On January 15, 2011 WUWF will be thirty. I know, I know, I swear we don’t feel a day over twenty-five but, it’s the big three-oh! We think this calls for a celebration—or several. WUWF is planning multiple events throughout the coming year to mark the beginning of our fourth decade of service to northwest Florida and south Alabama. Please add these to your calendars, tune in to 88.1 FM, and check wuwf.org for details as they evolve.

Friday – Sunday, January 14 – 16, 2011, WUWF joins forces with the 30A Songwriters’ Festival, held at multiple venues along the Beaches of South Walton County. 88.1 FM will be broadcasting some of the performances live, on site and John MacDonell will be conducting post performance interviews with various performers throughout the weekend. The stellar festival lineup includes: Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls (Closer to Fine, Galileo, Least Complicated), Shawn Mul-lins (Lullaby, Beautiful Wreck, Light You Up), Dar Williams (Beauty of the Rain, Mercy of the Fallen), Vienna Teng and many other significant songwriters performing in varied intimate venues. Last year’s inaugural festival sold out well in advance of the weekend so secure your tickets early at 30asongwritersfestival.com.

Monday, January 17 – Friday, February 25, 2011, Shoeboxers and Other Breeds an exhibit of work by artist and illustrator Jem Sullivan will be on display at WUWF’s Gallery 88. Sullivan has been illustrating for WUWF almost since the beginning. You may be familiar with his work for Hallmark’s Shoebox line of greeting cards, but he is also responsible for the many WUWF dogs and other characters which have graced our building, newsletters, website, etc. We thought it would be fun as part of our birthday celebrations to look back at some of the work Sullivan produced for WUWF as well as alternative artistic roads he has taken. All we know for sure is—there will be dogs! An open reception will be held and you can meet the artist on Thursday, January 20, 5-7 p.m.

On Thursday, January 27, 7 p.m. WUWF and the UWF College of Arts and Sciences will present An Evening With NPR Science Correspondent, Joe Palca at the UWF Music Hall in the Center for Fine & Performing Arts. Our own home grown NPR correspondent, Debbie Elliott, will introduce Palca who will speak about his work at NPR and about cutting edge and alternative energy research. Palca is known for his ability to translate complicated science into laymen’s terms. The event is free and open to the public—though seating is limited.

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Many listeners have asked if we would repeat the WUWF themed cake decorating contest for our 30th birthday. What better time and place than the February RadioLive, Thursday, February 3 at the Pensacola Museum of Com-merce? As always, there will be no cash prizes (it’s all for the glory!), but there will be WUWF memorabilia gifts for the winners. Photographs will be taken before the cakes are consumed with coffee at the Save RadioLive donation coffee bar. More details will be available on the WUWF website at wuwf.org after the first of the year.

Getting in Shape Physically and FiscallyYes, there are some wrinkles—we like to call them laugh lines—and there are a few gray hairs (on staff), but we think of them as signs of grace-ful maturity. One of the inevitable signs of aging is that colleagues we have long loved and valued are retiring. This year we will be losing the voice of classical music, Steve Tortorici, after 25 years at WUWF (read more about Steve’s retirement on pages 5-6). For the time being, WUWF will be broadcasting the Public Radio International-American Public Media syndicated program Classical 24 during the 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. weekday time slot on 88.1 FM.

Most folks turning thirty hope not to be still growing, but it’s not the same with public radio—we want to grow—in both listeners and supporters. One of the pressing goals of our recent Fall Membership Drive had nothing to do with money. It was about growing new member-ship. Just as cellular regeneration is necessary for a body to stay healthy, it is necessary for a 30 year old public radio station to be generating new listeners and new members to stay fiscally sound. Development Director Trish Allison reported that, this fall, WUWF welcomed 230 new members to the 88.1 FM family. More than 70 volunteers assisted in answering phones and tak-ing pledges, and one of the most gratifying drive results was that WUWF’s Sustaining Member program grew to 219 members strong! Thanks to each of you, the 2010 Membership Campaign raised $102,180 in support of the quality pro-gramming on 88.1 FM. Once again, you—our community—exceeded expectations. Thank you for your commitment to providing great public radio for the gulf coast.

