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Friday, September 21, 2012 local almanac

Sep 20, 2012 10:49 pm
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[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="128"] Cairo: High 68F; low 48F.[/caption]

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="125"] Catskill: High 68F; low 48F.[/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 Cornwallville, in Greene County:

Today: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Friday night there is a 20 percent chance of showers after 2 a.m., with a low around 51.

The outlook for the next three days:

Saturday: It may rain in the morning, and there is a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m., with a high near 74. Saturday night showers and thunderstorms should linger, with a low around 51.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8 a.m. then partly sunny, with a high near 63, a low around 38.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60, a low around 39.

Sunrise today: 6:42 a.m.
Sunset today: 6:54 p.m.
Length of the day: 12 hrs., 12 min.

Town meetings

Today is the third Friday of the month.
(WGXC suggests you call ahead to confirm meeting time and location.)

WGXC does not know about any meetings today.


Friday on WGXC:

2 p.m.: "¿Qué cocinaré hoy?"
Second part of roundtable discussion about Latino participation in politics and the electoral process. Journalists Mariel Fiori and Antonio Flores Lobos talk with Gabriela Owen, Latino Democrats of Dutchess County, Monica Arias Miranda, formerly running as a democratic candidate for the 46th newly created district of the NYS senate, and Ruben Estrada, Latino Republicans of Orange County, about why Latinos don't feel represented in politics.
7 p.m.: "Guest DJ"
DJ's Effie Asili and Willy Ram Ram as In the Cut provide a nonstop vinyl madness from the folks diggin in the trenches. Mixing the finest in Rare Groove, Funk, Jazz, Reggae, Afro pop, Latin soul, along with anything and everything else related to "in the cut" rhythms and culture.

Saturday on WGXC:

120 Hours for John Cage continues:

1 a.m.: "Landscape Under Construction," John McDonough (35:56)
2 a.m.: "Punkt - Radiophonia #2," Emidio Buchinho (04:10)

6 a.m.: "framework"
framework is a show about field-recording, phonography, and the art of sound-hunting. Broadcasting since 2002. This regular edition features Peter Cusack, Francisco Lopez, Lee Noyes & Radio Cegeste, Ryoko Akama, a selection of sounds from the Aporee Maps by Sala, Udo Noll, Frank Schulte, John Grzinich, Andrej Hrvatin, and Petra Kapš.
8 a.m.: "Turn On the News"
A radio show about radio, this week with Nam June Paik, the first video artist, and the Smithsonian retrospective coming soon. Also, new music from The Mountain Goats, Randy Newman, and others. Plus, acoustic Animal Collective, and more.
11:30 a.m.: "Radia"
"Sketch For Matter" by Ed Baxter, from Resonance104.4fm in London, UK, is this week's contribution to "Radia." "Radia" is an international network of radio stations looking for new and creative ways to use radio waves. Each week, one station in the network creates a show for the others to air. WGXC/free103point9 is a part of the "Radia" network.

120 Hours for John Cage continues:
Noon: "Heaven Is Already Gone," Lee Rosevere (05:26)
1 p.m.: "The truth we know," Sally Rodgers/Steve Jones (05:25)
4 p.m.: "John Cage Reflections," David Galbraith (34:33)
Two-hour live broadcast from Wave Farm in Acra.
7 p.m.: "Discrepancy In Flow II (for John Cage)," Nathan Hubbard (04:02)
8 p.m.: "Punkt - Radiophonia #2," Emidio Buchinho (04:10)
9 p.m.: "This Is Not 0'0" (homage to John Cage in the Year of his Centennial)," David Moscovich (04:32)
10 p.m.: "Walk On a Street And Listen," Ahmet Kizilay (23:52)
11 p.m.: "buicks n' snowbanks", Chad W. Powers (05:04)