  Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 6621 Registered: 11-2004 |
Pleasant tidings found in The Detroit News about the return of local music and local favorite, Ann Delisi to the airwaves once more: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20090209/E NT10/902090379 And Martin Bandyke getting let go at WQKL this week as well? http://www.detnews.com/apps/pb cs.dll/article?AID=/20090206/E NT10/902060447 Perhaps Martin will join WDET andwe can harken back to the days when WDET played a fair share more local music along with an eclectic blend of interesting tunes? All we need are Judy Adams, Willie Wilson, John Pennie and a few of the others to come back and we can "reform the band". | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 911 Registered: 08-2007 |
GREAT DEAL, I can listen to good music while I post stupid stuff to all ya,ll. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 912 Registered: 08-2007 |
Back in my "Golden age" I,D LISTEN TO WDET. I listen to it when I wanna hear the BBC.I miss the old radio vault,The Famous Coachman{RIP} AND Willie Wilson on fridays. | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 478 Registered: 07-2008 |
Ann Delisi's return to WDET is a gift to us all. It is hoped that the eclectic blend of music that was once enjoyed from that station returns. This brings a memory of the sad day that Dave Dixon abruptly left the station. I believe Ann had the undesirable job of taking his spot. I phoned in to give her encouragement, and to tell her that there was no ill will felt towards her. The staff person who took my call explained that this would "make her day", and put me through to Ann, who was gracious and a joy to talk to. | ||
Alec Member Username: Alec Post Number: 10 Registered: 06-2007 |
I think you missed the point- it says they're not going back to 'the old days' "Similarly, while the return of Delisi means more music, WDET is not turning the clock back to an all-music format. Ellcessor plans a mix of music and news that he feels is forward-looking and suited to Detroit. Delisi will be part of that." | ||
Cinderpath Member Username: Cinderpath Post Number: 937 Registered: 05-2006 |
Wow- If they bring Adams and Bandyke back, I'll donate again. I haven't sent them a check in years, since they cut the music and turned WDET into just another genaric NPR station (except for the few local programs of Backstory, and Detroit Today and Ed Love). Killing the music was probably the dumbest business decision I have seen in years. Playing BBC throughout the night? Come on. I am not going to pay for that when I can stream it from the 'net. | ||
Birdie Member Username: Birdie Post Number: 77 Registered: 04-2007 |
I like a lot of things about the current format - I never liked the music those djs played anyway. I can listen to music on my ipod, but I can't as easily get NPR shows. | ||
Detroitnerd Member Username: Detroitnerd Post Number: 3474 Registered: 07-2004 |
Bandyke? Does that mean we're going to hear lots of Los Lobos again? (and again, and again, and again, and again, and ...) | ||
Rel Member Username: Rel Post Number: 768 Registered: 02-2008 |
Bring back Martin & Judy! | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 480 Registered: 07-2008 |
Alec: It's an improvement... "Delisi, who was a popular WDET host from 1983-1995, will once again bring Detroiters a diverse playlist, with local sounds high up in the mix. "There will be music from somebody living and working and making music in Detroit every single hour that she is on the air," Ellcessor said. "That's a promise." | ||
Realitycheck Member Username: Realitycheck Post Number: 320 Registered: 08-2004 |
Veteran pop culture journalist Susan Whitall, another local "gift to us all," expands on her article briefly from a fan's perspective at her News blog. quote: | ||
Baselinepunk Member Username: Baselinepunk Post Number: 104 Registered: 03-2007 |
I love this news. WDET hasn't been the same since she and the others left. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 1886 Registered: 10-2003 |
Detroitnerd, you beat me to it. I was going to say I really hope Bandyke comes back, because what I really want is to listen to hours and hours of Los Lobos every week...  Also if anyone misses the old WDET hosts like Judy Adams and John Mosier, they are both still on the air every week on the University of Windsor's radio station - 91.5, streaming online at http://cjam.ca | ||
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv Post Number: 544 Registered: 08-2007 |
Bring back Brave New Waves if you want to expand your listening experience. | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 1048 Registered: 02-2008 |
