Tag: wirq
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09: It’s 1987 Again, with 3 Teenage DJs from WIRQ Rochester
Dust off your boombox, pop open a cold Tab, and grab your can of Aqua-Net — we’re going back to Saturdays in 1987 at New Music 93 WIRQ, the new-wave station “serving the universe from the top of Irondequoit High School,” just outside Rochester. After 30+ years I’ve had the chance to catch up live…
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03: This Package Contains Evidence
A package arrives in the mail. Inside, it’s an old copy of the Rochester Times Union — a paper that no longer exists, with a story from 1987 about a small movement that no longer exists. It’s tangible proof that we, the freaks and geeks behind the mic at WIRQ, our high school radio station,…
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02: I Was a Teenage FCC Renegade
A confession story: I was a teenage FCC renegade, and it’s time I came clean. After that, Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate share life’s greatest walk-on song. I share my own earthquake stories, followed by some fictional, unfortunate fateful moments for others. We take a trip to Louisiana with Beau Joque and the Zydeco Hi-Rollers…
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01: How Frogs Changed Me Forever in 1986
I’m kicking this off with my own 36 year-old origin story before diving into music discovery. You’ll also hear how Muddy Waters may have inadvertently killed off the Esso Trinidad Steel Band. And how Kermit the Frog sparked an unexpected 75-mile love connection, facilitated via KEXP in Seattle. In between: New Order, Hot 8 Brass…