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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 ...
- Added: Jul 20, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Back on July 13, 1985, Live Aid happened. How did it come to be? Was it a success? We'll tell you all about it.
- Added: Jul 13, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
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
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
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...
- Added: Jun 22, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
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
Covid-19 as been a disaster for the country. However, it has led to a lot of songs. Some good, some bad. From the beginning of recorded music, d...
- Added: May 18, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
In 1976, SNL offered $3000 to the Beatles to reform and play on the show. It's not the only money offered for the Beatles to reform but it is the ...
- Added: May 11, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
During lock down, many musicians and bands are taking to the web and streaming themselves. Non-professionals are also singing to their iPhone and ...
- Added: May 04, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
It's May and that usually means Proms! But...not this year. So, to celebrate a little, Tammy and I are going to talk about the Prom and all the g...
- Added: Apr 27, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This week, Tammy is back and we're looking into the effect the Coronavirus has had on people's listening and viewing habits. We'll also discuss th...
- Added: Apr 20, 2020
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 5
This week, host Joe Burns talks with author Greg Renoff about his new book, Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life in Music
- Added: Apr 13, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week, host Joe Burns speaks with two professional Roadies, Festival Sound Engineer Mike Delia and Evan Richner of Jason Aldean about how Coro...
- Added: Apr 13, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This week we carry on the tradition of talking about things which have happened decade by decade leading up to 2020.
- Added: Dec 31, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week we celebrate the new year by looking back ten years back from this new year.
- Added: Dec 26, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
This week on the show we carry on our tradition of honoring those we've lost this year.
- Added: Dec 17, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This week we talk about bands which only play during Christmas.
- Added: Dec 17, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This week on the show we talk about "Baby It's Cold Outside" and other controversial Christmas songs.
- Added: Dec 12, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week on the show we talk about songs which respond to other songs.
- Added: Nov 27, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week on the show we talk about the Juno awards.
- Added: Nov 27, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This week on the show we tell you what payola is and a brief history behind it.
- Added: Nov 20, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week we talk about the use of cell phones during concerts.
- Added: Nov 07, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week on the show we talk about a report which gives information about the worlds music.
- Added: Oct 18, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
This week we talk about what a person passing does to their music sales.
- Added: Oct 07, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 7
Celebrate the majesty and musicality of self-proclaimed band geeks.
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Oct 06, 2019
- Length: 22:02
- Purchases: 1
