WGXC-90.7 FM
Saturday, April 27, 2013 local almanac
Apr 27, 2013 12:26 am
Weather right now
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Cairo: High 28F; low 19F.[/caption]
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 25F; low 18F.[/caption]
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 Acra, in Greene County
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69, and a low around 36.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73, and a low around 41.
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64, and a low around 44.
• Tuesday Partly sunny, high near 61.
Sunrise 5:54 a.m.
Sunset 7:51 p.m.
Other celestial rises/sets
Moon 10:19 P.M. 7:11 A.M.
Mercury 5:30 A.M. 6:28 P.M.
Venus 6:21 A.M. 8:28 P.M.
Mars 5:54 A.M. 7:37 P.M.
Jupiter 8:04 A.M. 11:05 P.M.
Saturn 7:38 P.M. 6:20 A.M.
Uranus 4:56 A.M. 5:25 P.M.
Neptune 3:36 A.M. 2:25 P.M.
Pluto 12:35 A.M. 10:09 A.M.
WGXC Programming
On Saturdays free103point9 Online Radio airs on WGXC 90.7-FM, bringing transmission arts to the airwaves in the Hudson Valley, in New York. Tune in Sat., April 27:
midnight – 12:05 a.m.: "Radio News: Mbanna Kantako"
Radio Survivor looks at the 25th anniversary of Human Rights Radio, and we dig out an old interview with its founder Mbanna Kantako, from radio4all.org.
12:05 a.m. – 2 a.m.: "Hip Hop Radio"
Rap songs about the radio from LL Cool J, Run DMC, and many others. Some lyrical content may be offensive to some listeners.
2 a.m. – 3 a.m.: "Some Assembly Required: Jason Forrest"
Episode 141 of mash-up show from Jon Nelson. Featuring work by Coldcut, DJ Danger Mouse, Diplo, The Evolution Control Committee, Jason Forrest, Go Home Productions, Lecture On Nothing, General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners, DJ Prince, Raymond Scott, David Shea, Silica Gel and Think Tank.
3 a.m. – 4 a.m.: "Spectral"
Australian sound artist Joyce Hinterding's hour-long work.
4 a.m. – 5 a.m.: "The Wringer: Ozonotherapy"
Dr. Phil Mollica , MS, DMD, NMD. He is Professor Emeritus from the Departments of Dentistry and Integrative Medicine at Capital University of Integrative Medicine, Washington, D.C. He holds Ozone Therapy in Dentistry courses 25 to 30 times per year and is the director at Wellville Institute for Advanced Oxygen Studies. Dr. Mollica explains that ozone is the only gas that carries a negative charge. Inflammation an infections are positively charged. When a decayed area is bathed in ozone gas it creates a negative charge in that area so that minerals in the body which carry a positive charge can be attracted to the area and re-mineralize the site of decay.
5 a.m. – 7 a.m.: "Shortwave Hours: Ed Mitchel KB6VFR"
Two hours of shortwave radio-oriented programming, starting with solar weather, news on meteor showers and ham radio, and other reports. Other reports include:
5:15 a.m.: "The RAIN Report: "Ed Mitchel/KB6VFR speakingn on Airborne ATV Video Review"
5:30 a.m., "The Shortwave Report" with host Dan Roberts and international news via shortwave radio. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK World Radio Japan, the Voice of Russia, Radio Havana Cuba, and Spanish National Radio.
6 a.m.: "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio"
6:30 a.m.: "Amateur Radio Newsline" This week: "Ham radio rallyes to assist in the wake of a killer quake that hits China; another loss in the ongoing fight against B-P-L; a number of new hamsats are now on-orbit; the latest news on Hamvention 2013; a new D-Star repeater where few might expect it and a new book to interest the new ham and non ham alike."
