Fundraising Marathon in 1979

Lord. Through Who. The who. Who who who. Or who. Today is Thursday November 8. This is the 300 and 12th day of

1979. And this is Dr. Di Maio book with today's sky report. The topic for discussion this week is the planet Saturn. What sort of a world is it. Not much like Earth and more like Jupiter than any other planet. For starters it's more than nine times larger than Earth. The second largest planet in the solar system measured across its equator its diameter is some one hundred and twenty thousand kilometers. That's compared to Earth's twelve thousand eight hundred kilometers. And you'll notice that I specified Saturn's diameter measured added to Quatre when given that size. The reason is that Saturn is the most non-spiritual planet in the solar system. It's a squashed or flattened sphere with a diameter from pole to pole being nearly 10 percent less than adequate Tauriel diameter. Now Earth 2 is a slightly oh blate here but it's polar diameter differs from the equatorial diameter by a little more than 3 percent. So that Saturn appears nearly three times as flattened

or squashed a sphere as does the Earth. Indeed one can easily notice the flattening as one looks at Saturn in a telescope. The mass of Saturn as well as its size rank second in the solar system. Saturn has a mass 95 times that of our own earth. For comparison Jupiter the giant of our solar system has a mass nearly three hundred and eighteen times that of Earth so that Saturn is rather modest in second place. But despite its huge mass Saturn is so vast that its average density is smaller than any other known planet Earth for example has a density about five and a half times that of water. Mars has a density nearly four times that of water. Jupiter has a density about one point three times that of water. But Saturn. Has the unique distinction among planets of having a density less than that of water about 0.7 of water. Or put another way. If you could put the planet Saturn in some fantastic

tub of water. Its density is so low. That Saturn would actually float. And tomorrow Sky report a lot more to say about the characteristics of Saturn. And tomorrow morning the sky will begin to get bright at the start of twilight at about 5:30 followed by sunrise at about 6:40 in our area. These events occur about a minute later than today sunset will take place at about 4:30 tomorrow and the sky will remain bright until the end of twilight at about 5:40 tomorrow evening. These events occur about a minute earlier than today. The moon will set at about 11:30 tomorrow morning and will rise again at about 9:30 tomorrow night. Good morning it's five minutes past 6:00. This is Morning Glory on Vermont Public Radio. I'm your announcer Betty Smith Stan Hurd slurries our engineer and we have lots of company in the studio this morning Steve Robinson is here. Good morning Steve. They're very Howard Sterns is here. Good morning Betty. And we have. Nigga answering the phone

helping with the phones this morning so were quite a crew and we expect more. And why Stevie. Well Betty this is the last marathon fundraiser in 1079 for Vermont Public Radio It's also only the second full day of marathon and we've done in 1979 and we do this because we are a public radio station noncommercial and listener supported and the listener supported part is going to be on everybody's minds during the next four days until Sunday at midnight as we try to raise an awful lot of money to support Vermont Public Radio and Betty Our number is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and people are going to be hearing an awful lot about that number in the next four days as we try to ask new people new listeners to call and become listeners supporters we're going to be waiting for that first call before we get into music and hope that people will dial to support this nonprofit commercial noncommercial public radio station 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 is our number. At noon we're going to announce that. Well several thousand dollars we hope will be coming in in the mail because we've done a big mailing with the return on follow up that says in big black letters

marathon. So we have people who have already begun contributing to the marathon but not yet on the telephone Howard 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 the Rev and Howard Stern's as a member of our board of directors. And if you're new to the PR it's kind of a tradition to have Howard kick off the marathon with us because Howard was one of our founders Howard who do you think will call first. Well I don't know. Should we say that the first call might come from Woodstock. Why not somebody out there in Woodstock that might start this all off. Well they're going to be the first of what we hope is nearly 1000 call 0 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 is our number the area code is 8 0 2 and we're only seven minutes into the program but I'm hoping we can get over 30 calls before we hear the birds at 7 a.m. 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. I think I should say though that to be somebody from Randolph some of my friends from Randolph they're there they really are. Oh well we should mention that this first hour is made possible in part by. Ron I think Gore may Allie And Dan I think that the phones are buzzing we ought to get into

