KVPW 106.3 FM is a radio station that is currently airs the Air 1 Contemporary Christian music format.^[2] KVPW serves the U.S. state of California's San Joaquin Valley, and is licensed to Kingsburg, California.

History[link]

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KSXE began airing a Rhythmic Contemporary format on August 3, 2006. But prior to its debut it stunted with a "Porn Radio" format, which made headlines in the music trades. They described their format "Rhythmic for Adults", but because of the large Hispanic population, they also played some freestyle (Hip-hop, Urban Dance and Rock en Espanol) with Latin rhythmic cuts.

When the station first began airing a Rhythmic Contemporary format, they were known as KFYE up until it March 30, 2007, when after a week of speculation it changed its calls to KSXE, which they did so it can match their on-air moniker. During the Summer of 2007 KSXE began shifting away from Rhythmic AC to a Top 40/CHR direction with a Rhythmic lean, and by September 2007 completed the transition. On Tuesday, October 30, 2007, "Sexy 106.3" became known as "Power 106".

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This coincides with the purchase by MackNificent Broadcasting Inc. On July 14, 2008 KVPW shifted directions to Rhythmic Top 40, putting it in direct competition with Rhythmic rivals KBOS-FM and KSEQ.

On October 3, 2008 MackNificent sold KVPW back to ProActive, resulting in the entire airstaff exiting the station and leaving it jockless for the time being. The station then called itself "My 106.3 fm".

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After the sale, MackNificent and ProActive have been at odds. "We had to repossess the station because they did not pay their bills," says Ed Monson, market coordinator. But Greg Mack of MackNificent Broadcasting says that is an absolute lie. "I always pay my bills. I allowed Jerry [Clifton] to take the station back to work his way out of his own problems (referring to the abrupt sign-offs of Spokane, Washington radio outlets KQQB-FM and KAZZ in June 2008 after its former owners went to court and got an order to take back the stations after ProActive failed to complete its payment).^[3] " This move came about after a LMA that was made between the two companies fell through.

They also had transmitter issues with Educational Media Foundation that resulted in the station being silenced, but returned after citing a "misunderstanding" between the two parties. Interestingly ProActive made an arrangement deal with EMF in which they would sell the station to them if ProActive defaulted on the payments. The station had been evicted from the tower it leased from Educational Media Foundation, since June 16, 2009, after the company also filed to take over the license of KVPW back in February. EMF claimed that Pro-Active defaulted on its agreement to pay off its promissory note or find a buyer to take that note over. Pro-Active, whose principal is consultant Jerry Clifton, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2008. KVPW's license was transferred to Educational Media Foundation on June 30, 2010 and has since aired the Air 1 Contemporary Christian music format.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Air 1's website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KVPW
• Radio-Locator information on KVPW
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KVPW
• Search | Radio-Info.com

Coordinates: 36°26′49″N 119°37′12″W / 36.447°N 119.620°W / 36.447; -119.620

Wallace Shawn
Shawn in 2005
Birth name	Wallace Michael Shawn
Born	(1943-11-12) November 12, 1943 (age 68) New York City, New York, U.S.
Medium	Film, television, stand-up
Nationality	American
Years active	1970-present
Genres	Comedy

Wallace Michael Shawn^[1] (born November 12, 1943), sometimes credited as Wally Shawn, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author, voice artist, and intellectual. His best-known film roles include Wally Shawn in My Dinner with Andre (1981), Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), and debate teacher Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995).

On television he played Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Shawn is well known for his distinctive and high pitched voice. In the animated Toy Story films he provided the voice of Rex, an insecure toy Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Shawn has pursued a parallel career as a playwright whose work is often dark, politically charged and controversial.

He most recently starred as the voice of Taotie in Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.

Early life[link]

Shawn was born into a prominent Jewish family in New York City, where he continues to reside. He is the son of William Shawn, the longtime editor of The New Yorker, and journalist Cecille Shawn (née Lyon); his brother, Allen, is a composer.^[2] Shawn attended The Putney School, a private liberal arts high school in Putney, Vermont, and graduated with an A.B. in history from Harvard College. He studied economics and philosophy at Oxford, originally intending to become a diplomat; he also traveled to India as an English teacher, on a Fulbright program. Since 1979, Shawn has made a living primarily as an actor.