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.: "Open Air: 20130427"
"Please Assist Us With Transmission." Anyone can contribute to the show in many ways on "Open Air." Matt Bua hosts live transmission art show about local transmissions from the Catskill Community Center. You make up the show with stories, phone calls, messages, requests, further information, and more. Please help be a part of the show. Stop by the Catskill Community Center in person. Call in at 518-291-WGXC. Tweet requests @WGXC. Skype calls at WGXCfm. Talk on Channel 6 on CB radio, we are tuning in. Features include solar weather, shortwave news, and more.
Call 518-219-WGXC or Skype calls at WGXCfm to talk on the air.
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: "Radia: Johnny Chang"
"Radia" show from Radio One 91FM. Dunedin, New Zealand, "Taiwan Old-New Times" by Johnny Chang. In the gentlest and least signposted of ‘city symphonies’, albeit one which transfigures the field recording toward the overheard musicality of the everyday, Berlin based composer Johnny Chang takes us on an extended soundwalk around the changed urbanscape of his Taiwan childhood. As Johnny says of the piece: “Field recordings captured in Taiwan, from immediate vicinity of childhood home in the city to the countryside. (in order of appearance) : Street market vendors chatter and canned pop music punctuate. Traffic sounds originate from the intersection directly at the corner of my family home – pretty much a constant background sound. Ebb and flow of Kaohsiung city. Repetition of life – signified by various type of drones surrounding us.”
11 a.m. – noon: "Framework: Insects"
This edition, titled "Insects", has been produced in Germany by regular framework contributor D.L. Lutz.
12:10 p.m. – 2 p.m.: "Other Music: George Jones"
Country singer George Jones died April 26, 2013. He ranked with Williams, Cline, Parton, Cash, and few other great singers.
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.: "Radius Sketchpad: Best of Sketchpad"
Radius Sketchpad presents a special "Best of Sketchpad" to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the program. The playlist for April 2013 contains tracks selected from previous Sketchpad programs. Sketchpad is an ongoing monthly radio program produced specifically for free103point9. free103point9 is a nonprofit arts organization based in New York State that defines and cultivates the genre of Transmission Art by promoting artists who make work with, for, and about the electromagnetic spectrum. The Sketchpad program features a re-broadcast of previous Radius episodes. Each episode is followed by a playlist of works selected by that episode’s artist. The series seeks to highlight the peripheral work that influences the research and production of the episode.
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.: "Saturday Afternoon Show: Working Wage Update"
Laura Hadden and Tennessee Watson are at Wave Farm this spring as the 2013 season’s first Artists-in-Residence. Hadden and Watson’s project Wage/Working addresses the issues of income inequality and the concept of wage through a time-based transmission installation and a radio broadcast series on free103point9’s WGXC 90.7-FM. During their time in Greene County, these two accomplished radio producers and artists will be collecting stories and interviews with workers in Greene and Columbia counties regarding their jobs and their relationship to their work. They will be on at 5 p.m. Also, radio news, space weather, radio art, and more.
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.: "PiratesWeek: Rave on Radio"
After the Weekly Presidential Radio Address, "PiratesWeek," a look at the FCC activities in the United States against pirate broadcasters. Select postings from the Free Radio Network, HF Underground and note stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly. Off Air Recordings include the stations of: Rave on Radio. BPL story from the International Radio Report.
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?: News Quiz"
This episode tests knowledge of prospects for immigration overhaul after Boston, what happened to gun safety legislation, and more.
8 p.m.: "Pony in the Pancake, Christina Abbott, Bear Grass"
Live webstream for this, and most, shows at Spotty Dog Books & Ale available from free103point9 and WGXC at http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/spottydog.mp3.m3u. This show will be broadcast live on free103point9 Online Radio and WGXC 90.7-FM.
Pony in the Pancake is an Albany-based surf-rock/psychedelic quintet. Christina Abbott was half of the electronic-acid jazz-dub project called Hot B*tch Arsenal from 2003-2009, now solo. Bear Grass are from Albany.
