This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. When I write about my time in radio, I almost always focus on the student-run broadcast outlets … Continue reading Radio Days — March 1995 Adds for WMAD-FM

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. When my pal was looking for substitutes to step in on his Sunday night radio show for … Continue reading Radio Days — Then and Now: February 12, 2023

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. It was a bit of surprise to find myself back on the air at my beloved alma … Continue reading Radio Days — Then and Now: January 15, 2023

During my undergraduate years, I spent just about every New Year’s Eve on the air at student-run radio station WWSP-90FM. It was my idea to commit the programming that day to counting down the station’s Top 90 albums of the year … Continue reading Radio Days — Then and Now: January 1, 2023

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. I grew up and went to college in a state that hurls mighty tests of fortitude at … Continue reading Radio Days — The Snowbound Satellite Dish

For the most part, students didn’t listen to our student-run radio station. I don’t think that disconnect between the general student population and the noncommercial broadcast outlet that a handful of their peers devoted themselves to was a particularly unique … Continue reading Radio Days — Class Closings

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. There were two times per year that we preempted the entire weekend schedule at WWSP-90M, the student-run … Continue reading Radio Days — 90FM’s Jazzfest

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. Several years after I hung up the studio headphones for the last time as an undergraduate student … Continue reading Radio Days — WPRK’s Top 30 for October 7, 2002

Part of my process in becoming a proper part of my college radio station was learning the musicians who made stealthier contributions to the records that stirred the most awe for their resolute coolness. My previous music knowledge, shaped by … Continue reading Radio Days — Anton Fier

This series of posts covers my long, beloved history interacting with the medium of radio, including the music that flowed through the airwaves. At least in my era, I think the college kids who stewarded the airwaves at their campus … Continue reading Radio Days — Priority Emphasis