WGXC-90.7 FM
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 local almanac
Feb 19, 2013 12:01 am
Weather right now
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Cairo: High 45F; low 25F.[/caption]
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 45F; low 27F.[/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: Showers. High near 42. Tonight a chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, with a slight possibility of snow overnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 26. Little or no accumulation expected.
Forecast for the next three days:
Wednesday: Partly sunny. High near 34. A slight chance of snow showers overnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 17.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High near 34. Partly cloudy overnight. Low around 18.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High near 40. A chance of snow overnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 28.
Sunrise today: 6:45 a.m.
Sunset today: 5:34 p.m.
Length of the day: 10:49 hrs.
Town meetings
Today is the third Tuesday of the month.
(WGXC suggests you call 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).
GREENE COUNTY 6 p.m. meetings of Economic Development and Tourism, Government Operations and Finance committees, plus Democrat and Republican caucuses at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
HILLSDALE Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall on Main Street (325-5073).
HUDSON 5 p.m. Finance Committee meeting; 7 p.m. Regular Common Council meeting 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
12:02 a.m.: Radio Stew: Phonograph On Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison receives patent for phonograph. This show explores phonograghic sounds, styles, and history.
1 a.m.: Some Assembly Required: Tape-beatles Episode 86 of mash up show. Featuring work by DJ BC, The Beatles, DJ Danger Mouse, Allan Friedman, Go Home Productions, John Oswald, The Tape-beatles and V/VM.
2 a.m.: Jeff Kolar From free103point9/WGXC "Saturday Afternoon Show" July 21, 2012. Hosted with Tom Roe. Kolar is the first artist in resident at free103point9's Wave Farm. This week, he is performing a transmission art show at The Kitchen in New York City.
4 a.m.: Exploration: Asteroids and Meteors What's behind the three near-misses in space, the impact in Russia, the fly-by over San Francisco, and the near miss by asteroid 2012 DA14? And what can be done about these near-misses? Will we be hit in the future? Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku with guest Dr. Peter Ward, author of "The Flooded Earth," about the threat of rising sea levels.
5 a.m.: Radia: Dublin Laptop Orchestra "Fresh Air," Radia Show 412 is a large-scale sound art piece curated and created by the Dublin Laptop Orchestra. The piece was written to address the sad truth that many common, household and automobile air-fresheners are heavily carcinogenic. The fact that people are willing to put their lives in danger in order to preserve nothing more than the aesthetic qualities of their world typifies the form over function attitude prevalent in our society and is something which we felt was important to deal with. The work is in three sections, (1) Breathe In(side) by Brian Dillon, (2) Form by Gregory Jackson and (3) A Comparison of Worth by Bernhardt McKenna. "Radia" is a network of 20 stations in 13 countries, including free103point9/WGXC, each interested in new and forgotten ways of making radio. Each week, one station makes a show for all the others to air.
5:30 a.m.: PCJ Media Network Plus: 20130219 Weekly media news show.
6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.: WGXC Hands-On Community Radio
6 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show Hosted by Philip Grant. Morning news, music, interviews features and agriculture reporting. Call in with your views 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, events, music and more, with host Philip Grant.
11 a.m.: Al Jazeera English
4 p.m.: WGXC Afternoon Show
6 p.m.: Al Jazeera English
6:30 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News
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Cairo: High 45F; low 25F.[/caption][caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"]
Catskill: High 45F; low 27F.[/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: Showers. High near 42. Tonight a chance of rain and snow showers before midnight, with a slight possibility of snow overnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 26. Little or no accumulation expected.
Forecast for the next three days:
Wednesday: Partly sunny. High near 34. A slight chance of snow showers overnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 17.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. High near 34. Partly cloudy overnight. Low around 18.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High near 40. A chance of snow overnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 28.
Sunrise today: 6:45 a.m.
Sunset today: 5:34 p.m.
Length of the day: 10:49 hrs.
Town meetings
Today is the third Tuesday of the month.
(WGXC suggests you call 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).
GREENE COUNTY 6 p.m. meetings of Economic Development and Tourism, Government Operations and Finance committees, plus Democrat and Republican caucuses at County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
HILLSDALE Meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall on Main Street (325-5073).
HUDSON 5 p.m. Finance Committee meeting; 7 p.m. Regular Common Council meeting 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
12:02 a.m.: Radio Stew: Phonograph On Feb. 19, 1878, Thomas Edison receives patent for phonograph. This show explores phonograghic sounds, styles, and history.
1 a.m.: Some Assembly Required: Tape-beatles Episode 86 of mash up show. Featuring work by DJ BC, The Beatles, DJ Danger Mouse, Allan Friedman, Go Home Productions, John Oswald, The Tape-beatles and V/VM.
2 a.m.: Jeff Kolar From free103point9/WGXC "Saturday Afternoon Show" July 21, 2012. Hosted with Tom Roe. Kolar is the first artist in resident at free103point9's Wave Farm. This week, he is performing a transmission art show at The Kitchen in New York City.
4 a.m.: Exploration: Asteroids and Meteors What's behind the three near-misses in space, the impact in Russia, the fly-by over San Francisco, and the near miss by asteroid 2012 DA14? And what can be done about these near-misses? Will we be hit in the future? Hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku with guest Dr. Peter Ward, author of "The Flooded Earth," about the threat of rising sea levels.
5 a.m.: Radia: Dublin Laptop Orchestra "Fresh Air," Radia Show 412 is a large-scale sound art piece curated and created by the Dublin Laptop Orchestra. The piece was written to address the sad truth that many common, household and automobile air-fresheners are heavily carcinogenic. The fact that people are willing to put their lives in danger in order to preserve nothing more than the aesthetic qualities of their world typifies the form over function attitude prevalent in our society and is something which we felt was important to deal with. The work is in three sections, (1) Breathe In(side) by Brian Dillon, (2) Form by Gregory Jackson and (3) A Comparison of Worth by Bernhardt McKenna. "Radia" is a network of 20 stations in 13 countries, including free103point9/WGXC, each interested in new and forgotten ways of making radio. Each week, one station makes a show for all the others to air.
5:30 a.m.: PCJ Media Network Plus: 20130219 Weekly media news show.
6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.: WGXC Hands-On Community Radio
6 a.m.: WGXC Morning Show Hosted by Philip Grant. Morning news, music, interviews features and agriculture reporting. Call in with your views 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, events, music and more, with host Philip Grant.
11 a.m.: Al Jazeera English
4 p.m.: WGXC Afternoon Show
6 p.m.: Al Jazeera English
6:30 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News