Happy Holidays!

We want to thank our lovely staff, board members, producers, volunteers, interns, viewers, and everyone else for your support over the last year. We've gone through some rough spots but we hope to continue doing our best to stay on the air during the new year. We wish you all happy holidays and a happy new year!

Another New Station ID: Cub Scouts

A Vintage Clip from The DW Show

Now Airing: New Station ID

Board Meeting this Tuesday December 15th

The WYOU Board of Directors will meet again this coming Tuesday December 15th as they in conjunction with staff continue to plan the survival strategy for the station in the upcoming 2010 new year.

WYOU board meetings start at 6:30pm and are located at the station, 609 East Washington Avenue in Madison.

Good Time Had By All At Brews for WYOU""

The recent fundraiser "Brews for WYOU" at the historically eclectic NOTTINGHAM CO-OP was an enjoyable success and a good time was had by all. Special thanks to Jason Kwiatkowski who organized the event and raised around $575 for the station.

Performers included indie rockers THE SESTERS

grunge mavens AXIOM

hip-hop stalwarts THE CREST

plus a live grilling experience with access TV legend COOKING WITH BOB

Brews For WYOU Fundraiser on Dec 5th

WYOU announces " Brews for WYOU," the first event in a craft brewers series to preserve community television to be held at the Nottingham Co-op, Saturday, December 5th, 2009. Tickets are $8 and $10. Beginning at 8pm, fine beer from FURTHERMORE BEER & BLUCREEK BREWING will be poured, WYOU programming highlights will be projected on the coop walls and Cooking With Bob will be grilling live and in person on the patio. The entertainment program features an adventurous sampling of live Madison music including hip-hop stalwarts THE CREST, grunge mavens AXIOM, indie rockers THE SESTERS, plus a genre blending mix from DJ POLABEAR. Come meet the brewers and enjoy fine brew, watch eclectic homegrown video and Access TV Legend COOKING WITH BOB grill, and dance the night away. All of this will be under one roof at the historically eclectic NOTTINGHAM CO-OP at 146 Langdon St. on Lake Mendota.

WYOU Board Meeting Tonight

The WYOU Board of Directors will meet tonight, Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 6:30pm to discuss 2010 operating budget options.

WYOU’s PEG Funding has been cut by 50% for 2010. While eight City of Madison Alders voted in favor to restore funding at the City Council Meeting on November 11th, ultimately Amendment #3 failed, leaving WYOU to receive just $70,000 in 2010 from the City’s PEG fund (PEG stands for Public, Education and Government).

We'll discuss where we will go from here. ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE MEETING.

Movie Night?

Hey there. We've been toying around with a few different ideas for fun things to do as possible fundraisers. One of the tings we came up with was a movie night. Seeing as we have a good amount of fairly open space in the studio, we were thinking to set up a projector and screen and watch a movie, eat popcorn, and the like. The movie could be anything from Metropolis to Be Kind, Rewind.
What WE want to know is if you all think this is a good idea and/or if you would be willing to pay a couple bucks to get in.

Runyon Write-Up in Badger Herald

On Friday November 13th, 2009, WYOU Community Television Bequeathed David Runyon’s “Nothing To Hide” Master Tapes to UW’s Memorial Library. Read The Badger Herald article.

WYOU Tech Director on WORT: Runyon Tapes

WYOU Technical Director Eric Allin appeared yesterday on the Queery show on WORT Community Radio along with Scott Seyforth, an administrator at UW-Madison. The topic: the WYOU bequeathment of the David Runyon’s “Nothing To Hide” Master Tapes to UW’s Memorial Library.
Scott Seyforth

Eric Allin

Listen to the show. Then come attend a special reception marking the transfer of ownership of the master video tapes to the Memorial Library on Friday, November 13th, from 4:30pm – 6:00pm in the Library’s 4th Floor Commons. Speakers set to commemorate the event include: Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Representative Spencer Black, Wisconsin State Legislature, Ken Frazier, Director of the UW-Madison General Library System, and Richard Russell, political activist and one-time WYOU Board Chairman.on Friday, November 13th, from 4:30pm – 6:00pm in the Library’s 4th Floor Commons.

Madison City Council Fails WYOU!

In a 12 to 8 vote, the alders chose not to restore $30,000 of the $70,000 they will be taking away from WYOU in 2010. The station will go from $140,000 PEG funds in 2009 to just $70,000 in 2010.

Giving voice to the people and supporting free speech is not important to Mayor Dave or the majority of the alders. Instead, the monies they are taking away from WYOU will be going to their personal station, the City Channel. City Channel currently gets the vast majority of PEG fees that come from Charter Cable subscribers, but now they will have nearly all of it!

Thanks Mayor Dave and council members for letting such a valuable resource and community builder like WYOU slip away. You have failed us and the Madison community.