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Debut at Number One
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The first single to debut at number one was in September of 1995. Since then it's happening more and more, quicker and quicker. Why is that? Wha...

Bought by KSRQ, WOUB, Harford Community Radio, KWIT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bands With Differing Political Views
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It is easy to pick out the bands that lean left. It is easy to pick out the bands that lean right. However, in this time of politics, what happen...

Bought by WOUB, WYAP, Harford Community Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Last Song Before Passing Away
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This is our Halloween show for 2020. We're going to list the last song rock stars played before passing away. It is a macabre topic but it is Hal...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WNYO, WYAP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Series Ending Songs
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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So many television series have ended and those endings have been connected to a song. In fact, of the top 10 most watched series finales, seven of...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio, and WNYO


  • Added: Oct 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sponsored Tours
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Back in 1981, when the Stones toured on Tattoo You, they had what many believe to be the first sponsored tour. Jovan Must paid $1 million to put t...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2020
  • Length: 02:02:40
  • Purchases: 6
Wedding Anniversaries
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This month is my 32nd wedding anniversaries so, just for fun, we'll play songs that are popular for anniversaries, tell you some odd trivia and jus...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, WNYO and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
History of Happy Birthday
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's my birthday this week. We went out to a chain restaurant and they sang their odd birthday song to me. I wondered why because Happy Birthday ...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, KSRQ, WYAP, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Memoir of a Roadie
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week we'll speak to best-selling author Joel Miller about his book, "Memoir of a Roadie: Axl said I made a great cup of tea... Scott Weiland l...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
EQ Killed the Radio Star
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Author Alan Vanderburg talks with us this week about his book, EQ Killed the Radio Star. He believes he's found the reason why some bands break up...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, WNYO, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Graceland
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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What do you know about Elvis' Graceland? Did he name it? Are you sure? What is the history of the house? Did you know Graceland was NOT his fir...

Bought by WOUB, WYAP, Harford Community Radio, KSRQ, and KWIT


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Apollo 11
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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In July of 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Did you know they had a cassette player on board? Most of you probably think David Bowie when you ...

Bought by WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, KWIT, and KTRL


  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Headstones
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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A good many Blues and Jazz performers from the early 1900s died without a penny in the bank. They were indeed buried but without a headstone. Fut...

Bought by KWIT, WOUB, WYAP, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
American Top 40
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Casey Kasem's Top 40 debuted on a July the 4th. Since that's this week, here's a quick history of the show, the host changes and all the good stuf...

Bought by KZYX, Harford Community Radio, KWIT, KSRQ, and KTRL


  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Back Up Singers
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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You may know the lead singer or the band - but who's singing backup? Today we'll tell you some famous people who started as backup singers and the...

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, WNYO, WYAP, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Groupie Pilcher - Climbing up the Eiffel Tower
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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Norman Pilcher was the head of a special drug task force in London in the later 60s. He's know for his big public drug busts of the biggest names ...

Bought by WOUB, KRSC, KWIT, WYAP, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Creeque Alley
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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The Mamas and the Papas' Creqque Alley works a lot like American Pie. Every line is a reference to some piece of history. This week, Tammy and I ...

Bought by WOUB, KWIT, KSRQ, Harford Community Radio, and KRSC


  • Added: May 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Covid and Streaming
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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During lock down, many musicians and bands are taking to the web and streaming themselves. Non-professionals are also singing to their iPhone and ...

Bought by WOUB, KSRQ, KWIT, WYAP, KRSC and more


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Corona and Two Roadies
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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This week, host Joe Burns speaks with two professional Roadies, Festival Sound Engineer Mike Delia and Evan Richner of Jason Aldean about how Coro...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WOUB, KRSC, KWIT, and KTRL


  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 57: Everyday Genius
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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To close out 2016, we’re bringing you two lighter stories of people exhibiting everyday genius under. . . unusual circumstances. Comedian Dave Holm...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 18:44
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 42: The Finger
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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People have been giving each other “the finger” since Ancient Greece. The first documented use is said to be a photograph from 1886 in which the pi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KALW


  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 15:58
  • Purchases: 2
Comedy, Comedians, and Political Correctness: Not a Laughing Matter
From: Lauren Perlowski
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This piece looks at what is and is not acceptable to say on stage from a comedians point of view.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 04:40
The Speed of Sound: Walk The Moon
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Few people had as good a 2015 as Walk the Moon. Their song Shut Up And Dance was everywhere. Everywhere. And it’s follow up single, Different Co...

Bought by KUCB and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Allusionist 1: Ban the Pun
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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In late 2014, China announced it was to ban puns. Helen Zaltzman wishes she could ban puns in her own family.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 16:21
Rob Schneider, Comedian
From: Jesse Regis
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From Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, Home Alone, and what seems like every comedy ever - Rob Schneider has been playing the game for half his life. ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2014
  • Length: 12:21
Top 100 Americans?
From: Jeff Karr
Series: The Jeff Karr Show
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What's wrong with this list?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:24