Weather right now
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Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Earlton, in Greene County.
The National Weather Service says there will be rain in Earlton, mainly after 10 a.m. Wednesday. High near 46. Wednesday night rain is also likely, mainly before midnight, with a low around 39. The forecast for the rest of the week:
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.
• Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1 p.m., then a slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon, which may turn to snow showers after dark.
• Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 39.
• Christmas Eve: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.
• Christmas Day: A chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 40.

Town meetings today
This is the third Wednesday of the month.
CAIRO at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 512 Main St., Cairo (622-3120).
CATSKILL at 6:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 439 Main St., Catskill.
COLUMBIA COUNTY Human Services meeting at 4 p.m. at County Office Building, 401 State Street, Hudson.
GHENT Planning Board session at 7 p.m., at Town Hall, 2306 State Route 66, Ghent (392-4644).
GREENE COUNTY Legislature meeting at 6:30 p.m. at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
HUDSON Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 520 Warren Street, Hudson (828-1030).
TACONIC Taconic BOE Meeting 7 p.m. at Taconic Hills High School, 73 County Rt. 11A, Craryville. 518-325-0390. Held in meeting room at Taconic High.

The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 7:15 a.m./ 4:31 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 11:22 a.m. / 11:59 p.m.

WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Wed. Dec. 21:
• "The Schoemer Show," Noon-2 p.m.: Karen Schoemer and special guest co-host Sam Sebren play holiday music ranging from the sublime to the deranged.
• "Live from the Red Dot Open Mic," 9-10 p.m.: Second annual Christmas sing-a-long at the regular Wednesday night open mic at the Red Dot Restaurant and Bar. Rob Johanson hosts every week, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., with the 9-10 p.m. hour live on WGXC 90.7-FM and wgxc.org. This week, carols will be sung. As always, anyone can turn out to sing or play an instrument, or, perhaps, find an unexpected collaboration.

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.

Audio clips to play
• Roundup of New Year's Eve events in Greene and Columbia counties. Produced by Ron Diamondstein. PLAY CLIP 2:05


New PSAs/STATION IDs
• A_OFF_PSA_20111226 Catskill High School Cat Camp.mp3


Audio headlines for top of the hour
• 5 a.m.: WGXC News 7:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:13
• 6 a.m.: WGXC News 7:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:13
• 7 a.m.: WGXC News 7:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:13
• 9 a.m.: WGXC News 7:13 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport 3:13
• 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