Summer Smörgåsbord o’ tunes
The concert chef has whipped up a big batch of gigs this week. Let’s dig in! Saturday night: Rose Music Center in Dayton has An Evening with Jackson Browne (Daryl Hannah would not recommend) Wallows…
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Episode 83: Taylor Fox, keeping cool music on the air
Taylor Fox (a.k.a. “TayFo”) is a co-founder and morning host on Inhailer, a streaming/HD radio station that plays indie rock and helps promote local bands and the music scene in Cincinnati. The impetus for the…
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Episode 81: A Day in the (1993) Life of Dave
Dave Tellmann spent nearly a decade on the air at 97X (1988-1997)… and sometimes he thinks he’s still on the air there! Dave combed through his “aircheck” cassettes from 1993 and put together some snippets…
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Episode 80: Jim Vinch, the student has become the teacher
Jim Vinch was a Cleveland-raised classic rocker… until he moved to Oxford for college and caught the earliest years of 97X. Jim credits the station and its community of listeners with helping him be open…
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Barb is Back!
Former 97X/woxy.com DJ Barb Abney will be back on The Current in Minneapolis St. Paul this evening! You’d be hard pressed to find a radio host more dedicated and more engaged with listeners than Barb.…
Episode 79: More from Jay Batista, the Human Swiss Army Knife
The second part of our conversation with Jay Batista, who helped WOXY-FM make the transition to the 97X we all know and love. Jay was the station manager, was involved in programming, did sales, and…
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Episode 78: Jay Batista, there from Day One
Jay Batista joined 97X before it was 97X… it was more like a real-life WKRP with “odd personnel and wacky programming.” Jay played a pivotal role in helping the station make the switch to the…
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Episode 76: Jeff Rohrs back for more
Here’s Part 2 of our interview with Jeff Rohrs, who worked weekends and vacation fill-in shifts at 97X from 1987-1991. In this part of our chat, he talks about the community of music lovers at…
Groundhog Day… or Groundhog Month?
February is just around the corner… and if you look around that corner you might see a few band vans headed your way. Maybe even a tour bus or three. You might even spot a…
Episode 75: Jeff Rohrs, Weekend Warrior
Jeff Rorhs was hooked on 97X from the very first song he heard on the station. In fact, he attended Miami University mostly because of 97X, and he was so determined to work at the…