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Homespun with Tom Ball
Sundays at 4 p.m.
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About the show ...
Homespun is a program that focuses on the "traditional" side of music, although that can stretch from very old 78 rpm reissues to contemporary music of today. I follow the old adage, "there are only two kinds of music: good music and bad music!" Hopefully, I'm focusing on the "good" each week.
Homespun Playlists
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Tom Ball, host of
Homespun
Phone (989) 774-3105
Fax (989) 774-4427
ball1t@cmich.edu
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About Tom ...
Tom Ball is a Marketing Representative for CMU Public Radio. He is responsible for securing Underwriting and Marketing for CMU Public Radio and CMU Public Television. He also is the host of “Homespun”, a traditional music-based program Sunday afternoons at 4pm.
Tom has been married to his lovely and talented wife Diana for 8 years. They do have one fat cat and a yard full of beautiful flowers, no thanks to him. He has been associated with Public Radio for over 25 years doing everything from fundraising and filling in for vacationing staff, to taking out the garbage, and generally just making other staff sound good on air!
Likes: Playing his string bass in the 7-piece swing band “Jive at Five,” driving around endlessly in the car either going to a gig or finding underwriters, “Fresh Air,” “Juke Joint,” and just living life like I did when I was 21 (which is VERY hard these days!!)
Little Known Fact I: He was stiffed by Ronald Reagan while busking at the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit.
Little Known Fact II: You don’t want to know Little Known Fact #2!
Quotable quote: “Believe me when I tell you that this is a dream job-Public Radio and Television are the only place to get the whole truth, and nothing but the truth--especially from me!”
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JukeJoint with Robert Barclay "The Duke of Juke"
Sunday nights at 8 p.m. |
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About the show ...
Robert Barclay spins three hours of acoustic and electric from the 1920’s to the present, including blues, soul, R&B, gospel and zydeco.
Juke Joint Playlists
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Robert Barclay, Volunteer Producer/Juke Joint
Phone (989) 774-3105
Fax (989) 774-4427
robert.barclay@cmich.edu |
About Robert ...
Robert Barclay is the Duke of Juke on “The Juke Joint” broadcast on CMU Public Radio. He is responsible for choosing the wide variety of traditional and contemporary blues, zydeco, gospel and soul music on the program.
Personal Fact: Robert is a staff photographer professionally for the university’s public relations office since 1980 and has been married to the other CMU photographer, Peggy Brisbane, for over 30 years. She is known for her photo documentation of the Wheatland Festival and WCMU’s “Our Front Porch” concerts since the early 1980s. Robert began working for CMU Public Radio in 1981, co-hosting the folk music program “Homespun” with Tom Ball. “The Juke Joint” was opened in 1985.
Likes: Getting absorbed in the history of a wide variety of music like bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, blues, soul, gospel, jazz, western swing and rock & roll of the 1950s and ‘60s and meeting the artists who create it. Loves spending hours in a good record store as well as a good book store, always with the radio audience in mind. He and Peggy enjoy driving the two-lane back roads of the U.S., especially the rural south where their favorite music was born. Favorite shows: A Prairie Home Companion, American Routes, Our Front Porch, Homespun along with Morning Ed and All Things Considered.
Little Known Facts: Bob Dylan was the first musician he ever photographed (1974) and Brownie McGhee was the first musician he interviewed (1986). Interviewing James Brown and B.B. King were personal highlights.
Little Known Fact #2: He has been a football fan of Alabama’s Crimson Tide since 1964 and has photographed their legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant three times during the 1970s.
Quote: “See you on the flipside!”
Quote #2: Preparing “The Juke Joint” for broadcast is the highlight of my week. When listeners e-mail me with their thoughtful comments and support the program during the fundraisers, it makes it all worthwhile.
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Take 5 with Ray Ford
Saturday mornings at 10 a.m.
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About the show ...
Take 5 is a generally light-hearted approach to America's only original art form. As much a "performance piece" as it is a jazz and blues program, Take 5 is intended to put a smile on your face on a Saturday morning; a smile that will carry you into the afternoon.
Take 5 Playlists
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Ray Ford, Program Director
Phone (989) 774-3105
Fax (989) 774-4427
ford1r@cmich.edu |
About Ray ...
