Wind Storm caught KPBX on the move

Verne Windham had an extra, important duty while on the air Friday morning at Spokane Public Radio’s old studio on North Monroe Street. But first, he needed to choose a longer piece of music for listeners who might be on edge because of the lack of electricity or working hard for windstorm recovery. “I was trying to decide between gentle and smooth or exuberant and encouraging,” said Windham, the program manager of Spokane Public Radio. In the end, he chose “Sextet for Piano and Wind” by Francis Poulenc, which he believes is all those things. And it’s 18 minutes long - long enough for Windham to walk down the creaky back staircase and fill up the generator out back with gasoline. “I’m converting gasoline into radio,” Windham said, remembering his thoughts as he poured/ Jonathan Brunt , SR. More here.

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