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I Heard it on the X !
From: KUT
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Do you remember...? It's the song that immortalized Border Radio. Here's the story behind the song.

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Black Classical Masters series: William Grant Still
From: David Person
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Profile of William Grant Still, the dean of black classical composers, with excerpts of an interview with his daughter Judy.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 19:57
Black Classical Masters series: "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
From: David Person
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A series of four short programs that examine the song known as the Black national anthem.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WHFR, RadioFreePalmer, WTIP, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 7
The FIRST 'Boss' of Asbury Park
From: Amber Edwards
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The first, and biggest, musical superstar from Asbury Park was not Bruce Springsteen, and he didn't play rock & roll

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 06, 2006
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 2
Border Radio: The Big Jukebox in the Sky
From: Texas Folklife
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An hour-long music special on the story of Border Radio. Toe tapping music from hillbilly, western swing, Mexican conjunto and contemporary, rhythm...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WTIP, KEOS and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 14
Crescent City: Spring 2005
From: WWNO
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"Crescent City" celebrates spring in New Orleans

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 59:16
The Ebony Hillbillies
From: Amber Edwards
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The Ebony Hillbillies prove you don?t have to be white and Southern to play authentic, down home country music...they are hip, urban, and black. A...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Public Interactive, WKMS, KCUR and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 8
Vince Giordano
From: Amber Edwards
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the "greatest generation" had the greatest music, according to hot jazz bandleader/historian Vince Giordano

Bought by KERA


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
First Trumpet Memories
From: Adam Allington
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Trumpet player Irving Sarin recalls the strict disicpline of legenardy conductor Fritz Reiner

Bought by PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WUNC, PRX, Public Interactive and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2005
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 7
"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice"
From: Angela Taylor
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"Out of the Ashes: Teatro la Fenice" is a feature on the tragedy and triumphant return of this iconic Venetian opera and music house.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 17:14
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Shanties
From: Raquel Maria Dillon
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Singing Sea Shanties by the Seashore

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2004
  • Length: 08:23
  • Purchases: 1