It was light out, but the Nightwolf was howling. And their listeners and their loyal supporters are still here. It held weekly jazz performances at St. Margarets Episcopal Church on Connecticut Avenue, featuring such artists as Shirley Horn, Andrew White, Paul Hawkins, and Byron Morris. What we do in this business goes to your head and your heart. He understands where the outcry comes from, he said. The friendships and camaraderie that I had with fellow announcers Faunee Williams, Whitmore John, Candy Shannon, Gwen Redding, Bill McLaurin, Tim Masters, and Felix Grant were especially rewarding. But I was depressed until Edith Smith, general manager of WDCU, called, offering me airtime on Sunday afternoons. Pacificas then-executive director declined to comment on Daughtrys elimination at the time; last week, so did Hughes. The jazz aficionado hosts "A Sunday Kind of Love" at noon on Sundays on WPFW 89.3 FM. Copyright 2023. Wpfw corporate office is located in 1990 K St NW Ste 14R, Washington, District of Columbia, 20006, United States and has 29 employees. Watson didnt last long as general manager; few at WPFW have. We became close friends, and I enjoyed his stories about hanging out at the stage door of the Howard Theatre with his childhood friend Nap Turner in order to see Charlie Parker, or about the time he spent on Rikers Island incarcerated with Ike Quebec. Wash would say, If you dont like what Im playing, turn the dial and listen to Hassan. Because he frequently played scratchy records on his show, whenever I played a recording with surface noise I would announce that it was from the Jerry Washington Collection of Classic Jazz. var addy_text39617 = 'news' + '@' + 'wpfw' + '.' + 'org'; Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News. Martin said he couldnt do it, and prepared to end his show. The situation at WPFW is but one example of the crisis confronting jazz radio across the country. Bambergers scholarly and entertaining approach examines the recordings of a particular artist such as Bix Beiderbecke or Teddy Wilson, focusing on the recorded output of a few years. John Hughes loves the word ethos. You notice, because when he says itand hes saying it a lot these daysit doesnt rhyme with dose, but moss. He says WPFW pulls in a weekly cumulative audience of about 140,000 to 150,000 listeners, a drop from its peak in the 2000s. miyuki williams. In 2002, while acting as general manager at Pacificas WBAI in New York, Daughtry was axed during a foundation board meeting broadcast on all five stations; he sued Pacifica and settled. I know things must change. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Martin was asked to stick to music, he says, and contribute news to Morning Brew. Askia Muhammad, Morning Jazz: Membership Department All inquiries regarding your membership (pledge gifts, tax statements, membership status) please email membership@wpfw.org. The talk never stops and the music never ends was how some programmers put it, according to Porter, an early host at the station. Morris was the first musician I interviewed on the air. Miyuki Williams: About 31 years ago on a Monday night I was driving on Minnesota Avenue listening to WPFW 89.3 FM. Shaboom Records. Email: shepperd@cua.edu, Chicanas who stepped up to the microphone for the first time were not only hearing their own voices audibly broadcasted over public airwaves, they also were announcing the arrival of a sonically distinct Chicana public sphere.. But even if Hughes opponents turn back his ambitions, who will they be saving WPFW for? We also mail copies to subscribers throughout the United States. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; 360Development Director202-588-0999 ext. document.getElementById('cloak25885').innerHTML += ''+addy_text25885+'<\/a>'; Regards, The 1990s is when I discovered WPFW. 30. As the staffer responsible for enforcing programming standards, Daughtry reported his own infraction. Your email address will not be published. . A recent radio show on WPFW began with a quote from Shakespeares Henry V, as the love-struck king woos his future wife. 1888PressRelease) March 01, 2012 Recreating their efforts which led to the Fall 2010 drive being among the most successful in recent memory, 'PFW Programmers Association members Miyuki Williams, Robyn Holden and Katea Stitt again mobilized the more than 150 volunteer DJ's in the intricate 'Buddy System' The objective is to create effective on-air pairings of programmers to 'pitch' together . WAMU programs were Rob Bambergers Hot Jazz Saturday Night, my Jazz Sunday, and Marian McPartlands Piano Jazz. But his solutionto professionalize the sound of WPFWs broadcast by bringing in more outside content, most of which he says would have been relatively cheapis tantamount to a resource-starved newspaper filling its pages with wire content: The quality will be high; the opportunity cost is the local charisma. What a tremendously delicious jazz anthology. Miyuki Williams, one of the stations more prolific fundraisers, said last weekend on her Sunday Kind of Love program that while she was grateful for the extra hour she now has each week, she wished it hadnt been at the expense of some of the stations Sunday-night Latin music programming. Torries at Wilson. //