The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 9, 2020

The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM.ย  The show can be streamed tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Time Artist Song Release Genre Label 8:00 PM The Plimsouls A Million Miles Away Everywhere at Once Pop Geffen 8:04 PM The…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 2, 2020

The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM.ย  The show can be streamed tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Time Artist Song Release Genre Label 8:00 PM Din Reptiles Great Tradition Rock Din 8:04 PM New Order Age of Consent Power…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for September 25, 2020

The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM.ย  The show can be streamed tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Time Artist Song Genre Label 8:00 PM Combo Audio Romanticide Secret 8:04 PM Dead Sea Squirrels 1800 Miles 8:07 PM The Groop…

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A radio show must have a logo…

So I’ve been blasting away on my brand new radio show.ย  It’s been fun, and even though each episode is only an hour in length, I’ve been enjoying making the shows, finding the music, producing the content – in other words, it’s like being back in college, but without the classwork. But here’s the thing.ย …

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for September 18, 2020

The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM.ย  The show can be streamed tonight at 8:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org.   Time Artist Song Composer Label 8:56 PM Emerson Bimby My Little Bomb Show Nuff 8:49 PM Jenny Burton Remember What You…

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The Return of the Playlists

During my college radio years – the early college radio years, from 1981 to 1985ย  – we had a strict rule.ย  Whatever a DJ played on the air had to be written down on a special sheet of paper.ย  This was your playlist.ย  It didn’t matter if you played ten Beatles records in a row,…

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Well, it’s official. The show continues.

So over the summer, I’ve remotely returned to my old college radio station, WHCL 88.7 FM in Hamilton College.ย  I did a one-hour broadcast of my old “Nightowl Radio Show,” a mixture of popular and eclectic music.ย  It was fun, it was entertaining, it was a chance to be part of one of the few…

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Jennifer Hager’s Wall of Gratitude

Jennifer Hager and I went to college together.ย  We were good friends – and if you could say someone was “kind of intelligent,” Jennifer was certainly “intelligent and kind.”ย  Still is, in fact.ย  Although the years have guided us on different paths, we recently re-connected on Facebook. And apparently, during COVID-19, she’s found a new…

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Well, my newest radio stint might actually last longer than my previous radio stint…

This summer, I was able to return to my college radio station, WHCL (88.7 FM, or whcl.org for you new-heads).ย  Friday nights at 11:00 p.m. Eastern time, my old college radio show, the Nightowl Radio Show, returned from the archives and spun once more. It’s been a fun run, and I really enjoyed putting together…

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