We’re celebrating WYSO’s 60th birthday this year by listening to highlights from our historic audio collection.
Julia Reichert got her start in media at WYSO with a radio program called The Single Girl – maybe the first feminist radio program in the United States. Today, she’s a celebrated and award-winning documentary filmmaker.
In 1983, she made a film with Jim Klein called Seeing Red, about the American communist party between the 1930s and 1950s. Julia talked about the film with Marcie Sillman on WYSO, explaining that many of the people interviewed for the film had never told their stories before.
Reichert has three academy award nominations to her credit, more than 30 years at the Wright State motion picture department, and this year, is being honored with a place on the Dayton Walk of Fame.
You can record a birthday greeting for WYSO. Here's how:Plan a message about 90 seconds long. You can start it like this:
Hi, my name is _______________ and I’m from ________________. I’ve been listening to WYSO since_______________ and (pick one):
- My favorite memory of WYSO is_________________
- I hope WYSO never loses its ______________________
- The funniest thing I ever heard on WYSO is _______________________
- Listening to WYSO has been important to me over the years because_____________________.
- WYSO is different from other radio stations because_________________.
…or craft your own message.
Record this on the voice memo app on your phone. Send that to: wyso@wyso.org
OR if you don’t want to use a voice memo app on your smart phone, call this number and record your message. 937-769-1374.
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