CJazzPlus with Mike Chimeri on WCWP; WCWP 50th Anniversary Celebration October 22, 2011

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3/27/13 UPDATE: Scroll down for pictures from the WCWP 50th Anniversary Celebration.

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Early this morning at 1:00, CJazzPlus with Mike Chimeri aired on WCWP-FM.  It’s part of the 50th anniversary of Homecoming Weekend which started last night at 7:00 and ends late tomorrow night.

I recorded my show a few weeks ago.  And it’s a good thing I did because I’m coming off a cold and my voice isn’t quite at 100% yet.  (I took my last of five antibiotics a half hour before writing this post.)

Below are the audio and video version of the aircheck recorded from the board a few weeks ago.  The legal ID that played between hours of my show was recorded from the stream and added to the aircheck file.  The video was recorded from my camcorder and mixed with the aircheck audio in Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10.0.
CJazzPlus with Mike Chimeri – 10/22/11 Aircheck

And this is the complete playlist with written notes (click to view larger):

The “separate page” was a scan of the liner notes for “Anything’s Possible” and “One for Shorty.”  I originally credited everyone on those tracks, but had to edit them out for time.

This evening, I’ll be at the Top of the Commons at C.W. Post for the WCWP 50th Anniversary Celebration.  I hope to have pictures for a later post.

10/23 UPDATE: Rather than upload pictures to the blog, I’ve made my Facebook album of pics from last night public.  Click here to see them.

3/27/13 UPDATE: With the 2013 WCWP Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony approaching, and with WordPress now letting users insert multiple pictures at once, I can now share pictures from the 50th Anniversary Celebration.  The pictures include captions that I originally wrote for the Facebook album, which is now only for friends or friends of friends, and some new captions.  Here is the photo recap:

My parents drove me up to the C.W. Post campus at about 6:20 (maybe 6:25) in the evening.  I arrived on campus at 6:50, just as a barricade was put up in the Hillwood Commons/WCWP parking lot and points west.  Apparently, there was a show at the Tilles Center.  So, I was let out one lot to the east, walked down the stairs, and walked inside Hillwood.  I took the elevator to the Top of the Commons (third floor) and in I went.

Pete Bellotti:

Hank Neimark:

After Pete’s welcomed fellow alumni, he invited Bill Mozer to the podium.

Then it was Dan Cox’s turn:

Next, Dr. Paul Forestell, Post’s provost:

Art Beltrone:

Nick Parker and Christina Kay:

Nick was Christina’s guest for “The Throwdown”:

The 50th anniversary cake:

The raffle table:

Jay Mirabile was Christina’s second interview of the night.  He made a crack about Alan Seltzer as I took this pic:

Pete told Dan that the WCWP Alumni Association had purchased for the station a new Panasonic 50″ LCD HDTV:

Another big announcement was the forming of the WCWP Hall of Fame.  Bernie Bernard listed the first class of inductees…

…the founders of WCWP: Art Beltrone, Hank Neimark, Prof. Virgil Jackson Lee, and Dr. Herb Coston.

I was fortunate enough to be in Dr. Coston’s presence at the WCWP Alumni Dinner in 2007.

Bernie then invited Art Beltrone and Hank Neimark to say a few words.

Art went first:

A toast to everyone involved with WCWP from the beginning to today:

“Cheers for WCWP”:

Hank Neimark:

Raffle time.  First up, the 50/50 raffle:

Scott Perschke announced the winner:

After that, two pairs of Islanders tickets, donated by John Mullen, and the winner of the silent auction for an iPad:

Craig Stern and Allie LaRue (née Roderick):

Christina’s last two “Throwdown” interviews were with Bernie Bernard…

…and Pete Bellotti:

Then, Christina turned things over to Jay Mirabile back at the station.

It was a great night.  My one regret is I didn’t have more time to mingle and catch up with my fellow alumni.

Here’s to 50 more years!