WDAV.ORG Observes a "Day of Silence"

89.9 WDAV will join with thousands of U.S.-based webcasters and radio stations with Internet streams for a Day of Silence this Tuesday, June 26. As part of this national effort, WDAV will shut down regular programming on all three of its web streams on that day to draw attention to a critical issue facing webcasters and online radio. "Silence" is what Internet radio may be reduced to after July 15th, the day on which 17 months' worth of retroactive royalty payments -- at new, exceedingly high rates -- are due to the SoundExchange collection organization, following a recent Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision. These rates threaten to force many, if not most, webcasters out of business and will adversely impact WDAV’s efforts to provide its 24-hour classical music service online. Click here to learn more about this important issue and how you can get involved.

Denyce Graves in Margaret Garner

If you missed seeing acclaimed soprano Denyce Graves in Opera Carolina's 2006 production of the new American opera, Margaret Garner, WDAV will offer two chances for you to experience this exciting event. Saturday, June 30th, the OC production will be the featured opera on on the nationally distributed NPR's World of Opera, aired locally at 7:00 pm EST on 89.9 WDAV. Since this is a broadcast with such local significance, we will repeat it the very next day, Sunday July 1st at 3:00 pm. And if you're outside the locally listening range, don't forget you can also tune in online at www.wdav.org.

Go for it -- and Get Away

We've got one week left to reach our member goal for this fiscal year and we're going for it -- with your help! If you've already made your contribution to WDAV, we thank you. If not, we hope you'll take a moment to contribute online. And while you're there find out how you could be sitting second row center at the Andre Watts concert in Brevard on July 9th. Find out more about the Brevard Weekend Getaway contest at our web site.

NEW SHOW! The MTT Files -- Starts Saturday, June 7th

After a life-time in music conductor Michael Tilsson Thomas has a story or two to tell and tell them he now does as the host of an exciting new radio program, The MTT Files. During this eight-week series Tilsson Thomas metaphorically pulls out some of his "files"— full of ideas about music and art, and reminiscences of the legendary artists he's known throughout his career. Throughout he is ably supported by the "house band" in the San Francisco Symphony. The series kicks off with "You Call That Music?" where Thomas explores the question of what's music and what's noise, and demonstrates that noise is in the mind of the listener. The MTT Files debuts on WDAV on Saturday, July 7th at 2:00 pm.

Patriotic Pops Concert - June 29th

Join WDAV and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra for a evening of patriotic and pops favorites at the eight annual Patriotic Pops concert on June 29th at Village Lake Park in Kannapolis, hosted by Kannapolis Parks and Recreation Department and the Cabarrus Arts Council and sponsored by WDAV. Stop by our tent to say hello -- Music starts at 7:00 pm. Read more at the WDAV events calendar.