Spring 2019 Fund Drive Goal: $800.00.
only $690 to go!
Our Winter Fund Drive was a success thanks to you!
Now that March is here, we're starting the Spring Fund Drive!
Because we don't censor songs, and because this isn't AM/FM and we don't have to censor songs, just know that we play some songs which include Adult Language. Possibly #NSFW unless you have your earbuds/headphones on.
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"Always Eclectic, All the Time."
"A seductive, addictive, professional blend of 'Cosmic' Americana,
Contemporary Blues, Modern Bluegrass, Jam, Folk Rock, soulful alt.country & more."
Contemporary Blues, Modern Bluegrass, Jam, Folk Rock, soulful alt.country & more."
artists & labels, send promo CDs our way for airplay consideration:
WreckingBallRadio.NET - 500 Umstead Drive #202A - Chapel Hill, NC - 27516
WreckingBallRadio.NET - 500 Umstead Drive #202A - Chapel Hill, NC - 27516
New Blog Posts:3.20 - And on the official first day of Spring we say thank you to Katherine for her donation!
3.16 - Thanks to Ruth Anne for her monthly donation!
3.9 - And thank you to Bill for his donation to wreckingballradio.net today, getting our Spring Fund Drive going! Thank you!
3.2 - Thanks to Phyllis B. for her monthly donation, kicking off our Spring 2019 fund drive!!
3.1 - Officially beginning our Spring Fund Drive today - thanks to you all for making Winter a success so we can continue the stream at least through til Summer this year. Collecting money now so we can make it thru til Autumn. Hangin' in there quarter by quarter.
11.8 - If you donate thru our GoFundMe (top of this page) you'll see the name Wendy there. She is our "Tech Support" and a good friend. My best friend, in fact. So please don't worry that funds are re-routed to a 3rd party or something. She's part of the team and any money collected thru GoFundMe will go to the care and maintenance of WreckingBallRadio.NET.
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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." And now after all these years with my dream of having a full time channel of my own, coming to and end - we transition from radio to podcasting. One reason is I'm older now and with that comes difficulties in maintaining a schedule people can count on. Plus there's a ton of word processing involved in running an on line stream. Way too much for me to handle anymore. And the expense is outrageous - with an annual threat of prices being raised. I've hit the peak of my fundraising abilities but it's never enough for the industry. Podcasting is actually more fun for me, too. So let's see how this goes. I know a lot of you loved the stream. Hey, me too! But all good things.... we outlasted a lot of other similar projects by a long shot. I'm kind of proud of that.
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"WreckingBallRadio.net is still the best stream I've discovered and you've rejuvenated my love for radio and buying music. Your doing a fantastic job so please keep the stream alive as long as you can."
- Bern S. from the UK "A terrific source for discovering new music! I've bought a ton of music because of you!"
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:
WreckingBallRadio@gmail.com
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