Recommended Listening: Citizen Radio

Posted 26 August, 2010 in Politics & Activism, Radio

Highly recommended political commentary, interviews and comedy from Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny.

NewsTalk 950 in Rochester strengthens its lineup

Posted 15 February, 2007 in Radio, Rochester

NewsTalk 950 WROC, former home of the original The Jason Crane Show, is Rochester’s progressive talk station. With the departure of Al Franken from Air America yesterday, WROC took the opportunity to revamp its lineup. The new version is much, much stronger. Here it is:

• 12 a.m. — Politically Direct (hosted by David Bender, sponsored by People for the American Way)
• 1 a.m. — Joey Reynolds (old-school variety talk show from WOR in NYC)
• 6 a.m. — The Bill Press Show
• 9 a.m. — Stephanie Miller
• 12 p.m. — Ed Schultz (live instead of taped, as it had been until now)
• 3 p.m. — Randi Rhodes (also live now instead of taped)
• 6 p.m. — News 8 (audio of local TV newscast)
• 6:30 p.m. — Rachel Maddow (for my money, the brightest light to come out of the whole Air America adventure)
• 8 p.m. — Democracy Now! (finally, a local station dares to air this daily progressive news program from Pacifica)
• 9 p.m. — Lionel (in my opinion, this show is the low point of the schedule, but you can’t have it all…)
• 11 p.m. — News 8 (audio of local TV newscast)
• 11:30 p.m. — Lionel (again)

I’ve got to say that I’m really impressed with this new lineup. Sounds like the program director has a vision for what to do with this station. Kudos!

The full schedule and links to the shows are at the NewsTalk 950 Web site.

Julius LaRosa and Why I Love Live Radio

Posted 31 December, 2006 in Jazz, Music, Radio

I’m sitting here listening to the Sunday Music Festa on Jazz90.1. My good friend Otto Bruno is interviewing singer Julius LaRosa right now, and reminding me why I love good, live radio. Otto and Julius are telling old show biz stories, playing great classic music, and just generally doing what radio was intended to do — bringing culture, humor, entertainment and information into our homes. For free.

You can find out more about Julius LaRosa at his official Web site.

Otto’s back

Posted 30 December, 2006 in Music, Radio, Random Musings, Rochester

My good friend Otto Bruno is back in two media: He’s (finally!) got a new entry on his blog, From Where I Sit, and he’s also on the radio tomorrow (New Year’s Eve) with his wonderful show the Sunday Music Festa. Tomorrow’s show features an interview with vocal legend Julius La Rosa. Don’t miss it. Tune in to Jazz90.1 in the Rochester area, or visit jazz901.org to listen live via the Internet.

Walt Whitman and I on the news

Posted 16 May, 2006 in Literature, Radio, Rochester, TV

If you have a time machine, you can watch me earlier today on News10 NBC here in Rochester, talking about the Whitman event.

If you have a radio or computer, you can hear me tomorrow (Wednesday) at 3:30 p.m. on Jack Mindy’s show on Jazz90.1. The station is at 90.1 FM, or on the Internet.

The birth of a new blog!

Posted 10 February, 2006 in Radio, Random Musings, Rochester

My good friend Otto Bruno has just launched his new site, ottobruno.com. The site is the home of Otto’s blog, From Where I Sit, as well as a place to find his magazine articles. Otto is the host of The Sunday Music Festa and The Otto Show on Jazz90.1, and he also writes a monthly show biz column for the national Italian-American newspaper Fra Noi. Check out Otto’s site, and tell him Jason sent ya!

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