Spring 2017 Radiothon Program Guide
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| DJ | Show Name | Show Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | |||
| 00:00-02:00 | Penina Harte | Songs of Three Generations | |
| 02:00-04:00 | Heather Hawley | Better Than The Original? | I'll play a song, then play a cover I think rivals the original |
| 04:00-07:00 | Emma Gnatowski & Dan McHale | Caught in the Elements | Songs with titles involving Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water |
| 07:00-09:00 | Emmet Bryan | A Nation Divided | An exploration of modern music written about the American Civil War |
| 09:00-12:00 | The Winds of Change | Woman's Aural March in honor of Women's History Month | |
| 12:00-14:00 | Jaz | Jaz's Declassified College Survival Guide | |
| 14:00-15:30 | RLRO Nation | Cover Bands You Didn't Know About | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Ashley Cimino | Goodbyes/Ghosts of WUVT's Past | Going out on a good note |
| 17:00-19:00 | J'n'J | J'n'J Graduation Party | Any party music, like Prince! |
| 19:00-21:00 | Aural Pleasure with Courtney | Berry the Record Slayer | Songs by artists that were signed to the iconic record label, Motown |
| 21:00-24:00 | Cool DJ Cutty $harp | $plit Crate$ Radio | Rare, one-of-a-kind, out-of-print DJ Thanksgiving Brown (WUVT legend, now based in Brooklyn) Megamix! |
| Tuesday | |||
| 00:00-02:00 | Sam Herron and Charlie Kirby | At Bat Songs | |
| 02:00-04:00 | Andrew Barber | Late Night w/FMPD | A specially curated playlist, full of unreleased and unknown goodies, brought to you by the FM Program Director |
| 04:00-07:00 | Cypress Beach | That Summer Feeling | |
| 07:00-09:00 | Calvin Long | It's a Family Tradition | Songs by the children of famous country and folk musicians |
| 09:00-12:00 | Have You Got It Yet? | A WUVT Graffititacular II | Exit Through the Rock Stack |
| 12:00-14:00 | DJ Dee and DJ Jay | The Golden Age of Radio | |
| 14:00-15:30 | Chrissy | Rug Boys Return! | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Sarah and Katie | Frank Ocean's Collabs | Songs sampled on Frank Ocean's Blonde |
| 17:00-19:00 | Clark Gaylord | Going Downtown | Bang on a Can and other downtown things |
| 19:00-21:00 | The Monster of Love | The Monster at the End of this Book | Paranoia, Surveillance, the apocalypse... What is the greatest conspiracy of them all? Find out, on our journey to the end of love. |
| 21:00-24:00 | Kathleen Martin | Songs and their Samples | |
| Wednesday | |||
| 00:00-02:00 | Amelia Meyer | Nature Songs | Songs to take a walk to and enjoy the sun |
| 02:00-04:00 | Mox Nox | The Best of ＳＩＭＰＳＯＮＷＡＶＥ | |
| 04:00-07:00 | The Night Watch | Connection Game | Each song is connected to the next in some way |
| 07:00-09:00 | Dinosaur | The Welcome Museum | Please Pick Me a Theme |
| 09:00-12:00 | Harrison | Anxious Beats and Calming Treats | |
| 12:00-14:00 | The Wiggity Whack Swaggy Stack Show | Bird is the Word! | All tracks played will either feature a bird's name in the band name or the song title. Squawk on that! |
| 14:00-15:30 | Laurel | Sample Platter | Songs and the other songs they sampled from |
| 15:30-17:00 | Joeboy | Fam | |
| 17:00-19:00 | Commodore Ace Fever | The Mystery Secret Them Show | Will not be televised |
| 19:00-21:00 | The Local Zone | The Marble Berry Seeds: Live on the Local Zone! | Blacksburg's own The Marble Berry Seeds will be playing live for a special Radiothon Performance |
| 21:00-24:00 | Don "The Don" Rastberger | The Begathon XVII: Santo vs. The Villains of the Ring (featuring the music of KAOS | "The Don" is once again forced to beg for money for three hours, while playing music from the collection of his friend and recently passed Blacksburg legend, Grampa KAOS. Surely this will cause him to finally lose his mind!!! |
| Thursday | |||
| 00:00-02:00 | DJ Promised Hero | Put Your Heart on the Beat | |
| 02:00-04:00 | Ben Trogdon | Mountain Songs | Get your lumberjack on! |
| 04:00-07:00 | Intergalactic Space Federation Radio: Broadcasting from the Wharf Inside Andy's Space Bedroom | The Sound of Techno | Live from the Lylat System inside Andy's Radio Broadcasting Traveling Space Trabby, Andy and his friends bring you 3 hours of non-stop techno, for all in the NRV and throughout the Galaxy! |
| 07:00-09:00 | Miles Goodall | Allegheny Something | Blues and Golds - Songs, artists, and album names with blue or gold, the blues, and West Virginian songs |
| 09:00-12:00 | Super Groovy Delicious | The Final Frontier | David Bowie's "Space Oddity/Ashes to Ashes", Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive", Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon", and many more |
