Jacob Estey and Estey Organ Company Achievements Featured on Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast

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Brattleboro, Vermont; 24 September 2024: The September episode of the Brattleboro Words Trail Podcast tells the story of how Jacob Estey and the Estey Organ Company put Brattleboro on the map and helped shape American popular culture in the second half of the 19th Century. Jon Potter of Latchis Arts narrates the podcast with  a variety of organ and pipe music featured throughout. The Podcast is available for free on all podcast platforms at: https://brattleboro-words-trail-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/jacob-estey-the-estey-organ-companys-reverberations

The Estey podcast informs the September 26-30 EsteyFest 24 in Brattleboro. This national reed organ conference attracts hundreds to Brattleboro, site of the longest-lived and largest reed organ company in the world. The Estey Organ Company and the Estey family who ran it produced more than half a million musical instruments that traveled the globe with their prominent ‘Made in Brattleboro, Vermont’ stamp. 


Brattleboro Mentioned in the New York Times 8/2/24 Edition

In an article about the growing popularity of sandals…..:

“Let us pause for a moment to consider again the astonishing transformation of what was, at one time in the not-so-distant past, a niche hippie staple, mostly popular among commune dwellers and people who shopped in the Brattleboro Food Co-Op. Now, it’s the Type O blood of footwear, a fashion universal. Judging from my walking tour of Harlem, Midtown Manhattan, Greenwich Village and SoHo over several sweltering summer days, the sandal of the season is, without any doubt, the Birkenstock Arizona (or, for the more fashion forward, the big-buckle Madrid). Both models were so ubiquitous on city streets that it’s clear why the 250-year-old company reported revenues of nearly $1.6 billion last year.”


Lyle Howe on”Here We Are”

It’s more than the creaky floors that give Brown & Roberts it’s character – Lyle Howe talks about our iconic Hardware Store and the interesting life that brought him there.


BCTV Schedules – Week of February 19, 2024

Monday, February 19, 2024

6:00 am Brattleboro Reformer Presents – Windham County’s Got Talent 1/25/24

7:55 am Video Announcement – Winter Driving

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #559 – 2/8/2024

10:00 am At BMAC – Artist Conversation: Fawn Krieger, David B. Smith with Wendy Vogel


BCTV Schedules – Week of February 12, 2024

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Monday, February 12, 2024

5:00 am All Things LGBTQ – Interview Show: Richard Schneider

6:00 am Brattleboro Reformer Presents – Windham County’s Got Talent 1/25/24

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – This Week’s Energy News


BCTV Schedules – Week of February 5, 2024

BCTV Channel 1078 Weekly Listing for 2/5/24

Monday, February 5, 2024

5:30 am Red Newt Productions – Whimsical Tour of Artful Ice Shanties 2022

6:00 am At BMAC – Artist Talk: Aurora Robson

7:15 am Stained Glass Windows of St. Michaels – Week 10: St. Raphael

7:50 am Juno Orchestra – Heaven’s Border – Organum Light

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast


BCTV Schedules – Week of January 29, 2024

BCTV Channel 1078 Weekly Listing for 1/29/24

Monday, January 29, 2024

5:00 am All Brains Belong – Brain Club: Family Relationships

6:00 am Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce – BACC Annual Members Meeting 1/16/24

6:35 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Alternate Worlds– Kelly Link & Holly Black

7:30 am The World Fusion Show – Ep 170 – Brian Shankar Adler


BCTV Schedules – Week of January 22, 2024

Monday, January 22, 2024

5:55 am At BMAC – 16th Annual Domino Toppling Extravaganza

6:00 am Around Town with Maria – Jonas Fricke’s Friends Remember Him 12/12/23

7:25 am Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce – BACC Annual Members Meeting 1/16/24

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #555 – 1/11/2024


BCTV Schedules – Week of January 15, 2024

Monday, January 15, 2024

5:00 am All Things LGBTQ – Interview Show: Lydia Stryk and Emma Mulvaney-Stanak 1/2/24

