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Barb is Back!

April 9, 2022April 15, 2022 by Damian

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.…

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Categories: 97X·Music·woxy.comTags: Barb Abney·The Current Minneapolis

Episode 74: Anthony Hartke comes full (vinyl) circle

December 28, 2021 by Damian

Anthony Hartke was really into music even in grade school. He discovered 97X around 6th grade and stuck with the station throughout its existence. (He even tuned in to woxy.com when he was deployed overseas…

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Categories: 97X·Music·podcast·woxy.comTags: Anthony Hartke·Shake It Records

Episode 72: A Second Serving of Barb Abney

November 25, 2021 by Damian

Here’s more from our chat with 97X/woxy.com alum Barb Abney. In this episode, Barb discloses her 97X souvenirs, we try to solve the mystery of where 97X’s music library wound up, a secret prankster is…

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Categories: 97X·podcast·woxy.comTags: Barb Abney·KFAI-FM·Tied to the Tracks

Episode 71: Talking Tracks with Barb Abney

November 13, 2021November 25, 2021 by Damian

Barb Abney, who was on-air at 97X and woxy.com from 1994-2006, returns to talk about weird promotional giveaway items, why corporate radio still sucks… oh, and her great podcast “Tied to the Tracks.” Barb has…

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Categories: 97X·podcast·woxy.comTags: Barb Abney·Tied to the Tracks

Episode 68: The Legacy of 97X

September 19, 2021 by Damian

This is a shorter episode, but it’s deep. The culmination of our conversation with 97X station owners Doug & Linda Balogh includes Doug’s “big thought” about the legacy of the station… and how the listeners…

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Categories: 97X·podcast·woxy.comTags: Doug Balogh·Linda Balogh

Episode 63: Robin James is writing the book on 97X

May 29, 2021June 19, 2021 by Damian

Author and college professor Robin James is a self-described “philosopher of popular music.” She grew up in West Chester, Ohio listening to 97X and is writing a book about the station and the community that…

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Categories: 97X·Music·podcast·woxy.comTags: Modern Rock 500·Robin James

Episode 44: The Fun Stuff between the Songs

September 12, 2020 by Damian

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…

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Categories: 97X·podcast·woxy.comTags: 97Xtra Cash Coupons·Contests

Episode 43: Luann Gibbs – Miss Kitty Forever!

August 29, 2020 by Damian

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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Categories: 97X·Music·podcast·woxy.comTags: Inhailer Radio·Luann Gibbs·WOXY Forever!

More Fun in the Quarantined World

May 30, 2020 by Damian

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,…

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Categories: 97X·Concert Listings·Music·podcast·woxy.com

Episode 36: Joe Long, Dot-Com Dude

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 by Damian

Joe Long grew up a 97X fan and started his “Each Note Secure” music blog in 2004… right about the time the terrestrial station signed off. But when woxy.com got its second wind in 2006…

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Categories: 97X·podcast·woxy.comTags: Each Note Secure·Joe Long·The Futurist blog

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