Though we are still at half power, on Oct. 19 we increased the height of our antenna by 8-1/2 feet. If you live in Madison but could not get the station before, try us again at 99.1 FM. Reception reports are always helpful, especially at the outer edge of our range, and should be sent to info-at-citywidelpfm-dot-org.

Now that we are back on the air (albeit still not at full power) we need to turn our attention back to programming. That will be the focus of the Radio Council meeting just two days after the election.

The meeting will be 7 pm Nov 6th 2008 at the CSCI second floor meeting room 517 N. Segoe Rd.

Thanks to Eric's replacement of a malfunctioning sound card and his and Norm's hard work with other hardware, WIDE is now on the air in west Madison. For now we are just at half power, so reception will be difficult if you are more than a couple of miles from Hammersley Road at Whitney Way. If you can hear us, send a reception report to info-at-citywidelpfm-dot-org.

Sat Sept 27th is the grand opening of the Goodman Atwood Community Center and the Lussier Teen Center at their new home at 149 Waubesa St.

The new center has a brand new studio space for WIDE (one of several - may a thousand studios bloom). The studio space has been set aside for the station in the new Lussier Teen Center - not too far from the gym. The studio space has not yet been furnished as a studio. That exciting task is ahead of us as everyone at Goodman Atwood settles into the new space.

WIDE-LP FM held a celebration on Friday, May 23rd from 12:00 to 4:00.

The celebration was at Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society, 2010 Whenona Drive, Madison, Wisconsin. Refreshments were provided.

We had hoped to celebrate returning to the air, but instead we heard about more bumps in to road to that goal. First, we learned we needed FCC approval before we could start broadcasting from a new location, Bob's garage in southwest Madison. Then, not all the transmitter components were functioning as expected.

We met again on May 15 and talked about technical details associated with the start of broadcasting. Donated equipment is being repaired. The required emergency broadcast equipment we purchased weeks ago had not yet arrived. Someone from Soul Wide may go to the Wisconsin Dells to pick it up. We need it for the June 10 test of the emergency broadcast system. Eric has made some progress with new software we hope to use.

The CityWide Radio Council met on Thursday April 3 at 7:30 pm in the Community Room at the South District Office Police Station, 825 Hughes Place. Before the meeting Eric showed some software for controlling stations.
Agenda:
Media Reform Conference in Minneapolis June 6-8.
Covering events for CityWIDE (republican, democratic conventions {state, national} local events).
Technical update (Antenna sites, exciter repair).
Our May deadline for getting on the air.

The March meeting of the Radio Council was held on March 6 at the South District Office Police Station. Community gardens and orchards were discussed and tentative plans were made to have 5 minute local neighborhood garden reports once a week.

Of Paancakes and Raadio

On Sunday, February 10th, 8:30 - 11:00 AM we had a fundraiser for

CityWideLPFM radio 99.1

at the Wil-Mar Center (953 Jenifer St)
All you can eat, vegan: pancakes, roast pototos, and coffee and orange juice too

$7.50 -- A fundraiser for City Wide and Madison Hours

Recommended by WORT's Food and Popular Culture Critic, "Kitchen Review"

The February meeting of the Radio Council for City Wide was changed to 7 pm on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, but subsequently canceled due to the weather. We had expected news from Eric about a grant CityWide has received.