some music. Betty Any parting shots. Well I think maybe if we get real busy with those films I'll go over and help Steve. You have some music don't you that you'd like to slide in I hear that it's played by somebody who was born in an ox cart in Siberia in Mongolia we're going to get into more detail about that but Betty beginning Friday Sunday at 7:00 p.m. We have a benefit. It's our first live broadcast from a remote location in the very remote area of Brattleboro a club called flat straight and leading off that concert will be a recital of 16th century harpsichord music by Joseph Payne who was an RCA Victor Recio recording artist and he was up on the turntable now with music of Johann Sebastian Bach a very short selection then we get back into the music you've picked. Our number is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 what you call in pledge while we listen to Joe Payne play Bach. With. With. With.

That was music of Johann Sebastian Bach from the English suite number four performed

by Joseph Payne on RCA Victor Joe the harpsichordist who will be leading off our benefit at Flood Street at a club and brothel bar on Howard you were right the first call did come in from Woodstock. Right and it was for my good friend Margot Merton's who is up early this morning. Margo comes in those programs on this station some of our listeners may have heard her at some time. Indeed she does she is a contributor to reel to reel she brings up some of the most intriguing little memories and stories about the one word topics that reel to reel is based upon and she also writes a program that I participate in called Let's Talk to each other. Have you ever heard that one Howard that information in and about and for and by the elderly. I heard her Howie in a story that she told me that was that was his name. Well folks we also have to thank a listener in Tunbridge by the name of Joseph Linton who is already a scribe a subscriber and has phoned in an additional pledge he enjoys Betty every morning he's getting fond of All Things Considered likes it always feels at home with the WB PR in case you're at home

and just getting up. We remind you that our number is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 if you're just tuning in we are nonprofit noncommercial public radio station and this is the last fundraiser for 1079 will be on until Sunday at midnight and we have some programming lined up for you. Well it's going to be the most exciting and fun filled jam packed fundraiser we've ever had. But it won't be a success unless people do Phone 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 we received two contributions. I think I'd like to get 30 all together Betty. Twenty eight to go we have some phone lines open and volunteers sitting by ready to chat with listeners in support of the PR you know. We like to think that since the last fundraiser which in the morning only was in July the last all day fundraiser was way back in the spring and April that we've gotten some new listeners in that time. So if you are a new listener Please join the more than 4000 people. We have become the PR listener supporters and they do that by calling 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 We're talking with Howard Stern's among other people.

I think the fascinating thing about that second phone call is that it came from Tunbridge. I was almost going to say Tunbridge instead of Randolph because Tunbridge is sort of where we are all began up on a mountain in Tunbridge above east bethel and so we certainly appreciate all those Tunbridge listeners who. Are part and parcel of our whole program. Howard you're pretty much part and parcel of Vermont Public Radio you mentioned founding the station up in Tunbridge I don't know listeners who've been with us for the past two and a half years know that. You were in right at the beginning and had the idea for finding out what was wrong with Vermont attempt to have a public radio station and then some three years later we had one. How do you think we've been doing well magnificently. I. Can't hear the station all that much because unfortunately we have not yet Burlington but we hope to be there someday and hope that in fact anybody who is up in Burlington and who can hear is either on cable or lucky enough to get us live will give us an

anticipatory call. Call us here at 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. Because the day is going to come when we will be on top of that mountain up there Mount Mansfield and. We will need all the help we can too. To be able to get our station in northern Vermont. Well part of that help comes right now by people living in as far away as Southern New Hampshire can call and if you hear us if you hear our voices right now you are wanted on the phone at 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 we hope you'll participate because Public Radio is a two way street and the number again is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 we just got a call so we'd like to get 27 more by 7:00 but what else you have lined up today. Well we have heard Maggie by my side that's the title of the first song that opened our morning. It's by G W e Friedrich and it's performed by the Empire Brass Quintet and friends of Columbia recording and three for 192 the American Brass Band Journal. And we're going to continue from that same

recording with the Ellen thing. But I'm not making stuff up. We need more calls at 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 while the music is playing We'd love to hear from you if you're just getting up which is a distinct possibility. This is the last fundraiser for 1079 your last chance to participate in public radio 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 0. The LNB quickstep from GW he Friedrich the Empire

