| WCLV'S First Live Broadcast from the KeyBank Studio |
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WCLV's first live broadcast from the KeyBank Studio at the Idea Center was a recital and interviews with the Cypress String Quartet at 10:00 AM on March 26, 2011. The host was Bill O'Connell.This program was repeated at 7:00 PM on April 20, 2012.
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30th Anniversary Kite
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For WCLV's 30th anniversary, the station
ran a "Send Us a Birthday Card" contest.
Nancy Lockwood and Harry
Gregory of Streetsboro entered a
superbly constructed WCLV kite.
Nancy informs us that it won
Second Place - 144 CDs from Telarc
Records, We were also impressed
enough to have preserved it and moved it
from Radio Ranch to the Idea Center.
It is now displayed on a wall in our
facilities as an historical item. .
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Canadian broadcaster Stuart McLean
visits WCLV
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On Monday, April 22, 2013, Canadian
broadcaster Stuart McLean bought his
crew to the Ohio Theatre for an evening
show. McLean, whose program The
Vinyl Cafe is heard on WCLV sister
station 90.3WCPN on Sundays at
3:00 PM, is also heard reading his
stories on WCLV's Weekend Radio
from time to time. Prior to his show,
he visited WCLV for a live interview with
Weekend Radio host Robert Conrad,
out of the picture to the left. WCLV's
Drive Time host Bill O'Connell looks on
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Cooper Laureates do a live broadcast from the KeyBank Studio
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On Thursday, April 11, 2013, the Oberlin
Conservatory presented a special concert
by Laureates from past Cooper Violin and
Piano Competitions. WCLV broadcast the
concert live from Finney Chapel at Oberlin.
The day before, four of the Laureates
gave a live preview of the concert from
the KeyBank studio at the Idea Center.
This is pianist Ann Han from Chandler,
Arizona.
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Cooper Laureate Jieming Tang at
KeyBank
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Another Cooper Laureate who performed
live from the KeyBank Studio on Wednesday,
April 10, 2013, was Jieming Tang of Cleveland. |
Musical Theatre Project does Christmas
at KeyBank Studio |
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On Monday, 12/10/12, The Musical Theatre
Project crew was in the KeyBank Studio
at the Idea Center for a 7:00 to 8:00 PM
live broadcast previewing their holiday
season show, taking place at seven
venues. Participating were Nancy Mier,
piano, and soloists Bill Rudman and
Sandra Simon. Robert Conrad was the
host.
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| Cleveland Orchestra conductor James Feddeck |
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On Monday, April 29, 2013, Cleveland
Orchestra conductor James Feddeck
visited WCLV to talk wtih Bill O'Connell
about the forthcoming Orchestra/
Art Mseum California Masterworks
concerts.
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Mark Satola's Camera Collection
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WCLV's MidDay host Mark Satola has several other lives beyond sitting in front of a microphone. He is a free lance writer, on occasion among other tasks, he does music reviews for the Plain Dealer. He is also a fine photographer and has had gallery showings. Here is the website where you can enjoy his work: http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/834720 |
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Cooper Laureate Gergana Haralampieva
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Gergana Haralampieve of Philadelphia
gave a preview of her Finney Chapel
performance of Fritz Kreisler's Tambourian Chinoise at Finney Chapel during the
Wednesday, April 10, 2013, live KeyBank
recital by four of the Cooper Laureates
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| Violinist Julian Rachlin makes debut at Severance Hall and at WCLV |
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Violinist Julian Rachlin made his Cleveland Orchestra debut in the concerts of the weekend of January 12, 2012. Following a rehearsal, he visited WCLV to record the intermission feature with John Simna for the live WCLV broadcast of Saturday, January 14.
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| Cooper Laureate Annie Zhou of Toronto |
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On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, pianist
Annie Zhou of Toronto was one of four
Cooper Laureates, who previewed
the Oberlin Conservatory Laureates
Concert at Finney Chapel during a
live broadcast on WCLV from the
KeyBank Studio at Idea Center..
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| NY Phil Conductor interviewed on WCLV |
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Former member of The Cleveland Orchestra conducting staff and now Music Director of The New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert, came to WCLV to visit with John Simna for the intermission feature on the Saturday, November 12, 2011, live broadcast of the Orchestra.
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There are three radio essayists featured on WCLV's Weekend Radio. Mark Levy has been heard since 2007 on the nationally distributed show hosted by Robert Conrad. On September 26, 2011, Mark, who hails from Binghamton, New York, and from Boynton Beach, Florida, was in Cleveland to visit his daughter. He took time to visit WCLV. His day job is as a patent attorney.
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Guitarist Jason Vieuax live from
the KeyBank Studio |
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On Thursday, May 16, 2013, famed guitarist
Jason Vieuax broadcast live on WCLV
from the KeyBank Studio at the Idea Center.
In addition performing, he and WCLV's Bill O'Connell discussed the forthcoming Guitar Weekend in Cleveland, and, then, following
the half hour broadcast, Jason did
a distance learning telecast with five
schools and a retirement home. The
TV screens in the background are for
the schools and Jason to see each other.
