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WDIY Tops PA Assoc. of Broadcasters' 2022 Awards with 5 Wins
This past week, the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters announced the winners of their 2022 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards. We are excited to share that WDIY was the recipient of five awards, the highest total for a single radio station across Pennsylvania! WDIY's five award total was only matched by KYW in Philadelphia who also picked up five awards. WDIY received awards for a range of outstanding feature stories and public affairs programs as well as an award for outstanding use of digital media.
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Board Member of the Month |
This month, we spotlight Jason Stershic, who is in his second year as a WDIY Board Member. Jason brings his years of experience in podcasting and online marketing to the station. Glad to have you on board, Jason! |
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Monday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Live theater is back in our area high schools and so are the Freddy Awards! Join host Silagh White in a conversation with two local actors, Matt Byrne and Bex Vermeulen, who share insights into their high school theater experience during the pandemic. Jamie Balliet, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Freddy Awards Coordinator at the State Theatre in Easton joins in during the show's second half to talk about the upcoming season of high school theater.
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Paul Willistein examines the social impact and recent decline of rom-coms. The romantic comedy, or “the rom-com,” lives on though, thanks to J Lo - Jennifer Lopez. In her latest movie Marry Me, with Owen Wilson, she stars as a pop music artist who spontaneously marries a man in her audience. Paul Willistein of the Lehigh Valley Press reviews the romantic comedy.
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Monday, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
Host Greg Capogna along with Edward Meehan of the Leonard Parker Pool Institute for Health welcome guest Colin Groth, Executive Vice President of Strategy and Development at StriveTogether, to talk about the importance of programs and initiatives that focus on a “cradle to career” perspective and how it ties into the social determinants of health.
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Monday, 7 - 9 p.m.
Tonight, the program celebrates Black History Month and the African American artists that contributed so much to folk's Golden Age. Featured artists include Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Richie Havens, Odetta, and Joe & Eddie
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Monday, 9 - 11 p.m.
With Black History Month in February, we'll check out veteran drummers Roy Haynes and Louis Hayes, as well as bass players Stanley Clarke and Christian McBride.
We'll hear from a wide array of vocalists from Joe Williams to Gregory Porter, and Billie Holliday to Cecile McLorin Salvant. All this, plus a set of tunes related to Presidents' Day.
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Monday, 11 p.m. - Tuesday, 1 a.m.
A big celebration of Presidents' Day with songs from Percy Mayfield, Little Walter, Johnny Cash, the Animaniacs, and more. Soul from Little Richard, Big Joe Turner with Willie "The Lion" Smith (!), Sacred Steel from Robert Randolph and Aubrey Ghent, Country blues from the Depression Years, and a Barry Goldberg number featuring Mike Bloomfield and Frank Zappa on guitars. All this and clever banter.
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Tuesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: Good as Gold
Mainstream journalists keep falling for crypto scams that can end up costing their audiences a fortune. On this week’s On the Media, hear why all of us might want to become at least a bit literate in crypto-technology. Plus, the story of an American pundit living in Moscow, who’s being paid to be Russian TV’s favorite punching bag.
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Tuesday, 7 - 9 p.m.
This week's show features a sneak peek at Alex Radus's new CD, plus new archives from Jonathan Edwards ('92), Bill Staines ('20), The Kennedys ('18), Cary and Celeste Morin ('22), and Carsie Blanton ('21). Also, Tom Rush, The Tony Rice Unit, Herdman, Hills & Mangsen, Pavlov's Dawgs, and more.
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Tuesday, 9 - 11 p.m.
On this week’s Doodlin', some familiar tunes are given a jazz twist including Scarborough Fair, Brandy (You're a Fine Girl), and Rocket Man. Plus, a stellar new single from Kamasi Washington.
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Tuesday, 11 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Roots After Hours continues our Black History Month celebration with great tunes from classic electric blues artists that were the roots of rock and roll like Muddy Waters, B. B. King, Elmore James, and John Lee Hooker. There is so much music to be grateful for. Our Roots Reggae segment will be featuring the righteous and Rasta sounds of Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus - who will assure us that Zion Land is waiting for all.
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Wednesday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
At 11:30 am, violinist Domenic Salerni from the New York-based Grammy Award-winning string quartet Attacca talks with WDIY’s Waldemar Vinovskis about the group’s upcoming concert at the Zoellner Arts Center on March 5 where they’ll be performing the music of Phil Glass, Paul Wiancko, Caroline Shaw, and more.
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Wednesday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: MORE Listener Tax Questions
Laurie Siebert will take listener questions during the show over the phone at 610-758-8810 as well as in advance and during the show via yourfinancialchoices.com. |
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Wednesday, 11 p.m. - Thursday, 1 a.m.