Ray Ford is the program director at CMU Public Radio, making him responsible for the program schedule and the overall sound of the radio station. He is also the host of Take 5, a program of blues and jazz that has been on the air for over twenty-five years. Ray has been pulling the wool over the management’s eyes at CMU Public Radio since 1981.
Personal Fact: He’s married to one of the world’s most tolerant people, Patty, for 35 years (and counting). She is also his social secretary and his taste coordinator, ‘cause he doesn’t have any…just ask her. He has a wife……………………she has three cats.
Likes: Skiing, boating, swimming, screaming at the Lions, Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me, This American Life, Juke Joint, The Set List, Are We Alone? (the whole broadcast schedule, actually) and station ID’s that have his voice on them.
Widely known fact: Ray is limited to 3 cups of coffee per day; 2, if he has a doughnut.
Little known fact: Ray is the support beam that props up management.
Quote: “The best day of the week is Saturday because of my Take 5 program. The building is locked, nobody wants anything, the only phone calls are from listeners who are in the same groove, a hot microphone, and a library full of the world’s greatest music. You can’t get any closer to the purity of my industry than that.”
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Destination Out with Mike Johnston
Sundays at 11 p.m. |
About the show ...
A special program that features creative improvised music, traditional world music and jazz. Each week a feature is presented on a particular artist or a unique style of music.
Destination Out Playlists |
Mike Johnston, host of Destination Out
Phone (989) 774-3105
Fax (989) 774-4427
cmuradio@cmich.edu
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About Mike ...
Mike Johnston is the host of Destination Out (Sunday evening at 11:00) at CMU Public Radio. He teaches music history courses at Delta College and Mid Michigan Community College. He has been married for thirteen years.
Personal Fact: He has been married for thirteen years. He is a community volunteer and began his program in August, 1987. He is also the bassist with Faruq Z. Bey and the Northwoods Improvisers jazz ensemble since 1976.
Mike was raised in Traverse City and Holds an MFA degree in Art/Photography.
Likes: He likes sports, The Juke Joint and Jazz radio.
Little Known Fact: Mike wrote for Coda Publications (Jazz magazine) from 1981 to 1999.
Quote: "John Coltrane said that knowledge can set you free. I think Public Radio contributes a lot to personal growth regardless of our age.”
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Afternoon
Classical Music with Susan McTaggart-Dennis
Weekdays from 1 p.m.
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About the show ...
Susan
McTaggart-Dennis hosts classical Music in the afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m. She plays everything from Copland to Bach, The King's Singers to the New York Philharmonic.
Afternoon Classical Music Playlists
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Susan
McTaggart-Dennis, Program Producer
Phone (989) 774-3105
Fax (989) 774-4427
mctag1sm@cmich.edu |
About Susan ...
Susan McTaggart-Dennis is the host of Afternoon Classical Music weekdays from 1:00 until 4:00 on CMU Public Radio. She is also a fine arts producer for the station and manages the classical music library (and, serves as an operations assistant in the daily on-air activities).
Susan came to CMU Public Radio as a volunteer working in the music library almost thirty years ago while completing her undergraduate degree in Biology and Health Cciences and raising her young family. She was an avid listener and supporter of the ‘new’ Public Station she had discovered on her radio. And, much to her delight, several years later, found her niche and became as full-time employee.
Likes: When she is not listening to the music programming on CMU Public Radio, you could call her a ‘news junkie’. “The BBC World Service” and “Saturday Weekend Edition from NPR” are among her favorites.
Little Known Fact I: Away from the job, Susan is an amateur musician. She enjoys playing flute in the Shepherd-based Central Michigan Area Concert Band and singing in community & church choirs. She also has a passion for quilting, instilled by her maternal grandmother.
Quotable quote: “Hosting a classical music program on Public Radio is one of the most unique professions a person could have. CMU Public Radio’s audiences are knowledgeable and inspired by the music they hear, and their feedback and support make me better at what I do.”
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Morning Edition with David Nicholas
Weekdays from 5:00 a.m. |
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About the show ...
