WEFT

Time 2020-12-07 01:08:26

Web Name: WEFT

WebSite: http://new.weft.org

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Happy ThanksgivingThanks to all the generous donations during WEFT's Fall Pledge Drive. You can still donate online or return the letter we mailed recently. T-shirts are going to the printers any day, due to COVID complications and our limited staff of volunteers, please allow us a little time to distribute the shirts. Listen to WEFT's live broadcast in your browser, choose TuneIn to take WEFT anywhere on your smartphone or use your preferred streaming player on your computer.Homelessness MarathonWEFT will once again broadcast the Homelessness Marathon. Tune in Wednesday December 9 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. We will pre-empt our normal Wednesday evening programs to bring you the 22nd Homelessness Marathon.America's only national broadcast focusing onhomelessness and povertyA brief history of the Marathon. Read Jeremy Alderson's description of how the Marathon started. One year the national broadcast of the Marathon originated from right outside WEFT studios at 113 N. Market St. in downtown Champaign.If you'd like to donate; Homelessness Marathon.org It's not a full-fledged stay-at-home order, Gov. J.B. Pritzker stressed Tuesday, but the new rules that take effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday across Illinois come with some of the same mitigation measures that bogged down business in the spring."The best way for us to avoid a stay-at-home order is to stay home," Pritzker said in announcing the state's Tier 3 resurgence mitigation plan Tuesday in Chicago.WEFT is adjusting it's policies and proceduures to follow the Tier 3 Mitigation guidelines. The health and safety of our volunteers and Airshifters is our primary concern.Stay Healthy! - Help your friends & neighbors!Illinois has opened a Free CBTS (Community Based Testing Site) offering drive-thru testing. The site is at Market Place Mall, enter off of Market St. Possible sources of financial, food or rent assistance, Champaign Township, or City of Champaign Township, or Cunningham Township (Urbana) NFCB Statement on Black Lives Matter and the Death of George Floyd(Please read the entire statement at the link above, but here's one paragraph that is typical of the statement.)The National Federation of Community Broadcasters maintains that fairness and justice depend on acknowledging social and historical context. NFCB stands allied with the movement for Black lives. We believe the voices of Black, Indigenous, and people of color must be heard. We are here, ready to listen and support.In the spring of 2020 WEFT completed a project our volunteers had worked on for a couple years. Order a new antenna and get it installed on a new, taller tower. This video documents some of the projectYou can view this and other WEFT related videos on our Youtube PageThroughout October 2020 WEFT had a billboard up in Urbana. The theme "Ear Art with Heart" matched that of our Fall Pledge Drive. It also featured our slogan, "Listener Supported, Volunteer Operated, Community Radio!" It was on Univesity Ave. just west of Licoln Ave.Listen Local!Ed Hadley, artist and designer of the WEFT "Ear Art with Heart" billboard. Great job Ed! Ed is also the designer of many of WEFT's T-shirts Check out our Public Affairs page for show descriptions and links to the archived shows. We have archives of some of our Public Affairs shows going back to 2015.WEFT typically celebrates our Birthday each fall with a Community Party. This year we celebrated 39 years of being on the air with a Virtual WEFT Fest. On Sunday October 11 we broadcast an audio version over the air and streaming. We also streamed a video through our Youtube channel. It features some of the outstanding local talent and a few national acts that have played previous WEFT Sessions or WEFT Fests over the years.There were some technical glitches so we are working on getting a new version without the problems uploaded. We'll let you know when we do. Huge thanks to all the performers and hard working WEFT volunteers who made this happen! We want to send an extra thanks out to those folks that have made recent donations to WEFT. We have received some nice notes from donors who have appreciated our volunteer efforts to bring you WEFT's mix of great music and information. Thank You! Many of WEFT's Community Partners have cancelled or postponed events, some have temporarily closed their doors. Please call them and visit their websites or Facebook pages to learn when they'll return to normal operation.Big Grove Tavern now offers limited patio seating as well as a curbside menu, it's recommended you call in advance. Common Ground Food Co-Op has changed some shopping hours and sanitizing procedures. Elliott Counseling Group FREE online support groups for the communty and for healthcare professionalsKrannert Center has announced it's Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 In-Person schedule has been canceled. It's website is a destination to explore virtual performances, menus, stories and more. Krannert Center thanks you for your steadfast support, and they look forward to seeing you before long.Lodgic Everyday - Clever Moose Cafe Now offers Patio, Dine-In and All Day Curbside Pickup and Delivery.Minuteman Press is Open! Please call or e-mail them for safe ordering, pickup and delivery options.Nick Rudd Music supports 3 excellent local organizations; C4A, U. of I. School of Music and the Urbana Free LibraryUrbana Park District suspends indoor activities through December 7, and the park district will re-evaluate the situation then. As a reminder, people are still welcome visit and enjoy our parks. This includes new art works at the Wandell Sculpture Garden. Urbana Park District will continue to offer virtual programming during this time. On Wednesday March 5th we shut down our transmitter and disconnected everything in the old shack, moved it to the new enclosure and connected everything up. After running some tests we powered up the transmitter and are once again broadcastng over the FM airwaves. We were off the air from about 8:30 am to about 6:00 pm. The FCC required us to run at 50% power for up to 30 days to ensure we weren't interfering with other signals in the area. They gave us approval to increase our power back up to 100% and we did that on the evening of April 29, 2020.We thank our Community Partners and supporters for their financial help getting this project completed. Thanks to the tower crew from AMF Electronics in St. Louis who worked around some crappy weather & donated some critical cable and parts. We mainly want to thank you, all our listeners for your support and patience!WEFT's Board has voted to allow up to 8 people in the Great Hall as long as social distancing is practiced. Thus some smaller Committee meetings may be conducted at the station. We still anticipate most committees will conduct meetings using Zoom.Digital Library1st Monday, 6:30pmFinance Committee2nd Monday, 6:00pmMusic Committee3rd Monday, 6:30pmProgramming Committee2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7:00pmAssociates meetings are held quarterly in March, June, September and December. They alternate between Wednesday & Thursday typically starting at 7:00 pm.The next meeting is scheduled for 7:00 pm Wednesday December 2. Once again due to COVID-19 restrictions it will be a Zoom meeting.All WEFT meetings are open to the public.Since March, due to concerns about COVID, Board Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings have been Zoom virtual meetings. All WEFT meetings are open to the public.Thanks to all our community partners who help support WEFT. Check the list onour Community Partners page and let them know you appreciate their support of community radio.Does your organization have a public service announcement that you'd like to get on the air?Write up the details. Be sure to include all the important information including who, what, when and where. Public service announcements must not be a call to action, we cannot mention ticket prices and they should not be written in first person. Phonetic pronunciation for any unusual words or names would be helpful too.The announcement should fit on a 5 X 7 card and take 30-45 seconds to read.You can drop off the announcement at the station, mail it to WEFT, 113 N. Market St. Champaign or send it via email to psa@weft.org. Check out our Public Affairs page for show descriptions and links to the archived shows.Carol & Aaron Ammons host Higher Ground on alternating Saturday mornings at 8:00 am. On Saturday Augsut 29 Aaron Ammons who is the Champaign County Clerk gave a wrap up of the Vote By Mail process. Higher Ground August 29 excerpt with a focus on Vote By Mail (this 20 minute audio clip is from from the beginning of the show).

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