Brass Quintet and friends. Columbia recording him three for 192 Steve. We are here on our first morning of the marathon and the calls have been coming in do you have someone else to thank us we'd like to thank Mr. Belmont Pitkin of Plainfield Vermont he says WB PR comes in very clearly. He's on top of a hill and he loves classical music will have more by Bach coming up Mr. Pickton. And that's very encouraging. Power to get a call from all the way up in Plainfield which is a pretty good haul from honest government. I think it's amazing the way this station carries the fact that we can hear it in Burlington I think is amazing. It doesn't come in stereo but it comes in clearly at least in the wintertime summertime is a little something else again. Well we appreciate having Mr. Pickens call in if you live in Plainfield or Mont. Please join your neighbor and call us at 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 as we are just a mere 17 minutes into a 72 hour fundraising marathon you know our goal is so ambitious to be reached by Sunday at midnight we're not even going to announce it.

I would like to say thank you also to you talk about a long haul to Ed and drove around drove very well and drove it into a bad correspondent of ours from himself his name hero Howard so he wrote My heavens we have on the islands it says here he gets the signal very clearly without a cable and we thank you Mr. Andro that from south here 0 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 You know I hate to say this we have yet to receive a pledge from New Hampshire. That's true I hadn't thought that maybe that's it. We haven't gotten that Randolph one that I asked for either. That's true Howard we have Howard. I thought maybe it would be fun to have you were in this just a moment about how it did all begin I know that some listeners out there probably have already heard the tale but I think perhaps there are probably not as you have not heard. It would be interesting maybe to just nail will you know.

The trouble with tales is that they tend to get apocryphal after a while or they tend to get put together in a form that strays from reality. And I think essentially the story is that there were three clergyman who got together with me at my summer camp up on Tunbridge mountain and talked about a lot of things concerning radio but essentially we commiserated over the fact that there wasn't any public radio or good music radio in Vermont and neither of the three of us had any ability to put a radio station together and the more we tried to find out what it was all about the more we realized we couldn't. But we did manage to call a meeting of people in Burlington in February of 1975 and the people who really put public radio together radially and Ray Philips came to find out what those two crazy clergymen were up to and it was right then and there that the four of us met. That's how it got started. We didn't have operated it took a good three years from that point before we even began broadcasting and we've

been now about five years old two and a half years it was August of 77 and yeah it was August of 70s and we're still trying to get a signal up on ma manz right and our number is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1. It's coming up to 10 seconds before 6 20. If you're just getting up this is the first day of a four day fundraising marathon on Vermont Public Radio and we are have a very ambitious goal and will be. Selecting music by the Troubadour as I let you introduce a baddie in a second but I did want to remind people that if you are a new listener you've only been listening for a few weeks or a few months maybe even for as long as a year we are noncommercial nonprofit public radio the only public radio station in this area. We do hope you'll call us with a contribution for $15 or more. We'll send you our program guide for one full month but we have no premiums to offer people like tote bags and records and books and all kinds of other gimmicks because the finances because we haven't been able to get on in Burlington the finances are getting stretched. So we decided not to fool around with those gimmick because they do cost us money we're very serious we do need the money and we would love to have you call 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1

2 6 and pledge your support right now. We have music I think. Yes we do we have the two doors queued up on the turntable they're going to play from Crystal recording as for 21 Johann Strauss leader Myles Watts 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. We're.

And there we have the two doors with Johann Strauss is a fleet of miles worlds Steve. We're just getting ready we're about seven minutes away from something new on Morning Glory. We are joining National Public Radio's Morning Edition service for their national and international news these days. And it's it has stirred up a little controversy yesterday I got a phone call from somebody who said that they didn't like having Washington intrude upon their private life that early in the day they didn't want to hear it. Well they did a MORNING EDITION has been planned by National Public Radio now for well over a year and it's planned to be a live to our magazine type of program from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and I know they're considering taking the first hour in Boston which means that morning call musical would start at 8:00 a.m. So this marathon and all marathons are a time for listeners not only to support the station financially but to communicate with us their feelings if you would like to hear the news in the morning from Washington. You may call and tell us that if you would like Bette to stay on and maintain morning glory as it always has been. You may call and make that

