WMRA News

The WMRA Fundraiser ends Saturday at noon...and it just started yesterday.

Support Now and help us offset the $86,000 we're losing at the beginning of July.

In recent years, state support for WMRA has been whittled away. However, that funding will be completely gone when July arrives. Our Community Service Grant from the Commonwealth represents 6.4% of our fiscal budget.

If you've been waiting for a good time to become a supporter of WMRA... this is it!

WMRA's 4 1/2 Day Fundraiser begins with Pet Day!

Listeners Supported for themselves and for their furry, scaly, and feathery friends.

Here is a list of all the songs the WMRA staff selected to use during Pet Day (Tuesday, May 15, 2012).

Enjoy!
 

And Your Bird Can Sing (Beatles)

Animal (R.E.M.)

Old Blue (The Byrds)

Birdhouse in Your Soul (They Might Be Giants)

Black Eyed Dog (Nick Drake)

Cat Scratch Fever (Ted Nugent)

Disco Duck (Rick Dees)

Dixie Chicken (Little Feat)

Dogs (Pink Floyd)

Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)

Get Along Little Doggies (Roy Rogers)

Hamster Dance

Bird Dog (Everly Brothers)

Hey Bulldog (Beatles)

Honky Cat (Elton John)

Horse (Eddie From Ohio)

A Horse with No Name (America)

Hound Dog (Elvis)

Mammal (They Might Be Giants)

Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Arun Gandhi, talks about lessons learned from his grandfather.

He is an author, blogger and activist for nonviolence, and he's visiting Harrisonburg on Thursday, April 19th to talk about those lessons.  Arun was born in apartheid-era South Africa in 1934 and moved to India at the age of 12 shortly before Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.  Bob talked with Arun Gandhi about his life and his work, and Mr. Gandhi began by recounting the racial violence he confronted as a child in South Africa.

The WMRA 4 1/2 day Spring Fundraiser ended Saturday at Noon with a total raised of $81,853.

Thank you very much to everyone who contributed during this brief drive and if you couldn't find a convenient time to call, please give now.