With the 41st Takoma Park Folk Festival fast approaching (Sunday, Sept. 8), WOWD is inviting a dozen Festival performers into our studios.

Here's the TPFF / WOWD lineup:

-- on TALK OF TAKOMA, which airs Sundays 1-3 PM: Lisa Null on Aug. 11, Kevin Adler (Festival organizer) on Aug. 18, Stream Ohrstrom (drum circles) on Aug. 25, Karen Collins on Sept. 1.

-- on MUSICAL TRADITIONS ENCOUNTERS, Sundays 5-7 PM: Albino Rhino on Aug. 11. (Eryn Michel & Mike Ryan already appeared Aug. 4.)

-- on CHECK-IN TIME, Tuesdays 10 AM-12 PM: Lulu's Fate on Aug. 20, Lilt on Aug. 27

-- on WALKING ON THE MOON, Wednesdays 8-10 PM: Alex Alavi on Aug. 24, Ashleigh Chevalier on Aug. 21; Sonic Spell on Aug. 28

-- on BALLADS IN THE MORNING, Fridays 8-10 AM: Mara Yaffee on Sept. 6

Tune into those WOWD shows to whet your appetite for this year's Takoma Park Folk Festival. For more info about the Festival, visit TPFF.ORG.

Ever want to listen to a WOWD show you missed? You can listen to recent episodes of your favorite shows. There are two ways to access the public archives:

• Click on ARCHIVE on the top menu on our website. This takes you to the WOWD page on Radio Free America, where our public archives are now hosted. There, click on the date of the show on the RFA calendar and hit the PLAY button for the show you'd like to hear.

• Or, select your favorite show from the schedule grid on our website. Then click on the PLAY button.

(Due to copyright restrictions, only episodes from the past 14 days are available on the public archives.)

Enjoy WOWD on demand!

Takoma Radio (WOWD-FM) is pleased to announce the promotion of Olivia Ellis Randolph to Station Manager. Olivia has been involved with Takoma Radio since the first planning meetings in 2011.  The station went on the air as WOWD in July 2016, and she was hired as Development Director in spring 2017. Under Olivia's leadership, fundraising is successful, collaborations are flourishing, and the station’s place in the community is secure.

Takoma Radio is the result of an FCC process in 2015 that gave airwaves to qualifying non-profits.  Historic Takoma Inc. applied and received a broadcast license for a non-profit community radio station on 94.3fm.  The call letters are WOWD. Over a hundred volunteer programmers have live shows featuring a wide variety of music and local information.

Olivia came to community radio as a second career. She has a BA in Cultural Anthology, French, and Film Studies from Duke University and an MA in Latin American Studies from University of Texas at Austin. She is a Fulbright Scholar (Anthropology,  Brazil 2002), and she’s a radio natural. "I am proud to support our prospering WOWD community as we live out our mission to build bridges and promote understanding. It’s exciting and fulfilling and I love what I hear on Takoma Radio.”

Olivia is co-host of Rise Up, a program for children and families that airs every other Saturday morning at 8am. She lives in Takoma DC with her husband and two children.

Check out WOWD programmers performing at Takoma Porch on Saturday, May 11th…

• DJ Reets (Sisters of the District Revolution) and DJ Quartermaine (Uncle Q’s Living Room) at 7109 Holly Ave, 2-6pm

• Brian Weber (Musical Traditions Encounter) at 24 Montgomery Ave

• Eme & Michael - DC Highlife Stars (Jolly Papa) at 7336 Carroll Ave, 3-5pm