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Show Your Support for the Cladrite Radio App

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For those who listen to Cladrite Radio via our dedicated app (available from iTunes, Google Play and Blackberry World): Nobex, the company that created the app (for free), now tells us that because of some red tape at iTunes (a change in policy regarding who must be listed as the developer of the app), we must create a developer’s account (with Nobex listed as co-developer) to continue to update our app (without doing this, the app will receive will eventually disappear from iTunes/Google Play).

We only signed up to have the app created because it was free. Cladrite Radio is a labor of love, not a money-maker, and we simply don’t have the budget to pay a developer to create and keeping updating an app for us—that’s why we went with the free Nobex app. But here’s the thing: To create the necessary developer’s account to keep that app going, a one-time $90 fee is required.

Are there enough listeners who enjoy using our app and are willing to chip in $5, $10 or more to keep it going? If not, no worries; there are other ways to access our music. But if you like the app and are willing to chip in this once, please consider contributing. Otherwise, we’ll have to let the app fade away.

Again, we’re told this is a one-time charge, so we won’t be coming back asking you for more money—though if you’d like to support our station with a small monthly recurring donation, as some of our listeners do, that would be greatly appreciated. If we were to get enough recurring supporters, we wouldn’t have to pester you the next time an unexpected expense like this one arises.

To contribute, on a one-time or recurring basis, go to bit.ly/IWantMyCladriteApp and as always, thanks for listening!

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Support Cladrite Radio (Before It’s Too Late)

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Please consider supporting our fundraising drive to keep Cladrite Radio alive and streaming; the renewal of our annual contract with Live365, our streaming provider, comes due soon. If we’ve not reached our goal of $500 by then, the best-case scenario is that the number of recordings, the range of performance styles and genres of music, of orchestras and singers will become much narrower than what you’ve grown accustomed to.

Worst-case scenario? The music will stop altogether.

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We realize that sounds a bit dramatic, but we’re giving it to you straight. The budget is quite tight this year, and unless you, our listeners, come through for us, a belt-tightening (or worse) will be unavoidable, and there will be less of the music we all love to be enjoyed.

The good news is, you can still play a role in keeping alive the stream of toe-tapping tunes you’ve come to expect from us.

There are not many outlets today for enjoying the music of the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, and whether you listen to Cladrite Radio once a month, once a week or every day, ask yourself how much you’d miss it if our stream of toe-tapping tunes suddenly wasn’t there for you to tap into.

And if you come to the conclusion that life would be just a smidge less fun if we were to have our plug pulled, then do your part by chipping in what you can to help us keep the proverbial wolf from the door.

Every donation of $10 or more will receive a Cladrite Radio magnet, perfect for your refrigerator, your cubicle, any metal surface of your choice!

But don’t wait. Act today. Or else there may not be a Cladrite Radio tomorrow.





Time to Celebrate!

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Big news! We reached our goal—thanks to a very generous donation from a kind Cladrite Radio listener that came just before the deadline—so we can all celebrate the fact that the pleas for donations have now come to an end and Cladrite Radio will remain “on the air” for at least another 12 months.

But there are surely a few of you who meant to show your support but just didn’t get around to it. And here’s the thing: As pleased (and grateful) as we are to have reached our goal of $500, another $200 in donations would have allowed us to double our server capacity with Live365, our streaming provider.

Think of all the additional music that would allow us to add to our playlist!

So, in this final (we promise) fundraising announcement, we encourage you to scurry on over to http://www.tinyurl.com/cladrite and give what you can. If we take in another $200, it’ll mean that many more toe-tapping tunes of the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s for you to enjoy over the next year.

And if we don’t quite make it to $200, we’ll put the additional money aside toward next year’s contract renewal.

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got some celebrating to do, and our four best gals (see below) are growing impatient.

Help Bing Crosby Keep Cladrite Radio “On the Air”!

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Ask yourself this: What would Bing do?

Well, if he knew what you know—that we’re in final hours of the funding drive to keep Cladrite Radio “on the air,” that if we don’t reach our goal of $500 (we’re about two-thirds of the way there), your favorite (and ours) online radio station could be silenced—then he’d click the following link and put his money where his ears are.

http://tinyurl.com/cladrite

Because Bing knows (or he would, if he were still with us) that there are precious few sources out there for hearing his 1920s and ’30s recordings. He’d realize full well that if Cladrite Radio were to trim its programming or, worse, stop streaming altogether because its regular listeners didn’t step up, well, that would be a lose-lose all around.

We love bringing you our toe-tapping tunes of the 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s, but we’re giving it to you straight: We need your help. You’ve got just hours to contribute what you can: Ten bucks, $25, fifty—whatever you can spare. We have some thank-you gifts for those who give at various levels, but at this point, it’s really not about the swag—it’s about keeping Cladrite Radio alive and streaming, and literally every dollar counts.

http://tinyurl.com/cladrite

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