COMMUNITY
October DJ of the Month, Black Liquid – WDCE 90.1FM
“I have my own Independent Hip-Hop event series at Strange Matter called Face Melt Friday, which now with 42 events is one of the longest running showcase series in the history of Richmond’s Hip-Hop culture and is one of the things I am most proud of.”
October MD of the Month, Nibu Abraham – 90.1 KPFT
“Volunteers host, report, DJ and produce virtually all of the programming you hear on KPFT. Our impact has been so great that the KKK bombed the station not once but twice!”
Community Interview with Darryl Rodway, URBNET
I was in college studying Civil Engineering in Sudbury and got heavily sidetracked with the campus radio station. This was the first time getting on a pair of Technics 1200s, and I gradually just started spending more time in the studio than studying engineering!
Community Interview with David Avery, Powderfinger Promotions
College and community radio is not only great for general exposure, but they’re also great for driving fans to gigs and the resulting airplay and charts can help build an artist’s story.
September MD of the Month: Zoë Finkelstein, KWUR St. Louis
KWUR started in the mid 1970’s and has been the heart of music on WashU’s campus ever since. We put on house shows monthly and have a lot of artists come to play in the station. KWUR is definitely a haven for all us weirdos.
Genre DJ of the Month: Jenny Inzerillo, High Plains Public Radio
“I love the new release from The War & Treaty,Healing Tide. This troupe of geniuses played an HPPR Living Room Concert for us last year, and I knew they’d continue knocking the socks off of everyone currently wearing socks.”
Community Interview with Devon Léger, Hearth Music
We have a very simple mission: “Our goal is to share the music we love with people we respect and trust.” We try to keep it just as simple as that and when we do the job is a lot of fun! We like to tell artist’s stories too, and we really love working with artists who have something important to say.
An Interview with Stevie B, Mia Mind Music
Non-commercial radio levels the playing field for new artists, most who possess more talent than they have major label backing. The broad programming formats provided at most non-commercial stations allows them to experiment more freely and push the artistic envelope further.”
August Genre DJ of the Month | Chris Heim, KMUW Wichita
KMUW went on the air on April 26, 1949. It was actually the first 10-watt noncommercial FM station in the country (we now broadcast with 100,000 watts), the first noncommercial FM station in Kansas, and only the second FM station in the state.