COMMUNITY
Industry Interview with Richard Rosenblatt, VizzTone label group
Since VizzTone is a small company, we all wear a lot of hats, and I’ve shared many roles with Bob and Amy. Over the years I’ve been a musician, recording engineer, producer, radio promoter, publicist, talent scout, accountant, and office manager. The truth is I enjoy all of it, I just wish there were enough hours in the day keep me from going crazy doing it.”
MD of the Month | Nichole Marie, KRBX Radio Boise
“As a non-profit, non-comm radio station I cannot tell our DJs what to play–which is great! Free form media is so important right now. What I can do is make new music easily accessible by putting songs into a folder on our cart player. I also put new vinyl and CDs in the Control Room for them to use on their shows if they want.”
MD of the Month | Eric Funk, KRKQ “Mountain Chill” Telluride, CO
“My brother and I co-founded KRKQ in 2011. We built the station from its construction permit stage, including, quite literally, climbing the tower and building a custom DJ-Assist system ourselves. We are both full-time RF Engineers and we had worked in college radio in the past. So, KRKQ enabled us to combine our engineering skills with our love of radio and independent music to create something unique, Mountain Chill.”
Industry Interview with Maddie Schwappach, The Syndicate
“I actually went to school for mechanical engineering and was doing college radio while I was in college (shout out Radio K!) and have been working in the industry since! In college, I had a few internships doing venue marketing and backend stuff for KCMP in St. Paul, then worked on air there for a while after graduating. Last year I moved to New York and began work at The Syndicate doing college and non-comm promo.’
MD of the Month | Mason Vore, WDBM East Lansing
“My favorite album released in the last year is probably ‘Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You’ by Big Thief or ‘Glow On’ by Turnstile. I’m really excited for that Yves Jarvis album that comes out May 13th!”
April MD of the Month | Brighid Bandel, KCSU Fort Collins
“I will say I go to concerts about once a week, so it’s hard to choose just one but I will this time! I’m a super big fan of Tyler, the Creator, so when I got to see him for the first time at Red Rocks Amphitheater, it was a really cool experience. Any show at Red Rocks just is a magical experience, the venue is genuinely the coolest one I’ve ever been to, so I’m excited for the summer concert season coming up soon!”
Industry Interview with Evan Mester, Marauder
“The two years I’ve been at Marauder, a music marketing firm, have given me an all-new appreciation for independent venues and their role as the lifeblood of the music industry. I’ve gotten to hear the most incredible stories from venue owners across the country and collaborate with extraordinary artist ambassadors in conveying the importance of these rooms and how irreplaceable they are.”
March MD of the Month | Michael Coby, WVFS Tallahassee
“My favorite thing about my job is maintaining the catalog of over 30,000 physical CDs and 3,000 vinyl records that we have at WVFS. I’ve always been obsessed with collecting and organizing physical media (retro video games were my first obsession before I found vinyl), and it makes me feel satisfied to know that I’m upholding such an important part of the station.”
February MD of the Month | Emily Teubner, WRSU Rutgers Radio
“I will never, ever, ever get tired of Yebba. Her runs are out of this world, and there is just something very gravitating about her music. The lyrics are very genuine, and the intricacies never feel forced. Specifically, her best song, in my opinion, is ‘October Sky.'”