Category: Blog

  • WVKR Goes To The Dogs!

    Meet VKR’s new mascot– Buddy Vidrine, the 11-month old standard poodle of Cajun Medicine Show’s Doctor Romo.  You can never know for sure who’s really operating the board. Cajun Medicine Show airs every Thursday from 10 AM to noon.

  • WAVVES WVKR Set

      Two weeks ago San Diego’s  surf-punk one-man superstar WAVVES stopped by VKR to hammer our some tracks on an old Stella acoustic, ditching his trademark wall-of-noise to let the pure tunes shine.  Check out “To The Dregs” off of his current record “WAVVVES” (Fat Possum) and a new untitled track. 1. To The Dregs…

  • Chinese What?!

    From the beginning, I’ve had a secret fear of writing on this blog. The truth of the matter is that my taste in music isn’t particularly cool. For my show, I’ll spend hours rooting around the Good Will vinyl stacks for borscht-belt comedy or dixieland jazz. And I’ll never get sick of 1960’s folk music,…

  • Remember to Donate to WVKR!

    Another friendly reminder from your local WVKR finance director that it’s never too late to donate to independent radio. “But we’re in tough economic times,” you may say. Well here are some reasons why it’s even MORE important to donate now. 1. It’s tax deductible! The stimulus bill was only about 40% tax cuts, so…