WFHB FireHouse Broadcasting

This week WFHB celebrates its 18th anniversary of serving south-central Indiana. The volunteer-powered community radio station first began broadcasting on January 4th, 1993. At the time the studios were located about 12 miles south of town at "Radio Ridge." Roughly a year later, the station relocated its broadcast studios to their current location in the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center, at Fourth and Walnut.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.

October 25, 2010, 6:00 p.m.

Hooker Conference Room, #245, City Hall, 201 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN

I. CALL TO ORDER / ATTENDANCE OF BOARD MEMBERS

Present: Will Murphy, Marc Tschida, Shaun McDermott, Emily Jackson, Suzette Weakley, Matt Pierce, Pam Raider, Mike McAfee, Joe Estivil

ACTIVITIES

This Halloween, six audio theater companies from three countries are teaming up to present a full evening of original audio suspense! “Transcontinental Terror: An Express Train to Audio Horror” will feature the world premieres of six new hour-long productions by contemporary audio theater’s most exciting, inventive production companies — companies spanning half the globe. The programs will air live on Bloomington radio station WFHB, beginning at 6PM and running until 12PM.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AGENDA
BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.
OCTOBER 4, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Old National Bank Community Meeting Room, ONB 3rd & College Mall Road

Present: Shaun McDermott, Mike McAfee, Emily Jackson, Marc Tschida, Pam Raider, Mark Need, Will Murphy, Matt Pierce, Carolyn VandeWiele, Laure Michel,  Joe Estivill, Suzette Weakley,

I. CALL TO ORDER / ATTENDANCE OF BOARD MEMBERS

II. REVIEW/APPROVAL OF MINUTES

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.
AUGUST 23, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Kelly Conference Room, #245, City Hall, 201 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN

Present: Will Murphy, Shaun McDermott, Joe Estivil, Carolyn V, suzette Weakley, Marc Tschida., Emily Jackson, Mat Piece, Pam Raider, Mark Need c

I. CALL TO ORDER / ATTENDANCE OF BOARD MEMBERS

II. REVIEW/APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Table approval until Thursday -
Short discussion of board meeting minutes. Agreement that they could be shorter; the recording could be consulted.

III. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS, UPDATES:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING Minutes
BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY RADIO, INC.
JULY 26, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Kelly Conference Room, #155, City Hall, 201 N. Morton St., Bloomington, IN
Shaun McDermott, Mark Need, Will Murphy, Pam Rader, Mike McAfee, Suzette Weakley, Joe Estivil, Emily Jackson, Matt Pierce, Marc Tschida, Carolyn Van VandeWiele

Note: each month's minutes will include a list of actions gleaned from the discussion, called Activities

Activities
*Meeting time will change to 6:00pm
*Emily will compile list of committees, chair, members, meeting dates and location

As part of its Fall Fund Drive, WFHB once again highlights "Fund Drive Live," a rich sampling of live in-studio performances by local and area musicians. The schedule includes:

Saturday, October 2, 1 p.m.
1 p.m. White Lightning Boys
3 p.m. Davy Jay Sparrow
4 p.m. Jason Wilber

WFHB's fall fund drive runs through Sunday, October 3rd. You can pledge your support to Bloomington Community Radio by calling 323-1200, or on this very site!

On Friday, September 24, WFHB will begin its 2010 Fall Fund Drive, which will run through Sunday, October 3. The station hopes to raise $45,000 over that ten day period, one of two fund drives it holds each year.

WFHB will install a new digital transmitter this Sunday, August 29th, according to station manager Will Murphy. “This weekend marks the realization of more than a year’s work,” he noted, “from the first planning stages, through fundraising, and now to implementation. The new equipment will provide our listeners with a higher-quality signal, and will allow us to expand our programming possibilities.” Murphy said WFHB listeners would still be able to pick up the station’s analog signal, and wouldn’t need a digital radio to receive its programming.

WFHB has suffered an equipment failure in the past couple of days that has resulted in interference with its primary frequency, 91.3 FM.

"At times listeners heard severe static, while at other times another station's broadcast was bleeding into 91.3," said station manager Will Murphy.

While evaluating the problem and awaiting the necessary equipment to make repairs, WFHB engineer Jeffrey Morris took the main transmitter off-line, which in turn disabled translators carrying the signal in Ellettsville and Nashville. "Listeners should still be able to stream our signal through our Web site, and should be able to hear us via 98.1 FM as well," Murphy said.

"We hope to be up and running again on all frequencies by late Friday or early in the weekend," Murphy said. "We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank all the listeners who have called to let us know they miss hearing their favorite programs on WFHB."