| 12:00-14:00 | Andrew Balluck | Tranquillity FM | A radio station as if it were on the moon |
| 14:00-15:30 | Alexis Medina | Love, Sex, and Magic | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Molly Graham | Dungeons and DJs | A "choose your own adventure" radio show |
| 17:00-19:00 | Ben C | Happy Holidays presents: Music Inspired by Mass Appeals' Rhythm Roulette | Inspired by the YouTube series "Mass appeals' Rhythm roulette" (which we here at Happy Holidays have so far watched for approximately 69 hours [Why does this number keep coming up?]), Happy Holidays presents a special collection of beats and songs by producers featured on this series. Artists such as 9th wonder, DJ Dahi, Wondagurl, and Thelonius Martin will make an appearance. Also, Happy Pencil Day. |
| 19:00-21:00 | Carly Faulkner | Kosmische Musik | Musik für Aliens |
| 21:00-24:00 | The Rare Groove | Songs about sex, that you didn't know were about sex | |
| Friday | |||
| 00:00-02:00 | Vince Mazolla | Bearded Bassist's Bassics of Bass | Basically Vince's favorite basslines |
| 02:00-04:00 | DJ SpaceDad & Solo Dolo | Outer Space | |
| 04:00-07:00 | Jess | The Witching Hour! | Female artists that I think might be witches |
| 07:00-09:00 | James Wood | Songs for Living in the End Times | |
| 09:00-12:00 | Divita & Amanda | Nasty Women | Showcasing our favorite female artists who have cool stories and are bad ass women at heart |
| 12:00-14:00 | DJ Ginger Spice | Video Killed the Radiothon Star | Songs with some of our favorite TV shows, like Milski's "Francis Forever", which was featured on Adventure Time! |
| 14:00-15:30 | Ellie Muraca | Rollin' with the Homies | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Sarah Phippen | Hey Mom, What's Your Favorite Song? | |
| 17:00-19:00 | The David and Parisa Show | TV Show Theme Songs | |
| 19:00-21:00 | Marc Secrist | Double Tracked | A show so nice, I'm doing it twice. It's two shows layered on top of one another. |
| 21:00-24:00 | Symphonies of the Night | Metal Reimagining | Metal Renditions of Songs |
| Saturday | |||
| 00:00-02:00 | Moxley | Post Rock Classics | |
| 02:00-04:00 | Emmet Bryan | Late Night Jams | Emmet plays a selection of long songs to lose yourself in |
| 04:00-07:00 | The Night Watch | Mix Match | A mix of genres spliced together in a pleasing way |
| 07:00-09:00 | Pete French | Man's Best Friend | Songs about Dogs |
| 09:00-11:00 | Sarah Phippen | Hickory Dickory Dock | Children's Music |
| 11:00-13:00 | Mari and Julia | Mystery Show! | |
| 13:00-15:00 | Keys and Scheibe | 2 for 1 Special | |
| 15:00-17:00 | A to Z | Turntables and Spooky Fables | Funky noise on vinyl paired with scary stories and anecdotes |
| 17:00-19:00 | JB3 | In the Street &em The Music of That '70s Show | Enjoy a wistful throwback to the antics of the Point Place gang with some groovy tunes. |
| 19:00-21:00 | Laura Wolinsky | Socks w/Sandals Core | Rush, The Cars, Pink Floyd, Don Henley |
| 21:00-24:00 | Mettaforce Funk | SMOOTHS GROOVES! | Two German disc jockeys, Tobias and Axel, aspire to bring you their favorite grooves from around the world to get your party started. "Ja! Jetzt geht's ab!" |
| Sunday | |||
| 00:00-02:00 | Sarah Kemp | Mystery Show! | |
| 02:00-04:00 | Ben Spencer & Sean Munkacsy | Doomsday | MF Doom-related music |
| 04:00-07:00 | Eric and Calvin do a thing | Mystery [murder?] show | Public domain literature and ambient music, all thrown together without too much of a plan |
| 07:00-09:00 | Audinne and Stephanie | A Very WUVT Musical | Songs from your favorite musicals, ranging from Shrek: the Musical to Camelot |
| 09:00-11:00 | The Midnight Q | Rock Band Songs | Like from the video game |
| 11:00-13:00 | Spencer Jenkins | Circle of Connection | Each song is connected to the last in some way. The show will come full circle with the last song played connecting to the first song played |
| 13:00-17:00 | Talk Shows | ||
| 17:00-19:00 | Leah and Delanie | Vital Titles | Songs that beautifully embody their titles |
| 19:00-21:00 | Billy Goat's Hoe Down | Behind Bars | Songs about life in prison. Steve Earle "Tome Ames' Prayer", Elvis Presley "Jailhouse Rock", Wanda Jackson "Riot in Cellblock #9" |
| 21:00-24:00 | Michael Secrist | A Taste of Arcane Magick | Whether you prefer to burn your enemies to a crisp, freeze them solid, or fry them with a bolt of electricity, there's something for you here. Three hours of metal related to 3 offensive elements: fire, frost, and shock! Music includes "Electric Eye" by Judas Priest (shock), "Under the Ice" by Blind Guardian (frost), and "Fire and the Void by Behemoth (fire) |