Don't miss WDIY's newest music show! Deejay Byg Fury brings you a live DJ set every Wednesday night, blending classic hip-hop, funk, soul, vintage throwbacks, exclusives, scratching, and more.
Listen to last week's show in its entirety at our Two-Week Music Show Archive here or on the WDIY app, which featured everything from The Commodores to Zhané to Rose Royce (the playlist is available here). And then tune in this Wednesday to see what albums Deejay Byg Fury will dig up for your mid-week groove session! |
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Thursday, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Inspired by a listener’s call last week suggesting that host Martin Richter has been neglecting the great Russian composers, this Thursday’s WDIY Classics will feature music composed mostly by great Russian composers.
The program opens with the Prince Igor Overture by Alexander Borodin and continues with Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The second hour begins with one of Tchaikovsky’s monumental String Quartets. The third hour begins with Prokofiev’s final symphony and continues with the chilling Black Mass piano sonata by Alexander Scriabin in a violent performance by Vladimir Horowitz.
The remainder of the program is filled out with a Symphonie concertante for 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, flute and orchestra by Johann Christian Bach, the Paris Symphony by Mozart, and a Timpani Partita by Georg Druschetzky.
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Mike Flynn takes our listeners on another dive into local history with the origins of Wescosville.
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Thursday, 6 - 6:30 p.m.
Host John Pearce brings focus to the Lenape Indigenous people from the Lehigh Valley region with guest Carla Messinger, a cultural educator, Lenape heritage conservationist, and nationally recognized author, as she takes listeners back through local history and the importance of teaching indigenous heritage programs to the next generations.
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Thursday, 6:30 - 7 p.m.
Host Olga Negron welcomes the newly elected Mayor of Bethlehem, J. William Reynolds, and the Director of Equity and Inclusion Janine Santoro, to talk about Janine’s newly created position in the city’s administration, including new plans and initiatives that focus on Bethlehem’s Latin American neighborhoods and overall quality of life in the city.
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Thursday, 7 - 9 p.m.
This week on Celtic Faire, host Rick Weaver will be interviewing members of the band RUNA, who will be appearing this Friday night at the Sellersville Theater. They will discuss their upcoming show, life on the road during Covid, their collection of new warm socks for those in need, and will feature some tracks from their upcoming CD. Also featured are the Celtic Calendar and the Celtic Cultural Minute with this week’s topic St David’s Day.
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Thursday, 11 p.m. - Friday, 1 a.m.
The Special Focus for February is Jim Ottaway. Jim is from Gold Coast, Australia. He is an international award-winning composer, producer, and studio performer who creates instrumental music covering space ambient, electronic, new age, and music for film and television.
On the next Galactic Travels™, the month-long focus on Jim Ottaway concludes. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Threshold of the Universe.
You will also hear new music by Däcker on Deserted Island Music, by Airsculpture, and by Neuro... No Neuro vs. Volume Objects on Audiobulb Records.
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Friday, 1 - 4 p.m.
On the Friday Blend, Carlos Benjamin presents new music from Steve Poltz, who you might know from his Covid hit, "Quarantine Blues" as well as new music from The Kokomo Kings and the Lehigh Valley's Rio Bossa.
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Friday, 6 - 7 p.m.
This week's show: Work, Play, Rest - Part 3
Rest is so much more than just a good night's sleep. From human hibernation to ASMR to the science of dreams, we explore how to nourish our minds and bodies with different forms of rest.
- Craig Richard: Whispers and haircuts - the science of ASMR
- Dylan Selterman: What are our dreams - and nightmares - trying to tell us?
- Matteo Cerri: Will humans one day hibernate?
- Celeste Headlee: How can we fight burnout with purposeful rest?
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Friday, 7 - 9 p.m.
Join Little George and The Old Guy for Unlimited Possibilities (folk and beyond). A collection of old and new, lovin’ and dyin’, crooks and cowboys from the likes of Cherryholmes, Hayes Carll, Bob Dylan, and Lucinda Williams. They’ll fit in a couple of requests and probably a polka.
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Sunday, 9 - 10 p.m.
This week's show: A Tribute to Barbara Cook (Part 2)
In the second installment of this 1986 rebroadcast, Bill Rudman chats with Cook about her work in cabarets and the concert hall.
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Latest Features from WDIY |
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Community Events from WDIY Partners |
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Williams Center for the Arts
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Every day through
2/26/2022
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Baker Theatre - Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance
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Landis Cinema in Buck Hall
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Every day through
3/13/2022
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Civic Theatre of Allentown
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Ongoing through 3/27/2022 |
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If you are a WDIY member who has contributed at least $60 for the year or you are actively supporting WDIY as a Sustaining Member, you are eligible for WDIY's Member Ticket Giveaway! If you are not receiving this member benefit on Sundays, please email shamusm@wdiy.org.
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