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A Day To Remember Radio Modules - April 3-7, 2023
From: KUCO
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Date-based history modules for broadcast April 3-7, 2023. Run time 02:45 for all episodes.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 13:45
A Day To Remember SAMPLE PROGRAMS
From: KUCO
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Sample programs to audition - series available April 1, 2023.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 13:16
Minneapolis: Not giving up on police abolition
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, expectations were high that if systems-change around policing were possible anywhere, it might b...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Indigenous People’s Power
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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2020 was a watershed year for indigenous peoples’ movements. Native American organizers made great strides when it comes to elections, mutual aid a...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 18, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 9: Bird insurrection
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his daughter Margaret investigate the bird insurrection, while humans attack the U.S. Capitol and President Trump is impeached for the ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 11:47
Episode 6: In one lifetime
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard reflects on the connection between his life’s work and that of his daughter Erika, who is leading the Biden/Harris transition team for the ...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 10:30
THE DRIPPING Lamps
From: Kate Madara
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Dandelion seeds blowback on to their stem making a few lights in the way lines look like they were pulsing morse code, letters replaced.  A single ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2020
  • Length: 15:59
NEA Jazz Master Moments with Advocate and Writer, Ira Gitler
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Jazz historians and his own son, Fitz, share why writer and jazz adovcate, Ira Gitler is a Jazz Master.

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 01:58
  • Purchases: 13
NEA Jazz Moments with JAMEY AEBERSOLD
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Jamey Aebersold. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn abou...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 14
NEA Jazz Moments with Mose Allison [second installment]
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three more short "Moments" featuring 2013 NEA Jazz Master, Mose Allison. In this batch, we learn about Mose's move from Mississippi to NYC, his gri...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WICR and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 12
Moments with Jazz Master, Charlie Haden
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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4 Moments with bassist Charlie Haden.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WART FM, WUSF and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Yusef Lateef on Joining Dizzy's Big Band; Finding One's Voice; Lifetime Student; and Musical Beginnings.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard on Rejecting Categories; Chicago; Composing; Early Influences; Early Band; Founding AACM; and Listening Habits.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron on Hearing Coltrane Live; Improvisation; Yusef Lateef; and Moving to NYC.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master George Avakian
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master George Avakian on "Discovering this strange music"; Wrong Microphone incident; Most Important Accomplishment; Revolutionizing the L...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton on Mosaic; His Early Influences; Remembering Arriving in NYC and College Education.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson on Connecting tot he Audiences; Quotes Eric Dolphy; First Performance; Milt Jackson rock the boat; and Pee Wee Mar...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 11
NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross on The Contest that Launched Her Career; Being Raised in Hollywood; Working with Lambert and Hendricks; Recording "Singi...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 08:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Bill Holman on Writing for Stan Kenton; Dangers of Success; Starting his own Big Band; Changes to his Arrangement; and Composing

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 7
NEA Jazz Master Dave Brubeck on India
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, NEA JAZZ MASTER DAVE BRUBECK HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, FORGING RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH MUSIC. HE’S BEEN ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Quincy Jones
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Quincy Jones on Jazz Family; Jazz Mentors; Hamps Band; Boulanger; Cultural Exchange and Jazz Ambassadors

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 9
NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Lee Konitz on Early Inspiration; Alto Verses Tenor; Spontaneous Improvision; His Sound; and Sideman Mentality.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, Prairie Public, WICR, WUSF and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 10
NEA Jazz Master Rudy VanGelder
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Rudy VanGelder on Recording Start; Alfred Lion; Hackensack Home; Englewood Cliffs; and Rudy's Goal.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WICR, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton on First Gig with Duke Ellington' First Gig; Dedication to the Music; Racism; and Al Jackson.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 8
NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall on Spiritual Awakening; Technique vs. Ideas; Bill Kirchner; Nat Hentoff; Pat Metheny; and Meeting Sonny Rollins

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KCSM, WUSF, Harford Community Radio, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
  • Purchases: 7