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2023 Day of Dedications

Day of Dedication - December 29, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by Nancy Leon and Charlie Thomson on behalf of Jackson Hole Nordic… reminding listeners to Recreate Responsibly on winter trails and public lands.

Day of Dedication - December 27, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Karen Morris Gowdy, the first Wyoming contestant to be named America’s Junior Miss in 1974.

Day of Dedication - December 13, 2023

This broadcast day honors the 94th birthday of Ann Strand, former Sweetwater County Representative as well as former Sweetwater County Assessor and legendary bridge player. From her seven children and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Day of Dedication - December 6, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Wyoming Women’s Suffrage Day on December 10th, marking the legislation’s passage on that date in 1869.

Day of Dedication - November 22, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Marian Elizabeth Cotton, of Casper, the first woman life master in duplicate bridge in Wyoming.

Day of Dedication - November 17, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Dijkstal family in memory of Doctor Dirk Dijkstal. A beloved father, grandfather, husband, brother and physician whose gentle manner and endearing Dutch humor is missed by all.

Day of Dedication - November 8, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Barbara Cubin, elected in 1994 as the first woman to represent Wyoming in the U.S. Congress.

Day of Dedication - October 25, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters on the anniversary of its creation as Wyoming’s first League chapter 72 years ago.

Day of Dedication - October 18, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Donna H. B. Smith, the first woman president of the Wyoming chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists in 1975.

Day of Dedication - September 27, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Taylor Merriman-Fish, who became Wyoming’s first female Eagle Scout in 2020.

Day of Dedication - September 19, 2023

This broadcast day celebrates a happy first birthday for Declan Sherman Dawson, son of Logan and Doctor Allison Dawson, celebrating his first journey around the sun in Sheridan.

Day of Dedication - September 14, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by Jared Smith and Karen Daubert on behalf of Friends of the Bridger-Teton National Forest … reminding listeners to Recreate Responsibly on trails and public lands.

Day of Dedication – September 13, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor Carol Ann Speight of Cheyenne, who was instrumental in creating the Wyoming Children’s Trust Fund and was the first woman on the Cowboy Joe executive committee.

Day of Dedication – August 23, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Mary A. Godfrey, a member of UW’s first pharmacy school class and the first female pharmacist licensed in Wyoming.

Day of Dedication – August 18, 2023

This broadcast day congratulates Doctor Allison Dawson on the occasion of her August 20th birthday and her completion of fellowship training in palliative care, and beginning her medical practice in Sheridan.

Day of Dedication – August 9, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Gertrude P. Eddington of Torrington, the first woman to serve on the Wyoming Wheat Commission.

Day of Dedication – July 26, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Liz Escobedo, who became the first woman in 2006 to be inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days’ HEELS, an organization founded in the 1930s.

Day of Dedication – July 21, 2023

This broadcast day is dedicated to the generous donors who made this year's WyoGives Day an unprecedented success through raising money and awareness for Wyoming’s nonprofits.

Day of Dedication – July 14, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored in memory of Terry Wehrman of Atlantic City who had a heart as big as Wyoming.

Day of Dedication – July 12, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Lynne Boomgaarden, the first woman to serve on the Cheyenne Frontier Days’ general committee as the chair of the Indians Committee.

Day of Dedication – July 7, 2023

This broadcast day honors the WHALES, Women’s Hiking And Literary Epicurean Society, based in the Teton Valley.

Day of Dedication – July 5, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Eliza A. Kuykendall, who owned the first registered cattle brand in Wyoming Territory.

Day of Dedication – June 16, 2023

This Broadcast day is sponsored by the Teton County Recreation Center Aquatics Staff…remembering…with love and gratitude….Brody Hills, a dedicated lifeguard.

Day of Dedication – June 14, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Kathleen B. Dixon, former Casper mayor who was the first registered nurse and attorney to practice in Wyoming.

Day of Dedication – June 13, 2023

This broadcast day announces NIC FEST – a community celebration of art, music, food & fun at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in downtown Casper – Friday, June 16th through Sunday, June 18th.

Day of Dedication – June 9, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored in memory of Mara Moore whose cats are awaiting her mention in this broadcast.

Days of Dedication – June 6 and June 8, 2023

This broadcast day announces NIC FEST – a community celebration of art, music, food & fun at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in downtown Casper -- Friday June 16th through Sunday June 18th.

