FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

“LIVE FROM THE ISLANDS” COVERS NORTHWEST

FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL FROM SEATTLE CENTER,

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, MAY 29-31

On KSER 90.7, EVERETT, 11am – throughout.

“Live From The Islands” co-hosts David Ossman and Judith Walcutt will be producing and co-hosting, with other regional community radio hosts, when “Live From The Islands” and KSER visit The Northwest Folklife Festival over the Memorial Day weekend, May 29-31, at Seattle Center.

Live coverage of the three-day Folklife Festival will be heard on seven “I-5 Corridor” Community Radio stations from Bellingham to Astoria, all serving a mission to entertain and enlighten their local audiences independently of mass media and to continue the tradition of local focus, public access, and training that community radio established over 50 years ago.

Coverage begins at 11 AM and continues throughout the day on most stations carrying, which include KUGS-Bellingham, KSVR-Mount Vernon, KSER-Everett, KBCS-Bellevue, KAOS-Olympia, KBOO-Portland, and KMUN-Astoria.

Live coverage of the Choochokam Festival of the Arts on July 10^th and 11^th will celebrate a year of “Live From The Islands” programs on KSER. “Ossman’s Audiola” and “Live From the Islands” are Otherworld Media productions. Judith Walcutt is Executive Producer.