Local Radio Station Personalities To Emcee Special Jazz Series

Jazz announcers from WCWP/88.1 FM, the radio station of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, will be serving as Masters of Ceremony during the Glen Cove "Jazz in the Square" Friday night concert series presented by the Glen Cove Business Improvement District.

Radio personality Marc Greene of Brookville will be hosting the appearance of the Ian Patillo Quartet on June 12 and Paula Ahterton on June 19. Announcer Joe Manfredi of Smithtown will be emceeing during the performance of Paul Kendall on June 26, and WCWP's Marvin Emilier of Rosedale, Queens will be at the microphone during the performance of Rick Brummer Line Drive on July 10. In addition to their personal appearances, Greene, Manfredi and Emilier will be featuring music by the jazz artists on their radio programs.

WCWP/88.1 FM has been designated as the official radio sponsor of the Jazz series that will be held Friday nights from 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. in the Glen Cove Village Square. The concerts are free to the public.

WCWP/88.1 FM is a non-commercial, educational FM station located in the Benjamin and Elizabeth Abrams Communications Center on the C.W. Post Campus in Brookville. In addition to Jazz programming from 12 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, the station features classical music, alternative, metal, classic rock and blues programming. As an National Public Radio affiliate, WCWP also airs Morning Edition from 5-9 a.m. and All Things Considered from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday, Weekend All Things Considered on Saturday and Sunday from 5-6 p.m. and Car Talk from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday. The station also broadcasts locally-produced community service programs, sports programming and special variety shows.

For more information call WCWP at (516) 299-2683.

For more information call the C.W. Post Public Relations Office at (516) 299-2333 or e-mail cwpostpr@aurora.liunet.edu or send mail to: Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, New York 11548-1300.

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