comment also and believe that we're going to take your comments very very seriously because we always do in public radio the schedule does change rather frequently and that's in response to what people write in and call and tell us and these marathons are the best way to communicate but we also need your contributions right now 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and Howard we did get our first contribution from New Hampshire it comes from Hanover and it comes from Jerry Burt. And Jerry of course is one of our main printers and is a great friend of Vermont Public Radio. His only comment is everything wonderful as usual thanks very 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 we have some lines open heart. We have also a contribution from Massachusetts Renate Henderson from Northfield Massachusetts. And she says Betty's program is a wonderful way to start the day and I can only second that that's the beginning of my day to have Betty on every morning and listen to her while I shave to Betty Smith. You know that's nice to hear because I'm going on my third year now

of getting up early in the morning to come in and do this and I can assure you that the only way that it's worth it worth getting up and out of the sack early in the morning is when you hear from people and they say that it's something that they enjoy. I don't think anybody in their right mind would do this simply for ego exercise. Well you've never been in your right mind anyway. Cereal 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 0 0 0 number Betty Smith has been with her mom public radio since. It there it began three years ago. But it was a volunteer for a while. When you started off as well I offered to be a volunteer and I never got taken out you know because they needed someone to start off doing secretary receptionist work in Burlington So you were the first and I was an employee you know 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and she's been with us ever since as you know and those of you who love her in the morning ought to call and say so 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 area code is 8 0 2 if you're just getting up this is the first of four days of a four day marathon fundraiser our last one in 1979. We don't do this

very often so this is your chance to participate and give us your thoughts right after the news we're going to run down the exciting events of the next four days but we would like to hear from a few people we have a short selection of Bach with Joseph Payne cued up which we will hear just before the news. Dan Kurtzer I trust it is short enough so that we'll have be able to say a few words before the news comes on so let's get into some music. Music of Johann Sebastian Bach from a three record set of all of the English suites on RCA Victor. Our number is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 the very best thing you could do would be to call while the music is tinkling away 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. With us with

her with. Us. With. Us. With us. With. Us. From an English suite of Johann Sebastian Bach Joseph Payne has performed on RCA Victor and in less than two minutes Betty we're going to join National Public Radio for the morning news. And we have a comment already about that from a nice comment re Shumway of Atma Hampshire who is already a subscriber he says don't get rid of morning glory please please please. So the comments are coming in and from David Reich Henneberger of Brandon Vermont who is a new subscriber Mrs. morning. Well you haven't been gone. You can get news any time how about having it later. And then from a listener in Putney Vermont who does not want to be named likes Betty Smith So I think the sentiment is making itself clear 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 we are going to

join the news though to give people an idea of what what it is like. And we remind you that the MORNING EDITION begins at 6:00 a.m. and goes to 8:00 a.m. and we're only taking a very small portion of it to experiment right. That's right. It was designed to be a modular program and the idea was that stations such as this one had morning programs could decide to take segments of the MORNING EDITION and make it interactive with what they were already doing. Whereas other stations who had no morning program at all could take the whole thing. Boston is trying to decide what they're going to do with the second hour because that interferes with alerts in this first hour and we're still waiting to find out what their decision is and we are in the process of experimenting with insertions into Morning Glory. Right now our first insertion is the news. Well Betty the marathon is an experiment and people can experiment by trying 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and see what happens I think what you'll find will happen will be that a very

dedicated volunteer on the phones will take your pledge of $15 or more if you'd like to get the program guide in 30 seconds we will join the news if you'd like to make a comment about that while you hear the news broadcast please call during this first four days of marathon and the last one in one thousand seventy nine 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 just once more 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. Morning crowds hassle the street outside the American embassy in Tehran with the scene of a large demonstration this morning. Thousands of Iranian shouted their approval of how the our Ayatollah Khomeini is rejecting American efforts to secure the release of nearly 90 hostages being held inside. The latest effort was turned back yesterday when Khomeini said that he will not meet with the delegation sent by President Carter. That story from Barry fried at the State Department the.

