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Fall Fund Drive 2018 - Current Total = $ 62,505
Our Fall fundraising drive begins Monday, October 1, 2018. Please help us leap into the future with great Public Broadcasting service with your help and support. We have many great drawing items and once again a wide variety of live music to offer you throughout the drive. Please make your contribution early and you will get entered into each upcoming drawing. Donate NOW!
Beaux Atkins Live On Red River Radio
Airs Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at 8 p.m. Join us for a concert featuring Beaux Atkins Live along with Ruston native son Monty Russell. Beaux will bring his original southern fried sounds to the Red River Radio Studios straight from the Louisiana heartlands. Monty Russell will join him and add his own flavors to the Gumbo and you never know who they might bring along. You can show your love for live music on Red River Radio by making a pledge during the show and help us during our pledge drive. Call and pledges at 800-552-8502 or pledge online now: DONATE NOW !
Nick Brumley & Mus Gillum Live From Red River Radio
Airs Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 8 p.m. Join us for a folk infused live music performance with Guitarist Nick Brumley who has been on in the past with Maggie Koerner and the Mansion Family. He will be joined by Mus Gillum live in our studios for a night of live music and original songwriting. Tune in a help support the arts on Red River Radio at 800-552-8502 or online here. DONATE NOW!
Caravan - The Music of Time - Jamaica from the BBC
Airs Friday, October 12, 2018, at 9 p.m. Dr. Carolyn Cooper, from the University of West Indies, explores how Jamaican music has given a voice to resistance against oppression, from Nyabinghi drumming during slavery, through 1970s reggae, the dancehall sound of the 1980s and 1990s, to the modern-day reggae revival. Cooper explores how the sounds of this Caribbean island have shaped its people and politics. As ethnomusicologist Dennis Howard says, in Jamaica, "Music is more than for enjoyment....
San Francisco Opera: Giordano's Andrea Chénier
Airs Saturday, October 13, 2018, at 12 noon. This week we open a new season of Opera's from the San Francisco Opera with Giordano's Andrea Chénier starring Yonghoon Lee as Chénier, Anna Pirozzi as Maddalena, George Gagnize as Gérard, and J’Nai Bridges as Bersi, with Joel Sorensen, Jill Grove, David Pershall, Catherine Cook, Robert Pomakov, Alex Boyer, Edward Nelson, Anthony Reed, Matthew Stump, Brad Walker, and Anders Frölich. The San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by...
Bird Calls with Cliff Shackelford for Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Airs Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 6 p.m. Once again ornithologist Cliff Shackelford, from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, will be on hand to take your questions about all our feathered friends on "Bird Calls" from Red River Radio. If you have a photo or the recorded sound of a bird that you'd like Cliff to research and identify for the show, please send them to wbeckett@lsus.edu. We'll also post your photos and recorded sounds on our website after the show. Join us for Bird Calls...
Red River Radio News
La. Medical Marijuana Program Allows More Patient Access
LA MEDICAL POT: It’s been three years since the Louisiana Legislature approved medical marijuana as a treatment option for certain health conditions. University agriculture centers are growing the plants to be processed into oils, edibles or pills and will be available to patients this year. A previous rule by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners limited doctors to recommending medical marijuana to just 100 patients each. However less than 50 La. doctors applied to be allowed to...
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Make a contribution to Red River Radio and select a gift in return. We have umbrellas, HD radios, the New Morning Edition Mug, History Matters book, the Cajun Family Cookbook, or even the opportunity to put together your own one-hour music radio show. You also could choose a Day Sponsorship and use it during 2018 to surprise a special someone. Donate here .
Commentaries
Gary Borders: Overly Smart Phones
Airs Friday, September 28, 2018, at 7:45 a.m. This week Gary Borders shares his trepidations over how "Overly Smart" his phone has become and the creepy feeling it gives him.
Red River Radio Vehicle Donation Program
The Vehicle Donation Program provides Vehicle Donation Services to Public Radio stations across the country. This is a great way to support this station and get a tax write off for your car. Contact the Vehicle Donation program directly online or if you have any questions about the vehicle donation process, please don't hesitate to reach out to our vehicle experts at 855-277-2346 , or you can call our direct line at 401-808-8277.
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The Story Of Bird Calls with Cliff Shackelford on Red River Radio
This video takes you into the studio with Cliff and also through the world of birds that we cover on Bird Calls, which airs the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. Please join us and please call in with your questions at 800-552-8502
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