[78-L] Western swing festival on now!

[Cary Ginell]

If you go to the first of my two links, there are two options for clicking on the live broadcast. You can do it with Real Player or via MP3 Stream. I'm using the former and have had it on since I got up this morning. The announcer is really pretty pathetic. Sounds like a total beginner. There is really no learning to be done here - a string of maybe 8-10 songs by one artist are played in a row with minimal back announcing of just tune titles. No personnel, no instrumentation, not even any intelligent programming. They just played about a half hour of Jimmie Revard/Modern Mountaineers and are now playing a string of Washboard Wonders Bluebirds, which are hard to take played all in a row. I suppose if you want a western swing jukebox, this is your place, but so far, nothing at all has been said about the music. Makes me yearn to be back in radio...

Cary Ginell

> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:57:54 +0000
> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Western swing festival on now!
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > WKCR's weekend western swing festival has begun. They've started off by playing strictly music from the '20s and '30s. The music is great but the announcing is pretty horrible. I turned on the show just now and already heard halting talk and Jimmie Revard's name mispronounced.
> > 
> > Here's the link to the streaming. http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/
> > 
> > And here's the program schedule for the weekend: http://honkytonkinradio.blogspot.com/
> > 
> > "The Milton Brown Guy" is on at 1 p.m. EDT. 
> > 
> > Cary Ginell
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> > _______________________________________________
> Where's the link?
> 
>       Julian Vein
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