"Always Eclectic, All the Time."
"A seductive, addictive, professional blend of 'Cosmic' Americana, Contemporary Blues, Modern Bluegrass, Jam, Folk Rock, soulful alt.country & more."
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Or - click on the logo above and you can listen thru there, as well. It's all good.
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WreckingBallRadio.NET - 500 Umstead Drive #202A - Chapel Hill, NC - 27516
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Our quarterly goal for operating expenses is a mere $999.
It's up a little more this time because we want to help out a few of the local/regional festivals by promoting the station in their flyers.
Thanks to you all for helping out this past quarter.
Thanks all for the donations and encouragement to keep the stream alive!
It's up a little more this time because we want to help out a few of the local/regional festivals by promoting the station in their flyers.
Thanks to you all for helping out this past quarter.
Thanks all for the donations and encouragement to keep the stream alive!
New Blog Posts:7.19 - The plumbing drama continues. I can't be doing a radio show with maintenance people trolling around the place. Very sorry to be absent from the mic again today. Enjoy the music with me. I'll be here listening along with you. It may be time to move, though. Maybe to a nice country home with a garage I can convert into a radio studio, like Mark Maron's WTF Podcasts. I'd need to crowdfund that one.
7.17 - Ah, the hazards of working at home. We're having a plumbing emergecy at our fantasy studios (my apt.) today so we'll be back up and running with a new show tomorrow, noon EST - assuming the plumbing emergency is taken care of by then. Enjoy the music!!
7.17 - Thanks to HP in Germany for the 20 dollar donation today - and for the encouraging words. I'm glad you like the music! Thank you! $150 down, $840 to go in our Summer Fund Drive!
7.16 - Thanks to Ruth Ann for her donation today, bringing us closer to our goal of 999 this Summer. $130 for now, $860 to go! We can do this! Overhead is way low. Just hoping for a little extra this summer so we can put some ads in flyers circulated at some of the regional Americana-themed festivals, like Shakori Hills Fall Fest and Merlefest.
Also of note: we've added tracks today from Indie artist Brian Dolzani and his new folky country-rock album "Horse". 
7.12 - We got a couple of new albums in today that couldn't be more different if they tried - but we're playing them both. We're all over the map, in a good way.
1) The sweet newgrass sounds of Hot Buttered Rum with their new album. And 2) Jamie Lynn Vessels with a new bluesy rock album - or is it a new rockin' blues album?
7.10 - No new show today, sorry. Heat wave here in NC. Or humidity wave. It's punishingly hot, either way. Enjoy the music today.
7.9 - New tracks added today from Jim James, Cowboy Junkies and Shemekia Copeland.
7.6 - We have a tidy little one hour podcast sampler up on the Mixcloud for you. I've been doing more shows on the stream so podcasting is taking a back seat at the moment. There'll be some replays of my weekday show over the weekend. Sat & Sun Noon EST.
7.4 - Thanks to Robin, listening to wreckingballradio.net in the U.K. today for the 15.00 donation, that's very encouraging, thank you! 125.00 for now and 865.00 to go as our Summer Fund Drive continues.
7.3 - Thanks to Phyllis for her monthly 10 dollar donation! 110 for now, 890 to go. As we mentioned it's a little higher for this Summer because I want to have some extra promotional money. Hoping to help sponsor at least one of the upcoming regional Americana/Roots festivals. Like Shakori Hills, which is just outside of town here in Chapel Hill, NC. Maybe Merlefest, too.
New additions to the stream today: another track from Mavis Staples' new album. You're likely hearing a new track from Amy Helm, as well. Plus another track from Neko Case's latest. The first run of my almost daily 3 hour show is Weekdays Noon EST. It's repeated a few times. Usually around 6pm, Midnight and again the next morning around 9am. All time Eastern, of course. 7.1 - Thanks Michael for your donation today as we get a little bit more into our Summer Fund Drive. 100 down, only 900 to go!
6.30 - This week we've added new music: St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Aaron Lee Tasjan and The Punch Brothers. Also Gary Dean Smith with a new bluesy number.
But don't worry, we're never afraid of "girl cooties"! (Some country & western stations don't seem to play nearly enough female vocals these days. I don't know what they're thinking but that's the radio world we're in right now. But you can listen to us and hear lots of female artists. If nothing else, go back and forth between us and your favorite "country hit" radio station.) 
6.30 - For all of you around the world celebrating America's Independence: Have a Happy Extended 4th of July Week & Weekend. Due to the Holiday I may not be doing as many shows this week on the stream. But, as they say, how can you miss me if I don't go away?!