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Jason Vieuax conducting a distant leanring
class with six schools from the KeyBank Studio
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Following the 1:00 PM live broadcast from the
KeyBankStudio on May 16, 2013, guitarist
Jason Vieuax and WCLV's Bill O'Connell
participated in a distant learning session
that included five schools and a retirement
home. Here they talk with an elementary
school about the art of guitar playing. The
picture on the left screen is what the schools
saw.
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| Jeanette Sorrell talks about upcoming Apollo's Fire concerts |
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On Monday, February 6, 2012, the Music Director of Apollo's Fire was at WCLV to talk with Mark Satola about the baroque ensemble's upcoming concerts. |
| Super Star Josuha Bell at WCLV |
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The weekend of January 19, 2013, the soloist
with the Cleveland Orchestra was Joshua
Bell doing the Beethoven Violin Concerto.
He visited WCLV to talk with John Simna
to record an intermission feature for the
Orchestra's Miami concert on January 26,
where he reprises the Beetthoven Concerto.
This Miami concert will be broadcast live
by WCLV.
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| Robert Conrad narrates with The Cleveland Orchestra on 9/11 Public Square Concert |
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Photo by Roger Mastroianni |
WCLV's Robert Conrad narrated a patriotic piece called I Am an American with The Cleveland Orchestra and Loras John Schissel during the 9/11 Commemoration Concert on Public Square.
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| Pierre van der Westhuizen, director of the CIPC |
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On May 2, 2012, Pierre van der Westhuizen, director of The Cleveland International Piano Competition was at WCLV's radio-quarium to talk with Jackie Gerber about the Great Music in Great Spaces series.
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Bill Rudman, host of Footlight Parade
talks about upcoming The Song is You |
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Bill Rudman is host of WCLV's long-running Footlight Parade, Saturdays at 6:00 PM. His day job, however, is Artistic Director of The Musical Theatre Project, producer of The Song is You series. On May 8, 2012, he was the guest of Bill O'Connell on Drive Time to talk about the upcoming Vocal Minority show about female Broadway composers.
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The entrance to the WCLV complex
at the Idea Center |
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This is the entrance to the WCLV lobby at the Idea Center. The call letters were on the front of Radio Ranch. WCLV moved in December, 2010.
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| Simon Keenlyside at WCLV |
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Simon Keenlyside had the title role in The Cleveland Orchestra's fully staged Don Giovanni. He visited WCLV to talk about various aspects of his interpretation of the doomed rake. The interview was part of WCLV's live broadcast of the opera on 3/27/11. A number of stations around the country took delayed broadcasts of the broadcast.
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| The WCLV Lobby at the Idea Center |
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The WCLV lobby at the Idea Center with the numerous awards the station has won over the years. (02/01/11) |
| Robert Cassidy live from the KeyBank Studio |
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On Wednesday, June 6, 2012, pianist Robert Cassidy played selections from his new Albany CD, live from the KeyBank studio at the Idea Center. Hosting the hour-long program was music and operations director John Simna.
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| Live broadcast by the Almeda Trio from the KeyBank Studio |
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On Monday, 4/23/12, the Almeda Trio presented the second live broadcast from the KeyBank Studio at the Idea Center. With his back to the camera is WCLV's VP for programming, Bill O'Connell.
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| Organist Todd Wilson on Christmas Events |
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On 12/14/12, the renowned organist Todd Wilson
visited with Jackie Gerber on First Program
to talk about upcoming Christmas programs
at Trinity Cathedral. |
| Jackie swimming in the Radio-quarium |
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Morning host Jackie Gerber as she swims in what she calls "the WCLV radio-quarium" because the air studio is visible from the hallway that skirts the WCLV studios and from where many people peer in. The marine decals were sent in by two WCLV listeners. |
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| Eleisha Nelson Live from KeyBank Studio |
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Cleveland Orchestra Grammy nominated
violist Eleisha Nelson and pianist James
Howsmon previewed their Arts Tremont
program for April 28, 2013 in a live broadcast
from the ideastream KeyBank studio
on Monday, April 22nd. |
| Apollo's Fire Auction Winners Visit WCLV |
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A silent auction held at a recent Apollo's Fire
benefit offered a tour of Ideastream and lunch
with members of the WCLV staff. On May 15, 2012, six of the winners visited the Idea Center. Here
WCLV's Robert Conrad explains the station's
display of historic 16 inch electrical transcriptions.
ETs were what radio station played on the
air prior to LPs and 45 rpms. |
| Apollo's Fire Winners in the WCLV Blue Room |
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Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami, Giancarlo Guerrero, at WCLV
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The Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra's Miami concerts, Giancarlo Guerrero, was at Severance for a weekend of concerts. He stopped in at WCLV on March 15, 2012, to talk with John Simna for the intermission feature on the live WCLV broadcast from Knight Concert Hall in Miami on March 24, 2012.
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Marin Alsop makes Her Debut on WCLV
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Marin Alsop, music director of The Baltimore Symphony, made her Cleveland Orchestra debut the weekend of 12/08/11. She took time out from her rehearsal schedule to visit WCLV to talk with John Simna for the intermission of the live broadcast of the Saturday concert. |
