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WEBVTT IN COMMUNITY SPIRIT TO THE AIRWAVES. >> ♪ IF YOU GOT I BIG TRUCK BROUGHT IT SEAN: AT NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITY RADIO IN LITTLETON, YOU COULD SAY THEY SING ALONG TO THE BEAT OF THEIR OWN MUSIC. AND FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, THAT’S A GOOD THING. >> NORTH COUNT COMMUNITY RADIO. WZNC 99.9 F.M. >> THIS IS NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITY RADIO. FOUND ONLINE AT NOCOCOMMUNITYRADIO.ORG. >> THAT WAS A SIMON AND GARFUNKEL. AND IT IS 12:25. AND YOU’RE LISTENING TO WZNC L.P. BETHLEHEM. >> COMMUNITY RADIO HAS A WAY OF FINDING THOSE UNIQUE NICHES. AND UNUSUA STORIES. AND MUSIC. THAT YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HEAR ANYPLACE ELSE. PLUS IT’S THAT COMPONENT OF BEING LIVE AND ALIVE WHERE YOU LIVE. SEAN: FOR D.J.’S LIKE KAY ALLEN, BEING PART OF HER COMMUNITY WAS IMPORTANT A TRANSPLANT FROM MISSOURI, WHEN SHE MOVED TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, SHE LONGED FOR THA CONNECTION. AND FOUND IT HERE. WITH HER SHOW “MUSI DU JOUR.” >> MUSIC DU JOUR IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF ALL THE INFLUENCES THAT — AND THINGS THAT I HAD DISCOVERED ALONG THE WAY WHEN I WAS DOING COMMUNITY RADIO. IN COLUMBIA, MISSOURI. SEAN: THAT IDEA OF A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IS WHAT KEEPS MOST OF THE D. JSH’S HERE COMING BACK FOR MORE. ON THE AIR, SINCE 2012, IT’S ALSO WHAT FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NATE ALBERTS WANTED TO BRING TO THE NORTH COUNTRY. >> I WAS INSPIRED BY COMMUNITY RADIO STATION IN CRESTED BUTE, COLORADO. KBUT. AFTER BEING A LITTLE INVOLVED WITH THA STATION AND SEEING HOW MUCH IT BENEFITED THE AREA, I DECIDED THAT THIS AREA NEEDS SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WHEN I MOVED BACK HERE, WHERE I GREW UP, I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING GOOD TO START AND BRING BACK. SEAN: WHAT HE STARTED WITH WAS A ONE TENTH WATT A.M. STATION THAT’S GROWN TO NOW INCLUDE A 10-WATT F.M. SIGNAL AND LIVE STREAMING ONLINE. TUNE IN ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU’LL HEAR ANYTHING FROM PUNK TO COUNTRY, CLASSICAL TO JAZZ. >> IT’S PRETTY MUCH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. ALL THE D.J.’S THAT VOLUNTEER HERE CREATE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. SOME HAVE A THEME. SOME ARE JUST KIND OF THEIR OWN STYLE. OF MUSIC. THAT THEY LIKE TO LISTEN TO. >> ANYBODY CAN BE INVOLVED. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE SHOW? YOU COULD HAVE A TALK SHOW. RADIO SHOW. YOU WANT TO HAVE PUNK OR CLASSIC. ANY KIND OF SHOW THAT YOU LIKE. AND IT’S ALSO REALLY BASED RIGHT HERE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. >> HELLO, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE MIDNIGHT RUMMAGE SALE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. A GREAT DEAL OF FREEDOM. AND YOU DO HOPE THAT YOU’RE EXPOSING PEOPLE TO STUFF THAT THEY’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH. SOMETHING NEW. LIKE SOMEBODY LISTENING TO A SONG HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS INTERESTING. I