The best thing about waking up for more than 13 million people worldwide? Coffee, juice, and a staple to satisfy the curious: Morning Edition with Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep. Hours before alarms buzz and coffeemakers drip, an international team of award-winning journalists, commentators, producers, and analysts prepare the most popular news program on public radio, offering a welcome alternative to the talking heads, sound-bite journalism, and confrontational conversation found elsewhere. |
David Nicholas, News Director
Phone (989) 774-3105
Fax (989) 774-4427
nicho1d@cmich.edu |
About David ...
David Nicholas is the News Director for CMU Public Radio.
He is the local host for “Morning Edition,” weekdays from 6-9 AM. He supervises a growing news department, now numbering 5 staffers and student reporters, covering central and northern Michigan. He produces and hosts two programs for CMU Public Television, “Capitol Report” and “Meet the Candidates.”
Personal Fact: David graduated from CMU in 1987 with a degree in Broadcasting and Music History; he has been working at CMU Public Radio since 1990. His first eleven years were as host of “Nightside Jazz and Blues.”
Likes: He is an avid sports fan, especially for the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Bears. Favorite shows on CMU Public Radio include “All Things Considered,” “Take Five,” “The Set List” and the “Juke Joint.”
Little known fact: David is an avid music collector – many of the rare finds show up when he fills in for Rick Westover or Robert Barclay.
Little known fact: David ended a twenty-year break from being on stage to take on community theater roles with The Broadway Players in Mt. Pleasant.
“The great thing about public radio in general and especially the many years here at CMU is the creative freedom. On Nightside, I was able to explore all the great jazz – there was no required play list dictating the sound of the show. In the years since working in news, the same freedom has allowed me to work with so many interesting people in central and northern Michigan to tell the stories reflecting what happens here.”
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About the show ...
All Things Considered is a vital daily companion to people who strive to stay informed and in touch. Since its debut in 1971, this afternoon radio newsmagazine has delivered in-depth reporting in context and transformed the way listeners understand the world.
Heard by more than 10 million* people on over 560 radio stations each week, All Things Considered is one of the most popular programs in America. Every weekday, national hosts Melissa Block, Michele Norris, and Robert Siegel present two hours of insightful news mixed with commentary and interviews, as well as special – sometimes quirky – features.
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Amy Robinson, local host
All Things Considered
(989) 774-6862
Fax (989) 774-4427
amy.robinson@cmich.edu
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About Amy ...
Amy is the local host for All Things Considered at CMU Public Radio. As part of the news team, she is responsible for covering stories throughout our 44-county coverage area. Amy has also has produced several reports that have aired on NPR.
Amy began working for CMU Public Radio in 2006. She enjoys the challenge of covering news for such a large part of the state. And she enjoys the opportunity to produce in-depth stories. Amy’s been married to husband Tom for 21-years. They have five children and a menagerie of pets.
Appropriately enough, Amy enjoys the news programs on NPR. She also loves Prairie Home Companion, Car Talk and Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading, traveling abroad and preparing gourmet five-course meals. In the interest of full-disclosure we should note that although that’s what Amy enjoys, in reality what she does is travel mainly to work and to the grocery story and prepare not-so-gourmet macaroni and cheese for the aforementioned five children. But she does read when time allows! That part was spot on.
Little Known Facts: Amy owns goats. Adorable, miniature Nigerian Dwarf dairy goats.
And in her previous life, as a reporter for TV 9 & 10 news, Amy made it to the network! With a blooper. Perhaps you’ve seen it, it involves a reporter and a snowplow... Enough said.
“There’s something pure about public radio. It’s in our name and in everything we do that our job is to bring you something unique. And that mission is shared not only by music and programming but also by the news department. I think when it comes to news and information, nobody does it better than public radio!” |
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Our Front Porch with John Sheffler
Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. |
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About the show ...
John Sheffler hosts traditional music concerts recorded by CMU Public Radio at Central Michigan University and throughout central and northern Michigan.
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John Sheffler, Director of Radio
Phone (989) 774-3105
Fax (989) 774-4427
sheff1j@cmich.edu |
About John ...
John Sheffler is the Director of CMU Public Radio. He is also the creator, producer and host for “Our Front Porch.”
Personal Fact: John has lived in Mt. Pleasant since 1973 and has been working at CMU Public Radio since 1975. John has been married to Dawn for almost 30 years. He has a Golden Deceiver named “Ollie.”