Career[link]

Playwright[link]

Shawn at the Miami Book Fair International in 1991

Shawn's early plays, such as Marie and Bruce (1978), portrayed emotional and sexual conflicts in an absurdist style, with language that was both lyrical and violent. In a conversation with Andre Gregory, parts of which were used to create My Dinner with Andre, Shawn referred to these plays as depicting "my interior life as a raging beast". Critical response was extremely polarized: some critics hailed Shawn as a major writer, while John Simon called Marie and Bruce "garbage" and described Shawn as "one of the unsightliest actors in this city".^[3] His play A Thought in Three Parts caused a minor uproar in London in 1977 when the production was investigated by a vice squad and attacked in Parliament due to allegedly pornographic content.^[4]

His later plays became more overtly political, drawing parallels between the psychology of his characters and the behavior of governments and social classes. Among the best-known of these are Aunt Dan and Lemon (1985) and The Designated Mourner (1997). Shawn's political work has invited controversy, as he often presents the audience with several contradictory points of view, such as Aunt Dan and Lemon, which Shawn described as a cautionary tale against fascism. The monologue The Fever, originally created by Shawn to be performed for small audiences in apartments, describes a person who becomes sick while struggling to find a morally consistent way to live when faced with injustice, and harshly criticizes the record of the U.S. in supporting oppressive anti-communist regimes. In 1997 Shawn discussed the political nature of Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Fever, and The Designated Mourner in an interview. In this interview Shawn talked extensively with Patrick Mcgrath about the thematic developments between the three plays, as well as his own views on Marxist, communist and socialist politics, their relevance to American liberalism, and how government and individual responsibilities for finding solutions to the dichotomy between rich and poor in the world take hold in the characters presented in his plays.^[5]

Four of Shawn's plays have been adapted into films: The Designated Mourner (basically a film version of David Hare's stage production), Marie and Bruce, My Dinner With Andre, and The Fever. Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave stars in The Fever (2004),^[6] which first aired on HBO on June 13, 2007.

Shawn has also written political commentary for The Nation, and in 2004 he published the one-issue-only progressive political magazine Final Edition, which features interviews with and articles by Jonathan Schell, Noam Chomsky, Mark Strand, and Deborah Eisenberg.

Shawn is credited as translator of Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, which opened at Studio 54 in Manhattan on March 25, 2006. He appears briefly in voiceover during "Song about the Futility of Human Endeavor."

He published his first non-fiction work, Essays, on September 1, 2009. It is a collection of essays that expresses his perceptions of politics and other subjects that reflect an aspect of his life.

Acting[link]

Shawn's involvement with theater began in 1970 when he met Andre Gregory, who has since directed several of his plays. As a stage actor, he has appeared mostly in his own plays and other projects with Gregory.

He made his film debut in 1979, playing Diane Keaton's ex-husband in Woody Allen's Manhattan and an insurance agent in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. His best-known film roles include Earl in Strange Invaders (1983) and Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995). After seeing his performance in My Dinner With Andre (1981), casting director Janet Hirshenson was so fond of his delivery of the word 'inconceivable' that she cast him as the evil Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987). Other recent roles include Baron Von Westphalen on the 2005 film Southland Tales, in Gossip Girl as Cyrus Rose, and in The Haunted Mansion as Ezra.

His rare non-comic film roles include two collaborations with Andre Gregory and Louis Malle: the semi-autobiographical dialogue My Dinner with Andre, and a combined production-and-backstage-drama of Uncle Vanya titled Vanya on 42nd Street.

Shawn quite often appears on television, where he has appeared in many genres and series. He has had recurring roles as the Grand Nagus Zek on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Stuart Best on Murphy Brown, Jeffrey "Jeff" Engels on The Cosby Show, Dr. Howard Stiles on Crossing Jordan, Arnie Ross on Taxi, and a reprisal of his role as Mr. Hall in the television series Clueless, based on the film. He appeared in the 1985 music video for Chaka Khan's "This is My Night." On February 4, 2010, he appeared as Dr. Alan Rubin in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Voice acting[link]

Shawn is also a voice actor for animated films and animated TV series, including the role of the timid Rex in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Hawaiian Vacation and Monsters, Inc. (cameo appearance in the outtakes as Rex the Green Dinosaur), Mr. Incredible's diminutive boss Gilbert Huph in The Incredibles, Stewie Griffin's evil half-brother Bertram in Family Guy, and Munk in Happily N'Ever After.

Shawn also cameoed as the voice of Principal Fetchit in Chicken Little.

In The Fox and the Hound, he provided the voice of Boomer, but he was soon replaced by the late Paul Winchell.

Shawn also replaced Jon Lovitz as the voice of the elderly Calico in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, the 2010 sequel to the 2001 film Cats & Dogs. Coincidentally, Lovitz and Shawn both appeared in the 2007 film I Could Never Be Your Woman.

Personal life[link]

Shawn is the son of William Shawn, the longtime editor of The New Yorker, and journalist Cecille Shawn (née Lyon). His brother, Allen, is a composer.^[7]

His longtime companion is writer Deborah Eisenberg.

