Released on: January 17, 2008, 8:12 am

Press Release Author: Mike Gauss

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: In honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday, WCPE will
offer Mozart Madness weekend January 25-27. The weekend will feature Mozart's
symphonies, concertos, quartets and sonatas.

Press Release Body: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Mike Gauss
919.232.5008
mike@articulon.com

WCPE Offers Birthday Tribute to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart Madness to Air January 25 through 27 on TheClassicalStation.org

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (January 17, 2007)-William Woltz, music director for WCPE,
TheClassicalStation.org, announces today that the station is offering Mozart Madness
the weekend of January 25 in recognition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday.

The weekend radio festival will capture the full range of Mozart's compositions,
beginning at 8 a.m. ET on January 25 with "Overture to the Marriage of Figaro."
Weekend offerings will include symphonies, concertos, quartets and sonatas. On
Mozart's birthday, January 27, the station's Great Sacred Music program will feature
Mozart's "Requiem."

"This year Mozart Madness is an audience participation event," says Woltz. "Our
three-day festival takes in an All-Request Friday and the Saturday Evening Request
Program. Our listeners get to choose the works by the Eternal Child, Mozart, that
we will air."

In 1990, a group of psychologists studied Mozart's written personal history and
labeled him as "pathologically optimistic." WCPE's Mozart Madness weekend will
explore - through music - his exuberance and hope, even when composing during times
of personal hardship and despair.

Of particular interest are an All Request Friday from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. ET and
the Saturday Evening Request Program from 6 p.m. until midnight ET. Both of these
programs allow listeners to choose their favorite works to be aired. Requests can be
made via the Web site at TheClassicalStation.org/request.shtml, by calling the
station at 1-800-556-5178 or locally calling (919) 556-5178. Requests can be made in
advance or during the programs.

WCPE's live broadcast of Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day can be accessed
around the globe in several ways; on-line streaming in multiple formats, including
IPv6, local cable television systems and traditional radio broadcasting. A complete
list of the ways WCPE is available with instructions for cable and satellite
reception can be found at TheClassicalStation.org/listen.shtml.

In central North Carolina and southern Virginia, WCPE is found on the radio at 89.7 FM.

About WCPE:
With a 29-year history, WCPE is a non-commercial, 100 percent listener-supported,
independent station dedicated to excellence in Great Classical Music, 24 Hours a
Day. Community-minded business underwriters and foundations are among the 150,000
listeners in the North Carolina broadcast area. General Manager Deborah S. Proctor's
leadership has enabled the WCPE community to include national and worldwide
listeners. Other radio stations and cable television systems can rebroadcast Great
Classical Music, 24 Hours a Day. WCPE is one of the first public broadcasters to
stream on the Internet. WCPE is heard worldwide on the Internet in multiple formats,
including the next generation IPv6. Because WCPE receives no tax-derived support,
the station conducts two on-air fundraising campaigns and two major mail-out
campaigns per year to raise needed operating funds. Quarter Notes, the WCPE Program
Guide, is published four times a year as a means to enhance appreciation and
understanding of classical music. It is distributed to station supporters and is
also available online at TheClassicalStation.org/guide. For more information, visit
TheClassicalStation.Org or call 1-800-556-5178.

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Web Site: http://www.theclassicalstation.org

Contact Details: PO Box 897
Wake Forest, NC
27588
919.232.5008