Category: Blog
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20 Years of Polka Rascals
This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of WVKR’s most popular and storied programs, the Polka Rascals Monday night edition. Tom and Cindy Zak, the husband and wife team that hosts this weekly show, kindly answered our questions about their two decades at the station and their personal histories with Polka music. Enjoy! WVKR:…
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Les Meilleurs Albums Français
Salut! J’écris ce poste directement de ma chambre à Paris. And, in honor of spring break in Paris, I present you with a few of my top French albums (7 of them, because I couldn’t narrow it down to 5). These are French albums near and dear to my heart, some classics (and maybe slightly cliché) but…
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A Note from a WVKR Alumnus
We recently received a thoughtful note from Jay Briar, former WVKR DJ and executive staff member, catching us up with where life has taken him since graduation. We thank Jay for his kind letter and encourage all former DJs or staff members reading this to drop us a line through the mail (Box 726, 124…
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Polka Dot Dot Dot, A Review of Sorts
In Walter Percy’s The Moviegoer, Binx Bolling views movies as a sort of validation. In a constant fight against becoming an Anyone, lost in deadening everydayness, Binx shambles together a unique reality from the movies he sees. For Binx, movies situate time, place, and even character. A neighborhood only becomes real–becomes solid–when it is featured…