Filmography[link]

Television work[link]

Video games[link]

As a writer[link]

As himself[link]

Plays[link]

Further reading[link]

• King, W.D. (1997). Writing Wrongs: The Work of Wallace Shawn. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 1-56639-517-8

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wallace-shawn/why-i-call-myself-a-socia_b_818061.html

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wallace Shawn at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Wallace Shawn at the Internet Movie Database
• Wallace Shawn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Wallace Shawn at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Works by or about Wallace Shawn in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Yahoo! author index
• An Innocent Man in Guantanamo with readings by Wallace Shawn at LIVE from the New York Public Library, April 4, 2008
• Lannan Foundation: Wallace Shawn reading of The Fever

In the Street is an album by the Village People featuring the return of its original lead singer Victor Willis. Ray Simpson who had replaced Willis is featured on two songs on the album (Everybody Loves the Funk, Radio Freak). The G.I. Alex Briley also sings lead on one song (Lonely Lady). The album also featured a bonus track (America) with Miles Jaye who replaced Ray Simpson, on lead. Fox on the Box and In the Street contain the same songs, except In the Street features a bonus track (America) by Miles Jaye. Fox on the Box was released by RCA Records in 1982 and In the Street by Casablanca Records a year later.

Track listing[link]

1. "Fox on the Box" — 3:43
2. "In the Street" — 4:47
3. "Lonely Lady" — 3:54
4. "Everybody Loves the Funk" — 4:28
5. "Success" — 5:58
6. "Spaced Out" — 5:32
7. "Play Bach" — 4:37
8. "Radio Freak" — 3:09
9. "America" — 3:43 (Bonus track on 1999 CD release)

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Mary Ann Esposito is an American chef and television host of Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito, which started in 1989 and is the longest-running television cooking program in America.^[1][2] Esposito has published over a dozen cookbooks^[1].

Personal life[link]

Mary Ann Esposito was raised in Buffalo, New York.^[2] Her mother was a dietician.^[3] Her grandmothers, both professional chefs, moved to the United States from Italy in the 1890s. Her paternal grandmother owned a butcher shop in Fairport, New York and her maternal grandmother lived in Buffalo, where she owned a boarding home. The latter grandmother was from Naples, and continued the traditions of her Italian household within the boarding home. The boarding home was the only house in the neighborhood that had a bathtub, and on Friday nights she would offer neighbors a bath and dinner for a quarter. While her grandmothers provided traditional Italian food, Esposito desired to eat standard foods like other children: Wonderbread and iceberg lettuce.^[2]

Esposito, who never intended on pursuing a career in cooking, learned to cook from her family. Her grandmothers made bread every day, with Esposito helping to make upwards of 20 loaves of bread a day, canning vegetables and fruits, and helping to prepare ingredients for meals. Eventually, Esposito attended college, where she would graduate with a teaching degree and become an elementary school teacher. In 1979, her mother sent her a pasta maker, and despite a lack of interest in cooking as an adult, Esposito taught herself how to make pasta dough. The following year, she and her husband Guy^[1][2] visited Italy for the first time, visiting his cousins. While in Italy, Esposito started attending a cooking class. She began learning the history of Italian cooking, region by region, and traveling to the country twice a year for cooking lessons. At the University of New Hampshire she took classes to learn how to speak Italian. By 1985 she had joined the history master's program at the university, writing her thesis about Italian Renaissance cooking.^[2]

Career[link]

Esposito started teaching cooking through the University of New Hampshire's Division of Continuing Education. In the mid-1980's she submitted a proposal for a cooking show to New Hampshire Public Television. The show was delayed production because of the small size of the television station, however, upon moving to a larger station, a pilot was filmed. The pilot was a test to not only gauge viewer reception, but, to also see how Esposito would be on camera. On the hottest day of the year in the region, the television crew came to Esposito's home in Durham, New Hampshire and the pilot was filmed. Upon airing, the pilot received great reception and the longest running television cooking show was born.^[2]

Esposito has published over a dozen cooking books about Italian cooking and entertaining. Her 1997 book, What You Knead, about breadmaking, was awarded best in category by the International Cookbook Revue and was named one of Food and Wine Magazine's of 1997.^[4] She makes over 40 public appearances a year nationally^[2] and has appeared on the Today Show, Regis and Kathie Lee, QVC, the Food Network, Martha Stewart Living Radio, and other programs.^[4] She contributed to the Huffington Post^[5] and New Hampshire Home.^[6]

Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito[link]

Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito, is a 30-minute cooking show produced for PBS by Esposito's own Mary Esposito Productions, and taped at New Hampshire Public Teleivsion. The show features Esposito's recipes and cooking tips, and visits from guest chefs. She also explores the history of Italian cooking and food.^[2] Through the show, Esposito seeks to help her viewers learn about new recipes that are "doable, authentic, and good."^[3]

