WMCN 91.7 FM
FALL 2008 PROGRAM GUIDE
ROCK NEWS/TALK ELECTRONIC/DANCE HIP-HOP/SOUL/FUNK
AMERICANA/FOLK/JAZZ WORLD CLASSICAL METAL VARIETY/OTHER
STAFF SHOW
MONDAY
[12 pm – 1 pm]
Claire Hipkens : An Audiophile on
Holiday
Everyday is a reason to
celebrate, and on my show we honor every one of them. From National Pancake Day to the anniversary
of the end of Prohibition, each event deserves a mix. Tune in and get down to the best holiday jams
in town.
[1 pm – 2 pm]
Kai Bosworth : TBA
[2 pm – 4 pm]
Charlotte
Fagan & Lily Gordon-Koven : No, I’m Not a
Hipster!
Your amazing hosts
Charlotte and Lily provide a window into the hipster world seen through our
incredibly unhip eyes!
[4 pm – 6 pm]
Ben Glickstein, Josh Porte & Elliott Niblock : Jus Smellin’
An
interactive olfactory experience.
[6 pm – 8 pm]
Laura Burton : Minnesota is
my Girlfriend
Showcase of bands from
Minnesota.
[8 pm – 10 pm]
Mark Verdin : Blow Me or Die Trying (B Me or D T)
Chill out, learn Kobaian, and maybe see the angel of truth.
[10 pm – 12 am]
Carl Skarbek :
Sleepovers With Carl
Don’t be afraid to
sleep over. You will be lulled to sleep
by the low fidelity sounds of the past and present. You can have my bed. I’ll sleep on the couch.
[12 am – 2 am]
Lillie Taggart : Pony Tales
Storytime for Mac students! Nostalgic for the days when you were tucked
into bed, told a story, and had a lullaby sung to you? Tune in for two hours of stories and music,
following a new theme each week.
TUESDAY
[10 am – 12 pm]
Daniel Kerwin & Eddie Oliver : Sports Nuts
Back for a second
season, Eddie and Daniel go nuts on any and every sports topic out there—a new
special guest every week.
[12 pm – 2 pm]
Jonathan
Bernstein : Grand
Avenue Freeze-Out
A
thematic journey through the last 50 years of American rock and roll.
[2 pm – 4 pm]
Eitan Feldman : Latinos, Latinas y otras
Locuras (Latinos, Latinas and other craziness)
Immerse yourself in the
power of Spanish in its more than 100 musical variations.
[4 pm – 6 pm]
Linda Nguyen : Woman,
Native, Other
The gangsters we are
all looking for.
[6 pm – 7 pm]
Nick Kahn : The Only News
You Need to Know
Nuff said.
[7 pm – 8 pm]
Reed Boskey : Boskey
[8 pm – 10 pm]
Sean Hickey :
Radio Free Europe
Artist of the week
[10 pm – 12 am]
Isaac Rotto : Cubist Grid
“I don’t like hypnotics,
y’see? I mean,
I’m doing a non-hypnotic music to break up the catatonic state, and I think
there is one right now.”—Captain Beefheart, 1980.
[12 am – 2 am]
Will Cohen & Stephen Miller : Folkaroni & Blues
Everything
from Johnson to Hendrix, Guthrie to Dylan.
WEDNESDAY
[8 am – 10 am]
Geoffrey
Gorham : Compendium
Musicae
Philosophical
college pop of all times and places, but with special emphasis on the 80s and
Canada.
[10 am – 12 pm]
Melanie Raydo : The Magical Motorboat Tour
Tunes that match your
destination!
[12 pm – 2 pm]
AJ Randolph & Brian Hurlow : Droid Storage
Playing
a host of Electronic music from now and yesteryear.
[2 pm – 4 pm]
Kerry Alexander : Post-It
Notes
Don’t you hate it when
a song gets stuck in your head? Well,
stop hatin’ and start shakin’!!!