Another uplifting element of the pledge drive is always the comment section on the pledge forms.

It kind of puts us out there like asking, “Honey, does this make my ….?” Well you fill in the rest, BUT your comments about the importance of public radio are truly inspiring and we ask that you keep that passion all year long, not just dur-ing the two annual membership drives. As you well know, growing listener support is the only thing that will keep public radio vital and strong in our communities.

There is always more work to be done—a nip here—a tuck there—but, for thirty, we’re feeling pretty good!

Taking Stock and IntrospectionAs with any big decade birthday, it’s time to pon-der life’s big questions. For WUWF that means asking: Are we meeting community needs? How do we measure that—how will we know? Many of you participated in our online survey over the summer and others of you participated in the multiple focus groups held at the station. We thank you all for taking the time and making the effort to give us that valuable feedback.

Survey and focus group responses have been evaluated by Market Trends Research of Colorado and are now being used to consider any program and/or format changes that may be made, after the first of the year, to better meet the community’s needs and expectations. WUWF will continue to keep you, our listen-ers, informed as plans unfold. We want you to know that we take the responsibility seriously to balance both your wishes and the budget. Not everyone will like everything, but something that was very clear in all of the focus groups was a spirit of generosity in public radio members. You got it. You were willing to forgo some personal preferences for the good of all. We really like that about you!

Yes, You Can Trust UsThough those of a certain age remember the saying, “You can’t trust anyone over thirty,” WUWF—even at thirty—will continue to be your trusted companion.

We may indulge in a cosmetic makeover to keep us up to date but, we’re hoping you’ll appreciate a bit of change to keep us interesting. The es-sentials—our commitment to providing quality news, information, music and entertainment programming; and our commitment to commu-nity and public outreach—will not change.

If you haven’t noticed, we’ve lost a little weight. The antiquated remote “bread truck” has been replaced and equipment updated which will allow us to go on the road for remote broadcasts from time to time.

Finally, you can view our hip, new online version of the Hound’s Briefs newsletter at http://wuwf.org/briefs —and, if you wish to assist in our green efforts by saving the printing and postage, sign up for a reminder each quarter when the new edition comes available. Please email us at newsletter@wuwf.org and we will remove you from the print mail list.

Things are shifting a bit, as they tend to do around thirty, but we hope you’ll appreciate the effort we put into being our best for you. We hope it will put a little spice into our relationship!

As always, we can talk about it anytime you want. If you’d like to chat, email WUWF’s executive director, Pat Crawford at pat@wuwf.org or call 850.474.2426.

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Come have cake with usat the WUWF themedcake decorating contest—at February RadioLive,

Thursday, Feb. 3.

Wednesday, December 1, 10 a.m.,Tidings of Comfort and Joy tickets on saleat wuwf.org ($10 each) Performancesareat6p.m.,8p.m.and10p.m.,onThursday,December23.Ticketsselloutveryrapidly;pleasepurchasethemearlytoavoiddisappointment.Thisacousticconcertisatraditionformanyfamiliesandtheirholidayguests.EachyearWUWF’sDaleRieglechoosesaselectionofsacredandsec-ular,traditionalandcontemporaryseasonalmusicforthisacousticconcert,performedinthebeautifulhistoricChristChurch,onSevilleSquareindowntownPensacola.

Thursday, December 2, 6 p.m.,RadioLive’s Seasoned Greetings!Pensacola Museum of Commerce RadioLivefansknoweachDecember’sconcertisextraspecial.Themusicmaynotbeholidaytraditionalbut,itisalwaysacelebrationnontheless.Thisonepromisestorockthehouse.December’smusicalguestswillbe:Grayson Capps & the Lost Cause Minstrels, The Mosier Brothers (as in the Rev. Jeff), and JB’s Zydeco Zoo.

