Hey! You Can Hear Me Worldwide on the Radio!!!!

I want let you know about something quite special in my life. I am now a disc jockey on an Internet-based radio station. The radio station is Worldwide Bluegrass, the W-W-B, at http://worldwidebluegrass.com. My show is called "Sunrise Bluegrass" and it airs live each Saturday morning from 8:00-11:00 a.m Eastern Time (7:00-10:00 a.m. Central Time). My first show was on December 6 and I have mentioned my show in the signature in my posts, but I didn't spread the word as I wanted to make sure I got past any technical difficulties first. Everything worked out fine.

Here is the main page: http://worldwidebluegrass.com

Here is the listen page: www.worldwidebluegrass.com/listen.html

Here is the chat page: www.worldwidebluegrass.com/chat.html

Here is the schedule page: www.worldwidebluegrass.com/schedule.html

Here is my bio page: www.worldwidebluegrass.com/bio171.html

The only problem I am having is trying to stay connected to the chat room(the DJ oversees the chat room during the show). It uses Java and I guess I haven't come up with the right settings to stay connected more than a few minutes at a time even though I have worked at it a lot. It doesn't bother the show going out over the Internet, but I'll keep working on it and maybe one day I won't have to reconnect every few minutes. Even though I may miss some posts in the chat room due to this problem I can receive emails about the show any time at [email protected].

There are rules as to how often an artist or cuts from an album can be played, but I try to play a lot of Alison Krauss & Union Station, Rhonda Vincent, the Gibson Brothers, Norman Blake, Cherryholmes, and a new artist named Marcie Horne who has a great voice and some fantastic ballads on her debut album. I play probably around 40-45 songs(depending on how much I gab ) with a mix of new releases, gospel bluegrass, and classic bluegrass.

I hope you can tune in from time to time and see how I am doing in my new endeavor and listen to some great music.

Ken

 

Great, MP. Since you have experience please be sure to let me know how I do and how I can improve.

 

Remember, tt, not all music played on bluegrass station has a banjo in it. There will be several songs that I will play this Saturday morning that don't have a banjo in them. That's why shows like mine are sometimes referred to as bluegrass/acoustic oldtime country.

By the way, that's a funny dustpan. :laugh:

 

Yes.

However, I don't have access to the station's library of songs yet(they want to make sure that new DJs are going to make a go of it), so I am limited to about 800 songs in my personal collection at the moment.

 

I am just learning how to play guitar so, no, I haven't recorded any songs.

Maybe in a couple of years.

 

Yes, it is all bluegrass.

However, I have heard a few songs when the stream is playing when there isn't a live show on that weren't exactly close to the usual definition of bluegrass. :laugh:

I don't have that Seldom Scene song but I did play a song from their "Scene It All" album, "Dusty", this morning.

 

Thanks, tt.

 

Thanks, J-W-P.

 

Yes, I do, LeBuick. I should be playing that song this next Saturday. That is the song that converted me to bluegrass music.

 

A reminder about my show on Saturday morning.