[4 pm – 6 pm]
Matt Kusner & Dan Rocklin : The Ticker
We look at
CNN.com. Then we play music that is
related to the headlines. Show is both
educational, and fun, like the Magic Schoolbus.
[6 pm – 8 pm]
Casey Battaglino :
TBA
[8 pm – 9 pm]
Abby Tofte
& Louise Sharrow : Minn-innati
Canoerock, and more.
[9 pm – 11 pm]
Zach Dotray:
So this is what the volume knob is for
Pukefest.
[11 pm – 12 am]
Franz Meyer & Jake Levy-Pollans : I’m George W. Bush
and I Approve This Radio Show
In these dark,
troubling and contentious times, the world looks to Jake Levy-Pollans and Franz Meyer for inspiration and guidance. The dynamic duo are
only too happy to accept this call.
[12 am – 2 am]
Caitlyn
Cohen & Tim Campbell : Transatlantic Clashic Rock Hour
CNN Special Report:
Bristol Palin gives birth to 300 lb. behemoth baby,
names him Transatlanticclashicrockhour Palin.
[2 am – 4 am]
Palmer Fliss & Morgan Sleeper : Radio Celtica
Prepare to be serenaded HARDCORE
straight outta the Isles.
THURSDAY
[10 am – 12 pm]
Bobbi Gass & Maxwell Cady : 7/11,
Surrender!
We will light your
feet, mind, and pants on fire, then douse it out with a Slurpee.
[12 pm – 2 pm]
Molly
Brookfield & Marlene Delgado : Pop Go the DJs
Kick off your shoes and
twist, hustle, or moonwalk your way through the ages of popular music. We’ll play the best, the worst, and the
forgotten of America’s Top Forty hits.
[2 pm – 4 pm]
Eartha Bell & Claire Berge : Thursday
Afternoon Wake and Shake
Shake off those
Thursday afternoon headaches with a smooooth mix of
grooves. Eartha
and Claire will take you there.
[4 pm – 5 pm]
Nathan Fredrickson : Flannel
and Bowl Cuts
Because the 90s are all
we have the right to be nostalgic about.
[5 pm – 6 pm]
Jeremy Meckler : The John Glenn Theatre of the Ear
A theatre of chills,
thrills, accidental spills, anxiety pills, and pickles (dills). Don’t forget to bring an extra change of
pants, you may wet them. From fear or hilarity?
[6 pm – 8 pm]
Corbin Cavallero
& Ben Holt : Frank’s
Place
Generally
not revolting.
[8 pm – 10 pm]
Geoff Stueven
: Senior Service
Though it may be
secondhand, it’s by no means second rate.
[10 pm – 11 pm]
Jeffrey Rivera & Bassam Khawaja :
Metalstörm
Metalstörm is a show devoted entirely to the worship of metal.
[11 pm – 12 am]
Peter Valelly :
A Secret History of Sound
Hidden
musical histories.
[12 am – 2 am]
William Chilton : Phat Willy and Friends
An eclectic late night
show full of witty banter and good music.
Many guests frequent the show, and antics are common. It is a pleasure for anyone working late at
night and always good for a laugh.
FRIDAY
[12 pm – 2 pm]
Megan Wang : Lo-fi, nice, hi!
Sneakers and secrets
and scrabble and sedans—nice things, ya know?
[2 pm – 4 pm]
Jay Schwartz & Kevin Sullivan : Super funtastic adventure of happiness DJ set
Artsy,
knee-slapping metal. Brutal, frostbitten folk. This station is their love child.
[4 pm – 6 pm]
Joe
Rasmussen & Neil Hilborn : Punk Show
Punk.
[6 pm – 8 pm]
Arella Vargas : TC Local
Music
Would you like to
discover Twin Cities local music? Here’s a good place to start. Each week I will play a variety of great
local music and keep you in the loop with upcoming local shows.
