Category: Blog
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These United States // Live Session
Earlier this month psychedelic folk-mongering Johnny Appleseeds THESE UNITED STATES made their way to WVKR for some acoustic recordings before playing a show at Vassar. Check out the awesome tracks from the session below: Those Low Country Girls Kings And Aces Sun Is Below And Above Six Fast Bullets
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Message from Halimah, former WVKR General Manager
Dear WVKR, How is my favorite independent radio station? I am writing on the off chance you are interested in my post-VKR life. For those of you I don’t know, I graduated in 2007 and was GM my senior year and finance director before that. After working a few different jobs (programmer at the Free…
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WVKR DJ nominated for Webby Award
WVKR is pleased to announce that Vassar student and DJ, Matthew Leung, has been nominated for a Webby Award for his video about Vassar College and the financial crisis. The video, produced for CNNMoney, can be viewed at Matt’s website. The decision of which video will win depends partly on the number of votes received.…
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WVKR Celebrates Hudson Valley Rag Shop’s Silver Anniversary
It has been 25 years since D.B. Brown has taken the airwaves here at WVKR. Since his show’s start, the folk and acoustic sounds of Hudson Valley Rag Shop (Tuesday evenings, 6-8pm) have steadily built a significant fanbase in the Hudson Valley and beyond. While not operating the soundboard, D.B. spends his time in an…