PROPOSAL FROM KAT EVERITT:
“UPCOUNTRY ALMANAC”
Radio Broadcast for KQBM 90.7 FM/Blue Mountain Community
Radio
Spring, 2013
UPCOUNTRY ALMANAC intends to fill the Purpose of INCLUSION:
drawing all Community Members of the Upper Hills Country of the Counties of
Calaveras, Amador, and Tuolumne Counties, most specifically, into a friendly
Network of Men, Women, and Children exploring Upcountry Life.
The Broadcast will
cover such subjects as: Community concerns, enjoyments, stories, nutrition
solutions, cultural traditions, lifestyles, events, recreation, seasonal
wonders, services, and personalities dear to the hearts of the unique
Communities within the Broadcast Reach of Blue Mountain Community Radio.
As host, I would divide this one hour-or-two broadcast into
four segments:
#1: My PERSONALLY SPEAKING commentary and bits of story and
music on current issues, events, concerns, recreations, seasonal observations,
and other interests of being a Woman in the Upcountry of the Foothills, in the
present – delivered in some prose, poetry, lyrical verse, and
conversational style, with some
folkloric focus, from my more country/small town background interests and
experiences over the years
#2: A pre-planned – sometimes even pre-recorded - COMMUNITY
INTERVIEW: a fifteen minute or more Interview
with a Community Member about their Work in our Communities, their personal and
ethnic approach to the Community Issues their work and perspectives address;
and connecting information and resources. I intend to include Community Members
who are well-known in a civic, social-justice, social services, health
community services, and/or geopolitical services, all the way to Men, Women,
and Children who have no formal credentials for speaking to and for their
Communities, but who have much to speak about in witness to the past, present,
and future projections and traditions of their Communities…
This is not proposed as a segment to exercise Political or
Religious Views, Beliefs, Endorsements, or Positions . These Interviews would
be crafted as an Introduction of the Wider Community to the ethnic, social
services, personal, and constructive Personalities of our Foothills
Demographics.
#3: Pre-planned,
often Community Based, RECIPES FOR LIFE:
PUTTING THINGS BY: A cheerful Recipe Sharing from my own Book: Putting Things
By: regarding preserving harvests and cooking simple, nutritious foods and
meals; with Community Guests (Cooks, Cookbook Writers, Ethnic Cooking
Specialists (i.e., Native American;
Italian; Cajun; etc.) and Community Garden’s Gardeners, sharing their
experiences, Recipes, and Cooking /Preserving
Strategies…
And,
#4: STORY TELLERS TIME: Oral tradition: Reading s of Short Stories,
Serial Stories (continued over time); Poetry; and Children’s Literature: I, or
Guest Story Tellers from the Community: reading aloud these Printed
Recreational (again, not Political, Religious, Biased, or Prejudicial
Written Matter): to encourage Oral
Reading Skills, Listening Skills, and the encouragement of Local Story Tellers
in their Craft – especially for those for whom the Oral Tradition is a Cultural
Value as well – for example, our Native American Bands and Extended Communities
in the Foothills….
I would intend this Broadcast to cover an HOUR up to Two
Hours, if the Board thought it would be useful, of Live Stream and Live
Studio/on-the-dial time. At this time, I would appreciate input as to what Time
Slot would be most appropriate… and also, as to What Day of the Week would be
best. I am not available on Saturdays and Sundays for Broadcasting, at this
time.
I intend to have a Show Theme Song, and Music changes in the
theme for each of the other three segments of the Broadcast. Den Mc Cue has
agreed to assist me in the Studio with theme songs changes, mic work with guest
Interviewees, Speakers, and Story Tellers, and with other Technical matters, to
facilitate fluid transitions.
My Credentials for hosting this Broadcast are:
I am a reasonably healthy Community Elder with a rich and
varied background in Social Services, in Rural and in Urban and in Small Town
Family Life:
I am the Mother of Three; Step mother of Three, Gramma of
Eleven, Step-Gramma of Eight; and Great
Gramma of Three.
I’m a California Licensed Registered Nurse, with active
service for over forty years; and am a California certificated Public Health
Nurse.
I’m a California K/12 Credentialed Multiple Subjects
Teacher, for twenty years.
I’m a published Lyrics Writer; and a Creative Writer of
Poetry primarily (I’ll be Reading two of my Poems at the Sacramento Poetry
Center Benefit this June 1
st); with an active Writing Blog (
http://kathyanneriverperson.blogspot.com/)
of over four hundred Written Works.
I have worked creatively with other ethnically diverse
Communities in the past: I would be happy to discuss my non-fiction writing and
community connections to Peoples with diverse Cultural and Ethnic Traditions
and Lives. I also have a rich Connection to younger people though Facebook and
other social networks, with around fifty plus Former Students who have remained
Friends with me since their graduations from high school. for decades.
I have over fifty years of experience as a Solo and
Back-up-Harmonies Singer, still actively performing; and around a decade’s
experience as a Dancer. I have a rich network of friends among the Performing
Communities of the Bay Area, and am forming these Connections here in
Upcountry. I am co-host with Den McCue for the KQBM Broadcast, DOWN FROM THE
MOUNTAIN, promoting and commenting on Americana Music and Performers, both
Local, and from the greater Community Base of the Valley and the Bay Area, in
our Live Stream capacity.
I have a great interest, over decades, in Local History and
Cultural Geography: my BA is in Public Health Administration; with a Second BA Equivalent
in Cultural Geography from Cal State Hayward. I am presently working with the Amador
County Historic Society, interviewing /recording Oral Histories for the
Upcountry Community of Eastern Amador County. I am also beginning work as a
Docent at Grinding Rock State Park. I am also just beginning to explore a two
hour/two days a week Tutoring position at Pine Grove Community Center, as a
Volunteer.
I am a good cook, with an avid interest, having had a Farm
in my past, in Preserving of Foods, and in Cajun Cooking (my father was a ‘Quarter-Cajun’),
and love sharing Food Preparation information.
I am a personable Story Teller/Reader and a competent
Interviewer, and enjoy both skills very much.
As I am already a Broadcaster on KQBM, I am aware that my
proposal may not be accepted for me to be able to broadcast this Show, but
also, that it may fit a niche somewhere in the Programming , very well. If I
don’t meet the station’s needs at this time, I’m hoping the Board will keep the
IDEAS presented here, in a fresh place in your minds. Any one of these ‘Segments’
I presented, might make for a viable and useful Community Broadcast, for other
Broadcasters to consider producing.
Thanks for the many considerations always shown me by this
Board of this Fine Blue Mountain Community Radio Station!
Respectfully Submitted,
Kat Everitt