When deciding what to feature on the show, Esposito has four standards: she must like to eat the food, the ingredients should be easy to find, the recipe should be something unique and new to the viewer, and should be manageable by the kitchen staff. Every episode has 20 volunteers who work on the show. An entire season of shows, generally about 32 episodes, can be filmed within two weeks during the summer, with two to three shows being filmed a day. All of food is made from scratch in the studio, with each dish being prepared in numerous batches and at different recipe stages. This allows Esposito to execute an entire recipe in a matter of minutes that might take hours to complete. All of the recipes are planned by Esponite and the kitchen staff. Volunteers gather all the pertinent ingredients from local markets and going to Boston for specialty foods if unavailable locally. Recipes are prepared the day of the show. Ciao Italia is not scripted. The television studio used for filming is loosely based on Esposito's home kitchen. The view out the window of the set is painted to appear as the view of the Oyster River, which is seen from her home kitchen. To prepare for shows, Esposito researches and tests recipes outside the studio.^[2]

Recognitions[link]

A scholarship foundation named after and maintained by Esposito awards scholarships for students seeking financial aid to study culinary arts.^[7] Esposito was awarded an honorary degree from St. Anselm College.^[4] She has received the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Culinary and Cultural Arts of Italy by the Order Sons of Italy in America. She is in the Hall of Fame for the Italian Trade Commission.^[4]

Publications[link]

• Celebrations Italian Style: Recipes and Menus for Special Occasions and Seasons of the Year. Hearst Books: New York (1995). ISBN 0-688-13038-0
• Ciao Italia. Morrow Cookbooks: New York (1991). ISBN 0-688-10317-0
• Ciao Italia--Bringing Italy Home. ISBN 0-312-28058-0
• Ciao Italia Family Classics: More than 200 Treasured Recipes from 3 Generations of Italian Cooks. St. Martin's Press: New York (2011). ISBN 0-312-57121-6
• Ciao Italia Five-Ingredient Favorites: Quick and Delicious Recipes from an Italian Kitchen. St. Martin's Press: New York (2009). ISBN 0-312-37769-X
• Ciao Italia in Tuscany: Traditional Recipes from One of Italy's Most Famous Regions. St. Martin's Press: New York (2003). ISBN 0-312-32174-0
• Ciao Italia in Umbria: Recipes and Reflections from the Heart of Italy. St. Martin's Press: New York (2002). ISBN 0-312-30329-7
• Ciao Italia Pronto!: 30-Minute Recipes from an Italian Kitchen. St. Martin's Press: New York (2005). ISBN 0-312-33908-9
• Ciao Italia Slow and Easy: Casseroles, Braises, Lasagne, and Stews from an Italian Kitchen. St. Martin's Press: New York (2007). ISBN 0-312-36292-7
• Mangia Pasta!: Easy-To-Make Recipes for Company and Every Day. Morrow Cookbooks: New York (1998). ISBN 0-688-16189-8
• Nella Cucina: More Italian Cooking from the Host of Ciao Italia. Morrow Cookbooks: New York (1993). ISBN 0-688-12151-9
• What You Knead. Morrow Cookbooks: New York (1997). ISBN 0-688-15010-1

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c} Annie B. Copps (2008). "Dinner with Guy and Mary Ann Esposito". New England is Delicious. Yankee. http://www.yankeemagazine.com/blogs/foodblog/maryannesposito. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Margaret Anne Paine. "A Taste of Italy". Features. University of New Hampshire. http://unhmagazine.unh.edu/sp00/maryannsp00.html. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "An Interview with Mary Ann Esposito of Ciao Italia". Proud Italian Cook. 2010. http://prouditaliancook.blogspot.com/2010/01/interview-with-mary-ann-esposito-of.html. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Loraine Pavich (2010). "Exclusive Interview: Celebrity Chef Mary Ann Esposito – Host of ‘Ciao Italia’". News & Events. Italia Living. http://www.italialiving.com/articles/food-wine/an-interview-with-celebrity-chef-mary-ann-esposito/. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
5. ^ "Mary Ann Esposito". Huffington Post. 2012. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-ann-esposito. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
6. ^ Mary Ann Esposito (2010). "Home Cooking with Mary Ann Esposito". New Hampshire Home. http://www.nhhomemagazine.com/home/945184-421/home-cooking-with-mary-ann-esposito-homemade.html. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 
7. ^ "JWU Announces Winner of First Mary Ann Esposito Foundation Scholarship". News & Events. Johnson & Wales University. http://www.jwu.edu/content.aspx?id=37558. Retrieved 25 February 2012. 

External links[link]

• Official website