Mission

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The WildeBeat is an audio journal — like a radio news magazine — presenting news and features to help you explore the Earth's remaining wild places. We appeal to listeners who value wilderness, and who treasure their visits to explore it.

You don't need to do extreme sports to enjoy nature and being outdoors; anyone can enjoy backcountry activities, such as camping, hiking, backpacking, horseback riding, rafting, kayaking, canoeing, climbing, skiing, or snowshoeing. Listen to The Wildebeat to get enthused about exploring new places, learn safe and responsible skills, and get ready to get into the wilderness!

The program name The WildeBeat, is a conjunction of two words, and a play on a third. Wilderness, as in the places we like to go. And Beat, as in a news reporter walking his beat. Together they sound like the sometimes humorous African animal, a Wildebeast, (also sometimes spelled wildebeest) which helps impart the light and playful nature of the show.

Audience & Circulation

The numbers below represent the total number of subscribers through RSS feeds, but three to four times as many readers and listeners get The WildeBeat directly through their web browser. Browser and audio file download statistics might be posted here in the future.

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Technical

Listening

The program is delivered as an MP3 file for download. It is also available as a PODcast for automatic download to your portable audio player using RSS 2.0 news reader software such as iPodderX or Apple's iTunes.

More detailed information about how to listen to the show is available on our How to Listen page.

Production

(Details coming soon…)

People

Steve Sergeant — Producer and Host

Steve has 30 years of experience as a backpacker, backcountry skier, rock climber, and mountaineer. He has taught backpacking, winter camping, and cross-country ski skills for college mountaineering clubs and for the Sierra Club.

Steve has worked in the professional audio and broadcast industry for 25 years. He produced radio programs in the late 1970's and did professional music recording in the 1980's. More recently he has been consulting on the design of broadcast facilities and related technical systems.

Steve also composed the theme music, which was performed by Apple's Garage Band.

Jean Higham — Script Co-editor

Jean is passionate about being in the outdoors, especially the mountains. Her interests include backpacking and cross-country skiing, nature photography, bugs, worms, birds and flowers. She also enjoys writing about nature, and editing the Backpack Section newsletter for the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club.

Jean has over ten years experience as a freelance writer and editor.

Contact

E-Mail:

webmaster(AT)wildebeat.net

Voice-Mail:

866-590-7373 (toll-free)