6.29 - Thanks for the encouraging emails this week commenting about me being back on the mic. I've missed deejaying on the stream, too. I don't mean to harp on it but I had a mild stroke last year (too much fighting on-line about election results, I think!) and it took forever for me to recover my radio voice. I tried but I was sounding like I must have been 192 years old, like the Crypt Keeper was deejaying. So I gave it a rest for a while and worked really hard on getting better. I actually think I might sound better than I did before. Not bragging but I'm happy with how things finally turned out. And you guys seem to be, too, as our listenership has improved lately. There was a drop-off when I wasn't deejaying. Don't let anyone tell you live human radio deejays aren't important anymore.
6.26 - Thank you to JF in the UK for the donation this morning! Bringing us up to 90 in our Summer Fund Drive! Thanks for supporting what we do here at WreckingBallRadio.NET!
6.20 - So, I have a new show running weekdays at noon EST on wreckingballradio.net. There are replays but as of now they're at no fixed time. I'm looking for ideas. What do you think? Should my show replay 4 x a day? 3 x? Twice? Or just once with repeats on the weekend? Suggestions are welcome but you'd have to replay on the station's Facebook wall: facebook.com/wreckingballradio - but yes, I do want to know your thoughts. Thanks!
6.19 Thanks to Bruce & Karen for their donation today!! Making some early progress on our Summer Fund Drive! Excellent, thank you! - jayson
6.19 - Happy Birthday to ... The Album!
6.16 ...and thanks to Ruth for starting off our Summer '18 Fund Drive. That's 5 down and 994 to go! Happy weekend to you.
6.15 - I'm thinking to get back to deejaying on the stream. For some reason we have more listeners when I do it. I know, I know. I don't get my own appeal, either!
6.13 - ...and thanks to Bruce putting us over the top! We have officially met our Spring Fund Drive goals, Thanks Bruce! And your $175 was the biggest donation so I'll be sending you that CD pack we promised ASAP.
Thanks all for participating this quarter. It really helps to know that the station is still meaningful to you after all these years. Hopefully with the changes in Net Neutrality protections we won't notice any slow down of the stream. |
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We are Legal and Free thanks to Your support! - Our music royaltees are paid so our artists can get paid.
Thanks to Stream Liscensing.com. I'd have their official badge here but it's no longer compatible with our website host, due to warnings about cookies and privacy, etc. Same with their official listening widget.
Our Podcasts are on Mixcloud
Staff Picks:
A completely subjective list of favorite tracks we're playing right now on wreckingballradio.net 7.6.18
1. Sarah Shook & The Disarmers - Damned If I Do, Damned If I Don't
2. Old Crow Medicine Show - Whirlwind 3. Dave Matthews Band - Come Tomorrow 4. Brent Cobb - High in the Country 5. Amy Helm - This Too Shall Light 6. Dawes - Crack the Case 7. Milk Carton Kids - Big Time 8. Ben Glover w/Mary Gauthier - Catbird Seat 9. Neko Case - Halls of Sarah 10. The Jayhawks - Everybody Knows 11. Sam Lewis - One and the Same 12. M. Ward - Kind of Human 13. Mavis Staples - We Go High 14. Willie Nelson - Don't Tell Noah 15. John Prine - Knockin' on your Screen Door 16. Lindi Ortega - Lovers in Love 17. Jim Lauderdale - Time Flies 18. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Apollo 19. Lake Street Dive - Red Light Kisses 20. Dulci Taylor - Long Gone 
The perfect cup for your better moods!
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A Cup for Our Times!
999 a quarter seems to just cover the bases. It's a little higher now because some of the licensing companies have raised their fees so our artists can get a raise. Plus we'd like to help out some regional Americana festivals by promoting in their flyers.
PayPal: wreckingballradio@gmail.com Interest on paypal adds up quickly, too. Webhosting costs money. Music itself costs money. Yes I do get some promo stuff but most of what you hear is music I've bought for the station. And sometimes we have to replace a microphone or a laptop or something basic like that. There's Internet fees & more. We don't have a huge overhead because there's no fancy studio or tower to worry about. Seriously, I do this from the living room. But since this is my only "job", I do have to put on my fundraiser hat now and then. If I could I'd pay for it all myself, I would. Maybe if they ever get that Basic Income thing going. I haven't won any lotteries lately so I do rely on the kindness of strangers. 
Your Promo Here!!
We don't have advertising but as an incentive to donate, if you have a small business to promote, a coffee shop, a new album, an ebook or book or movie or comic book or anything (within reason, of course, example: no porn, no guns, nothing racist or sexist), in exchange for any donation $50 or more we'll gladly help you promote it here on this page. Or.... Hire Me!
