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WTUL will be off the air from 12am tonight until 8am Thursday morning in preparation for tropical storm Isaac, which the national weather service has predicted to make land fall as a category 2 hurricane, sometime Tuesday night. You can stay current on any changing show schedules by visiting WTUL or Tulane. We wish you all a safe 2 and a half days, and be sure to tune in to the iconic Bimbo’s Rock & Soul Searching Show, Thursday morning.

Dear friends and family of WTUL,

I can’t believe it’s already March. Last time I wrote y’all, I was talking about our live broadcast from Voodoo Festival, our interview filming, our up-and-coming Android WTUL application, and our presence at the National College Media Convention in Orlando, FL. Well, here are some updates: Voodoo was a major success, we’re still filming and recording more interviews than ever before, our WTUL application for the Android phone is now on the market (go download it now, Droid users, and email me any comments or suggestions you have for improvement, please!), and we’re sending more staff members to represent WTUL at the Spring College Media Convention in New York, NY; one of our DJs is even speaking at the conference! We even have our own in-house graphic designer now – you may have noticed a more streamlined look on our recent logos, banners, and flyers J What’s more, Marathon is here (March 9th – March 25th, to be exact, so please tune in and pledge to keep us alive!) and we have been working VERY hard to bring you a plethora of awesome events that should satisfy any musical preferences you may have; you’ll be finding out more about all of our Marathon events in this issue of the VOX. Also, this year I’m very honored to have been selected to be a 24 hour DJ – I’ll be on the air from noon on Sunday, March 25th to noon on Monday, March 26th, so tune in to hear all the fun stuff I have planned and to stay with me as I slowly go crazy from lack of sleep. But there’s no rest after Marathon…this year WTUL is going to host its first ever media conference, titled “WTUL Broadcasts the Future”, on March 31st and April 1st on campus at Tulane University. The conference, which aims to answer the question “What is the future of media?” and which is free and open to the public, will feature speakers and panelists from local communities who will presenting about current topics and issues within both traditional and emerging media forms. If you visit the WTUL website, you will see our conference flyer, and if you would like to know more please email me and I will send you a conference packet.

Phew…I think that’s enough for you to digest for now, although we definitely have fun things coming up in April too – think “Vinyl Appreciation Week”! The point is, we’re very busy, and as always, we are 100% dedicated to bringing you the WTUL content and quality that you love. If you have any comments, questions, or content to share, join the conversation on our Facebook (facebook.com/wtulnola) or twitter (@wtul). And last but certainly not least, thank you for your everlasting support – we couldn’t do it without you, and we appreciate you more than you know.

Sonya
General Manager
gm@wtulneworleans.com

P.S. Bunny Matthews, creator of the famed Vic and Nat’ly Nint’ Ward cartoons (you may have seen ‘em on the side of a Leidenheimer Baking Co. delivery truck, or in the Audubon Insectarium, or in the Louisiana State Museum), was kind enough to draw us an awesome Bunny Matthews original Marathon 2012 design – see above. Hint: if you pledge $100+, you’ll be eligible to receive Bunny’s design on a t-shirt in your thank-you package :-)