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Last week leading up to the Fall Membership Drive, we met our $10,000 Buy-Back Campaign goal! Thank you too everyone who donated to the Drive early. You helped shave 3 days off of the on-air Drive. As promised, last weekend on WDIY was entirely interruption-free.

Here's WDIY's Board President and Swing Sunday host Karen El-Chaar sharing the good news.

This week, we kick off the on-air Fall Membership Drive, WDIY's most important fundraiser of the year. We have once again partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley to make all donations we receive go further.

For every $100 WDIY receives in donations, Second Harvest will provide 21 meals to individuals and families in our community. WDIY has partnered with Valley National Financial Advisors to cover the costs of the meals, allowing 100% of WDIY member donation to stay with the station.

WDIY staff were at the opening ceremony for Touchstone Theatre's Festival UnBound last week.

WDIY along with other community organizations gathered on the South Bethlehem Greenway as attendees enjoyed music, speeches, and conversation. We recorded messages from attendees that will air on the station, so listen throughout the Drive.

Coming up this Saturday, WDIY will be at the annual Northampton County Festival from 11 AM to 6 PM at Louise Moore Park in Easton.

Join WDIY and other nonprofit organizations in the county for a day of free, community fun with food, crafts, and live entertainment.

WDIY's annual Member Representative election and membership meeting will take place on Monday, October 17 from 7 until 9 PM. The meeting will be held in the South Bethlehem Flatiron Building.

All WDIY members and volunteers are invited to attend the meeting. Participating members, those who have volunteered for WDIY at least 12 hours in the last year, will then be able to vote on the new Member Representative to the Board of Directors.

Host: Heidi Stahl

Enjoy an encore presentation highlighting two Bethlehem eateries! First, Heidi Stahl welcomes sibling team Luke and Rachel Prosseda from The Vineyard Restaurant. Luke, the chef, and Rachel, who runs the front of the house, describe the process of bringing their Italian food to Valley diners, with dishes crafted from local and sustainably sourced ingredients.

Host: Paul Willistein

Monday, 6:25 p.m. during Lehigh Valley Arts Salon

Moonage Daydream is a most unconventional documentary film. But consider the subject: unconventional superstar and innovative pop-rock singer-songwriter David Bowie. Paul Willistein of the Lehigh Valley Press reviews the documentary film.

Host: Greg Capogna

Greg Capogna, along with co-hosts Becky Bradley and Matt Assad from the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission welcome Geoff Brace, chairman of the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners to discuss a very timely topic: growth management.

As the Lehigh Valley remains one of the fastest-growing regions in the state, the group discusses development pressures, the Municipalities Planning Code, House Bill 2768, farmland and open space preservation, and more.

Host: Steve Aaronson

Host: Steve Capwell

On this edition of Blues Cruise...it's Nathaniel Mayer doing "I Want Love and Affection (Not The House Of Correction)." Need we say any more?

Host: Robert Reagan

Another first Monday of the month, so the "Decades" time machine goes back 40 years for music from trumpeter/percussionist Jerry Gonzalez with the Fort Apache Band, saxophone player Arthur Blythe, and guitarist Vic Juris...and 10 years for both drummer Bobby Sanabria and singer Kurt Elling. Vocalists Kate Baker, Sinne Eeg with the Danish Radio Big Band, and Jane Stuart with the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra will also be featured, along with pianists Herbie Hancock and Kenny Barron, and drummers Billy Drummond and Gerry Gibbs.

Host: Brooke Gladstone

Are the women-led protests in Iran powerful enough to force change when past attempts have failed? On this week’s On the Media, a look at the moments that ignite movements, both online and in the streets. Plus, how silly videos built one of the largest media companies in the world, and the story of how one Twitch streamer successfully took down an army of harassers. 

Host: Dave Fry

Dave Fry features new archives from this weekend's John Gorka and The Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band shows, along with Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank DiBussolo ('08), Bill Staines ('20), David Bromberg with Skyline ('86), Townes Van Zandt ('93), Pierre Bensusan ('10), Anne Hills ('16), Archie Fisher ('14) and more. Dave Fry, host. 

Host: John Dodds

On tonight’s Doodlin', new jazz release showroom, John Dodds features new albums from an old quartet reunited — Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride, Brian Blade. 

Host: Doug Ashby

Roots After Hours this week goes to the movies as we explore roots on film. We'll feature Bob Dylan from Don't Look Back, Johnny Cash from I Walk the Line, and many more! 

Roots Reggae will join us at the theatre for a look at the soundtrack to Rockers, a movie about Jamaican roots reggae artists. 

Host: Laurie Siebert

This week's topic: Strategies in Charitable Giving

Laurie Siebert will be live in the studio. Listeners can call in with questions on this topic or other general finance topics during the show at 610-758-8810. Listeners can also submit questions during the show or anytime in advance at yourfinancialchoices.com.

Host: Rayna Malhotra

Rayna Malhotra welcomes Terry Hart, former NASA astronaut and fighter pilot, and mechanical engineering and mechanics professor at Lehigh University, to talk about all things astronomy – from NASA’s planned Artemis I launch to the recent DART asteroid impact mission

Host: Jayaditya Kothari, Sanika Kothari

Jayaditya and Sanika Kothari are back as they welcome Les Winston and Wanda Myles from Social Secharity and Route 664: The Road to Human Kindness to talk about the work Social Secharity does, the duo’s appearance on the Route 664 podcast, resources for personal finance, and more.

Host: Bill Fox

On the next Galactic Travels™, I'll begin a month-long focus on Tapes and Topographies. The Featured CD at Midnight will be Fathoms on Simulacra Records.

You will also hear new music by Sonogram on Simulacra Records and by Cosmic Ground on Studio Fleisch.

Host: John Beatty

Host: Bill Rudman

This week's show: 1959 on Stage and Screen

The best of the year including The Sound of Music, Gypsy, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fiorello!