JM in the AM


JM in the AM: Broadcasting mitzvahs on the spot for people on the go!



Jewish Moments in the Morning is a source of Jewish pride and unity on your FM dial, a daily commercial-free source of Jewish music, news and views. There's nothing else like it on the radio, and your support of the program is one of the reasons why JM in the AM and WFMU have survived a string of crises that would have destroyed lesser institutions. We've been trying to rise like a phoenix from the ashes of Upsala College, and by all accounts, it's working. With your support during our 1997 marathon, we can make our success last and move our studios off a vacant college campus and into decent quarters in Jersey City.

In 1994, our listeners helped us become independent of Upsala College which had owned WFMU since its inception 1958. Our independence came just in time, as the college declared bankruptcy shortly thereafter. Since our independence, we've been working hard to bring JM in the AM to more Jewish communities, and we've succeeded. Our program can now be heard daily at 90.1 FM throughout the Catskills and the Hudson Valley in Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties in New York State. In the next few months, we'll make our signal available live on the internet, and Jewish listeners from Boca Raton to Tel Aviv will be able to hear JM in the AM live, as it happens.

But we've been pursuing all these activities from the only occupied building on a vacant, 40-acre college campus. The college's disappearance threw into chaos all the amenities we used to take for granted. Our water gets turned off regularly because, well, we don't have any neighbors who use water. The same goes for our electrical service, only the lights don't go out, they just dim as the electrical current drops from the usual 120 volts to 85, rendering our CD players and computers inoperable. We also suffer from mail and telephone service that would charitably be described as capricious. Then there's the termites, the leaky roof and a neighborhod that is going from bad to worse.

We're ready for better things. WFMU is now ready to move directly into the heart of our listening community. We've finally found a building that's right for us and later this year we hope to move our studios and offices (but not our transmitter) to Exchange Place in Jersey City. From our new building in Jersey City, we hope to interact with the Jewish community of the metropilitan area in ways never before possible, and we expect that this will enhance our efforts in bringing great Jewish radio to more people. The big risk for us (and one that's been deadly to other not-for-profit groups, not to mention a certain college) is dealing with excessive debt. That's why our 1997 marathon is so crucial - it marks the beginning of a fundraising campaign that will hopefully bring our new building's mortgage down to a manageable level.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Please help show your support for JM in the AM by filling out the form below. Make sure you check off whichever tchotchkes you're entitled to!

--Nachum Segal (nachum@wfmu.org)


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TOTAL AMOUNT DONATED: $


$18 or more:
Every donation of chai garners you our beautiful new 1997 JM in the AM bumper sticker, featuring Nachum's smiling face and his program's closing phrase, "Remember the past, live the present and trust the future."

Send me the bumper sticker! ($18 and Up)

$36 or more:
Double chai gets you the above bumper sticker, plus the 1997 JM in the AM T-shirt, in six colors on light blue 100% cotton.

Send me the JM in the AM T-shirt! ($36 and Up)
Size: Child  M  L  XL  XXL

$54 or more:
Three times chai and you'll receive all the above, plus your choice of either one of the following two cassettes of great Jewish music: Zemiros All Stars Vol. 2 featuring Kol Achai, Dedi, Dov Levine, Piamenta and others, or A Taste of Shabbos featuring Dov Levine and narrated by Steven Hill. Both cassettes have been generously donated by Suki and Ding Productions.

Choose one cassette ($54 or more):
Neither!
I want Zemiros All Stars Vol. 2!
I want A Taste of Shabbos!


$91.10 or more:
Pledge JM in the AM's frequency, and you receive the above three items, plus your choice of either one of the following two cassettes of great Jewish music: Encore, Encore, a collection of medleys of your favorite Jewish hits of yesteryear, or Variations, Vol. 2 the second in a series of Jewish themes set to the melodies of classic American pop music. Both cassettes have also been generously donated by Suki and Ding Productions.

Choose one more cassette ($91.10 or more):
Neither!
I want Encore, Encore!
I want Variations, Vol. 2!


$180 or more:
For a donation of ten times chai, you receive the above four items, plus the videotape Uncle Moishy & The Mitzvah Men, Vol. 4. Your children and grandchildren will enjoy dancing and singing along with Uncle Moishy as he travels to Israel in his latest video adventure.

Send me the Uncle Moishy & The Mitzvah Men, Vol. 4.! ($36 and Up)

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