[Dixielandjazz] The 100 most important American Songs of the 20th Century

[David Richoux]

Tom (and all)

the free internet broadcasts we (and many other non-conformist, 
non-commercial ) radio stations do (in direct opposition to the 
thoughts of some FCC and other governmental and big business poo-bahs ) 
do sometimes conquer the problems of geography!

I know that some internet OKOM "broadcasters" can only afford to send 
their programs over websites that either have a few "commercials" or 
ask for donations. KFJC is a bit different because we only ask for 
money once a year and we do not have "memberships" or "pledges" - we 
just put out our hand (and signal) and say "here we are - the music is 
important, radio is important, the listener is important, and money is 
important..."

please check out www.kfjc.org if you feel like supporting our style of 
independent radio, or also support your own local non-commercial radio 
station that provides the music that you want to hear! Over the years 
of doing my show I have heard from many folks who had a local OKOM 
program in many parts of the country on an NPR station fall away to the 
national feed of news and "Fressssh Arrrrgh" but there are still a few 
programs around - search for them on the internet and give them your 
support! If you know of them, tell your local jazz societies to list 
their broadcasts in their bulletins (because the DJs are probably 
already giving announcements about local performances and jazz society 
events over the airwaves!

I have listened to KFAT/KHIP and KPIG for many years and really enjoy 
what they are doing with non-conformist Country & Western music radio 
(that was the station I was alluding to previously.)  They have managed 
to take a local station serving the Monterey/Santa Cruz California area 
and have ALMOST made a success with it  25 years later ;-) They teeter 
right on the edge all of the time - but if your definition of OKOM is a 
bit flexible I suggest that you also check them out at www.kpig.com 
(they use a limited version of Real Player to hear them - I know how 
tight their budget is ;-)

OKOM is still on the radio - you just have to seek it out!

Dave Richoux

On Sep 13, 2004, at 5:38 PM, TCASHWIGG at aol.com wrote:

> I too saw a lot of MKOM on the list and I was only about 1/2 down it 
> when I
> had to stop and do something else, I will get back to it later.
>
> Now all I have to do is find an NPR station on my dial to listen to 
> and hope
> they are still playing this stuff before Clear Channel buys them too. 
> :)
>
> Dave Richoux's station is the closest thing to MKORS  ( My kind of 
> Radio
> Station) around here but I can't seem to get it in the valley where  I 
> live , gets
> blocked by three ridges of hills I suppose.   I used to really like a 
> station
> called KPIG from down around Gilroy, Ca. which was pretty off the 
> wall.   And
> I do still get Johnny Otis on Saturday if I get up early enough on 
> KPFA out
> of Berkeley if the pigeons are not sitting on the wires.
>
> I do however listen to a lot of CDs all during my work day so I am far 
> from
> musically depraved out here in the woods. :))
>
> A day without music is like making love without a partner, pretty 
> boring,
> unless of course you are one of those folks totally in love with thine 
> self and
> live in a house of mirrors.  :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Wiggins
>
>
>
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