Friday Feedback for January 13, 2017
This message came in this week for our emPowering Our Future campaign, whose last official day was New Year’s Eve. It comes from listener Reed, and it encapsulates a sentiment which I’ve heard from...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for January 27, 2017
Listener Andrea wrote: “I have moved from NY to Wilmington in the past few years, and absolutely love having a radio station that makes me feel connected to the community I have transplanted into. I...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for February 3, 2017
An anonymous caller left a message on our voice mail. We don’t have permission to play the actual recording, so I’ll do the best I can to capture the flavor of it. “There’s not a lot of talk radio,...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for February 10, 2017
Last week I read the words of a voicemail we had received, criticizing us in, shall we say, colorful language over public radio’s coverage of Donald Trump. One person wrote: “I suppose you must take...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for February 17, 2017
Oh boy, this is a good one. Listener Dan had a reaction to Nan Graham’s commentary on language pet peeves : “I have never heard the word “forte” pronounced as "fort." This most likely has to do with my...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for February 24, 2017
I’m going to start with a matter of personal privilege. You may have read in the papers or seen on our website or Facebook page that last week I notified the Board of Directors of Friends of Public...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for March 3, 2017
It’s been an interesting week. One person wrote to accuse me of being a ‘minion of Satan’. A more polite listener, Jeff, wrote: “After a long history of listening to WHQR at work, unfortunately today I...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for March 10, 2017
An anonymous listener has left a couple of profanity-laced messages on our station line (not the Feedback line, so I don’t have permission to play it). But he objected, in a very angry tone, to at...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for March 31, 2017
One of the great things about our fundraising campaigns is hearing directly from listeners about what they like (or don’t). I’m touched and appreciative for the comments made about me on my retirement...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for April 7, 2017
Starting late Tuesday night and on into Wednesday afternoon we experienced a problem at our 91.3 transmitter in Winnabow, resulting in diminished signal strength and the complete loss of HD2 (though...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for April 14, 2017
Today is the last day for our Spring Listener Survey . We’ll give away a Smooth Landing or Classical Guest DJ-ship to one respondent, drawn at random. See whqr.org for details. Here are some nuggets...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for April 21, 2017
Penny Schmitt wrote: “Not kidding. Tuesday afternoon just after 4:00 p.m. Lynne Warfel actually introduced William Walton's "Orb and Sceptre" march as having been "played at every Coronation since it...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for May 12, 2017
Listener Anna wrote concerning reporter Vince Winkel’s story about the dedication of a plaque on Confederate Memorial Day. I’ll quote it at some length: “…as I was driving my car this week, I am quite...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for May 26, 2017
Scott Relan wrote on Tuesday: “I watch an awful lot of movies, coming from my previous career as well as occasional festival judge, but [The Sense of an Ending at Cinematique ] really stuck with me....
View ArticleFriday Feedback for June 9, 2017
Last week I wrote about our effort to restore our HQR News signal to full power. A few days afterwards, I received this email from an HD2 listener in Brunswick County: The restoration of beautiful...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for June 16, 2017
Listener Wayne wrote: “Decline of American societal values is led, in part, by the trend-setting broadcast of vulgar language by the media. My long and appreciative listening to WHQR finds that it is a...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for June 30, 2017
[AUDIO CLIP] This is Janice. . . Regarding your promo for Mrs. Rivenbark , where she brags that she is paid to be a smartass: the choice would be better to be “smart-aleck”. If she chooses to be common...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for July 7, 2017
I mentioned last week that I’ll be retiring soon, and my last Friday Feedback will now be two weeks from today. I’d love to hear from a lot of listeners about your likes and dislikes of the station....
View ArticleFriday Feedback for July 14, 2017
Listener Jeff wrote this week about several things: “Sorry to hear of your retirement. WHQR listeners will miss you (in a good way).” I imagine that by now some listeners may be saying “How can we miss...
View ArticleFriday Feedback for July 21, 2017
Well, today is my last full day in the office before retirement, so Friday Feedback is heading for the last transmission. It will be bleedin’ demised and pushin’ up daisies after today. I’ve had a...
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