Homelessness Marathon Radio Broadcast: Sunday, 10/21st, 10am-6pm

The 15th annual Homelessness Marathon national radio broadcast will air live and be streamed online on Sunday, October 21st from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Eastern Time), airing locally within Vermont on WGDR in Plainfield and WVEW in Brattleboro.

via WGDR (here):

This year the Homelessness Marathon will be partnering with seven radio stations around the United States, featuring reports from Illinois, Maine, Indiana, New Mexico, Vermont, New Hampshire, Oregon and New York.

The Vermont programming will originate from WGDR-WGDH, from 2 to 3 pm, hosted by Joseph Gainza.

Topic: When You Are Forced To Leave Home

For more information, see the Homelessness Marathon national broadcast schedule:

http://news.homelessnessmarathon.org/2008/08/broadcast-schedule.html

For additional details, the Homelessness Marathon founder, Jeremy Alderson, sent the following by e-mail this morning:

From: Jeremy Alderson

Date: Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:25 AM

Subject: 15th Annual Homelessness Marathon on Sunday!

We are pleased to announce that the 15th Annual Homelessness Marathon will air on Sunday, October 21st, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., eastern time.

This broadcast will be different from any of our previous ones.

In the past we have broadcast overnight.

This year we are broadcasting during the day.

In the past we have broadcast on a weekday.

This year we will broadcast on a weekend.

In the past, we have originated from a central location.

This year, we will originate from all over the country.

Seven different affiliates in seven different cities will be originating an hour each, reflecting local issues where they are.  Our eighth hour will be a “Vice-Presidential Candidates Forum.”  Cheri Honkala, the vice-presidential candidate of the Green Party and Judge Jim Gray, the vice-presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party will answer questions from homeless people on how their tickets, if elected, will address poverty.

It should be interesting.

Our list of affiliates is published on our website.  If you don’t live near a station that will be carrying the broadcast, you can tune in on our computer at:

http://pacifica.org:8000/live.m3u

and if you happen to have an iPhone, you can listen in at:

http://pacifica.org:8000/live

Jeremy Weir Alderson

Founder, Homelessness Marathon

http://www.homelessnessmarathon.org

2 thoughts on “Homelessness Marathon Radio Broadcast: Sunday, 10/21st, 10am-6pm

  1. Coming up after the 1:00 PM hour during the national Homelessness Marathon broadcast, will be the 2:00 PM segment via WGDR in Vermont on the topic of:

    When You Are Forced To Leave Home

    http://www.wgdr.org/homelessne

    Hosted by Joseph Ganiza, the panel will include the following persons:

    Meg Kuhner, CIRCLE (formerly Battered Women’s Services and Shelter), in Barre:

    http://www.circlevt.org/

    Nora Lovelette, Washington County Youth Service Bureau (WCYSB):

    http://www.wcysb.org/

    Calvin Smith, Vermont Coalition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs:

    http://www.vcrhyp.org/

    Rob Robinson, National Economic & Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)

    http://www.nesri.org/

    For people wanting to call in when WGDR is airing their live program during the 2:00 PM hour, the folks at WGDR said that the number to call will be: 877-662-6398 (for those wanting to get on air during the broadcast, do not call into the local WGDR studio phone number at that time).

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