Two Harbors Community Radio brings our town its second annual variety show under very different circumstances this year. Last year we were still fundraising to “raise the antenna” – literally! We were successful and the variety show had a big hand in getting us ON-THE-AIR on September 13, 2015.
This year we are helping support on-going operations of our volunteer-driven community radio station with this fundraiser. It will be an enjoyable way for the community to support us while providing a platform for some of our local talent. The shows will not be broadcast live, but will be aired on KTWH 99.5FM/ktwh.org sometime this spring.
We have expanded to two shows, hoping not to have to turn anyone away at the door this time. There will be a 2:00pm matinee, tickets only $5, and a 7:00pm performance, tickets still reasonable at $8.
Check out the story in this week’s paper including the shows’ line-ups of all-local talent at:
http://www.lcnewschronicle.com/community/events/3951397-cabin-fever-reliever-variety-show-returns-two-shows
We want to THANK our business sponsors, including Premier Sponsor Sonju Motors, as well as Judy’s Cafe, Danny’s Auto Body, North Shore Journal, Thrivent Financial, North Shore Federal Credit Union, Granite Gear, Lake County News Chronicle, Two Harbors Federal Credit Union, and BuiltRite Manufacturing. They are helping make this fundraiser a great success!
7:00 – 9:00am: Michelle’s Miller’s regular (not decaff!) Grounds Control
9:00 – noon: Michelle Miller’s Christmas Miscellany:
9:00 “Auntie Claus” read by Mary Klausen
10:00 More readings, poetry, reflections and seasonal music from Michelle M
11:00 The Hotdish Imperative – all things holiday in the culinary field (with Chef Uriah Hefter)
Noon – 5:00pm: Fran’s Holiday Miscellany
12:00 – community events, holiday programming preview; holiday traditions; some alphorn and
yodeling from Switzerland; German carols
12:30 – Children’s Storytime – with a Christmas theme
1:00 – “Three Wise Guys”, a Damon Runyon story read by Tom Koehler; and Christmas on the plantation: African American culinary researcher Michael Twitty on customs and celebrations of enslaved Americans during the Christmas season, interviewed by KTWH volunteer Gerri Williams.
2:00 – a multi-cultural holiday special from Pacifica Archives: the making of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol; some Christmas music from Mexico; and “Dreidels and Donuts: a Hanukkah Story”
3:00 – Upstate Radio Theater: Dragnet, “The Big Little Jesus” 1953;
3:30 – With Good Reason, A’Caroling – three stories about the impact of music on our lives
4:00 – 5:00 – 1939 recording of Cambell’s Playhouse; Orson Welles narrates “A Christmas Carol”, starring Lionel Barrymore as Ebeneezer Scrooge.
5:00 – sign off
Watch for special programming around the holidays on KTwH! Besides special holiday episodes of some of our regular shows (such as Superior Jazz at 7:00 on Wednesday December 23), we will have an afternoon of live programming from our studios on Christmas Day, beginning at noon. Big Dave Anderson of The Beat Farm will host the collection of alternative holiday music including non-holiday music, for the holiday-weary. We are working on live musician guests and will have some seasonal stories. Keep tuned for details…
You may view the KTWH program schedule below as well as a very brief description of the local programs and some of the non-local programs. Space does not allow for all the outside programs, but the music show titles are mostly self-explanatory.
In general, weekdays are a morning show from 7am to 9am, each morning with a different host and flavor. This is followed by music shows until noon, then community events for five minutes or so at noon. This is followed by 2 hours of talk and informational shows, including programs about books, public affairs, etc, including – most importantly! – a half hour of stories for little kids from 12:30 to 1:00pm.
From 2:00 to 6:00 is generally music programming from outside but unique sources, not heard elsewhere on the radio dial in our area. At 6:00 we repeat the community events announcements, and evenings are music shows hosted and curated by local programmers.
