Episode 46: More Phun with Phil Manning
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…
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Episode 43: Luann Gibbs – Miss Kitty Forever!
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…
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Episode 41: David Groff, a 97X Lifer
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…
A Public Service Announcement from a member of the 97X house band
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…
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How we remember 97X these days
Friend of the 97X “Rumblings from the Big Bush” podcast Daniel Cox sent along this note to 97Xwoxy@gmail.com: Sad but true, Daniel! Dave and I welcome your emails at 97Xwoxy@gmail.com. (I’ll try to check it…
Episode 39: Bill Douglas – hot tunes (and Cold Beer)
Bill Douglas (a.k.a. “Billy D the Fresh MC”) spent most of the 90s working at 97X, starting out as a weekender back in 1990 when he was still in school at Miami University, and continuing…
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More Fun in the Quarantined World
Hola, amigos, how’s it going? I know it’s been a while since I rapped at ya… (that’s my tribute to one of my favorite columnists in The Onion.) I know I’ve been pretty dour lately,…
500 Reasons to Remember This Weekend
Memorial Day Weekend was a big deal back in the 97X days… it was Modern Rock 500 time! I can still hear Bakerman’s great liners in my head… and of course the Indy 500 race…
2 Kool 2 B 4-gotten
Sorry to start on a few sad notes, but John Erhardt of Wussy/Ass Ponys passed away last Monday. His longtime friend and bandmate Chuck Cleaver wrote a very loving tribute to him on Wussy’s Facebook…
Episode 35: Howard Cohen, Cereal Killer
A self-described “97X listener/scenester/scruffy little punky New Wave dude,” Howard started playing in bands as a teenager and has never stopped rocking. His current band, Cereal Killers, played their first gig at Sudsy Malone’s on…