WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio begins installation of transmitter equipment software improvements on Thursday October 24, 2007.
During the installation and testing, there will be no regular schedule of programming on the radio station.
WCRX-LP has been featuring rebroadcasts of the public forum of the eight candidates for the Bexley mayoral job. The forum was sponsored by the Bexley Area Chamber of Commerce and was heald Thursday ctober 11 at the auditorium of the Bexley Public Library.
Once transmissions resume, WCRX-LP will continue featuring the candidates forum until election day November
Engineer Eugene Beer is installing and testing software that he is developing that permits the rebooting of the transmitter computer from a studio location.
The purpose if the new application is to increase reliability of transmission.
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio is the broadcast radio service of Bexley Public Radio Foundation.
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Columbus, OH 43209
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Bexley, Ohio. Representative Jim McGregor discusses legislative matters with WCRX-LP host Joe Contino
Ohio House Representative Jim McGregor was today’s guest on the Joe Contino Show. Representative McGregor gave an overview of legislative matters for WCRX-LP listeners.
The discussion began with comments on how wildlife is flourishing in Ohio. Wildlife such as bobcats, deer, geese, black bear, wild turkey, pheasant, otter and beaver are seen sometimes in abundance throughout the state. Some of these animals were only seldom seen two decades ago. McGregor said that his father was a trapper and spent many recreational hours outdoors but fifty years ago his father had not seen wild turkey or otter in the state.
There was a brief discussion of the Gahanna mystery lion of a few years ago. Representative McGregor said that the mystery lion was first seen by a Columbus police officer so there was some credibility to the first reported sighting.
McGregor’s father was a trapper but never saw turkey, deer or otters in the wild.
Contino then asked about educational funding. McGregor said that Ohio is going through an experimental period. He said there is a spirit of innovation and a willingness to try new arrangements in education. McGregor said that he saw value in small private innovations that address local needs. He said that there is recognizable benefit when top down, one size fits all arrangements are abandoned. Charter schools are providing valuable lessons in innovation.
Representative McGregor said that an important part of the answer is protecting the freedom of people to do things, and to do things differently if they want to try to solve their own problems. He said that not all of the experiments will be successful but freedom is not about always succeeding.
Contino and McGregor then discussed a Groveport Madison Local School District disagreement. Groveport Village wanted to separate itself from Madison Township. The result would have been each unit having its own school district. The demographics of both units were essentially identical. And the infrastructure division would have benefited Madison Township with newer larger facilities. The Village of Groveport basically wanted to run their own community schools. The separation was not approved and the combined system remained and has not flourished since the dispute.
Representative McGregor then offered a comment that “small systems work.” He described his own experience as a youth growing up in Gahanna where people knew their local officials. He said that in large cities, citizens are less likely to know the police officer, city councilman and water department manager
McGregor and Contino then traded remarks that “Big doesn’t work” and “Big works differently.”
They then discussed the kinds of choices that expanded liberty permits. Vouchers, special education, full day and half day pre-school, publicly funded or special program assessments, corporal punishment permitted or corporal punishment banned, charter schools. The greater freedom, the more individual solutions.
Producer Troy Patton commented that a wild card is parental involvement. McGregor and Contino both offered comments that parents are part of the mix, but that adult mentors, neighbors and others can be important parts of any child’s education.
Contino and McGregor then traded stories about Ohio history. Contino offered a comment on Admiral Perry’s defeat of the British on Lake Erie. McGregor recalled a battle at Fort Stephenson near Sandusky where American soldiers defeated British troops, including British marines and sailors. This battle was an important precursor to Perry’s victory on Lake Erie. Tecumseh attended the British during their unsuccessful fight at Fort Stephenson.
Representative McGregor then discussed the results of his recent constituent survey. He said the most common areas of concern are education and alternative energy.
Contino noted that McGregor is chairman of the House alternative energy committee. McGregor then described a study that estimated that 3,000 windmills could be built on Lake Erie. He said that the economics of wind energy are fast approaching parity with the cost of energy produced by coal.
McGregor also commented that the East Coast needs clean energy. Ohio can be on the leading edge of supplying clean energy to the East Coast or it can not try to be in the clean energy business and let a deep Midwest state like Iowa supply clean energy to the coast. In the first scenario Ohio will profit. In the other, Ohioans will subsidize the cost of energy supplied by other states to the East Coast.
McGregor said that his judgments are guided by the principle that alternative energy markets should be opened up so individual consumers have the freedom to choose the technology that they find useful.
McGregor offered Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio as an example of where an open market is needed. SWACO has a $30,000 annual energy bill. SWACO had an engineering proposal to utilize natural gas by-product of the SWACO landfills. SWACO proposed to American Electric Power that the energy produced be applied to its energy needs. AEP offered a “standby energy contract” for $60,000 per year. For SWACO to use its own by-product for energy would double its energy bill. Free markets eliminate the kind of irrationality AEP proposed to SWACO.
Representative McGregor is a four-term member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 20th House District which includes Bexley and Gahanna.
