This Week in Live Music: July 8-14
Howdy folks, I’m back from vacation – tan, rested, and ready to rock. While I was on vacation, I saw a great show every evening: But let’s focus on the Tri-State Area. More specifically, let’s…
Musical musings from aging hipsters
Howdy folks, I’m back from vacation – tan, rested, and ready to rock. While I was on vacation, I saw a great show every evening: But let’s focus on the Tri-State Area. More specifically, let’s…
Matt Shiverdecker, a.k.a. Shiv, ran the gamut at 97X… from boyhood superfan/long-distance listener to station intern to part-time DJ to full-timer at 97X, then woxy.com, where he worked until the bitter(sweet) end in Austin, Texas.…
Special Double Issue: June 24-July 7 That’s right kids, this go-round you get a “special double issue” because I care so much that I want to give you double the usual content, as a no-cost bonus to…
The Extended Remix Jae Forman ruled the evening shift in the early to mid 90s, and also served as the music director during the grunge era, a pivotal point in the station’s history. She also…
Return to Planet X There were dozens if not hundreds of DJs at 97X/woxy.com over the years. Robin Plan was easily the most unique. A free-spirited person who took freeform radio to a whole new…
Jockeys and the Jockey Club More of Dave and Damian’s conversation with Steve “Daedalus” Stenken, the original program director when WOXY-FM became “modern rock for Cincinnati” (and Oxford!) Steve talk about disco barns, horse racing,…
Idea man and original program director Steve “Daedalus” Stenken was working as the nighttime DJ at WOXY back in 1983, and doing a weekly one-hour “modern rock” program… he suggested that the station should change…
GEORGE “GOOBER” LINDSEY, ABE VIGODA AND A GAZILLION SIX PACKS In Episode 10, Dave and Damian talk about the Golden Rule of Celebrity Phone Calls… it involves George “Goober” Lindsey, of course. They also chat…
Slege. Slegendary. Matt Sledge not only spent a decade at 97X, the Future of Rock and Roll, he also later worked weekends for WNKU-FM, another Cincinnati area radio station that played similar artists and was…
When you can sell something intangible like radio airtime, you’ve gotta be good. When you can sell ads for a station that has a signal so weak that advertisers can barely pick it up in…