A Message from Bill Dautremont-Smith, Executive Director

In response to our current financial situation, last week WDIY regretfully was obliged to eliminate the staff position of Director of News and Public Affairs. We are reorganizing and other staff and volunteers are taking on additional tasks, with a goal of minimizing any negative impact on WDIY's programming. However, in the near-term, we do not have resources available to maintain both the Wednesday and Thursday evening public affairs programs. Accordingly, we will concentrate our public affairs programming on Thursday from 6 to 7pm, under the program title "Lehigh Valley Discourse", that we are moving from the Wednesday program, Development Director Sharon McCarthy assumes responsibility for the "Lehigh Valley Discourse" and Sally Handlon and Alan Jennings will continue as once-monthly Thursday evening hosts. Over the next few months, from 6 to 7pm, Wednesdays, we will provide an extra hour of NPR's "All Things Considered."
Lehigh Valley Arts Salon will continue to focus on the local arts scene and be broadcast on Monday evenings at 6 p.m. We will continue to evaluate and consider options and resources to provide locally-produced public affairs. We'll update you regularly.