Day of Dedication – May 24, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of the Laramie County Circuit Court as Wyoming first all-female in 2009…Denise Nau, Roberta Coates and Catherine R. Rogers.

Day of Dedication – May 12, 2023

This broadcast day congratulates Samuel Roman Cornia, on the simultaneous date of his 31st birthday and graduation from the University of Wyoming College of Law.

Day of Dedication – May 10, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Clara Toppan of Jackson, who became the state’s first female certified public accountant in 1945.

Day of Dedication – April 28, 2023

This broadcast day recognizes singer-songwriter and Wyoming Public Media fan, Buddy MacDonald. His song “Getting Dark Again" is the first song to be inducted into the Cape Breton Music Industry Hall of Fame.

Day of Dedication – April 26, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Irene Kerr, the first woman to own and operate a Wyoming pharmacy and the first Wyoming woman elected president of the national organization of P.E.O.

Day of Dedication – April 11, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Elinore Pruitt Stewart of remote Burntfork, who wrote “Letters of a Woman Homesteader” in 1914, having been published first as columns in the Atlantic Monthly.

Day of Dedication – March 25, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by Stewart Atkinson in memory of his mother, Olive Atkinson…a lifelong resident of Laramie and a loving and caring mother who spent her life raising four strong and grateful children.

Day of Dedication – March 22, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor Nellie Scott, the first woman elected to the Northern Arapaho Tribal Business Council in 1937.

Day of Dedication – March 8, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Isabella Campbell, Wyoming’s First Lady, who came to Wyoming on March 16, 1872, after her marriage to John Campbell.

Day of Dedication – March 2, 2023

This broadcast day announces Grounded – a touring exhibition of 15 contemporary indigenous artists from in and around the Great Plains region at the Nicolaysen Art Museum showing through March 15th, Tuesdays through Saturdays 10:00 to 5:00.

Day of Dedication – February 17, 2023

This Broadcast Day…honors “Beyond Sand Creek,” a documentary by Alan O’Hashi about Arapaho elders repatriating some of their traditional tribal homeland in Northern Colorado. Airing on Wyoming PBS on February 22nd at 10 pm.

Day of Dedication – February 16, 2023

This broadcast day announces Grounded – a touring exhibition of 15 contemporary indigenous artists from in and around the Great Plains region at the Nicolaysen Art Museum showing through March 15th, Tuesdays through Saturdays 10:00 to 5:00.

Day of Dedication – February 15, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the vote on February 27, 1922.

Day of Dedication – February 10, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by Nancy Leon and Charlie Thomson on behalf of Jackson Hole Nordic Alliance…reminding listeners to Recreate Responsibly on winter trails and public lands.

Day of Dedication – February 8, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Kathleen Rochelle, the first woman in the Wyoming Legislature from Niobrara County in 1927 and later represented Natrona County.

Day of Dedication – February 2, 2023

This broadcast day announces Grounded – a touring exhibition of 15 contemporary indigenous artists from in and around the Great Plains region at the Nicolaysen Art Museum showing through March 15th, Tuesdays through Saturdays 10:00 to 5:00.

Day of Dedication – January 27, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by Nancy Leon and Charlie Thomson on behalf of Jackson Hole Nordic Alliance…reminding listeners to Recreate Responsibly on winter trails and public lands.

Day of Dedication – January 25, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of Betty Giffin, the first receptionist and tour guide in the Wyoming Capitol rotunda, a job she held for 20 years.

Day of Dedication – January 20, 2023

This broadcast day honors the memory of Doctor Lou Hochheiser, who passed away in November. As CEO, he successfully navigated Saint John’s Hospital in Jackson through a time of strain, and six years later, had just been elected to the Hospital Board.

Day of Dedication – January 19, 2023

This broadcast day announces Grounded – a touring exhibition of 15 contemporary indigenous artists from in and around the Great Plains region at the Nicolaysen Art Museum. Opening Program and reception Saturday, January 21st at 5:30.

Day of Dedication – January 11, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by the Cheyenne League of Women Voters in honor of April Brimmer Kunz of Cheyenne, the first woman president of the Wyoming Senate after having been the Senate’s first vice president and majority floor leader.

Day of Dedication – January 3, 2023

This broadcast day is sponsored by Nancy Leon and Charlie Thomson recognizing the efforts of Jackson Hole Nordic including the 5th Annual Ski, Fat Bike and Snowshoe day, Sunday, January 8th at Turpin Meadow Ranch.