103point9 Transmission Arts overnight

12 a.m. (midnight): Radio News: U.S. Knew About UK Plans to Detain Journalist's Partner From "Free Speech Radio News": "Officials in the UK and Brazil are demanding answers after British police detained journalist Glen Greenwald's partner at Heathrow Airport yesterday, under the provision of an anti-terrorism law. David Miranda was traveling from Germany back home to Brazil after meeting with Greenwald's colleague, Laura Poitras. Greenwald and Poitras are most recently known for coverage of massive US and UK spying after intelligence contractor Edward Snowden provided them with thousands of secret documents from the National Security Agency. After numerous questions on the topic were lobbed at U.S. Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest today, he acknowledged that U.S. authorities were aware of the UK plan to stop Miranda. “There was a heads up that was provided by the British government. So again, this is something we had an indication was likely to occur. But it's not something that we requested, and it's something that was done specifically by the British law enforcement officials there.” Schedule 7 of the UK's Terrorism Act grants police broad powers to search and detain individuals for no more than nine hours. All of Miranda's electronics were confiscated and he was released, after eight hours and 55 minutes.
12:05 a.m.: Radio Stew: Slow Ride "Jolene," from Dolly Parton, kicks off a list of slowed-down songs, such as The White Stripes' "Hello Operator."
1 a.m.: Low Power FM Rebroadcast from Aug. 17, 2013. Interviews, features, and information about low-power FM radio are featured here. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is allowing non-profit groups to apply for non-commercial low-power FM radio station licenses in October. Peter Doyle and Janice Wise from the FCC will be interviewed about LPFM, and the process to apply for a license. Julia Wierski from Prometheus Radio Project, a community radio activist group, will explain how to apply, and why. Radio journalists John Anderson and Paul Riismandel will also retell the history behind the efforts to allow the public access to its own airwaves. Michael Wise, the President of the Board at WBCR-LP in Great Barrington, MA, discusses the struggles to keep a LPFM station on the air. There will also be interviews with applicants for LPFM stations, from CHIRP in Chicago. The show will also feature historic interviews and audio clips about how a few thousand pirate radio stations, other activism, Washington lobbying, and court fights, got the low-power FM laws in place. Dharma Dailey, formerly of Prometheus Radio Project, co-hosts with Tom Roe. The FCC holds a webinar Aug. 20 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to educate anyone interested in applying.
3 a.m.: Golden Age of Radio: 20130820 Max Schmid hosts this retro radio show from WBAI in New York City, distributed by the Pacifica Network.
5 a.m.: PCJ Media Network Plus: 20130820 International radio and media show. The show is produced jointly by PCJ in Taiwan and Canada. Producer/Presenter: Keith Perron.

6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.: WGXC Hands-On Community Radio

6 a.m.: Al Jazeera English
7 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show Morning news, music, interviews features and agriculture reporting. Also local news, previews of events in Greene and Columbia counties, music, and more. Call in to have your say at (518) 828-0290.
8 a.m.: Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
9 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show continues with local news, weather, and events. Call 518-828-0290 to comment during the "WGXC Morning Show.
4 p.m.: WGXC Afternoon Show
6 p.m.: Al Jazeera English
6:30 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News