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Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
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The discussion began with comments on how wildlife is flourishing in Ohio. Wildlife such as bobcats, deer, geese, black bear, wild turkey, pheasant, otter and beaver are seen sometimes in abundance throughout the state. Some of these animals were only seldom seen two decades ago. McGregor said that his father was a trapper and spent many recreational hours outdoors but fifty years ago his father had not seen wild turkey or otter in the state.
There was a brief discussion of the Gahanna mystery lion of a few years ago. Representative McGregor said that the mystery lion was first seen by a Columbus police officer so there was some credibility to the first reported sighting.
McGregor’s father was a trapper but never saw turkey, deer or otters in the wild.
Contino then asked about educational funding. McGregor said that Ohio is going through an experimental period. He said there is a spirit of innovation and a willingness to try new arrangements in education. McGregor said that he saw value in small private innovations that address local needs. He said that there is recognizable benefit when top down, one size fits all arrangements are abandoned. Charter schools are providing valuable lessons in innovation.
Representative McGregor said that an important part of the answer is protecting the freedom of people to do things, and to do things differently if they want to try to solve their own problems. He said that not all of the experiments will be successful but freedom is not about always succeeding.
Contino and McGregor then discussed a Groveport Madison Local School District disagreement. Groveport Village wanted to separate itself from Madison Township. The result would have been each unit having its own school district. The demographics of both units were essentially identical. And the infrastructure division would have benefited Madison Township with newer larger facilities. The Village of Groveport basically wanted to run their own community schools. The separation was not approved and the combined system remained and has not flourished since the dispute.
Representative McGregor then offered a comment that “small systems work.” He described his own experience as a youth growing up in Gahanna where people knew their local officials. He said that in large cities, citizens are less likely to know the police officer, city councilman and water department manager
McGregor and Contino then traded remarks that “Big doesn’t work” and “Big works differently.”
They then discussed the kinds of choices that expanded liberty permits. Vouchers, special education, full day and half day pre-school, publicly funded or special program assessments, corporal punishment permitted or corporal punishment banned, charter schools. The greater freedom, the more individual solutions.
Producer Troy Patton commented that a wild card is parental involvement. McGregor and Contino both offered comments that parents are part of the mix, but that adult mentors, neighbors and others can be important parts of any child’s education.
Contino and McGregor then traded stories about Ohio history. Contino offered a comment on Admiral Perry’s defeat of the British on Lake Erie. McGregor recalled a battle at Fort Stephenson near Sandusky where American soldiers defeated British troops, including British marines and sailors. This battle was an important precursor to Perry’s victory on Lake Erie. Tecumseh attended the British during their unsuccessful fight at Fort Stephenson.
Representative McGregor then discussed the results of his recent constituent survey. He said the most common areas of concern are education and alternative energy.
Contino noted that McGregor is chairman of the House alternative energy committee. McGregor then described a study that estimated that 3,000 windmills could be built on Lake Erie. He said that the economics of wind energy are fast approaching parity with the cost of energy produced by coal.
McGregor also commented that the East Coast needs clean energy. Ohio can be on the leading edge of supplying clean energy to the East Coast or it can not try to be in the clean energy business and let a deep Midwest state like Iowa supply clean energy to the coast. In the first scenario Ohio will profit. In the other, Ohioans will subsidize the cost of energy supplied by other states to the East Coast.
McGregor said that his judgments are guided by the principle that alternative energy markets should be opened up so individual consumers have the freedom to choose the technology that they find useful.
McGregor offered Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio as an example of where an open market is needed. SWACO has a $30,000 annual energy bill. SWACO had an engineering proposal to utilize natural gas by-product of the SWACO landfills. SWACO proposed to American Electric Power that the energy produced be applied to its energy needs. AEP offered a “standby energy contract” for $60,000 per year. For SWACO to use its own by-product for energy would double its energy bill. Free markets eliminate the kind of irrationality AEP proposed to SWACO.
Representative McGregor is a four-term member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 20th House District which includes Bexley and Gahanna.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Monday, September 24, 2007
Central Ohio. Items of interest in auctions this week.
Items of interest in the WCRX-LP central Ohio auction market report are:
Two-day garage sale to benefit Childrens Hospital.
Friday, September 28, 2007 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 29, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
215 N. Parkview Ave., Bexley
Auctions with coins.
Monday September 24, 2007 6:00 p.m.
Sharp’s Grove City Auction Gallery
4014 Broadway, Grove City
Thursday September 27, 2007 5:30 p.m.
Coin preview Thursday 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Plain City Auction
145 E. Main St., Plain City
Saturday September 29, 2007 10:00 a.m.
4775 McBane Ct., Columbus
Saturday September 29, 2007 10:30 a.m.
Days Inn, 1212 E. Dublin-Granville Road (I-71 and SR 161), Columbus
(This is an all coin auction)
Firearms
A private collection of 150 guns.
Saturday September 29, 2007 10:00 a.m.
3504 U.S. Route 50, Bainbridge
Ross County
Guitar collection
Friday September 28, 2007 6:30 p.m.
Plain City Auction
145 E. Main St., Plain City
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Two-day garage sale to benefit Childrens Hospital.
