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As promised, in celebration of the first day of summer, today’s “Moldy Oldies” show featured “songs of summer,” with titles and/or subjects related to sunshine, summer fun, or with some connection to this season.  In case you missed it, below is a list of the songs I played this afternoon:

The Who – Summer Time Blues
Eddy [...]

After a four-week hiatus, I’ve decided to return today for a “first day of summer” edition of the Moldy Oldies show on WCUR. It will be from 4 to 6 p.m. this afternoon (although I may decide to start a bit earlier). My focus today will be on “songs of summer,” although I [...]

On the March 29, 2007 edition of my “Moldy Oldies Show” on WCUR, Kathy and I talked with Linda Grosse and Bill Lalicker from the Volunteer English Program in Chester County. Below is a link to the broadcast.

For more information about the Volunteer English Program, visit their web site at volunteerenglish.org. And for [...]

This year’s College Media Convention was supposed to be in New Orleans, but because of Hurricane Katrina, the meeting was held in Kansas City. This year 11 West Chester University students joined me for three days of learning, sharing and networking. I offered three sessions myself for CBI (College Broadcasters Incorporated), one of the groups [...]

Tonight was WCUR’s Battle of the Bands, also known as OMG 1000! Taking home the $1000 prize was…Back of the Bus! Congratulations to all four bands making the final cut, who performed to a packed Sykes Union ballroom. And a special thank-you to all of the WCUR staff for their hard work in making this [...]

Every Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m., I host the “Moldy Oldies Show” on WCUR, 91.7 FM. I’m the faculty advisor to West Chester University’s radio station, and doing an airshift each week keeps me in the thick of things. And I enjoy playing music from the era when I used to be a professional [...]

On November 3, the day after the 2004 Presidential election, I travelled with a group of my students from The Quad to the annual College Media Convention. It was a great convention, with many informative sessions for students involved in college media, including newspapers, radio, television, yearbooks and the web. At one of the sessions, [...]