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About Diana

Diana Ross is not the famous Supremes singer, but she does have big hair. Working in both Membership and Operations departments, she does a little bit of everything, including administering this website. You can contact her at dross@bccc.edu.

Oct. 29 2012

The Continuing Adventures of the WBJC Booth

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Look for the WBJC booth in the lobby of The Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric for Grand Opera on Friday, November 2nd and Sunday, November 4th, for Puccini’s La Boheme, featuring the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Friday evening, Kati Harrison and Jonathan Palevsky will greet opera lovers, while Dyana Neal will be on hand […]

Oct. 25 2012

Frankenweenie – review!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Movie Reviews, Staff Blogs | 2 Comments

“This is what Tim Burton is GOOD at!” When I left the theater, I felt like Burton had returned to his roots.  I was a fan of Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow and Beetlejuice… but in recent years I was underwhelmed with the Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd, and outright repelled by Charlie and the […]

Oct. 18 2012

Top 5 – Books

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I like to consider myself an avid reader.  If I had to choose 5 books from my shelf to have while stranded on a deserted island (based on re-readability, love of characters/world/subject matter) , I’d choose: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Philip K. Dick Lord of the Rings/Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien Alice’s Adventures […]

Oct. 17 2012

October Newsletter has arrived!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, WBJC News | Comments Off on October Newsletter has arrived!

You can now view the October newsletter in the Archive: http://www.wbjc.com/about-us/wbjc-newsletter-archive/   Just in case anyone wondered… the newsletter is emailed to subscribers over the weekend closest to mid-month and posts to the Archive a little bit later on that week.  If you want direct delivery of the WBJC Newsletter, you can subscribe here. Cheers!~

Oct. 16 2012

TUES 10/16 – LOW POWER

By Diana Ross | Posted in WBJC News | 3 Comments

The WBJC antenna needs to undergo maintenance (re-tuning) that will require the station operate at low power on our back-up antenna during our regular listening hours on Tuesday October 16th (rain date Wednesday 10/17) from approximately 10am to 3pm.  Also, we will have to turn off the transmitter for some very brief periods in order to verify the settings […]

Oct. 13 2012

Top 5 – Halloween Candy

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I’ll fully admit it: Halloween is my favorite holiday! To me, it’s the culmination of Fall… the leaves have changed, the air is crisp and the costume is on!  My mother used to sew my costumes from scratch and my fave for several years in a row was the devil costume complete with my face […]

Oct. 10 2012

Fall Drive 2012

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, WBJC News | Comments Off on Fall Drive 2012

We came, we saw, we raised $117,000! For the numbers geeks out there (yes Mr. Katz, I’m looking at you!): 1052 of you stood up to support the music you love  279 of you were NEW members! 62 of you pledged using the website The new Live Challenges were a success! Knowing that there was […]

Oct. 07 2012

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!

By Diana Ross | Posted in Membership, WBJC News | 2 Comments

Our volunteers make things run so very smoothly during a pledge drive, and this one was no exception.  We had many veteran volunteers and many new faces too! Thank you each and every one of you… Caroline Abbas Maria Barata Charlotte Beckenstein Michael Bodner Jackie Churches John and Donna Cookson Roy and Debbie Danz Ron […]

Sep. 28 2012

Premium substitution

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Unfortunately we are unable to get more than a handful of the Tea and Coffee sets listed at the $365 pledge level on the premium list in the latest mailings.  The “Coffee” portion has been substituted with “Christmas Cookies,” featuring music from the Nutcracker Ballet. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused!

Sep. 28 2012

Another one bites the dust

By Diana Ross | Posted in Staff Blogs | 2 Comments

It’s always a shocking and sad thing when we lose yet another classical station, and it reminds me how lucky we are here in Baltimore! From the Portland Press Herald: Classical radio network WBACH’s southern Maine station will go off the air next week. The station — WBQW, heard in the Portland area on 104.7 FM — […]

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