Pentagon the White House has a visitor today. Ireland's prime minister Jack Lynch It will be his first meeting with President Carter and the two men are expected to discuss the violence in Northern Ireland. Officials say he will also meet with the Irish American Big Four senators Edward Kennedy and Daniel Monaghan. House Speaker Thomas O'Neill and New York governor Hugh Carey Yvonne De Gaulle the widow of the late French President Charles de Gaulle died at a military hospital near Paris today. Madame de Gaulle was 79. I'm Carl Kasell in Washington. Well there you have a little taste of the news in the morning and if that's an intrusion or if you enjoy it we'd like to hear from you. 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. In case you're just getting up you know how some people set their alarms at 6:30 and someone told me that the first time he did that Monday he expected to find either Betty's soothing voice or some music and instead he found a newscast. So if that was an intrusion for you or Again if you'd like to hear more of it.

And don't forget the morning edition is going on until 8:00 a.m.. Please call 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and if you are just getting up this is the first hour of a 72 hour fundraising marathon for WPP our last one in one thousand seventy nine it's also only our second one so it's only your second time to pledge at that number to support this noncommercial public radio station 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 Howard I was shooting for 30 calls and pledges and we've already received 11 so we might make it. We're getting there. You know one thing Steve that I think people may not be aware of is just who Betty Smith really is. We've known better as members of the board ever since the very early days of Vermont Public Radio when she used to dutifully take the minutes of our confusing meetings and do so much for us. But Betty is almost an institution I wasn't Burlington because so much of the theatrical events of Burlington featured Betty Smith who is

one of the sting wisht group of University of Vermont graduates who received the M-I Frederick Mandel award and whose name is thereby posted on the wall of the royal Tyler theatre. She's played Cordelia in Lear and Gertrude and Hamlet and viola in Twelfth Night and in Hedda Gabler as well. And so Betty has had a great experience. And if we want to keep going and keep Betty happy and keep the spirit lifted we want lots of contributions for Morning Glory. So call 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and join the growing group this morning who are contributing to Morning Glory and to the whole of public radio. I'm pleased to say that we were receiving contributions from a lot of new people people who have just begun listening to the PR or who perhaps have been listening for two or three years and now are getting the message that we are listener supported. And you know we count on listeners believe it or not. After less than three years on the

air for nearly one third of our operating budget so these marathons are crucial to the survival of Vermont Public Radio. And as I mentioned we have no records or tote bags of such things because we really do need the funds and couldn't afford really to to spend part of your contribution on a gift for you. Sorry about that but I know you'll appreciate the fact that your money is being spent very very wisely. Our number is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 Our thanks to a listener all the way down in Sanborn Hampshire Mr. Vincent Smith a new subscriber he's a big fan of Dr. Di mock couldn't get out of bed without him and Howard we have a little contribution here from you. Right. And Mr. Stern's right we appreciate that. 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 please make the phones jingle when you call You'll hear it come out over the microphone so you'll hear the phone ring in your bedroom via the radio via the microphone via your finger and via our contribution to Vermont Public Radio 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 sixpenny. Steve we have a comment from a lady who thinks that morning edition is horrible.

Life's Morning Glory and thinks that provides everything that we need but I haven't heard anything in favor of the morning edition yet. Are you fans of morning Morning News magazine 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 21 minutes to go and we receive now I guess 12 calls and would like to have 18 more I think we can do it because I know people are just getting up and joining. This first hour of a 72 hour fundraising marathon will Steve let me say something in support of the morning service Morning Edition Public Radio has to improve its visibility and its percentage of use in the American community. Certainly if we're going to continue to grow that's going to be one of the things that we have to be conscious of and so National Public Radio is really going for the early morning visibility which is traditionally the best time for radio don't to funny thing but they say that news information is listened to by seven times the

number of people who like classical music or music in the morning. But here in Vermont New Hampshire the comment seems to be we want music and we don't want the news. Yes and that may be it may be that we discover that all of Morning Edition is certainly something that not enough people do want but perhaps we should observe that the news that National Public Radio is able to bring us at 6:30 is far more accurate than the news that I would be likely to read to you from the wire even though perhaps the method of delivery is one you might prefer and the information is likely to be better if we take it directly from the network. But I bet your voice sounds nicer than you now think you stick 7 4 to 1 to 6 is our number. And the calls are coming in quite nicely Howard and we'd like to have more of the radio too. You don't mind the number once again 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 especially during morning glory. We like to give the number a lot because you know the people are just beginning to get up just every minute probably a new vacuum of hundreds of listeners of two or more tumbled out of the edge of the bed and the numbers thrown back

