Month: November 2009

  • Grooms play live set for WVKR

    If you’ve been paying attention to our charts recently, then you may notice one band that stubbornly refuses to fall out of the Top 5 at the station. Having recently released their first album “Rejoicer” under their new moniker, Grooms have been impressing many with their Sonic Youth-addled damaged noisy rock sound. Grooms, however, is…

  • The Timeless Wit and Rhythm of Cole Porter

    As a jazz DJ here at WVKR, I’m constantly scanning our vinyl collection to look for old goodies.  A name that often comes up is that of Cole Porter, one of the most prolific and famous American songwriters.  You probably know songs like “Night and Day”, “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, and “Begin the…

  • Guest blog: Nathaniel Sandler a.k.a. Chicken Flava, General Manager 2004

    That Bear. Maybe you’ve heard his grizzly call. Faintly, like a grumbly ringing in your ears. He stands hibernating on the third floor of the College Center at Vassar. In the lobby of WVKR. So captivating. So carnivorous. So much potential for mauling. Did you know “Bear Danger” is an accepted phrase? It refers to…

  • Comic Michele Balan Live on Lost And Found

    Comic Michele Balan of “Jay Leno Laugh Squad” and “Last Comic Standing” will be a guest on WVKR’s “Lost And Found Oldies Show” today at 3pm. She’s hilarious and she’ll be LIVE in the studio dishing the oldies and cracking us up before her performance at Bananas Comedy Club tonight in Poughkeepsie. Check this out: (http://www.thejaylenoshow.com/laugh-squad/michele-balan/) Tune in!