Exciting news, radio fans, ProComRad is on the air. Tune in to 101.1 FM on your radio dial. From their Facebook page, Providence Community Radio, a non-commercial local low power FM broadcaster, is proud to announce we’re working with partner organizations BSR and AS220 to develop Providence’s newest radio station: 101.1FM! We’re building facilities and …
The end of an era. The Brown University radio station WBRU-FM 95.5 will soon be selling its signal and transferring its license to the Educational Media Foundation (EMF). WBRU has been broadcasting progressive→album→college→indie→generic modern rock since 1966. According to WPRI News; On its website, EMF describes its mission as to “create compelling media that inspires …
This notification for those curious listeners who have a dedicated 88.1 button on their FM radio dial. Beginning August 1 Brown Student and Community Radio (BSR) will begin broadcasting exclusively through its 24-hour webstream at www.bsrlive.com. For 14 years BSR could be heard from the evening to early morning on 88.1 WELH, a signal they …
[youtube]2rvhcT-5_Rg[/youtube] Today’s the premiere of That Job Sucked Anyway, Megan Hall and Sue Ellen Kroll’s radio documentary about people’s terrible work experiences. We all have them, but over time they can (sometimes) transform from anxiety-inducing horrors to darkly comedic stories so hilarious that you want to share with strangers.* (In my interview, I told the …
If you’re looking for something to listen to today, Cincinnati station WOXY is currently streaming their top 500 modern rock songs of all time. In the last half hour they’ve played Take Me Out, Bitchin Camaro, and I Love A Man In Uniform, all of which are among the ginchiest songs ever. I’m hoping when …
I have a web series called Polyester Dreams. It’s about a manic depressive prog rock radio DJ named Warren Orlando. The first season was produced for $500 from my economic stimulus check. Independent web video production companies are the new garage bands (or warehouse bands, Providence). Polyester Dreams Episode 6: Warren the Redeemer So how …
There are only forty-nine days left until Christmas, but don’t worry: B-101 has already switched to their incredibly tiresome all-Christmas format! And they’re not calling themselves B-101 anymore; now they’re Christmas-101! Get it? While I generally only listen to the station when I’m a) getting my teeth cleaned or b) in the car with my …