Bring back Radios In Motion. | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 1913 Registered: 11-2003 |
Brave New Waves is on CBC2. I tried to bring back Radios in Motion and got shot down. One excuse: "You would have to pay for your own engineer..." | ||
Otter Member Username: Otter Post Number: 543 Registered: 12-2007 |
Say, that's nice to hear! Does anyone know if Liz Copeland's current show is streamed or podcast? I don't remember where she is now. Denver, I think? O. | ||
Otter Member Username: Otter Post Number: 544 Registered: 12-2007 |
Say, that's nice to hear! Does anyone know if Liz Copeland's current show is streamed or podcast? I don't remember where she is now. Denver, I think? O. | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 499 Registered: 10-2003 |
To "bring back Radios in Motion" you'd have to bring back the program's originator, Jerry Stormer. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 1887 Registered: 10-2003 |
Good question Otter. All the CJAM shows are archived in 60 minute block MP3's for 30 days on the station website. The process is automated, so sometimes it's off by a few minutes, but it's all there... Judy Adams Show (Tuesdays 9:00 am - 10:30 am): Part 1 (9:00-10:00): http://137.207.3.130/cjam-0902 07-0900-t1233997201.mp3 Part 2 (10:00-11:00): http://137.207.3.130/cjam-0902 07-1000-t1234000800.mp3 John Mosier Midnight to 2:00 am Friday night/Saturday Morning: Part one: http://137.207.3.130/cjam-0902 07-0000-t1233964800.mp3 Part two: http://137.207.3.130/cjam-0902 07-0100-t1233968400.mp3 | ||
Xd_brklyn Member Username: Xd_brklyn Post Number: 371 Registered: 10-2003 |
"To "bring back Radios in Motion" you'd have to bring back the program's originator, Jerry Stormer." Actually, Mike Halloran was the originator of "Radios in Motion". Jerry Stormer I think was the name of the WDET engineer working the 2:00am time slot, which was Radios in Motion's original starting time. | ||
Jimg Member Username: Jimg Post Number: 500 Registered: 10-2003 |
No, actually Jerry Stormer was. I worked at 'DET at the time, on weekends in fact, and knew both of them - still do. It was Storm's brainchild, Mike came up second... | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 481 Registered: 07-2008 |
Thanks for the input, Jimg. Always good to hear from a knowledgible music lover who has been there. Still in the gear business? | ||
Eastsideal Member Username: Eastsideal Post Number: 280 Registered: 10-2007 |
Killing off public radio music programming in one of the nation's best and most important music markets = massively stupid move. Let's hope they see the light and go some ways towards undoing it. | ||
Guideboat Member Username: Guideboat Post Number: 43 Registered: 02-2008 |
Forgive me if I missed it in the article, but what show(s) will be cut to make space for Ann Delisi? | ||
Dannyv Member Username: Dannyv Post Number: 548 Registered: 08-2007 |
Jimg, I didn't know Jere had Radios In Motion before Mike Halloran did. I was a fan of Jere's show, BandPass. I know the title of the RIM show came from a song by the band XTC. Jere mentions on the bio of his recent musical project that he hosted both RIM and BandPass. Dimension, before and after Ralph Valdez and Martin Bandyke, was another great show on 'DET. | ||
Otter Member Username: Otter Post Number: 551 Registered: 12-2007 |
Guideboat, They're doing some rejiggering of their scheduling overall, dropping about 5 shows and rearranging their schedule. I have a PDF with a handy side-by-side schedule comparison (I'm on their email list), but it's a bit much to describe briefly in words. But a big BOOOOO! for dropping Afropop Wordlwide! I can still listen to it here (Chicago) but I am usually doing something else when it's on friday night - Sunday night at home is much easier. O. | ||
Skylark Member Username: Skylark Post Number: 128 Registered: 08-2007 |
This is great news about Ann! I hope she's on during the daytime hours. | ||
Otter Member Username: Otter Post Number: 553 Registered: 12-2007 |
According to the new schedule, she'll be on from noon to 4PM on Saturdays and Sundays. O. | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 6626 Registered: 11-2004 |
Awwww... personally I was hoping to get five days worth of Ann Delisi during the day or early evenings, but considering it's still having her back on the air again- I'll take what I can get. Essentially it was the old John Pennie spot and that's fine, but like I said on a very personal sheer greed of wanting a station that can help educate my musical palette- I was wanting more. It's a small celebration I'll savor now and hopefully there will be more to be had when the rest of the schedule is announced. |
