WCPE Offers Special Programming for Chanukah

WCPE Great Sacred Music host Ken Hoover announced today that WCPE will air special programming at sundown, 6 p.m. ET on December 4 honoring the Jewish Festival of Lights, Chanukah. WCPE will celebrate the lighting of the first candle of the seven candle menorah. The program will feature traditional tunes, sacred songs and commentary by Hoover. Rabbi Jenny Solomon selected the music and prepared the script in conjunction with WCPE staff: Greysolynne Hyman, Jenni Elion, Dick Storck and Hoover.

“Chanukah is a holiday of lights, dreidels, latkes, dancing and singing,” says Hoover.

“Behind it all is a great story of heroism and faithfulness to God.” Chanukah (Hebrew: חנוכה‎, also spelled Hanukkah), known as the Festival of Lights, Feast of Dedication, and Feast of the Maccabees, is an eight-day Jewish holiday beginning on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may fall anytime from late November to late December.

The Great Classical Music, 24 Hours A Day offered by WCPE transcends belief systems, being crafted by artists from all traditions and listened to by a global audience reflective of the world’s diversity. Found throughout WCPE’s programming are the traditions of people from all walks of life. 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.

About WCPE: With a 28-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.