Friday, September 28, 2007 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 29, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.
215 N. Parkview Ave., Bexley
Auctions with coins.
Monday September 24, 2007 6:00 p.m.
Sharp’s Grove City Auction Gallery
4014 Broadway, Grove City
Thursday September 27, 2007 5:30 p.m.
Coin preview Thursday 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Plain City Auction
145 E. Main St., Plain City
Saturday September 29, 2007 10:00 a.m.
4775 McBane Ct., Columbus
Saturday September 29, 2007 10:30 a.m.
Days Inn, 1212 E. Dublin-Granville Road (I-71 and SR 161), Columbus
(This is an all coin auction)
Firearms
A private collection of 150 guns.
Saturday September 29, 2007 10:00 a.m.
3504 U.S. Route 50, Bainbridge
Ross County
Guitar collection
Friday September 28, 2007 6:30 p.m.
Plain City Auction
145 E. Main St., Plain City
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Homer, Alaska. Joanna Tornes signs on as WCRX-LP culture correspondent.
September Alaska culture dispatch from Homer, Alaska.
WCRX-LP programming for today included a live dispatch from WCRX-LP Alaska culture correspondent Joanna Tornes.
Joanna Tornes discussed a local sustainability conference in Homer, Alaska and the art gallery walk scheduled for this weekend.
She also discussed the need for local passenger rail service to smaller Alaska communities such as Homer.
The Alaska culture correspondent was interviewed by WCRX-LP program host Joe Contino and Troy Paton.
Joanna Tornes is a Bexley native who has migrated to Alaska. She returns to Bexley regularly where she is a welcomed raconteur and chanteuse in many Bexley cultural salons.
Joanna Tornes is under contract with WCRX-LP 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio to provide regular monthly culture reports on cultural affairs and civic events in Homer, Alaska.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
WCRX-LP programming for today included a live dispatch from WCRX-LP Alaska culture correspondent Joanna Tornes.
Joanna Tornes discussed a local sustainability conference in Homer, Alaska and the art gallery walk scheduled for this weekend.
She also discussed the need for local passenger rail service to smaller Alaska communities such as Homer.
The Alaska culture correspondent was interviewed by WCRX-LP program host Joe Contino and Troy Paton.
Joanna Tornes is a Bexley native who has migrated to Alaska. She returns to Bexley regularly where she is a welcomed raconteur and chanteuse in many Bexley cultural salons.
Joanna Tornes is under contract with WCRX-LP 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio to provide regular monthly culture reports on cultural affairs and civic events in Homer, Alaska.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Bexley, Ohio. Waldorf Schools. Departure of Berkeley Guest. Addition of Alaska Culture Correspondent.
Karen Sandys, Waldorf Schools.
Karen Sandys, our Berkeley house guest, returned to California on Tuesday. Amy Maurer interviewed Sandys about Waldorf Schools and her training as a Waldorf Schools teacher. Her interview was broadcast on WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio Bexley, Ohio.
During the radio broadcast Sandys also discussed how "Art, Education and Revolution" have been the consistent companions to her personal growth and exploration of life.
I received favorable comments from two listeners about the Sandys interview. Amy Maurer and I haven't had a post-production meeting since she interviewed Karen Sandys so I don't know the listener response Amy has received.
Joanna Tornes, Alaska Culture Correspondent.
The same day that Karen Sandys returned to California, the candidate for WCRX-LP Alaska culture correspondent signed a production contract with WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio.
Joanna Tornes is a Bexley native who now resides in Alaska. Tornes was interviewed on WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM Local Power Radio during her June visit to Bexley.
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio listeners can expect monthly reports from Joanna beginning in September. She will report on local Alaska culture of interest to Bexley listeners.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
Karen Sandys, our Berkeley house guest, returned to California on Tuesday. Amy Maurer interviewed Sandys about Waldorf Schools and her training as a Waldorf Schools teacher. Her interview was broadcast on WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio Bexley, Ohio.
During the radio broadcast Sandys also discussed how "Art, Education and Revolution" have been the consistent companions to her personal growth and exploration of life.
I received favorable comments from two listeners about the Sandys interview. Amy Maurer and I haven't had a post-production meeting since she interviewed Karen Sandys so I don't know the listener response Amy has received.
Joanna Tornes, Alaska Culture Correspondent.
The same day that Karen Sandys returned to California, the candidate for WCRX-LP Alaska culture correspondent signed a production contract with WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio.
Joanna Tornes is a Bexley native who now resides in Alaska. Tornes was interviewed on WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM Local Power Radio during her June visit to Bexley.
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio listeners can expect monthly reports from Joanna beginning in September. She will report on local Alaska culture of interest to Bexley listeners.
Contact us.
WCRX-LP Editorial Collective
Bexley Public Radio Foundation operating as
WCRX-LP, 102.1 FM, Local Power Radio
2700 E. Main St., Suite 208
Columbus, OH 43209
Voice (614) 235 2929
Fax (614) 235 3008
Email wcrxlp@yahoo.com
Blog http://agentofcurrency.blogspot.com
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