July 20, 2004
Get Up with MorningWood!
Get Up with MorningWood, on 70,000 Watt Community Radio WMNF 88.5 fm, Tampa, and streaming at wmnf.org. 4 to 6 am (eastern) every Tuesday!
Studio line: 813-239- WMNF WOOD
MorningWood Needs Your Vote!
The WMNF listener survey is out, and somehow MorningWood got left off of the list for favorite shows. This sucks.
You can help to rectify this tragic error by filling out the survey online and writing in your vote for MorningWood wherever it may be even remotely appropriate.
Apparently, the survey is no longer online, or perhaps the station took down the link so people would concentrate on marathon. Whatever - right this second, doing the online thing is impossible. So we’ll do the next best: Call the studio (813-239-WOOD) or email norwood@wmnf.org and I will send you a printed version of our Program Guide which contains the listener survey. You can fill one out the old-fashioned way and mail it back to the station.
Survey hints: The answer “MorningWood” would work nicely for the following questions:
Page 18, “Listening Preferences” section “One show I would listen to more...”Page 19, “Weekly Shows” section: This is the one where MorningWood was inexplicably left off of the ballot. Please “Write In” MorningWood in this section. Don’t worry - I’ve received firm suggestions from people very low in the station hierarchy that your ballot wont be rejected as an “overvote” just because you write in your vote.
Page 20, “News” section: How ‘bout a plug for BlogWood.com under web sites!
Okay - that’s it for the cheat sheet. Please call and get a Program Guide, or, if you already have one, please remember MorningWood when you fill out your Listener Survey. If the online survey ever comes back, you should be able to access it via the WMNF 88.5FM home page. The sections should be organized and titled just as described above, except for the page numbers.
THANKS!
Thanks to all the loyal WMNF and MorningWood listeners who called in during last week’s marathon fundraiser for our new building. MorningWood continued a streak of making goal. In fact, MorningWood has never fallen short in any marathon. This time, the goal was shattered, and MorningWood was one of the best performing overnight shows. MorningWood listeners rock.
Blogging on the radio
I’ve got this whole show planned around pig songs, in honor of the TrueMajority Pig Mobile’s visit to Tampa. So, I’ll probably mention the Presidential visit to Tampa on Friday as well as other pig related news.
This just in: an alert reader noticed some news about Linda Ronstadt. It seems that she praised and then dedicated a song to Michael Moore during a Las Vegas performance on Saturday and caused quite a stink. I was too busy being self-absorbed and planning for this morning’s show to notice the news, so thanks to BlogWood reader Linda for the tip.
AP Wire | 07/19/2004 | Las Vegas casino boots singer Linda Ronstadt after performance
Singer Linda Ronstadt not only got booed, she got the boot after lauding filmmaker Michael Moore and his new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11 during a performance at the Aladdin hotel-casino.Before singing "Desperado" for an encore Saturday night, the 58-year-old rocker called Moore a "great American patriot" and "someone who is spreading the truth." She also encouraged everybody to see the documentary about President Bush.
Ronstadt's comments drew loud boos and some of the 4,500 people in attendance stormed out of the theater. People also tore down concert posters and tossed cocktails into the air.
It’s after 2am, and I’ve just finished burning my playlists to CD, and a change this late would be just way too painful for my sleep deprived caffeine fueled brain to handle at the moment, so we’ll just have to send Ms. Ronstadt our best without actually playing one of her tunes or even a song about her. Oh well - maybe next week?
Playlists
Each week, I bring my planned songs in on CD. I usually end up playing most or all of them in the planned order. But sometimes things go askew. Sorry - no guarantees or refunds.
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Posted by Norwood at July 20, 2004 02:45 AMre: Linda Ronstadt: So much for freedom of speech.
Posted by: carol orrick at July 20, 2004 06:45 PM