A thread for the GNT

[muskrat]

..."Boogie Check"?...hells yeah I remember it, and it spawned some regional rip-offs, errrr-imitators...WXIL in nearby Parkersburg, W. Va had "Uncle Dugger" who did his version of that...the Wolfman was and is a legend, plus-for Sports announcing-I will put Broadcast Hall of Famer Marty Brennaman up against any of the greats........my own hero though will always be this man.....

ZOINKS!

 

[mal]

CHAB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan! Listened to good rock music and banter during the late 60's up until the early 80's. Then video came along and killed my radio stars. Then it got slick, packaged and repetitive (or I got older...).

 

[Grandpa]

...me in studio...

Love a good DJ, but........ I had an acquaintance who left corporate America to "pursue my music." His music was mixing other people's music. I understand that there can be a lot of work and discerning ear that can go into it, and I didn't say what I was thinking: "How is it YOUR music?"

Persuade me otherwise, O Great One?

 

[blunthead]

I listened to WQXI AM in Atlanta when I was teen, which was before FM radio. Then FM stations appeared and one played the rock music current at the time and I listened mostly to that station.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...way back in the day, I used some equipment exactly like that....

 

[GNTLGNT]

Love a good DJ, but........ I had an acquaintance who left corporate America to "pursue my music." His music was mixing other people's music. I understand that there can be a lot of work and discerning ear that can go into it, and I didn't say what I was thinking: "How is it YOUR music?"

Persuade me otherwise, O Great One?

...I cannot, because it's not true....if he is doing mixes of other peoples tunes, he is stealing THEIR creativity, and unless he had permission from all artists involved-he was breaking the law.....a good Club DJ or music mixologist is an artist of their own right, but they didn't create the sounds they're cutting and blending....a sound engineer in studio, that's helping a performer lay down their tracks?-that is a gift, and a blessing when you have a good one....

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[GNTLGNT]

 

[GNTLGNT]

ZOINKS!

 

[not_nadine]

WXPN. Live commercial free. Goes from everything from Janis to Sinatra with disco funk when you don't know your need it. News, traffic, but maybe that's local, come from U of Penn but broadcasts.

Live studio jams, with people who went on to be famous.


Best station ever.

Hi GNT.



WXPN 88.5 FM :: Public Radio from the University of Pennsylvania

 

[GNTLGNT]

WXPN. Live commercial free. Goes from everything from Janis to Sinatra with disco funk when you don't know your need it. News, traffic, but maybe that's local, come from U of Penn but broadcasts.

Live studio jams, with people who went on to be famous.


Best station ever. Hi GNT.



WXPN 88.5 FM :: Public Radio from the University of Pennsylvania

...Hiya kiddo!.....

 

[Grandpa]

...I cannot, because it's not true....if he is doing mixes of other peoples tunes, he is stealing THEIR creativity, and unless he had permission from all artists involved-he was breaking the law.....a good Club DJ or music mixologist is an artist of their own right, but they didn't create the sounds they're cutting and blending....a sound engineer in studio, that's helping a performer lay down their tracks?-that is a gift, and a blessing when you have a good one....

Thank you for your perspective and insight.

 

[Neesy]

CHUM radio - Toronto Ontario when I was just a youngun...

and up in Alert back when it was still the North West Territories in 1992 I did actually have my own Saturday night radio station - our call letters were CHAR - just like the Arctic Char one could catch up there if you felt like using a power auger to make an 8 or 9 foot hole in the ice!

 

[Tery]

Is the The Spirit of Radio, Neesy? Inspiration for the song....

 

[Neesy]

Is the The Spirit of Radio, Neesy? Inspiration for the song....

I am sorry - I do not understand - that is 1050 CHUM in Toronto back when they were still an AM station

 

[Neesy]

Is the The Spirit of Radio, Neesy? Inspiration for the song....

Okay - maybe that is what they meant in their song!

This is the same album cover they had out when they played a school dance at our high school in Sutton, Ontario.

 

[Tery]

Awesome! Yes, the station's tag line inspired Neil to write the lyric.

I'm not even going to mention how envious I am about the dance

 

[Neesy]

Awesome! Yes, the station's tag line inspired Neil to write the lyric.

I'm not even going to mention how envious I am about the dance

I found this on Wikipedia so not sure if it is accurate but it turns out to be a different station:

"The Spirit of Radio"

During Marsden's tenure as program director, the style of the station evolved into a sound which is perhaps best described as a more professional-sounding version of a campus radio station. At the time, alternative music was new and had not yet received wide exposure, but it was also in 1978 that new wave and punk rock emerged as dominant forms of popular music—and so the station became known as one of the few commercial stations at the time which played alternative music.

The Spirit of Radio
During this period, the station began using The Spirit of Radio as a promotional catchphrase.

In turn, listeners of the station began to refer to CFNY as The Spirit of Radio. Canadian band Rush was unable to obtain airplay on many radio stations other than CFNY early in their career, and in 1979 wrote the song "The Spirit of Radio" about the station.

Unable to mention CFNY directly for fear of alienating airplay on other stations, the band instead ensured the catalog number for their album Permanent Waves was 1021, a nod to the station's 102.1 FM frequency.[4]

 

[Tery]

There's a bit of trivia I didn't know, about the catalog number. Thanks!

 

[GNTLGNT]