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"]
Cairo: High 28F; low 19F.[/caption][caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"]
Catskill: High 25F; low 18F.[/caption]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 Acra, in Greene County
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69, and a low around 36.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73, and a low around 41.
• Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64, and a low around 44.
• Tuesday Partly sunny, high near 61.
Sunrise 5:54 a.m.
Sunset 7:51 p.m.
Other celestial rises/sets
Moon 10:19 P.M. 7:11 A.M.
Mercury 5:30 A.M. 6:28 P.M.
Venus 6:21 A.M. 8:28 P.M.
Mars 5:54 A.M. 7:37 P.M.
Jupiter 8:04 A.M. 11:05 P.M.
Saturn 7:38 P.M. 6:20 A.M.
Uranus 4:56 A.M. 5:25 P.M.
Neptune 3:36 A.M. 2:25 P.M.
Pluto 12:35 A.M. 10:09 A.M.
WGXC Programming
On Saturdays free103point9 Online Radio airs on WGXC 90.7-FM, bringing transmission arts to the airwaves in the Hudson Valley, in New York. Tune in Sat., April 27:
midnight – 12:05 a.m.: "Radio News: Mbanna Kantako"
Radio Survivor looks at the 25th anniversary of Human Rights Radio, and we dig out an old interview with its founder Mbanna Kantako, from radio4all.org.
12:05 a.m. – 2 a.m.: "Hip Hop Radio"
Rap songs about the radio from LL Cool J, Run DMC, and many others. Some lyrical content may be offensive to some listeners.
2 a.m. – 3 a.m.: "Some Assembly Required: Jason Forrest"
Episode 141 of mash-up show from Jon Nelson. Featuring work by Coldcut, DJ Danger Mouse, Diplo, The Evolution Control Committee, Jason Forrest, Go Home Productions, Lecture On Nothing, General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners, DJ Prince, Raymond Scott, David Shea, Silica Gel and Think Tank.
3 a.m. – 4 a.m.: "Spectral"
Australian sound artist Joyce Hinterding's hour-long work.
4 a.m. – 5 a.m.: "The Wringer: Ozonotherapy"
Dr. Phil Mollica , MS, DMD, NMD. He is Professor Emeritus from the Departments of Dentistry and Integrative Medicine at Capital University of Integrative Medicine, Washington, D.C. He holds Ozone Therapy in Dentistry courses 25 to 30 times per year and is the director at Wellville Institute for Advanced Oxygen Studies. Dr. Mollica explains that ozone is the only gas that carries a negative charge. Inflammation an infections are positively charged. When a decayed area is bathed in ozone gas it creates a negative charge in that area so that minerals in the body which carry a positive charge can be attracted to the area and re-mineralize the site of decay.
5 a.m. – 7 a.m.: "Shortwave Hours: Ed Mitchel KB6VFR"
Two hours of shortwave radio-oriented programming, starting with solar weather, news on meteor showers and ham radio, and other reports. Other reports include:
5:15 a.m.: "The RAIN Report: "Ed Mitchel/KB6VFR speakingn on Airborne ATV Video Review"
5:30 a.m., "The Shortwave Report" with host Dan Roberts and international news via shortwave radio. This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK World Radio Japan, the Voice of Russia, Radio Havana Cuba, and Spanish National Radio.
6 a.m.: "Glenn Hauser's World of Radio"
6:30 a.m.: "Amateur Radio Newsline" This week: "Ham radio rallyes to assist in the wake of a killer quake that hits China; another loss in the ongoing fight against B-P-L; a number of new hamsats are now on-orbit; the latest news on Hamvention 2013; a new D-Star repeater where few might expect it and a new book to interest the new ham and non ham alike."
