WFUV-FM
www.wfuv.org/
FM radio that's still an adventure of musical discovery. Remember when there
were no boundaries between artists and styles? When you could hear more than
just the same handful of songs by the same tired artists? When the disc jockeys
were real people who cared about the music and their community? When radio
was more like you? WFUV is the place to meet today's groundbreaking musical
artists and stay in touch with old friends. You'll hear new artists like Martin
Sexton, Jonatha Brooke, Keb' Mo, Dan Bern and Dar Williams, and old friends
like Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Janis Ian, Joan Baez, Bruce Cockburn,
Emmylou Harris, The Band, and B.B. King.
WKCR-FM
www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/
The sounds of jazz have been heard over the WKCR airwaves for nearly 60 years.
In that time the station has cultivated a position of great respect among
both listeners and musicians Roughly 35% of WKCR airtime is currently devoted
to jazz music each week, with a 'one foot in the past, one foot in the future'
approach. WKCR is deeply commited to the rich and storied history of jazz
music and its numerous genuises. WKCR also features and interviews cutting-edge
and avant-garde musicians who are seldom heard in more commerically driven
media. WKCR's Phil
Schaap and other elder-statemen DJs are among the foremost jazz experts
in the world.
WBGO-FM
www.wbgo.org
WBGO serves the NYC metro area, and Internet listeners worldwide, with
the best in jazz and blues. Special programs also highlight Latin jazz and
classic soul. WBGO supplements its programming with live broadcasts from clubs
and concert venues, and in-depth series that explore the music and beyond.
World Cafe
www.xpn.org/worldcafe.php
World Cafe, hosted by the redoutable David Dye, offers an eclectic mix of
current and classic alternative rock, folk, blues and related styles and often
features live, in-studio performances by new artists.
Vin
Scelsa's Idiot's Delight
www.wfuv.org/wfuv/vin.html
No longer streamed or archived, thanks to the Digital
Milennium Copyright Act.
An eclectic blend of talk and music now presented on WFUV-FM
by radio host Vin Scelsa on Sunday evenings. Scelsa's career, rooted in the
glory days of free-form commercial radio, has been built on denying the conventional
wisdom that broadcast radio is a mass medium. "I'm doing the show for one
listener— that listener's probably me," Scelsa is fond of saying. "But when
I envision the listeners, I envision people alone in a room." Hence the announcement
that summons Idiots to each overnight show: "Attention artists, cabdrivers,
and melancholy waitresses: the following program is being brought to you as
a public service. . . ." Guests have included Odetta, David Johansen and the
Harry Smiths, Carl Hiaasen, Jimmy Webb, Jill Sobule, the Jayhawks, and the
Emerson String Quartet. Scelsa fans maintain a an archive of set lists at
www.cherk.com/vin/.