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Thank You For Your Support!

On Thursday, March 10th, WDAV wrapped up its Spring 2011 Membership Campaign – 9 hours earlier than expected and more than $11,000 over goal! Thank you to all the volunteers who answered phones. To all the restaurants who donated meals. To all the guests who joined us on-the-air. And to the 1,403 people who are investing more than $196,000 to lend their support to WDAV and classical public radio in this region.
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WDAV Presents B24 – the Beethoven Birthday Marathon

Pity poor Beethoven. Because of WDAV’s traditional December focus on holiday music, the great master’s December 16th birth anniversary has usually been overlooked. But not this year!
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WDAV Has Best Membership Campaign Ever – Thank You!

Thank you for making WDAV’s 2010 Fall Membership Campaign one of our very best ever. 1,336 contributions, 313 new members, supporting, saluting and sustaining classical public radio to the tune of more than $200,000. WDAV and wdav.org are here for you on the air and online twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Thank you for being there for us!
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Another Classical Station Joins The Public Radio Ranks

Did you hear this news re: a new member to America’s classical public radio community? The good folks from Seattle’s KING-FM visited WDAV several months ago, and I think you’ll recognize WDAV in some of KING’s community goals. This post is courtesy of Scanning the Dial, a classical music broadcasting blog we read closely!
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The Virtual Choir – a Metaphor for Classical Public Radio

If you are skeptical about how a community can come together to create and support one great musical idea, watch this.
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WDAV Celebrates Chopin’s Birthday With Special Programming

Happy Birthday, Fryderyk Chopin! To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the birth of the “poet of the piano,” WDAV offers special programming throughout the day on Monday, March 1st. Listen today for these tributes:
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Hear Chris Thile Today at 10:30 AM on WDAV

You can hear an exclusive interview with the Punch Brothers’ mandolin virtuoso, Chris Thile, today, September 29, at 10:30 on WDAV. Listen over the air at 89.9 FM, via the Public Radio App with your iPhone or via live streaming through iTunes or wdav.org.
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WDAV To Broadcast Two Live Concerts This Weekend From Brevard Music Festival

This weekend, the 37-foot long WDAV Broadcast RV, affectionately known to staffers as “Camper Van Beethoven,” makes a stop at the picturesque Brevard Music Festival in the mountains of western North Carolina. Don’t miss our two live broadcasts of full-length concerts this weekend!
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