In the last four years, a 2011 audit shows, the foundation has lost millions and gone through its own internal putsches. Here are a few of their sendoffs. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; //--> WETA has been featuring European classical music since WGMS changed format. Askia Muhammad, Morning Jazz: Evidently I passed his hipness test because he asked me if I would take over his show. 360 Development Director 202-588-0999 ext. We are here to serve underserved communities.. He made me understand improvisation and appreciate it. If you think that it's important to have high quality local reporting we hope you'll support our work with a monthly contribution. Volunteer Coordinator Vincent Jack vjack@wpfw.org 202-588-0999 ext. When it returned, small groups of listeners and programmers picketed for several weeks. As opposition to the new grid mounted last week, Martin says Hughes called him and asked him to stay at Saturdayfor two hours, not three. How Dangerous Is Getting Shot in the Shoulder? Which is a shameespecially when you want to hear, say, world-class jazz presented with a D.C. sensibility and you realize, now that WAMU only plays trad jazz on Saturday nights and the genres real estate on WPFW is shrinking, you cant always find it. I know things must change. Another programmer on the station was a Georgetown student named Ken Steiner, who got hooked on jazz while attending a Duke Ellington concert on campus and later became an Ellington scholar. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. //