8 a.m. – 10 a.m.: "Open Air: 20130427"
"Please Assist Us With Transmission." Anyone can contribute to the show in many ways on "Open Air." Matt Bua hosts live transmission art show about local transmissions from the Catskill Community Center. You make up the show with stories, phone calls, messages, requests, further information, and more. Please help be a part of the show. Stop by the Catskill Community Center in person. Call in at 518-291-WGXC. Tweet requests @WGXC. Skype calls at WGXCfm. Talk on Channel 6 on CB radio, we are tuning in. Features include solar weather, shortwave news, and more.
Call 518-219-WGXC or Skype calls at WGXCfm to talk on the air.
10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: "Radia: Johnny Chang"
"Radia" show from Radio One 91FM. Dunedin, New Zealand, "Taiwan Old-New Times" by Johnny Chang. In the gentlest and least signposted of ‘city symphonies’, albeit one which transfigures the field recording toward the overheard musicality of the everyday, Berlin based composer Johnny Chang takes us on an extended soundwalk around the changed urbanscape of his Taiwan childhood. As Johnny says of the piece: “Field recordings captured in Taiwan, from immediate vicinity of childhood home in the city to the countryside. (in order of appearance) : Street market vendors chatter and canned pop music punctuate. Traffic sounds originate from the intersection directly at the corner of my family home – pretty much a constant background sound. Ebb and flow of Kaohsiung city. Repetition of life – signified by various type of drones surrounding us.”
11 a.m. – noon: "Framework: Insects"
This edition, titled "Insects", has been produced in Germany by regular framework contributor D.L. Lutz.
12:10 p.m. – 2 p.m.: "Other Music: George Jones"
Country singer George Jones died April 26, 2013. He ranked with Williams, Cline, Parton, Cash, and few other great singers.
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.: "Radius Sketchpad: Best of Sketchpad"
Radius Sketchpad presents a special "Best of Sketchpad" to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the program. The playlist for April 2013 contains tracks selected from previous Sketchpad programs. Sketchpad is an ongoing monthly radio program produced specifically for free103point9. free103point9 is a nonprofit arts organization based in New York State that defines and cultivates the genre of Transmission Art by promoting artists who make work with, for, and about the electromagnetic spectrum. The Sketchpad program features a re-broadcast of previous Radius episodes. Each episode is followed by a playlist of works selected by that episode’s artist. The series seeks to highlight the peripheral work that influences the research and production of the episode.
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.: "Saturday Afternoon Show: Working Wage Update"
Laura Hadden and Tennessee Watson are at Wave Farm this spring as the 2013 season’s first Artists-in-Residence. Hadden and Watson’s project Wage/Working addresses the issues of income inequality and the concept of wage through a time-based transmission installation and a radio broadcast series on free103point9’s WGXC 90.7-FM. During their time in Greene County, these two accomplished radio producers and artists will be collecting stories and interviews with workers in Greene and Columbia counties regarding their jobs and their relationship to their work. They will be on at 5 p.m. Also, radio news, space weather, radio art, and more.
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.: "PiratesWeek: Rave on Radio"
After the Weekly Presidential Radio Address, "PiratesWeek," a look at the FCC activities in the United States against pirate broadcasters. Select postings from the Free Radio Network, HF Underground and note stations logged per the Free Radio Weekly. Off Air Recordings include the stations of: Rave on Radio. BPL story from the International Radio Report.
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.: "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?: News Quiz"
This episode tests knowledge of prospects for immigration overhaul after Boston, what happened to gun safety legislation, and more.
8 p.m.: "Pony in the Pancake, Christina Abbott, Bear Grass"
Live webstream for this, and most, shows at Spotty Dog Books & Ale available from free103point9 and WGXC at http://comm.free103point9.org:8000/spottydog.mp3.m3u. This show will be broadcast live on free103point9 Online Radio and WGXC 90.7-FM.
Pony in the Pancake is an Albany-based surf-rock/psychedelic quintet. Christina Abbott was half of the electronic-acid jazz-dub project called Hot B*tch Arsenal from 2003-2009, now solo. Bear Grass are from Albany.