Wells Fargo’s surprise: $6 million to charities

San Francisco-based bank says gifts show a continued commitment to Charlotte as recession batters nonprofits.
By Eric Frazier
efrazier@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Wednesday, Dec. 09, 2009
When Wells Fargo officials invited heads of local nonprofit groups to their uptown bank tower for a thank-you breakfast Tuesday, Kathy Ridge showed up, as requested, just before 8.
“This is so nice,” she said, watching [...]

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WDAV STAFF APPOINTMENTS

WDAV appoints Lisa Gray as Director of Marketing and Communications; Jeffrey Freymann-Weyr as Multi Media Producer

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WDAV to air more local flair

From the May 16, 2009 edition of The Charlotte Observer
By Mark Washburn
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/413/story/726682.html
Stations looking to cut costs are turning increasingly toward syndicated shows.
But WDAV-FM (89.9), the classical music voice of Davidson College, is turning the other way.
Beginning July 1, WDAV will drop its overnight service “Music Through the Night,” which originates from Minnesota Public Radio, and [...]

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Our music, our selves

An educator shows how music can map the inner workings of our soulBy Karl Paulnack
Special to the Observer
Posted: Sunday, May. 10, 2009
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/165/story/710453.html
EDITOR’S NOTE: Karl Paulnack, director of the music division at Boston Conservatory, first gave this speech to parents of students in 2004. It has made the rounds on e-mail locally among honchos in the [...]

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Charlotte Radio Rankings, Charlotte Observer, Jan 2009

“Huge surge for Davidson College’s classical music voice”
Mark Washburn, The Charlotte Observer
January 25, 2009
Click the link below to see how local radio stations performed in the latest Arbitron rankings, listeners 12 and older, for the fall quarter.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/493776.html

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