From: "TISS: :HIGGINS" <higgins%tiss.decnet@mdcgwy.mdc.com>g
Subject: Re: Query about "SYNDICATED" programs
Originator: wdp@gagme
Organization: ???
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 07:55:39 GMT

Will Martin <wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL> writes:

! A  not-quite-local  broadcaster,  WSIE FM  in  Edwardsville,  Illinois,
! carries  two  hour-long  "international"  musical  programs  on  Sunday
! afternoons: Afro-Pop Worldwide at noon, and The Brazilian Hour at 1 PM.

[...details omitted...]

! Does anyone out there know of other similar types of programs? If there
! are  some, I'll write WSIE and suggest they begin to carry those,  too.
! Please  include all  available  details if you can,  so I can  give the
! station all the info they'll need.
!
! Regards, Will
! wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil OR wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil

Now, I don't know if this is EXACTLY what you are looking for, but this seemed
to be a relevant cross-post from rec.music.info...

> Article: 279 of rec.music.info
> From: wrp@ivy.unisys.com (Bill Pringle)
> Subject: INFO: Broadcast Schedule for World Cafe
> Organization: Unisys Defense Systems, Great Valley Labs, Paoli, Pa
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 09:33:32 GMT
> 
> Here is the latest broadcast times for World Cafe.  (52 stations!)
> Times are local time, Mon thru Fri, unless otherwise noted.
> Frequencies are FM unless otherwise noted.
> 
> Entries are sorted by state, station, & city.
> 
> World Cafe has installed an 800 number for suggestions, comments, etc.
> They award free CDs to random (legit) callers: 1-800-325-CAFE
> 
> BTW - They were very impressed by the Indigo Girls mailing list ...
> Someone on the list noticed that the IGs were going to be performing
> in Phila. & wondered if they would be on World Cafe.  The 800 number
> was swamped with calls asking about if/when they would be on.
> 
> If you find any errors, email me at: wrp@ivy.unisys.com
> For those not familiar with World Cafe, a description follows the list.
> 
> AZ KBBI  890AM Homer         3:00-5:00PM Sat             (907) 235-7721
> AZ KCHU  770AM Valdez        10am-12 noon                (907) 835-4665
> AZ KFSK 100.9  Petersburg     mid-2am Sat & Sun          (907) 772-3808
> AZ KMXT 100.1  Kodiak    10am-12 noon (weekend show #1)  (907) 486-3181
> AZ KOTZ  720AM Kotzebue         9-10PM Sat               (907) 442-3434
> AZ KRBD 105.9  Ketchikan   9-10am & 11-12noon Tue-Fri    (907) 225-9655
> AZ KSKO  87AM  McGrath       7:30-9:30pm Fri             (907) 524-3001
> AZ KSTK 101.7  Wrangell     12mid-2am                    (907) 874-2345
> AZ KYUK  640AM Bethel   1-3pm Wed, 8-10pm Sun, 7-9pm Th  (907) 543-3131
> AL WVUA  90.7  Tuscaloosa     7-8am & 7-8pm              (205) 348-6461
> CO KCSU  90.5  Fort Collins    11am-1pm (M-F) & Sat AM   (303) 491-7611
> CO KSUT  89.9  Durango       11pm-1am Fri (303) 563-4507 & 800-999-2713
> CO KSUT  89.9  Ignacio       11pm-1am Fri (303) 563-4507 & 800-999-2713
> CO KUWR  91.9  Aspen          8pm-10pm                   (307) 766-4255
> CT WSHU  91.1  Fairfield   6-10pm (weekend shows 1 & 2)  (203) 371-7989
> IA KUNI  90.9  Cedar Falls \
> IA KUNI  90.9  Dubuque      |
> IA KUNI  90.9  Mason City   >10pm-12pm                   (319) 273-6400
> IA KUNI  90.9  Quad Cities /
> IL WWQC  90.3  Quincy        10pm-12mid                  (217) 228-5410
> LA KNLU  91.1  Monroe         9am-11am                   (318) 342-5658
> LA KSLU  90.9  Hammon         7pm-9pm                    (504) 549-2330
> ME WMEA  90.1  Portland    \
> ME WMED  89.7  Calais       |
> ME WMEH  90.9  Bangor       > 9pm-11pm                   (207) 941-1010
> ME WMEM 106.1  Presque Isle |
> ME WMEW  91.3  Waterville  /
> MN KUMD 103.3  Duluth         2pm-4pm                    (218) 726-7181
> MO KCUR  89.3  Kansas City    5pm-7pm Sat                (816) 235-1551
> MO KSMU  91.1  Springfield  12mid-2am                    (417) 836-5878
> MO KUMR  88.5  Rolla          9am-10am                   (314) 341-4386
> NC WNCW  88.7  Spindale       8pm-10pm                   (704) 287-8000
> NJ WBJB  90.5  Lincroft       5pm-7pm                    (908) 842-1827
> NM KSUT  88.3  Farmington    11pm-1am Fri (303) 563-4507 & 800-999-2713