Another way to help out with WreckingBallRadio.NET, if you like my voice (and some people do, believe it or not!), I'm available to create a radio ad for you which you can place on various radio stations in your market. I specialize in the "soft sell" approach. Just write me some copy and I'll send you an mp3 or two or three in a timely manner, which can be used when you buy time on other outlets running commercials. I'm also available to program or consult other radio stations, on line or wherever, in the wreckingballradio.net style. Moving is not an option but you don't need me hanging around your break room anyway, when I can do it long distance just fine. Questions or suggestions: wreckingballradio@gmail.com
If you ever find you're being "geo-blocked" from a website for whatever reason, here's an excellent article on how to use a VPN service. A good example for needing a VPN: say you work in a big office building and everyone uses the same WiFi but your office doesn't want to follow the same rules as the office building's landlord. A VPN is an excellent way to get around whatever block they've put in place. There are several good ones out there. Do some shopping around. We're not promoting any specific VPN. But we do recommend them.
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You can donate through our Paypal Address: wreckingballradio@gmail.com
"Old school" checks and money orders are also fine, through our mailing address Jayson c/o Wrecking Ball Radio 500 Umstead Drive #202A Chapel Hill, NC 27516 If you do it this way, please include your email so I can thank you, ASAP or right away! Wrecking Ball Radio
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I love this pic. No clue where it came from or who owns it. If you own it and would like me to take it down, lemme know. But it's one hell of a shot!
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Like the artists we play? Support their music! Support this forum so you can hear more of the music you love!
Paypal us: wreckingballradio@gmail.com - plus, Obviously, buy their music, go to their websites, buy their t-shirts, go see them in concert, friend them on social media. We need our artists to survive and thrive - just as we need our web-streams and podcasts to continue to do so For as long as you allow us, we're going to promote them with the loving care they deserve. |
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."I got into radio when I was 19 out in Walla Walla, Washington. after some time at Whitman College's KWCW I landed a job at KTEL - a little news, sports and country music station. Before too long I became their music director. It was my dream job, really. Same station Family Guy & Batman's Adam West began his career, btw.
Moved to Florida in the mid 80's and spent some time as Music Director at Class 103 in Naples, back when they were 'THE' station to listen to. After that I hosted a popular weekly Sunday Jazz Brunch show on WAVV-101. I got out of radio for a while to pursue other interests and wound up back on the air at Eye-Q Radio in Miami where I began exclusively playing Americana and alt.country. This was back in 2000. Moved to North Carolina and found myself continuing the Americana/alt.country show at WCOM, a little community station here in Carrboro. The show got "syndicated" on a few other internet stations in the USA and UK - which was very cool. But a weekly 2 hour show just wasn't enough for me. Once I finally figured out how to put the pieces together for a full time internet-based radio station, and thanks to the generosity of friends who believed in this project (and my ability to pull it off and create something innovative, fun and interesting) - Wrecking Ball Radio was born in 2011. The station continues to survive ONLY on listener donations and, for that, we are eternally, extremely grateful." "This is my only real skill and it's becoming less and less marketable so I really do appreciate the support." 
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Jamie T. "I had satellite but I got rid of it and now I only listen to Wrecking Ball Radio. Nothing compares." B. Tweedy "WreckingBallRadio.Net must continue. It is the go to sound track for my life. Your programming skills are spot on. Bringing joy to me every day of my life. Telling all my friends about your station."
Joel K. "[Wrecking Ball Radio] is a goldmine of new and old Americana nuggets curated by Jayson Tanner, who seems to have the knack of uncovering under the radar artists... He has a real ear for intelligent music, the kind that has something to say and which does not simply seek to replicate the past...."
Steve Swift, writing in 'Louder Than War'. "We play your station every day , and EVERY day, so many clients ask about the station because they LOVE the music that is played. We're sharing the good news! Thank you for playing great songs all the time."
- Dennis S. "Wow...seriously? Radio with really good music? Really, REALLY good music...song after song after song? Two hours ago I would have said it wasn't possible ... thank you Jayson for proving me wrong." - Barbara P. "... reminds me of listening to "underground" radio back in 1969..." - Ron I. "Incredible! ... I love ur song selections and could never find all these artists on my own. Thank you I can now lay in bed and listen to my hearts content." - Virgil J. "I like having a place I can escape to where I can be guaranteed awesome music." - Jessica D. "Wrecking Ball Radio harkens back to the quality and depth commercial radio once had the freedom and chutzpah to explore. Class, quality and excitement." - Jon M. Send Comments:
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