NEVE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE GUY WHO JUST DID THE SHOW HERE. HE PLAYED A SONG BY SOMEBODY NAMED APRIL MARGE AND I’LL CHECK THEM OUT. I NEVER HEARD OF THEM. SEAN: BROADCASTING 24 HOURS A DAY, THE D.J.’S FILL IN THE TIME WHEN THEY CAN. MOST DOING SHOWS IN TWO-HOUR BLOCKS AND MOST LIKE ZACH BAKER BUILDING THAT TIME IN AROUND THEIR ALREADY HECTIC LIVES. BUT IT’S WORTH IT. TO SHARE THEIR LOVE OF THE MUSIC. >> I WAS ONE OF KNOWS KIDS THAT HUNG OUT AT THE RECORD STORE BACK WHEN THERE WERE RECORD STORES AND YOU COULDN’T JUST GOOGLE SOMEBODY. AND YOU WANTED TO LEARN MUSIC, FLIP THROUGH RECORDS AND A HUGE MUSIC GEEK GROWING UP AND INTO MY 30’S AND I JUST TURNED 40, BUT NOW LIFE’S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. SO I’LL NEVER BE A 15-YEAR-OLD KID PULLING OUT A RAMON RECORD IN THE RECORD STORE AGAIN AND SEEING BAD RELIGION FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT THIS KIND OF BRINGS ME BACK THERE. ♪ I’VE BEEN FINDING THINGS YOU CAN’T SEE AND I’VE BEE LISTENING TO ♪ SEAN: LIVE MUSIC ALSO HAPPENS HERE. SPARKING CREATIVITY. AND GIVING YOUNG ARTISTS THE CHANCE TO GET NOTICED. >> THEY LOVE IT. IT’S AWESOME. AND THAT’SMY FAVORITE PART OF BEING A PART OF THE STATION. IS HAVING THE BANDS COME IN AND PLAY LIVE. IT’S GREAT EXPOSURE FOR THEM. IT’S GREAT EXPOSURE FOR THE RADIO STATION. IT’S DEFINITELY MY FAVORITE PART. >> BESIDES THE FACT OF EVERYBODY WHO’S INVOLVED IT GIVES YOU WILL A CREATIVE OUTLET AND OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR THAT HIGH SCHOOL BAND. LIKE I HAD A BAND THAT’S AT THE WHITE MOUNTAIN REGIONAL SCHO SCREEN THIS AWESOME HARD ROCK HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND WHERE DOES A BAND HAVE TO PLAY LIKE THAT? WHERE DOES A BAND LIKE THAT HAVE TO PLAY AROUND HERE THESE DAYS? THEY CAME DOWN TO THE STATION AND BROADCAST THEM AND IT WAS A GREAT SHOW ♪ SEAN: FROM MUSIC BOTH LIVE AND RECORDED, TO NEWS AND INFORMATION, NORTH COUNT COMMUNITY RADIO TRULY HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. AND IT’S FINDING ITS PLACE IN THE NORTH COUNTRY. >> HAVING ALL THOSE SORTS OF OPTIONS IS GREAT BECAUSE IT’S NOTHING IS QUITE THE SAME. SO YOU’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE RADIO SCHEDULE. GOING PART OF THE SCHEDULE LET’S SAY GOING FROM 8:00 TO 11:00 IN THE MORNING. YOU’LL HAVE ONE PERSON’S SHOW FROM 11:00 TO 2:00 AND IT COULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. A BEARDED OLD MAN STOOPED FROM ANTIQUING BECKONS YOU WITH A TOOTHLESS SMILE. YOU HAVE DISCOVERED THE MIDNIGHT RUMMAGE SALE. >> IT’S INCREDIBLE. BECAUSE IT’S LIKE, WOW. I HEARD THIS NEW BAND. OR I HEARD THIS NEW ARTIST HERE. I WANT TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. HEY, SOMEBODY CALLED ME AND SAID WELL, IF YOU LIKE THIS PERSON, YOU OUGHT TO CHECK OUT SO-AND-SO. AND IT’S THAT KIND OF WORD OF MOUTH, THAT KIND OF THING THAT METHOD OF COMMUNICATION THAT — THAT’S HOW — THAT’S HOW WE COMMUNICATED FOR THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS. AND STILL EXIST THAT WAY. IN COMMUNITY RADIO. AND THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT. >> WE THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITY RADIO. 99.9 F.M.