and groping for the light switch. Yes that's one thing you know we'll even take you on the phone with a yawn. That's true. The highest number of callers in a single hour traditionally comes during morning glory and maybe it won't be this morning that Betty I know will get out those 35 calls and then I would set a rush someone and it's just what I wouldn't mind doing that this morning. It's kind of fun to be able to say that Morning Glory has set the pace for the rest of the. Marathon Well here's a comment from Austin Hampshire from a person who isn't making a pledge. They're probably already a subscriber. They've been getting up to morning glory for two years and likes the MORNING EDITION. Well the first person who likes the MORNING EDITION. What's your comment. Here comes one now 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. We do have some more music but we don't. Yes and we also have some weather for you. What would you like first music the weather all of the little weather I think people might want to know. A little weather OK now I'm going to give you both something you can each pick a city. And when I'm done with the regular report you can tell us what it's doing.

Somewhere exotic or domestic which ever list you got in the Champlain Valley north central Vermont and the upper Connecticut River Valley it's going to be cloudy today with showers likely by afternoon chance of showers tonight and Friday highs both days in the 40s. Lows tonight in the 30s southerly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour today winds decreasing tonight with a chance of precipitation increasing to 60 percent this afternoon 40 percent tonight. In the lower Connecticut River Valley and southwestern Vermont it's going to be cloudy today tonight and Friday with a chance of showers late today and again late Friday afternoon. Highs both days in the mid 40s to low 50s lows tonight in the upper 20s to mid 30s southerly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour today. Winds decreasing tonight with a chance of precipitation at 30 percent today 20 percent tonight and 40 percent on Friday. The extended forecast predicts showers Saturday and Sunday. Clearing skies Monday isn't that always the way. Highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s. A ridge of high pressure will build eastward across the six state region today resulting in generally sunny

skies south and east of the mountains a rather intense low pressure center near Lake Superior will move rapidly northeast word through Canada with a trailing cold front just entering northern New England late tonight. Tomorrow this front will move northward again as a southerly flow of milder air begins to set in. Steve what's it doing where. Well Betty I love the little comments that they put after for instance Atlanta 45 degrees and clear and cloudy at some of the cities are partly cloudy in New Orleans it's 51 degrees. And the comment is smoke. A new form of weather and Salt Lake City is 35 and smoke. Good news that I made it clear in Jerusalem and it's 57 terrific thank you. 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 will go to more music after we tell you that Margo Merton's has called again. She wants five minutes of The Morning Edition. Good news and for that she pledges an extra $5 from Woodstock Thank you Margo 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 with just 16 minutes to go we need about 15 calls over to get to 30. And Betty what do you have queued up.

I have prelude E.O. Opus 31 hits by Adama Volpi. It's performed by Robert bean. It's from Crystal recording S1 26 and it features the accordion and while it's playing we'd like to get five calls people who are supporting public radio for the first time. 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 0. 0 0 feet. You want. To end. With. The end. The end.

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Was. Was. With the than the. Right Thing. With. And there we have Robert Doll bean performing Opas 31 Crystal recording as one twenty six thirty Where do you dig these things up. A Well I work hard to find things that I think are different. I understand someone called recently and said you want to be a telescope for the Gong Show. That's right that was my favorite letter in the last six months. It didn't press me to be a little more traditionally oriented for a few days but I have to confess that I have a real. Appetite for. Unusual music of musicians and instruments and so they do creep in on Morning Glory. Can't deny Betty Our number is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and if we are to break the

