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CAPE FEAR MEMORIAL BRIDGE CLOSURE: UPDATES, RESOURCES, AND CONTEXT

A "Record" Donation to WHQR!

Every now and then you may hear a WHQR announcer say "This CD was part of a major donation by Lee Fetner and Jeff Wingfield."  Major, indeed!  Lee and Jeff recently donated their entire collection of about 1350 classical CDs to the station.  This is not only a huge addition to our 7000-CD classical library, it’s the biggest single donation of CDs to WHQR of all time.

WHQR’s Pat Marriott spoke with Jeff Wingfield.  "I’ve been collecting for about 20 years," said Jeff.  "We moved to Wilmington about 5 years ago, started listening to WHQR, and became members."  Wingfield is also a volunteer.

"Technology changes," said Jeff, "and for a lot of reasons I found that I wasn’t looking through my collection and putting the CDs in the machine any more.  When I played them myself, it was always the same old favorites.  When I tune into WHQR, the selection is more adventurous and I hear things I’ve never heard before.  I’d rather have people like you playing them for me."

Thank you for that compliment, Jeff, and thank you both for your "record" gift.  The whole WHQR family will be enjoying your collection for years to come.

Pat got started in public radio in 1960, becoming General Manager for his university station. And public radio stays in the blood. He worked in radio on and off during his long career as a GE executive. A California native, Pat commuted to Wilmington regularly on GE business, producing two regularly-scheduled radio shows on WHQR while still living in California. He retired to Wilmington in 1999 to be near the station. Now a professional volunteer, Pat has been WHQR's music librarian, capital campaign manager,and general doer-of-what-needs-to-be-done. A devoted music enthusiast, Pat has also long been active with Chamber Music Wilmington. A devoted foodie, he is a weekly chef at Good Shepherd Center. Pat will share his incomparable pledge-drive guacamole recipe in exchange for a $100 pledge to WHQR.