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[rockaction]

most of the DJ's brought their own albums. Lugging 2 milk crates of albums across campus every Tuesday night was a thing.

Awesome. I had a hockey bag full of vinyl here. In Hamilton, NY, for a two-hour, 1 A.M., Sunday show, which (backpat incoming) got big enough for Thursday at 9 P.M. Prime Time, baby!

And so the first record in prime time that I played had obscenities in it, so I got screamed at by the general manager ("The obscenity is in the name of the song!!!), so I asked the program manager to move me back to 1 AM Sunday and we switched it back up. So back to 1 AM in the dark on Sunday.

I wasn't a jerk, either; I just asked how you could expect to do a punk rock show without any obscenities. The WRCU (our station) director was actually a student who became one of the lead music critics at Rolling Stone and Grantland (he was thanked in Chuck Klosterman's book about the '90s for reading an advance copy) and he was the dude responsible for all the programming, so he was pretty hip and we worked it out. I had a few conversations with him, and was a passing acquaintance of his at one point. Heh. I don't want to use his name, but yeah, it's been a trip to see that. He was really an extraordinary music aficionado and is still kicking around. He reviewed Kanye's album "Yeezus." It was an interesting review.

(Very adult content at the link)

Yeezus

Check out our album review of Artist's Yeezus on Rolling Stone.com.

www.rollingstone.com

So yeah, heavy hockey bag of vinyl in sub-zero temps, walking up the school's ominpresent hill to the quad. Even in the '90s when vinyl was dead. Old punk rock records. 7" or 10", mainly. No 78 RPMs. Not that cool and I don't remember the school turntables having the appropriate setting for them.

Fin.

That was hardly advice, but hey, it was free, Joe.

 

[Joe Bryant]

WEVL Memphis. This one's different. @krista4 hipped me to it. This is like old time radio in the way it's structured: hosts book an hour or two of time (supposedly paid by a sponsor or out of their own pockets) and bring their own records in to play. So, you'll get a two-hour block of blues followed by a two-hour block of classic country followed by an hour of indie rock followed by an hour of bluegrass, etc.... They have a Christian metal show on Sundays!

That's awesome.

Two things. Do you have a preferred way to stream these stations?

I’ve mentioned before in other threads - there’s a great app (free) called Radio Garden where you can stream just about any station in the world.

Great. Thank you.

 

[Joe Bryant]

WEVL Memphis. This one's different. @krista4 hipped me to it. This is like old time radio in the way it's structured: hosts book an hour or two of time (supposedly paid by a sponsor or out of their own pockets) and bring their own records in to play. So, you'll get a two-hour block of blues followed by a two-hour block of classic country followed by an hour of indie rock followed by an hour of bluegrass, etc.... They have a Christian metal show on Sundays!

That's awesome.

Two things. Do you have a preferred way to stream these stations?

I’ve mentioned before in other threads - there’s a great app (free) called Radio Garden where you can stream just about any station in the world.

Is it just for phone?

I downloaded it there and it seems good but also looking for an easy and consolidated way to listen on desktop. Doesn't look like Radio Garden has an app for desktop. Or maybe I'm missing it.

Can always stream from the site but was wondering if there was an app for desktop.

 

[zamboni]

WEVL Memphis. This one's different. @krista4 hipped me to it. This is like old time radio in the way it's structured: hosts book an hour or two of time (supposedly paid by a sponsor or out of their own pockets) and bring their own records in to play. So, you'll get a two-hour block of blues followed by a two-hour block of classic country followed by an hour of indie rock followed by an hour of bluegrass, etc.... They have a Christian metal show on Sundays!

That's awesome.

Two things. Do you have a preferred way to stream these stations?

I’ve mentioned before in other threads - there’s a great app (free) called Radio Garden where you can stream just about any station in the world.

Is it just for phone?

I downloaded it there and it seems good but also looking for an easy and consolidated way to listen on desktop. Doesn't look like Radio Garden has an app for desktop. Or maybe I'm missing it.

Can always stream from the site but was wondering if there was an app for desktop.

I just Googled and it’s also desktop based: https://radio.garden/search

I’ve only used it on my phone, but good to know it’s for desktop too. Amazing app.

 

[Joe Bryant]

WEVL Memphis. This one's different. @krista4 hipped me to it. This is like old time radio in the way it's structured: hosts book an hour or two of time (supposedly paid by a sponsor or out of their own pockets) and bring their own records in to play. So, you'll get a two-hour block of blues followed by a two-hour block of classic country followed by an hour of indie rock followed by an hour of bluegrass, etc.... They have a Christian metal show on Sundays!

That's awesome.

Two things. Do you have a preferred way to stream these stations?

I’ve mentioned before in other threads - there’s a great app (free) called Radio Garden where you can stream just about any station in the world.

Is it just for phone?

I downloaded it there and it seems good but also looking for an easy and consolidated way to listen on desktop. Doesn't look like Radio Garden has an app for desktop. Or maybe I'm missing it.

Can always stream from the site but was wondering if there was an app for desktop.

I just Googled and it’s also desktop based: https://radio.garden/search

I’ve only used it on my phone, but good to know it’s for desktop too. Amazing app.

Thanks. That's great. Not an app but a website for desktop. That'll do the same thing. Thanks.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

WEVL Memphis. This one's different. @krista4 hipped me to it. This is like old time radio in the way it's structured: hosts book an hour or two of time (supposedly paid by a sponsor or out of their own pockets) and bring their own records in to play. So, you'll get a two-hour block of blues followed by a two-hour block of classic country followed by an hour of indie rock followed by an hour of bluegrass, etc.... They have a Christian metal show on Sundays!

That's awesome.

Two things. Do you have a preferred way to stream these stations?

And for WEVL, that's a fun format. When I was a college radio DJ at KANM in College Station, that's how we did it. We had 2 hour shifts and they had lots of albums to play but most of the DJ's brought their own albums. Lugging 2 milk crates of albums across campus every Tuesday night was a thing.

I don't think WEVL has a standalone app. Or, they didn't when I looked a few years ago. They run entirely on donations without sponsors, so I think they are on a shoestring budget.

I stream it at home using my Echo device. And you can stream from their website.

One other thing about this channel: they go off-air from midnight-6 a.m. CT every night.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Why is your user name one word but in the title you spell it as 2 words?

 

[rockaction]

Why is your user name one word but in the title you spell it as 2 words?

It's my alter ego.

 

[rockaction]

Whose alter ego is Dinah Shore?

Ah, I notice the fists didn't go up so quickly this time!