KGOU Newsletter for November 2007


Giving Thanks To Our Members
The KGOU staff would like to thank the more than 1200 individuals, families, and businesses that pledged their financial support for the daily operations of this public radio station before and during our recent membership drive.
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Thanks to those who pledged early, we were able to eliminate two days of on-air fundraising, and began the on-air portion of the drive at just under $57,000. During the membership drive, KGOU acquired almost 300 new members, and received renewed support from more than 900 existing and lapsed members. Our final tally was nearly $146,000, a little less than our goal of $150,000, but a new record amount pledged during a single membership drive!

We also thank our 29 gracious phone volunteers and those that provided food for them: Café Plaid and Valerie at Mother's Catering. Also, thanks to our members who so generously provided matching funds to encourage new membership.

Raising these funds means that we can continue to bring KGOU listeners the news, information and entertainment programs they rely on and enjoy hearing. If you would like to help us make it to the goal, our online pledge form is available year-round. Listener support keeps KGOU going!


NPR's CEO to Help KGOU Celebrate 25 Years of Public Service
Ken SternNPR's Chief Executive Officer, Ken Stern, is scheduled to visit KGOU during our 25th anniversary festivities the weekend of January 18 and 19, 2008. Friday, January 18, we're planning a dedication ceremony for our new studios and an open house to show off our new place. The details of events and times are still being worked out; we'll have more later.

The celebration will continue the next day with a reunion for all the staff and students who have worked at KGOU through the years. On Saturday, January 19, we'd like to invite them all to join us for pizza and salad from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. in our new studios. If you or someone you know once worked at KGOU, we have a Reunion RSVP page set up to take contact information.

KGOU became a public radio station on January 1, 1983. Twenty-five years and many milestones later, we're gathering our "family" together to celebrate, and to thank the people who have contributed along the way. Without them, KGOU would not be what it is today.


Capitol News Connection Debuts 'Ask Your Lawmaker' Website
On Monday, November 19, KGOU's partner in covering Oklahoma's Congressional delegation, Capitol News Connection, will launch a new web-based tool called 'Ask Your Lawmaker'. Here's how it will work:
  1. You'll be able to ask questions of members of Congress; or
  2. You can read others' questions and vote on which ones you'd like to hear answered;
  3. CNC reporters will ask lawmakers those questions;
  4. You can read or hear the answers at the Ask Your Lawmaker site.
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Check back next week to ask your own questions or see what questions other public radio listeners are asking.


KGOU News Story Airs Nationwide
KGOU photoIn Oklahoma, what began as an attempt to foster dialogue between politicians and the state’s Muslim community seems to have backfired. A few weeks ago, a little-known Muslim group got the idea to introduce itself to lawmakers by distributing free copies of the Koran. The response has turned into a larger debate over the role of religion in politics. This story by KGOU News Director Scott Gurian piqued the interest of producers at NPR, and aired November 15 during All Things Considered.


KGOU to Broadcast Presidential Debates
NPR and Iowa Public Radio will once again team up to broadcast live debates between the main contenders for the Republican and Democratic nominations for president. Election '08The debates will be held on December 3 (Republicans) and December 4 (Democrats) at the State Historical Society of Iowa building in downtown Des Moines. (Update: the Republican debate has been postponed because some of the leading candidates are unavailable on that date. Stay tuned for further developments.)

Co-hosted by NPR's Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Steve Inskeep, the Democratic debate will be exclusive to radio and online – there will be no television coverage. The live broadcast will air from 1 to 3 p.m. (CST) on Tuesday, December 4, pre-empting Talk of the Nation.


Help For A Turkey Emergency
Tackling a huge spread this Thanksgiving? Help is here! Turkey Confidential, a live two-hour call-in program hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper of The Splendid Table and guest chef, Mario Batali, offers guidance for novices and seasoned cooks alike. turkey dinnerThe phone lines open at 10 a.m. (CST) Thanksgiving Day: 1-800-537-5252. After coaxing listeners from the brink of disaster, Lynne and crew tackle their own Thanksgiving dinner.

And no one does Thanksgiving like The Splendid Table. If you're in the drooling mood, pick up the November 2007 issue of SAVEUR magazine, which features mouth watering photos of The Splendid Table's magnificent feasts.


Name Our Lousy TV Show

Name Click and Clack's Lousy TV Show
Car Talk is coming to television! PBS is creating a prime-time, animated sitcom based on the NPR favorite, and fans have the opportunity to help name it. You can send Tom and Ray suggestions for names through the end of the month, plus see some of the other characters. The PBS show is scheduled to debut next summer.


Highlights from the Networks:


NPR MusicIntroducing NPR Music
Last week, NPR launched a brand new website, NPR Music. It's a multi-genre site presenting the best of public radio music, everything from Americana and Folk to Classical to Jazz and Blues. You can listen to entire concerts recorded live, or just listen to a song or two to broaden your musical horizons.

While you're browsing through the selections, be sure to check out Central Park Jazz: Autumn in New York, featuring tunes from Ella Fitzgerald, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and others. Whether in Oklahoma or NYC's Central Park, it's a great soundtrack for kicking through some leaves or just daydreaming about it.


Strangers Become Sisters as Twins Reunite
photo courtesy Random HouseSeparated in infancy and given up for adoption, Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein grew up unaware that they had an identical twin. Their new memoir, Identical Strangers, chronicles their story of separation, reunion and identity. Hear their story as told on All Things Considered October 25, view a photo slideshow of their separate childhoods, and read an excerpt from their book.


WEB EXCLUSIVE - NPR's Correspondent's Choice
Warsaw ~ Food for the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat
photo by Emily HarrisWarsaw's Inn Under the Red Hog dishes up hearty food and a delightful tale about its own history. Party bigwigs are said to have indulged in luxury dining at this eatery during the Communist era. According to restaurant owners, workers doing reconstruction uncovered a fresco of Marx, Engels and Lenin, which graces the back dining room. Read more at npr.org from NPR Correspondent Emily Harris.


Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter. . . and Umami
taste buds in Gray's 'Anatomy of the Human Body'It seems the culinary arts beat science to this tasty tidbit: In the late 1800s, a great chef in Paris created a spectacular liquid – veal stock – that deepened the flavor of everything it touched. But its flavor wasn't any combination of the four recognized tastes. It took 100 more years and a Japanese soup lover, for scientists to acknowledge a fifth taste – umami, meaning 'yummy'. Hear Robert Krulwich's report from Morning Edition November 5.


A New Year of Hidden Kitchens
The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) kicked off a brand new year of their Hidden Kitchens Hidden Kitchens series on October 18. The first installment told of "The Birth of the Frito", the secret saga of the Texas corn chip and C.E. Doolin, the can-do kitchen visionary behind it.

The next report airs Thanksgiving Day during Morning Edition: a story from the West Bank about the olive harvest, an agricultural tradition at the center of the Holy Land's history, culture, and economy.



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