Dale at the controls
Youth-produced programs include Will’s Sports Wrap, a summary of recent and upcoming sports events in our community by Will Peterson, and The High School Show by Dale Peterson (no relation) – an update on happenings at the high school and some of Dale’s favorite music. These both run early Friday afternoons. If you want to bet on the sports events in this community, sites like 벳위즈 may be worth checking out.
Weekends include repeats of several of our programs, especially local ones, giving you more of a chance to hear things you would like, or to listen again to those especially good shows. Our music spans many different genres, so if you don’t like what you are hearing, try us at another time. You will certainly find something you like!
Yes, we ARE going on-air this Sunday! We hope you can join us at the Harbor Landing building, 7th and 7th, to hear some great local music, have some good snacks, and record your greeting to the community. You can also stream at ktwh.org of course!
Details for Sunday afternoon:
1:00 – sign-on! broadcasting at 99.5fm, and streaming at ktwh.org
and in the Harbor Landing atrium:
1:15 – Austin Engelhardt, violin/fiddle virtuoso
2:00 – THUG – Two Harbors Ukulele Group
3:00 – Jim Madison, singer-songwriter
3:45 – Hannah Rey
and sometime during the afternoon we’ll have a short acknowledgments segment in the atrium.
Meanwhile KTWH on-air will be interspersing radio-themed music with short interviews of many of our programmers to get a sense of who they are and what they will be doing. Music in the atrium is not being broadcast, but each of the performers will be interviewed on-air as well. The entire afternoon’s broadcast will be recorded for broadcast at some future time. So come to the open house, and listen to the broadcast at a later time – we would like to see you here!
Below are our launching program grid and a short description of many of the programs. The schedule is subject to change as we evolve.
It’s Official! KTWH will launch on Sunday, September 13 with special programming and an Open House Sunday afternoon from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Regular programming will begin on Monday, September 14 at 7:00am.
Stay tuned for more details soon!
KTwH will be testing its on-air signal using a three hour sample of upcoming programming. Tune in at 99.5fm between about 10:00am and 6:00pm on Saturday July 11!
We will air pre-recorded samplings of programs as well as you and your neighbors giving our station ID between segments. It will be about a 3 hour loop, repeated through the day. Be sure to check us out and let us know where you can hear us! You may communicate with us via Facebook (Two Harbors Community Radio), our email THCommRadio@gmail.com, by stopping at our Heritage Days booth, or calling our new office phone: 218-595-6195! (Sorry, anyone out of the area – we won’t be streaming online this time. But we will be once we get on-air and stay there.)
After several months of the “Raise the Antenna” fundraising campaign over this past winter, KTWH’s antenna is finally raised! Friday June 5, Four Star Construction of Superior climbed the tower we are using and fixed our antenna atop, which will broadcast KTWH’s 100 watt signal to Two Harbors and environs.
This step brings us measurably closer to getting on-air this summer. Remaining steps include connecting the antenna to the studio in the Harbor Landing building with the fiber optic network and completing training of the volunteer programmers on board so far. Programs are already being recorded in the studio, samples of which can be heard on the Listen tab of this website and under Radio News.
THCR/KTWH still welcomes more program proposals and always will. The station is being created to be the voice of Two Harbors, its seasonal residents and visitors. Applications submitted now might not be ready to go on-air when the station first start up, but training will be on-going and there will be slots available in the schedule.
Until KTWH’s schedule is filled with local programming, we will also offer unique programming from other community radio stations across the country, things you don’t hear anywhere else on the local FM radio dial. KTWH will offer Two Harbors a distinctive sound and new listening experiences, and we expect to stream our programming online as well.
Although the antenna is successfully raised, fundraising will be an ongoing endeavor. Annual memberships are now available beginning at $60/year, the premium for which will be a newly designed T-shirt commemorating our inaugural year. All donations are appreciated and may be made at the Donations page of this site (soon to be updated with this year’s membership premiums), or sent to PO Box 622, Two Harbors, 55616. Membership premiums will be available at our Heritage Days booth this July. And there will be underwriting opportunities for local businesses and organizations. Contact THCommRadio@gmail.com for details.
