Sandi Billings, Author at Northwest Public Broadcasting

Sunday Baroque On The Palouse: Three Events In March

By Sandi Billings February 14, 2019

Buy Lunch Table Buy Concert Ticket RSVP for Talk Suzanne Bona, host and executive producer of public radio’s Sunday Baroque, will be the headliner at events in Moscow and Lewiston March 18 – 21: a fundraising lunch, a concert, (both in Moscow) and a presentation (Lewiston). The events are open to the public and presented… Read More

Don And Marianna Matteson Provide For Musical Future At NWPB

By Sandi Billings January 9, 2019

With their donation of $100,000, Pullman-based listeners Donald Matteson and Marianna Merritt Matteson have created a permanent public radio music fund. The endowment will provide ongoing support for classical music with a focus on the music library. “This is a gift to everyone across the Northwest,” said General Manager Marvin Marcelo. “Don and Marianna have… Read More

Murdock Trust Grants $98,000 to Create Northwest-Based Programs

By Sandi Billings November 9, 2018

Thanks to a grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, new public TV and radio programs will soon be made in the Northwest. The Murdock Trust awarded a grant of $98,000 to NWPB for equipment—cameras, microphones, closed captioning software and all the basics—needed to make radio and television programs in the studio or in the… Read More

It’s About The Human Experience

By Sandi Billings August 1, 2018

When leaders of Humanities Washington visited Northwest Public Broadcasting this summer, members of the Board of Trustees and staff took a turn behind the microphone to talk about their experiences with public radio. Trustee Colleen Rozillis, a senior manager at Moss Adams in Seattle, discovered public radio as a teenager and now supports it because… Read More

Gillian Coldsnow Noted as a “Woman of Distinction”

By Sandi Billings May 1, 2018

Gillian Coldsnow has been a leader at Northwest Public Broadcasting since joining the staff as a classical music host in 1993. Her leadership includes being a coach, mentor and supervisor for hundreds of students who have worked at the station in the last 25 years. Washington State University recognized Gillian’s efforts and influence as a… Read More

Public TV to get a boost—with a little help from friends

By Sandi Billings April 5, 2018

NWPB is preparing to buy a new antenna and transmitter for KTNW-TV, its Tri-Cities-Walla Walla public television station. Most of the funds – and the requirement to upgrade – come from the Federal Communications Commission as part of its effort to redistribute the broadcast spectrum. NWPB needs help from friends to fund the rest. In… Read More

Our Stories: Holly Pinkart

By Sandi Billings December 5, 2017

I listen to you daily on my way into work. In fall quarter, one of the courses I teach at CWU is virology. During the Ebola epidemic, your coverage of the human side of that crisis was exceptional. Each day I could bring not only the science, but the human experiences of residents of the… Read More

Our Stories: Bob Finlan

By Sandi Billings July 5, 2017

I’m a listener to 100.9 FM in Enterprise, OR, and I just want to say how much I enjoy listening to the Retro Cocktail Hour out of Kansas City! My living room has to sub for the Underground Martini Bunker, but I enjoy my martini shaken….not stirred….with jazz, space age pop, and the strangest music… Read More