[8 pm – 10 pm]
Nolan Levenson & Lloyd Vogel : TBA
[10 pm – 12 am]
Andrew Rich & Luke Marcott : Harmonic Discharge
Our milky smooth tunes
will keep your creamy goodness flowing as we play tunes steaming from our
cavernous ovens of wax cylinders. Expect
to hear old music, new music, local music, music from afar, and anything from
jazz to trance. Tune in for a new theme
each week.
SATURDAY
[10 am – 12 pm]
Joseph Novak : Weird Sounds
from the 80s
Exploring the frothy
backwaters of 80s music.
[12 pm – 2 pm]
Matt Seidholz & Hector E. Ramos-Ramos : The Manchild Fundamentals
Babies, put down your ba-bas! It’s time to
wean yourself from mommy and learn to walk like a
graduate. Tune in and savor the anxiety
as Matt and Hec struggle to understand what comes
after Macalester. Who knows—maybe you’ll
learn something!
[2 pm – 4 pm]
Adam
Jones, Mike Fausz & Daniel Lohmann : The Deep Kick
The bands you love, the songs you might not have heard. Deeper listening to the
legendary artists of yesterday and today.
[4 pm – 6 pm]
David Espinoza : Keiko’s Mixtape
Underground sounds from
Japan.
[6 pm – 8 pm]
Peter Vader : Peter’s Pretty
Prosaic
Everyday
radio from the 60s (most) and 70s (some). Influential and
obscure rock and pop from the experimental to the Establishment.
[8 pm – 10 pm]
Todd Copenhaver & Alex Park : Hella Cool Jazz Hour
The
genocide of smooth jazz.
[10 pm – 12 am]
Andrew Berger & Sam Robertson : TBA
[12 am – 2 am]
Ben Gockel : Bringing the Jungle
to Grand Ave
Sit back and listen to
music from south of the US border here on WMCN.
Not only will the most excellent music pour forth from your speakers,
but your knowledgeable hosts will discuss the varied and exciting history
(incarceration of Brazilian Tropicalia artists??)
behind music in South America during the 1950s to 1980.
[2 am – 4 am]
Susann Puican & Hayley Berra : TBA
A cornucopia of early morning awesomeness, hosted by two of the coolest people on campus.
SUNDAY
[10 am – 12 pm]
Katie Trostel
& Adam Troldahl : Babble Radio
In their desperate
attempt to have an A-for-Awesome senior year, Adam and Katie made a last ditch
attempt at popularity by deciding to host a radio show. Tune in between ten and
noon on Sundays, or come visit us at our "alone table" at Cafe Mac.
You'll know it's us...we're the only seniors with the full meal plan.
[12 pm – 2 pm]
Tom Lisi & Jeff Bennett
: Macalester Insight
Hear what’s happening
around you from the people around you at Macalester Insight.
[2 pm – 4 pm]
Ryan Taylor & Omkar Kalaskar :
This is how we chill
Alphabetically, we’re
coming after you like the letter V.
[4 pm – 5 pm]
Darren Angle : Scrumptious
Cornbread
Indie Rawk and Indie Hip Hop from the South.
[5 pm – 6 pm]
Harley Brown & Alison Liss : The Sexy Sesquipedalian
Hearken to our show as
we revel in the dulcet tones of sesquipedalian songs. Each week we will feature
words you would normally find in an SAT vocab book.
[6 pm – 8 pm]
Jim Johnson : The Blue Light Radio Theatre
A fun Old Time Radio
Show featuring Mystery, Drama, Horror, and Suspense from radio’s Golden Age.
[8 pm – 10 pm]
Aaron Mendelson : Exile on Grand Ave
A pox upon the Current
and all the blogs you read / They fuck up your
opinions and they’re very good indeed
[10 pm – 12 am]
Mike Sawyer (Clawhammer Mike) : Stringband Mayhem
This show will feature
hard driving stringband music from the mountains of
Appalachia. Other tangents will be how
early African American country blues affected this music and solo banjo and
fiddle work.
[12 am – 2 am]
Steven Willis : Both
Sides of Cool
It is a blend of Old
School and New School from all around the country.