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In early
2010, WDFH held a public meeting in Chappaqua, New York, to introduce the
station to people in areas we hadn't reached before our
2009 signal
expansion. In connection with this public meeting, The Journal
News published a major front-page story about our struggle to re-establish
the station following some major setbacks, including the loss of our
previous studio space in 2006.
The
newspaper story was read by a community-minded citizen who was moved by
WDFH's story of community service and perseverance. This citizen
made a major donation to WDFH that made it possible for us to lease space
for a new studio. Below are pictures of our work to build a studio
in that new space. We hope you join us in extending our most
heartfelt thanks to our anonymous and extremely generous donor.
On a
related note, the village of Ossining gave us space to store our studio
equipment and furnishings in a building owned by the village between 2006,
when we lost the previous space, and 2010, when the new space became
available to us. We are also most grateful to the village, its
former mayor, Miguel Hernandez, its current mayor, Bill Hanauer, and the
entire Village Board.
Our new space — June 2010. |
The moving crew — June 2010. L-R: Kyle
Perry, Matt Robinson, Troy Bass, Lou Galarza, Marilyn Sophos, Ryan
Perry, Kyle Smith. |
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More movers — WDFH volunteer
Vinny Cohan, his son Sean, and volunteers Vince Polywoda and Cuper
Vargas. |
Volunteers Daphney Mickle, Missy Fogarty, and
Dave Foster. |
The carpet, console and cabinets in place — July
2010. The carpet was generously donated by
Suburban Floors of Mount Kisco. |
The console and cabinets in place — July 2010. |
Above: The console and cabinets in place — July
2010. The cabinets were
donated by NPR in
2007 and were originally located in NPR's New York Bureau on
Second Avenue.
Right: Wiring the console —
August 2010. This console was originally the on-air console at
WQXR. It, two similar consoles, and a lot of other equipment
was donated to WDFH by The New York Times when it sold WQXR.
Click here to
see this console while it was still installed in WQXR's on-air
studio. |
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More studio wiring — August 2010. |
Getting the console ready — August 2010. |
The edit station — August 2010.
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The studio nearing completion with the record
racks in the background — August 2010. |
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Above: The studio nearing completion with
the music library in the background — October 2010.
Left: Console installation
completed! August 2010. This console (a Pacific
Recorders BMX-III) was originally in the on-air studio of WQXR, the
classical station of The New York Times. It is one of three
BMX consoles that The Times
donated to WDFH in
2010. |
WDFH's music library — October 2010. |
Dave Foster sorting records — December 2010. |
Marilyn Sophos staining the backs of the CD
cabinets — December 2010. |
Vinny Cohan working in the new studio — February
2011. |
Vinny Cohan in the studio — February 2011. |
Our interview table. |
The studio under new track lighting. |
Starnes&Shah performing at WDFH's grand studio
re-opening — March 12, 2011. |
Jann Klose performing live on WDFH at our grand
re-opening in front of 100+ guests — March 12, 2011. |
WDFH founder Marc Sophos mixing the Starnes&Shah
performance at the grand re-opening. (As Chief Engineer, Marc
got to do all of the wiring that makes everything work.) |
Jann Klose and Chris Marolf performing live at
WDFH — April 1, 2011. |
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Music program hosts Dave Foster and John
Dyer |
Eyes on
Westchester host and photographer extraordinaire Melinda Battle
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John Dyer — The Deacon
Photos: Marc Sophos,
Melinda Battle, Sara Caldwell |
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