Join WYSO staff, volunteers and current and former programmers for the second annual WYSO Broadcasters’ Ball (the first was in 1958) on Friday, June 19th at 7:30 pm at Antioch College’s Foundry Theatre.

The Broadcasters’ Ball will feature a live, multi-media program that celebrates the history of WYSO with audio, video, live music and special guests on stage.

It’s not a gala affair, no dancing or ballgowns, but a chance to meet, share some drinks from Yellow Springs Brewery and the Emporium and food by Current Cuisine and then enjoy an hour-long multi-media show in the theater featuring WYSO broadcasts from every decade going back to our founding in 1958.

You’ll hear some of the first WYSO broadcast, meet our founders, hear programs from the past like Women in Music, Duck Butter Blues, the WYSO Peoples’ News, Alternate Takes, the Rhythm and Blues Express and many more.

It’s an unusual event, hard to describe, sort of like WYSO: many voices, a wild variety of music, sometimes traditional, sometimes experimental.

We’ll also be honoring some WYSO heroes – including Steve Schwerner – and officially opening the WYSO Digital Audio Archives. Current Cuisine from Yellow Springs will cater and there will be adult beverages, too.

Won’t you join us? Tickets are $60 and can be purchased here. Space is limited!

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