> NY WEOS  89.7  Geneva        10am-12 noon                (315) 781-3456
> NY WFUV  90.7  Bronx        12mid-2am                    (212) 365-9070
> OH WCBE  90.5  Columbus       8pm-10pm                   (614) 365-5555
> PA WXPN  88.5  Philadelphia 10-12pm & 8-10pm             (215) 898-6677
> SC WEPR  90.1  Greenville  \
> SC WHMC  90.1  Conway      | 
> SC WJWJ  89.9  Beaufort    |
> SC WLJK  89.1  Aiken       >  7pm-9pm Friday             (803) 737-3420
> SC WLTR  91.3  Columbia    |
> SC WNSC  88.9  Rock Hill   |
> SC WRJA  88.1  Sumper      |
> SC WSCI  89.3  Charlestown /
> TX KERA  90.1  Dallas         7pm-9pm Sun                (214) 871-1390
> VA WHRV  89.5  Norfolk        3pm-5pm Sat                (804) 484-9476
> VA WMRA  90.7  Harrisonburg   7pm-9pm Sat                (703) 563-6221
> WV WVMR 1370AM Dunmore        3pm-5pm Sat                (304) 799-6004
> WY KUWR  88.7  Casper         8pm-10pm                   (307) 766-4255
> WY KUWR  88.7  Laramie        8pm-10pm                   (307) 766-4255
>   
> If you find any errors in this list, please let me know.  
>   
> =============================================================
>   
> WPXN (a public radio station at 88.5 FM in Philadelphia) has recently
> syndicated a show on American Public Radio called "World Cafe."  This
> show is a mixture of new alternative music, world music, and some
> oldies, along with in-studio interviews and performances.  The show
> stresses recently issued CDs.
>   
> WPXN has been experimenting with this type of format for a few years
> now, and was given a grant to create "World Cafe."  The host for this
> show is David Dye, a seasoned radio personality with varied musical
> interests.  The result is a professionally produced show with the
> diversity of a college station.
> 
> World Cafe plays a mix of recorded music, interviews, in-studio
> sessions, and special features.  The music is a mixture of alternative
> pop, folk, rhythm and blues, country, ethnic music, and even some
> mainstream pop.  (They do not play Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson,
> Megadeath, etc. but will play Paul Simon, James Taylor, etc.) 
> 
> Features vary from an "Album of the Week", where a new
> album is analyzed and different cuts are played throughout the week, to
> shows highlighting a particular artist, instrument, or type of music, to
> "My Three Songs", where listeners send in three songs they think go
> together nicely.  Each week, some listener gets to introduce his or her
> three songs on the show.
> 
> World Cafe has held interviews with Bruce Cockburn, Happy Rhodes,
> Timbuk3, Vinx, Christine Lavin, The Innocence Mission, Indigo Girls,
> Michelle Shocked, and various others.
> 
> It would not be unusual to hear Bob Marley, Timbuk3, Bonnie Raitt, Happy
> Rhodes, Bruce Cockburn, 3 Mustaphas 3, Yo La Tengo, Don Henry, Poi Dog
> Pondering, Paul Simon, Lyle Lovette, kd Lang, and Crash Test Dummies
> during one show.
> 
> Those of you who are interested in these artists (and a good mix of
> music, too :-) should check with your local public radio station and ask
> when the show airs.  If they don't carry it, ask why not.
> 
> Disclaimer: I am in no way connected to WXPN or World Cafe other than
> being a very satisfied listener, and a contributor during their fund
> drives. (and I've won two CDs so far!)

Yes, there are several errors in the list, in AZ (AK), IA, CO and WY.

No, none of these stations serve the Saint Louis Area. In addition to WSIE, I
suggest phone calls/letters to KWMU and KDHX; KWMU because their sister stations
around the state carry it, and KDHX because they are `community radio' and it
seems like something they'd do.

A friend who lives in the Quad Cities of IA/IL, taped KUNI's broadcast of the
World Cafe for me. It IS excellently done. The day he taped, they had an
interview and live studio performance by an Irish acoustic folk-rock band whose
name escapes me now; the next day they had Richard Thompson.

For other `syndicated' non-commercial music programming, check out a show called
"Rural Route Three", on KDHX, Saint Louis MO, 88.1 MHz, Sunday nights at 6pm
CLT. It is, I believe, a live folk concert every week, distributed by an FM
station out of Macomb, Illinois.

Good luck!

Earl Higgins KA9DHA
Saint Louis, MO


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