Want a decent public library? You’d better hope your library sits in a State Assembly district represented by a Republican. GOP assemblymembers say they expect to receive an average of $30,000 each for libraries in their own districts. The money is reportedly coming from Gov. George Pataki’s own discretionary funds (read: pork barrel) after Assembly […]
WRUR
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Reader feedback 8.11.04
MEDIA WATCH By the time WRUR completes all the program changes and personnel, they will have lost their listenership (“Anything but Static,” July 14). For the past six years, I’ve enjoyed listening to the Friday nights Blues programs by Scott Wallace and Doug Curry. My husband and I would arrange our evening around their programs […]
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Anything but static: more changes at WRUR
It’s Thursday night, and DJs Jason Cuthbert and Chris Green are in the new WRUR studio recording an episode of Cuthbert’s show, Wide Awake. A song by Kanye West and the rapper Consequence starts the show. A tune by G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks, another by A Tribe Called Quest, and another by Jadakiss featuring Anthony […]
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Just press ‘play’
For 10 years, Dorian Hall has spun hip-hop records on a radio show called “The Hot Spot” on WRUR (88.5 FM), the University of Rochester’s student-run radio station. And call-ins by students and community members have been the lifeblood of the show, which is broadcast live Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 o’clock. While […]
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Reader feedback 12.10.03
Panning the bus station, Jan Wong; debating the
war
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Soul man
You’ve heard “Bernadette” by the Four Tops, “Back Stabbers” by the O’Jays, and “Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin more times than you can count. You probably think you know soul music pretty well. Think again. What you know are the relatively few soul tunes that have made it into the Top 40 over the […]
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Reader feedback 11.12.03
The world’s
violence, Monroe’s election, WRUR’s
changes, the RPO and pipes
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Reader feedback 7.30.03
NPR at RUR, College sounds, Cleaning up, Summer sounds
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Mixed signals
If you are used to tuning in to the non-stop line-up of African-American programming on Friday or Sunday evenings on WRUR 88.5 FM, you might find yourself scratching your head this summer. Car Talk? What station is this anyway? Over the past several weeks, WRUR, the radio station run by the University of Rochester, has […]
