Musical musings from aging hipsters
Tina Christina was on the air at 97X for more than a decade (1991-2003) doing weekend shifts, then overnights, and eventually middays with her distinctive New York accent. She’s still in the radio biz… although…
In this podcast episode, we continue our chat with Phil Manning, who joined 97X in the summer of 1988 and was with the station until December of 1994, spending most of those years in the…
Phil Manning started at the very bottom of the totem pole at 97X shortly after he graduated from college in 1988. He began with a single weekend overnight shift but gradually worked his way up…
Continue Reading Episode 45: Phil Manning – Manning the Airwaves
There’s no denying that the music is what attracted a small-but-mighty tribe of forward-thinking listeners to 97X. But the commercials, promos, contests, station ID liners and DJ breaks helped contribute to the freewheeling, fun-loving, anti-corporate…
Continue Reading Episode 44: The Fun Stuff between the Songs
Luann Gibbs started listening to 97.7 FM in Oxford in the pre-97X/Dr. Demento days of the late 70s. When 97X debuted in 1983, she became an avid listener. When the 97X message boards started, she…
Continue Reading Episode 43: Luann Gibbs – Miss Kitty Forever!
Matt Soden moved to Oxford on Memorial Day weekend in 1990 and immediately got hooked by 97X’s annual Modern Rock 500. He parlayed his college radio experience into a DJ gig at the station for…
Continue Reading Episode 42: Matt Soden, Your Little Green Amigo
The 97X Rumblings from the Big Bush podcast recently hit the 5,000 downloads mark on Podbean, our podcasting host site. That’s not too shabby for a ragtag duo that started out a year and a…
Geography, fate — and a cool dad — turned David on to 97X in his preteen years. He never stopped listening, through high school (he and his dad went to a PiL show at Bogart’s…
Mike “Stead” Winstead grew up in Oxford, Ohio and dreamed of working at 97X. When he got out of the Army in 1994, he “bugged” (his word) the station until he finally landed a job…
Continue Reading Episode 40: Michael Winstead, Modern Rock Stead(y)
The snippet above is from the most recent Facebook live stream from John Doe (of the 97X “house band” X). The gig is great – he even does a Replacements cover. You can watch the…
Continue Reading A Public Service Announcement from a member of the 97X house band