88.1 The Park's latest newsletter is available here.  We publish the newsletter twice a year.  This edition features a tribute to WSDP Founder Bonny Dore, our alumni profile, news from the station, and our 2012 giving report.  Click below for a pdf of the newsletter.

This week we received sad news that WSDP Founder Bonny Dore passed away on Saturday Feb. 2.

Bonny began working for the Plymouth-Canton Community Schools in 1969.  She was giving the job of launching a new radio station, in addition to teaching English. WSDP signed on the air February 14, 1972 through the hard work of Bonny and a dedicated group of students.
 

 P-CCS Diversity and Equity is the focus on July's Community Focus 2.0.  Our In-Studio Guests is Lawrence Stroughter, P-CEP Assistant Principal.

This Spring 88.1 The Park received grants from The Wilcox Foundation and The Giving Hope Women's Giving Circle.  Both groups provided money to help us upgrade our automation system.

The Wilcox Foundation provided a grant for $1,500 and The Giving Hope Women's Giving Circle provided a grant of $1,000.

The automation upgrade will allow us to put much more student content on the air and make the radio station's content even more local to the Plymouth-Canton Community.  This will allow students to pre-record shows that will be on the air on weekendss, overnight and while students are in class.  We hope this will allow even more students to join our on-air staff.

"We appreciate the support of The Wilcox Foundation and The Giving Hope Women's Giving Circle," said Bill Keith, Station Manager.  "Their investment will make a difference in the lives of our students."