all time high record of 34 calls we need 17 more calls and all of the members and only 17 to challenge Peter Falk Smith who would try to get thirty six Yeah and we want saddling down the gauntlet. Peter that's that's definitely what we would be doing. Our thanks to Bill Bingham of Shrewsbury or rather cutting 0 Vermont. He enjoys the morning edition but also likes to hear Betty reading the news. And we also want to thank Ken Reppert tele and Lee Samuelson of East callus Vermont 16 calls we need and they think MORNING EDITION is horrible they like to get up gently but we don't want to be gentle This morning we want to be jingled and jangled with ringing telephones and in case you're just getting up. This is the first hour of a 72 hour four day fundraising marathon. Buddy Smith your host. Yes with Howard Stern's Howard is on our board of directors and one is one of the founders of Vermont Public Radio. We're trying to raise support for the station one third of our budget now is supported by listeners. We have to maintain that. And if you are a listener subscriber and your subscription has lapsed as many have. We hope you'll

call if you are a new listener and you haven't. Pledge jet would love to hear from you at 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 and our thanks to Beth wheelwright of western Vermont. She loves Morning Glory and practically all the programs wants the same lovely music in the morning. He's from Washington thanks Beth lovely lovely lovely lovely lovely and lively lovely Annabelle some lovely and lively calls at 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 10 minutes to get 16 calls you think we can do it. Yes I think we can do it. I think we've done it before. I go Oh I'd love to do it. It's so much fun to watch Peter's face when we tell him what we've done to him and what he has our thanks to him said Carol Morgan from right here in Windsor It's our first contribution from Windsor Vermont thank you very much Carol she likes the classical And our thanks to Mary Keenan of Springfield Vermont 15 calls is all we need. Oh my goodness in 10 minutes. Oh Mary King I know Mary King. Well she says she's in favor of the news and Morning Glory has a visual problems or doesn't watch TV or read the newspaper 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 14 cause it's getting very exciting Do we have any

music ready. Yes we do. We have 13 calls 13 calls we have the boys of the law Mickey Doherty's slip to the West Clare reel and Gorman's two step. How long does all that take take is about three minutes would you like something shorter we have the jewel logs. Well that takes us about a minute or two minutes that you will. Three minutes I think would do it if people will only keep calling we need 13 calls and if we can get half of those in the next three minutes we'd be delighted that we played the music. Well a slip to go real in a two step but to just drive somebody to the phone to make those phone calls and to let me play some more music from the voice of the line. I would hope so to hear that. Well let's give it a try all we can do is try and ask people to call while the music is playing we only need 12 call 6 7 4 2 1 2 6 the area code is 8 0 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. Lose.

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Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow but. The bottom. You remember calls that the magic number and we have six minutes to go I think we're going to do it and we have some people to think that we've gotten some very interesting comments and we're going to read them all from you in the name Kylie I think that is from Springfield

she prefers Morning-Glory. Better we have a listener who's already a subscriber who would like to have some homosexual shows at meal time on Sundays. That's a good replay past I went along to raid Betty Smith's voice is too soft more music less interview that many call likes the news and also Betty from a listener in Shrewsbury. I think that is Dina and David Rice they say they love coffee in bed with Betty Smith. But what if you've been doing the mornings I don't know. And so her parakeet Fred has called in and then he always wanted glory I see he hated the homosexuals show at meal time on Sunday. Oh when was that. That's public exists we don't have that much to say to what I said I will get that straight. I'll still pass it along a bit unusual or a great deal you should meet. We need eight calls to reach 35 and set a new all time record on Vermont Public Radio and it would be great if you could do it during morning glory when you only need seven calls and we have just four and a half minutes to do it. One of the cities where I was called it's Fred. Peter Washburn parakeet Fred an amazing bird when Robert J's bird sign off so does Fred.

That's Mary Washburn's para creed Mari of course a great supporter of them on public radio and the proprietor of Christians in Hanover six demurring to one to six Thank you Mario. Thanks Fred. He likes a Robert James Byrd's Bible read your birds are coming up in a minute here is 40 minutes to the birds it says here when when Robert J's birds go off so does Fred. And thanks also to Peter Welch in Hartland Vermont who is one of those who is pushing us on hopefully to record Holly and then 6 7 4 2 1 2 6. We only have a live call I saw we have four minutes to do it. Can we do it this will be an all time record in two and a half years on Morning Glory the high was 34 which means that we need five calls to reach 35 in a real shallow for $40. Do it and we do have some medical records for calls in four minutes. There go both phones to call to calls and think we've done it Betty Congratulations.