State-Wide Events

For a more complete list of state-wide events you should visit the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance website. You may be interesting in attending these events.

Link: www.nhpreservation.org/html/events.htm

W K X L Radio Program

Thanks to the generous donation of programming time, the Concord Historical Society presents a monthly radio program called Crosscurrents of Change from the Concord Historical Society. It is broadcast live on the first Monday of each month from 1:08 PM to 2:00 PM on W K X L 1450 AM in Concord, and streamed live on the WKXL website, www.wkxl1450.com. The program was hosted by retired WKXL personality Gardner Hill, until his death in April, 2009. The program is now hosted by Concord Historical Society Chairman James W. Milliken.

Again, thanks to the generosity of WKXL owner Gordon Humphrey (a member of the Concord Historical Society Board of Trustees) and the station staff, the programs in this series have been archived on the WKXL website and may be listened to anytime. Here is a list of the programs now archived on the site:

• February 6, 2009 - Going to School in Concord; Concord Historian Steve Winship recalls his days in the 20s and 30s as a student in the Concord public school system at Dewey and Kimball Schools and Concord High School.
• March 6, 2009 - Guest - Jim Milliken, Chair, Concord Historical Society - "Growing Up in Concord"
• May 4, 2009 - Guest - Retired Concord Fire Chief Clayton Higgins
• June 1, 2009 - Guest - Retired City Tax Collector and State Legislator George West - "Growing Up on Broadway, Concord"
• July 6, 2009 - Guests - John Milne, Editor, "Crosscurrents of Change" and Cedric Dustin, retired CEO of Concord Natural Gas Corporation
• August 3, 2009 - Guest - John C. Porter, author of "Crosscurrents of Change" chapter on agriculture in Concord
• November 2, 2009 - Guests - "Crosscurrents" Editor John Milne and Concord Historian Steve Winship
• January 4, 2010 - Guests - "Crosscurrents" Art Director Geoff Forester and Project Manager Dick Osborne
• April 5, 2010 - Guest - Earl Burroughs, longtime photographic chronicler of Concord history, talks about his experiences growing up on West Street, working in the grocery and printing businesses, and recollections of the railroad hobos who used to pass through the city on the B & M lines.
• May 3, 2010 - Guest - Jack Ferns, Director of NH Div. of Aeronautics and former fixed base operator at Concord Airport recalling the history of aviation in Concord