The Tennessean profiles College Radio, WMTS, WRVU, and Doyle:
”It still amazes me when I turn on college radio,” says Jason Ringenberg, Nashville singer-songwriter and leader of seminal country-punk band Jason and the Scorchers. ”Man, you just never know what you’re gonna hear next. It’s so unpredictable, and sometimes it just makes no sense whatsoever except to that DJ who’s playing it — how they could go from some jazz-fusion thing to some indie-punk band and then into some sort of psycho-bluegrass in one 10-minute section.”
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D-Funk was amazing last week. The end.
Tue April 18, 2006 at 11:13 pmI’m glad Doyle has a radio show these days. There was a big shake-up at WRVU a few years back when they axed a lot of volunteer DJs to give students more airtime. In some ways, it makes more sense that students should get more opportunities to learn about a career in broadcasting, but the station really suffered and a lot of respected and loved DJs were left without the opportunity to play music for the fans they had slowly acquired. A buddy of mine who was one of the co-directors or whatever decided to resign over it. I guess it’s a case of deciding between being an educational tool for students and a source of entertainment for the community.
Wed April 19, 2006 at 9:42 ami love college radio!!
Wed April 19, 2006 at 10:24 amand yeah, friday nights without the funk on WRVU would be unthinkable!! what would i dance to while getting ready to go out???
In the past, it seems like there was often dead air on WRVU. Early early mornings. And even mornings. And of course the holidays. But now they have some technology that allows them to “track” it up when they’re away, right? I remember hearing something about that. But how do they have problems getting people to come in? What, with the stink Carligula mentions above. In Athens GA, WUOG always had DJs at all hours of the day and at all days of the year. I don’t think they had any fancy technology. But I could be wrong, I often am.
Wed April 19, 2006 at 5:39 pmStriker, you need a 2-4am slot where you only play Bocephus, Tony Joe White, Molly Hatchet and the like.
They could have more DJs, you’re right. But that computer thing sure is nice in the summer especially when you have no tape deck or CD player in your car.
RVU & NPR mmmm
Thu April 20, 2006 at 2:31 pmYes, they now have an automation system. The reason no one wants to do a show during the wee hours of the morning should be pretty obvious… a LOT fewer listeners, and the majority of the world has to work every morning. At WMTS, even though we have more DJ’s on our roster than there are time slots during the week, we’re on automation most nights from 2-6am because no one wants to do a show then.
Fri April 21, 2006 at 8:13 pmsteve is correct, we’ve had the automation system in place for about a year now. all we’ve gotta do now is to teach ken berryhill how to use it.
oh, and we’ve gotta figure out how to get doyle to stop cheating on us with lightning 100.
Wed April 26, 2006 at 5:48 pmi always enjoy my time with wrvu… i have experienced the silence in the past, so i don’t have a problem with the automation. i figure if anyone was willing to do a 2-4am slot, they could come in and turn off automation for their slot, then back on once they’re done. i know i sure as hell couldn’t have a show then, cause i am either asleep or really drunk about that time.
oh, and d-funk fridays really make me smile.
Mon May 1, 2006 at 7:20 pm