December 15 – 22, The StoryCorps MobileBoothwillbecollectingoilspillstoriesinPensacola.Forreservationscall1.800.850.4406orlinktotheStoryCorpsreservationsystemfromwuwf.org(underSpeicalEventsdropmenu).

Thursday, December 23, 6 p.m., 8 p.m., 10 p.m., Tidings of Comfort & Joy concert (seeDec.1entryonleft).

Thursday, January 6, 2011, 6 p.m.,RadioLive, Pensacola Museum of Commerce, admissioniswithadonationofnon-perish-ablefoodforMannaFoodPantries.Musicalguestsare:NewOrleansbasedsinger,song-writer,guitaristandcomposerLuke Winslow-King;customsongwriterandsinger,Erik Balkeyand;pianistScott Cossuwithsingerandviolinist Mark Russell.

Friday – Sunday, January 14-16, 2011, 30A Songwriters’ FestivalheldinmultiplevenuesalongthebeachesofsouthWaltonCounty(informationonfrontcover).

January 17 – February 25, 2011, Shoeboxers and Other Breeds at Gallery 88Jem Sullivan,ofSullivanandSullivanIllus-trationandDesign,willexhibitworkcreatedforWUWFPublicRadio,HallmarkCards’ShoeboxGreetingslineandforhisownpersonalenjoyment.Therewillbewryhumor,houndsofallstripesandbreeds—andmore.An open reception will be held in the WUWF studios on Thursday, January 20, 2011, 5-7 p.m.Allareinvitedtomeettheartist. Thursday, January 27, 7 p.m., UWF Music Hall, Bldg 82, An Evening with NPR Science Correspondent, Joe Palca(informationonfrontcover).

Thursday, February 3, 2011, 6 p.m.,RadioLive, Pensacola Museum of Commerce,admissioniswithadonationofnon-perish-ablefoodforMannaFoodPantries.Musicalguestsare:guitarvirtuoso,Ed Gerhard;Minnesotabased,husbandandwife,singer-songwritersBill & Kate Islesand;solo“pianistofpeace,”Stanton Lanier.

March 1-31, 2011, e•mer•gen•ti•a show-ing at Gallery 88.Shaughnessy Johnson,Atlantabasedsculptor,willexhibithismostcurrentbodyofwork,e•mer•gen•ti•a:theprocessofcomingintobeing;unforeseenoccurrence;fromtheLatinemergere‘bringtolight.’An opening reception will be held Monday, February 28, 5-7 p.m.atGallery88,UWFbuilding88.

Thursday, March 3, 2011, 6 p.m., RadioLive, Pensacola Museum of Com-merce,admissioniswithadonationofnon-perishablefoodforMannaFoodPantries.Musicalguestsare:Lara Herskovitch,Mark Stuartand,winneroftheUnvarnishedMusicFestival’s2010SongwriteroftheYearAward,Patchouli.

All events are subject to change. Please seewuwf.org for the most up-to-date information.

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Monday, December 6, 1 p.m.Hanukkah Lights 2010 hasbeenaperennialNPRfavoritefornearlytwodecades.AcclaimedauthorsexploreHanukkahstorieswrittenexpresslyforHanukkahLights.HostedbyNPR’sSusanStambergandMurrayHorwitz.

Monday, December 20, 1 p.m.JonathanWinters’A Christmas Carol,alsofeaturingMimiKennedy,isanupdatedversionofapublicradiotradi-tion,hostedbyNPR’sLisaSimeone.MastercomedianJonathanWinterspresentsadistinctivereadingofDick-ens’holidayclassic,fromaspecialperformingeditionpreparedbyDickensforhisownpresentations.

Tuesday, December 21, 1 p.m.Tinsel Tales: NPR Christmas Favorites,featuresstoriesfromtheNPRarchivesthattouchonthemeaningofChristmas.HostedbyLynnNeary,DavidSedaris,BaileyWhite,JohnHenryFaulkandotherNPRvoices,pastandpresent,tellstoriesoftheseason.

