COMMUNITY
Industry Interview with : Graham MacRae, A man A plan A canal
“College and non-commercial radio is a vortex of local communities of open-minded people sharing their ideas and passion for music. No one is getting rich in non-commercial radio and it still feels like a very pure place to discover new things.”
Genre DJ of the Month (World) : Marissa Mele, Asheville FM
““Not Your Mother’s Tongue” is a weekly 2 hour world music radio show that spans many genres and many countries. I focus on music from Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, but I play music from every corner of the globe”
MD of the Month : Nils Illokken, Inhailer Radio
“As an internet only station, there are struggles with getting the word out and convincing people how easy it is to listen. As times change and so does technology, it’s getting easier to get people to use Inhailer as a resource in their daily life.”
Industry Interview with Brad Paul Media
“That spirit of progressive and freeform radio that inspired me as a youth, where talented and knowledgeable DJ’s play music that moves them lives on at community and college radio. This is critical given that free spirited radio mostly disappeared everywhere else on the dial.”
Genre DJ of the Month (Jazz) : Gary Lowe, WUNH 91.3 Portsmouth
“When the 60’s rock and roll bands really learned how to write, play and perform and no longer needed studio musicians because they were so superlative: Hendrix, Clapton, Beatles, Stones, The Who, ZZ Top, Little Feat etc, etc. We didn’t know how good we had it and just danced on and on. Pure brilliance.”
October MD of the Month | Sydney Rock, WPRK 91.5 FM Winter Park
“I review the majority of albums we get sent and add about 90% of what we get sent. Since WPRK is a freeform station, we accept music from any/all genres, as we also have at least one DJ who will play that type of music.”
Genre DJ of the Month (Jazz) | Gary Walker, WBGO Newark
“Young artists get good exposure here, through performance and coverage on the WBGO website, very creatively handled by former New York Times jazz writer, and author, Nate Chinen.”
MD of the Month | Kari Hedlund, KAXE/KBXE Grand Rapids
“KAXE is a community radio station that was the first rural public station in the nation. The CPB wouldn’t fund it right away because they thought they would be ‘broadcasting to a bunch of gophers’. Ha.”
Genre DJ of the Month | Karen Rakos, KEUL Girdwood, AK
“KEUL is a community radio station completely run by volunteers in the small resort town of Girdwood, Alaska. Founded by Lewis Leonard, KEUL hit the airwaves as a pirate station in 1997. The FCC shut the operation down, but by the summer of 1998, KEUL was fully licensed and back on the air legally.”