Likes: Fishing on anything larger than a mud puddle, travel, “American Routes,” a good laugh especially-at his own expense (“I never run out of material”) “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” NCAA Basketball – especially the tourney in Spring, any kind of music, golfing, movies of all types and “Fresh Air.”
Little Known Facts: I lied to get my first job in radio. OK, maybe stretched the truth beyond all recognition might be a better way to put it.
Little Known Fact #2: I was a year away from graduating with a degree in Computer Systems Design and Programming when I decided to try a career in radio.
Little Known Fact #3: John has 100 other little known facts - also known as skeletons - in the closet.
Quote: “There aren’t many folks in this world that can say that they enjoy their work after they’ve been ‘at the job’ for 33 years...but I can. And, I realize how lucky I am...to be doing what I dreamed of doing when I was a kid...”
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Music in the Morning
with Rick Westover
Weekdays at 9 a.m.
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About the show ...
Music in the Morning on CMU Public Radio is your companion through your morning routine. Classical favorites share the day with the latest compositions. It might make for a calming background during an otherwise hectic commute. Then again, it also offers the perfect soundtrack for a relaxing morning at home.
Music in the Morning Playlists |
Rick Westover, Program Producer
Phone (989) 774-3457
Fax (989) 774-4427
westo1rr@cmich.edu
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About Rick ...
Rick Westover is your host for Music in the Morning on CMU Public Radio. He added producer duties for a new show in January, 2008. You can join him for an eclectic mix of music on The Set List,Saturday nights at 9 pm.
Personal Fact: Rick has been wandering the halls of CMU Public Broadcasting since the fall of 1999. He started as one of the many student hosts of Nightside.
Likes: Bad horror movies, This American Life, music in all (re: most of) its colors and tones, World Café, to write (but I tell myself I don’t have the time), reality TV (I’m kind of a junkie – it’s bad), Fresh Air, the inside of a record shop, Take Five (where’s my money, Ray?), and The Beat Generation (emphasis Kerouac).
Little Known Facts: I can frost and decorate cakes . . . seriously . . . roses, scalloped borders the whole nine . . . thanks to the ‘lean’ years.
Little Known Fact #2: I’m a bit surprised by my position here at CMU Public Radio, following my first and last piano recital. Beethoven’s “Für Elise” still sends shivers down my spine.
Quote:
Rick says, “I’m a lucky guy. I wake up most every day looking forward to heading into work. We talk a lot about the CMU Public Radio family and it’s true. This is a wonderfully creative environment. Every day I get to share my efforts with anyone who cares to listen.”
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The Set List
with Rick Westover
Saturdays at 9 p.m.
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About the show ...
The Set List offers an eclectic mix of music, built around various themes. No show is the same in a world where Chet Baker mingles with The Strokes and John Lee Hooker. You’ll find Michigan musicians, new indie darlings and hear classic tracks in a new light.
Or, take a look for yourself.
The Set List Playlists
Also follow along on twitter by following @thesetlist!
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Rick Westover, Program
Producer
Phone (989) 774-3457
Fax (989) 774-4427
westo1rr@cmich.edu
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About Rick...
Rick Westover is your host for The Set List, a relatively new addition to the CMU Public Radio weekend. You can also join him for all things Classical on Music in the Morning, Monday through Friday, from 9 AM to Noon.
Personal Fact: Rick has been wandering the halls of CMU Public Broadcasting since the fall of 1999. He started as one of the many student hosts of Nightside.
Likes: Bad horror movies, This American Life, music in all (re: most of) its colors and tones, World Café, to write (but I tell myself I don’t have the time), reality TV (I’m kind of a junkie – it’s bad), Fresh Air, the inside of a record shop, Take Five (where’s my money, Ray?), and The Beat Generation (emphasis Kerouac).
Little Known Facts: I can frost and decorate cakes . . . seriously . . . roses, scalloped borders the whole nine . . . thanks to the ‘lean’ years.
Little Known Fact #2: I gather the discs together for each week’s edition of The Set List and carry them around in an old artillery case.
Quote:
Rick says, “I’m a lucky guy. I wake up most every day looking forward to heading into work. We talk a lot about the CMU Public Radio family and it’s true. This is a wonderfully creative environment. Every day I get to share my efforts with anyone who cares to listen.”
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