Wednesday, December 22, 12 p.m.Tidings of Comfort & Joy,WUWF’sownholidaygifttothecommunity,features:Flutist,StephanieRiegle;key-boardist,TinaBuran;soprano,SewellGriffith;andDaleRieglewiththePerdidoBrass.RecordedatOldChristChurchinPensacola,December23,2008.

Friday, December 31, 5 p.m. Capitol Steps Year in Review.Whoelsecantakethepolitics,painandpublichumiliationsof2010andtietheminagreatbigbowofhilarity?NoonewrapsuptheyearliketheCapitolSteps!

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At the end of November 2010 Steve Tortorici will retire from WUWF. For 25 years Steve has been the sono-rous and erudite voice behind WUWF’s local classical programming—teaching us in a totally unpretentious manner about the classics, the composers and how to correctly pronounce their names.

Steve was hired first to work in the WUWF music library and to train as a radio announcer. He became a classical announcer and worked as a weekend host for some years, becoming music director by succes-sion. “When I first came to the station, Becky Baltas was the music director. She taught me a great deal, as did the program director, about good program-

ming, sensitivity to day parts, the flow of the music, one piece into another—many things. Becky was as good a programmer of classical music as anyone in the field.”

People frequently ask how one prepares for a job like music director at a public radio station. We asked Steve about his background. “…as a youngster I was totally immersed in classical music, private lessons and a scholarship to the Music Academy of the West, holding positions as a violist in several community symphony orchestras. I later briefly taught in a Mon-tessori School. Then in the 60’s I studied Hindustani classical music for several years at the Ali Akbar

College in San Rafael California. Later I was a buyer and a clerk for a growing chain of upscale record shops headquartered in Santa Cruz California. That job allowed me to hear just about every kind of music there is. Classical music is my first love, then many

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second favorites, Jazz, Hindustani classical, Big Band, Country and more.”

From there Steve went to work in San Francisco for the Municipal Railway for several years, while taking classes at San Francisco State in performance and theory. Though he hasn’t played often in the last few years, in the past Steve has played guitar, the viola, violin, and piano.

It was while driving a streetcar for the Muni that Steve made a choice that eventually led him to Pensacola. A family of young Thai entrepreneurs impressed him with their ideas of going into business. He became a partner and opened a Restaurant in the Santa Cruz Mountains which enjoyed considerable success, how-ever, when the restaurant lease expired, they decided to leave California and landed in Pensacola, opening another restaurant. Finding the restaurant business too all-consuming, Steve decided to sell his interest and take a few years off to study and to write. It was during that time that WUWF first came on the air and his story comes full circle.

When asked about some of his most memorable experiences and interviews during his time at WUWF, Steve recounted these. “Calls from listeners have always been inspiring. The telephone is after all, inter-active radio. I’ve had listeners who called while doing their work, in one case, a pathologist who listened

while looking into the lens of a microscope for cells that would determine the prognosis of life or death for patients waiting anxiously to hear what he had to tell them. Ironically the most memorable interview I had the pleasure of doing was one that never aired. I dropped in on maestro Eugene Istomen while he was practicing for one of the Rolf series concerts. He didn’t want me to record the exchange, I agreed of course, and he went on to tell me some very personal recollections and his opinions of modern recording companies, experiences with other famous artists, po-litical peeves, the role of religion in music and ended by asking me if I knew where one could find a decent martini, information I gladly supplied. When I asked if I could quote parts of our hours long chat, he smiled and said simply, ‘I wouldn’t.’ I didn’t.”

Asked about his plans for retirement, Steve remarked, “I’d like to live in other countries for a few months at a time, Ecuador, Uruguay, France in the countryside. I plan to continue earning general aviation endorse-ments; with only 130 hours of flight time I have a great deal more to learn. I hope in time to cross the country to the Pacific, stopping at many of the small airfields along the way. And I’d like to do more in Public Radio—in time. It’s never been as important as now. It’s a beacon of sanity to the world. As one of the only non market driven news services it still maintains a commitment to truth and reason.”

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