Dear Friends of WRVU, I know it has been quiet lately, worse than quiet, perhaps, in Nashville where the endless classical music on 91.1 FM pretends that everything is A-OK. The turmoil behind the scenes, however, rages on. Fine WRVU DJs have been banned from the online station in a shockingly transparent mass-elimination of those [...]
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On Thursday, November 18, 1999, the world lost one of its most unique and wonderful characters. Whether you called him Sir Doug, The Texas Tornado, or maybe even Wayne Douglas, there was only one Douglas Wayne Sahm. A musical prodigy, he made his first radio appearance at age five and recorded his first record at [...]
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TROLLS GONE WILD by savewrvuradio TROLL IN CHIEF CARROLL LORDS OVER ‘NEW’ WRVU Chris Carroll, Please Go Away. As noted earlier, Carroll and the Vanderbilt Student Communications (VSC) — wholly deprived of representatives of WRVU —continues to have an overbearing role over what is now, in name only, a student run organization. Carroll has made [...]
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Greetings Friends… If it seems like we’ve been quiet lately, it is because someone doesn’t want us heard. Besides the obvious, though temporary, loss of the FM frequency, WRVU DJs who have been openly opposed to the license sale have now been dismissed from their positions with the online station. In addition, our side of [...]
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John Anderson of DIYmedia.net (link on right) has kept abreast of the debacle that has been HD radio, and this latest post, reprinted in its entirety, pretty much sums it up. How can this company, with no basic income, still be around — particularly given the hopelessness of its product and prospects: HD Radio Still [...]
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“The problems today are not the the evil actions of the bad people, but the appalling silence and inaction of the good people. “ —Martin Luther King, Jr. The Three Primary Decision Makers Most Responsible for the Fate of WRVU: The Bad People: Vanderbilt Student Communications (VSC), The Good People: Vanderbilt University Chancellor and Board [...]
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Supporters of student station WRVU in Nashville, shorn of any input on the stacked VSC governing board, have continued the battle, releasing the following information: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY FRIEND OF WRVU!!! This time of year is meant to celebrate perhaps the single most important event in world history — the founding of [...]
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For decades DJ Larry Monroe worked the radio trenches. After starting in radio at age 13, he worked at stations in Indiana, Ann Arbor, Detroit & Austin to name a few. While always receiving high accolades, including a “Keeping the Blues Alive” award in 2002, he was the prime example of a journeyman DJ. He [...]
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Following is an exchange one of our correspondents, author Gwen Fortune, had with “DT” about the state of music in general and NPR in particular: Gwen: Thanks, I know NPR affiliation is no guarantee of decent music. Some PBS affiliates do better, but by no means most. There is much PRM and APM programming that [...]
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The suits are wildly spinning for ‘GBH in Boston, in wake of the takeover of the student station at Bryant University. Bean counters at Bryant — acting the good industrialist as ‘GBH honchos did in busting up their union — have now begun to put that most favorable light on this latest acquisition, to wit: [...]
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