6:00 am Hooker Dunham Presents – Vermont Suitcase Company presents The Feeble Fantastical

7:00 am Seasonal Specials – A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast


BCTV Schedules – Week of January 8, 2024

Monday, January 8, 2024

5:30 am Sing Nowell – Songs & Carols for Midwinter and Christmastide 2023

7:55 am At BMAC – 16th Annual Domino Toppling Extravaganza

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – This Week’s Energy News


BCTV Schedules – Week of 12/25/23

Monday, December 25, 2023

6:00 am Couch Potatoe Productions – Sweetback Sisters Country Christmas Spectacular Sing-Along

7:55 am Ezlerh’s Random Videos – Shirley Squires’ Touch of Heaven

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #552 – 12/14/2023


Susan Avery on “Here We Are”

What would you do if you found out your children suffer from addiction? Listen to this show, and hear one woman’s story on how and where she found resources, comfort and courage……and the wisdom to keep love alive and available for her family. Susan’s mission is to help others with similar stories.


BCTV Schedules – Week of December 18, 2023

Monday, December 18, 2023

6:00 am Windham Solid Waste Management District Presents – Food Scrap Diversion: Basics for Businesses

6:15 am Vernon Selectboard – Vernon SB Mtg 12/5/23

8:00 am The David Pakman Show – The David Pakman Show – Weekly Broadcast

9:00 am Windham Elementary School Board – Windham Elementary School Bd Special Mtg 12/8/23


BCTV Schedules – Week of Dec 4, 2023

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Monday, December 4, 2023

5:55 am BUHS Athletic Hall of Fame – BHS/BUHS Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 10/28/23

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – This Week’s Energy News

10:00 am Veterans Events – Veterans Town Hall 11/5/23


BCTV Schedules – Week of November 27, 2023

BCTV Channel 1078 Weekly Listing for 11/27/23

Monday, November 27, 2023

5:20 am Windham World Affairs Council – America & China – From ‘Old Friends’ to The ‘New Cold War’

6:55 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Missing– Angie Kim & Jean Kwok

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #548 – 11/9/2023


BCTV Schedules – Week of November 20

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Monday, November 20, 2023

5:20 am Windham World Affairs Council – America & China – From ‘Old Friends’ to The ‘New Cold War’

6:55 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Missing– Angie Kim & Jean Kwok

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #548 – 11/9/2023


BCTV Schedules Week of November 13, 2023

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Monday, November 13, 2023

5:20 am Windham World Affairs Council – America & China – From ‘Old Friends’ to The ‘New Cold War’

6:55 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Missing– Angie Kim & Jean Kwok

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – This Week’s Energy News

10:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Madeline Kunin & Richard Michaelson


BCTV Schedules – Week of November 6, 2023

BCTV Channel 1078 Weekly Listing for 11/6/23

Monday, November 6, 2023

5:55 am BUHS Athletic Hall of Fame – BHS/BUHS Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony 10/28/23

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #546 – 11/2/2023

10:00 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – Difficult Discussions– Catherine Newman & Laura Zigman


BCTV Schedules – Week of October 30, 2023

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Monday, October 30, 2023

4:00 am BDCC presents – SoVT Get on Board

5:30 am 1st Wednesdays Presents – The Joy of Lex with the Co-Host of “A Way with Words”

6:45 am Stained Glass Windows of St. Michaels – Week 8: St. John the Baptist


BCTV Schedules – Week of October 23, 2023

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Monday, October 23, 2023

6:00 am BCTV Annuals – BCTV Members Meeting 2023

6:45 am Brattleboro Literary Festival – On Patriarchy– Angela Saini & Carrie Baker

8:00 am Democracy Now! – Democracy Now! Daily Broadcast

9:00 am Energy Week with George Harvey – Energy Week #545 – 10/19/2023