Spring 2018 Radiothon Program Guide
written by Stephen Moxley on
The Program Guide for Radiothon is out!
Follow these links for this schedule in poster form: page 1 and page 2.
| DJ | Show Name | Show Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday - 3/26 | |||
| 12 - 2am | Audinne & Stephanie | Lipsync for WUVT's Legacy | Songs you can werk to. |
| 2 - 4am | Mary and Madi | Wincing the Night Away with Mary and Madi | Way back when in 2015, Madi Madrazo and I (Mary Desmond) were wee little AM DJs together. We learned the ropes from the upperclassmen WUVT FM DJs and we played a lot of indie pop. You will hear everything from The Shins to Vampire Weekend to Caribou to Mogwai to MGMT. Basically, we're coming full circle and we wanted to be cheesy and graduate from WUVT the way we came in :--) |
| 4 - 7am | Beef Wellington | Under the Covers | A collection of my favorite covers from across the board! Do you wanna know what your favorite industrial songs sound like through an Indie Pop or even Jazz filter?! This isn't like your local bar tribute act! Amazing covers from Jazz artists like John Zorn, to post-punk legends such as Jesus and Mary Chain and Feelies! |
| 7 - 9am | Miles Goodall | Labor and Protest Songs | Songs from labor movements, walk-outs, sit-ins, protests, you name it. |
| 9am - Noon | The Winds of Change | 70 Years of Female Voices for WUVT's 70th | A three hour genre skipping smorgasbord of female voices and instruments from 1948 - 2018 |
| 12 - 2pm | EDJ Jane | 1 Decade? What a Difference! 2008 vs. 2018 | Featuring top hits from 2008 and 2018. This program will take you between middle school dances and awkward moments back to the reality of today. See how music has (or hasn't) changed in just one decade, jam out to some old hits, and hear what 2018 has already brought to the table. |
| 2 - 3:30pm | RLRO Nation | RLRO's Going Country | Country Music invades the airwaves of The WUVT! |
| 3:30 - 5pm | Hippie Funk & Indie Junk | Woodstock on WUVT | Hey man, don’t you miss the groovy jams of the late sixties!? Well, tune in to Hippie Funk & Indie Junk and enjoy a Woodstock recap hosted by DJ B Mom!! Be transported to the days of Jefferson Airplane, Iron Butterfly, Jimi Hendrix, and more! |
| 5 - 7pm | Clark | New York Noise and Such | Jazz and Such plays Naked City, Last Exit, and more noisy city sounds. Sound units happen. |
| 7 - 9pm | Sister Ray | Illuminations: Lost Women of Folk Music | From singing nuns to missing person, an exploration of lost or forgotten female folk singers with brief forays into private press albums, and oddities. |
| 9pm - Midnight | Brendan Quinn | Best For Last | The last songs on some amazing albums |
| Tuesday - 3/27 | |||
| 12 - 2am | Heather and Raymond | O Canada | We will be playing our favorite tunes by artists that hail from our lovely northern neighbor, Canada! |
| 2 - 4am | Mitchell K | Africa A-Z | Funk, Jazz, Disco, Metal, Folk, Rap, Punk, Rock, Psychedelic, Calypso, Bellydance, Soul, R&B, Reggae, and of course Afrobeat. Africa has it all and more. Join me as I showcase the musical diversity of the birthplace of humanity. I’ll be playing a song from all 54 UN recognized countries in Africa. Starting with Algerian funk and continuing to the Chimurenga music of Zimbabwe with stops in every country in between. |
| 4 - 7am | Mitchell K | Africa A-Z Part 2 | All the wonderfulness of Africa A to Z continued. |
| 7 - 9am | Calvin Long | The Self-Indulgent Show | I'll be taking a look back through my years at WUVT by putting together a show of some of my favorite tracks from albums I was fortunate enough to be able review. |
| 9am - Noon | Have You Got It Yet? | The Greatest Song Ever Recorded | For WUVT's 70th Anniversary Radiothon, Captain Deaf Christgau and the 43rd Superlative-Declaring Squirrel Squadron will be spinning all the tunes that the Captain has declared over the years to be the Greatest Song Ever Recorded [tm]. For a donation, he'll play your Greatest of All Time too! |
| 12 - 2pm | DJ Mark | Trip to the Movies | I'll be playing music from movies! That includes original scores, songs that were made famous from a particular movie, and even some music about movies. |
| 2 - 3:30pm | The Frosty and Mr. Crackers Show | Afternoon in the Field | We play field recordings and for every 10 dollars donated we'll play "real" music |
| 3:30 - 5pm | Stacks on Stacks | Summertime in the Libraries | 1.5 hours of the Gershwin/Dubose standard "Summertime." Library news, views, & reviews too! |
| 5 - 7pm | Taylor | Dank Maymays | perfect to listen to while snacking on tide pods |
| 7 - 9pm | DJ MC | Songs We Loved | These songs are on the list of top 50 most-played songs at WUVT in the past decade. The show will include history on when the song was first played and the DJs involved. |
| 9pm - Midnight | The Monster of Love | Wash That Wicker Man Outta my Hair | It's springtime, and thoughts turn lightly to love, outdoor frolic, and the occasional human sacrifice. Dance, my Children of the Corn, Dance! |
| Wednesday - 3/28 | |||
| 12 - 2am | Just Joe | Misery and Melancholy | The saddest of the sad! Tune in to feel bummed out |
| 2 - 4am | Mox Nox | In the Year of My Birth | I will be playing tracks from albums that were released in 1997 |
| 4 - 7am | Lord Farquaad and Noble Steed | Welcome Back to the Swamp | According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. |
| 7 - 9am | The Americana Trail | Trail to the Jungle | Americana animal tunes of all kinds, not just from the farm. |
| 9am - Noon | Jess | Songs for Ascending | Music that makes me feel like I'm floating/soaring above the ground |
| 12 - 2pm | Jammin' with Ginger | Sentimentality and Songs | Join me as I look back over my musical evolution since joining WUVT as a bb freshman for my final Radiothon! |
| 2 - 3:30pm | Evan Keys & Ben Shtuhl | DMV | Featuring artists from DC, Maryland, and Virginia |
| 3:30 - 5pm | DJ Promised Hero | Break Out the Black Eyeliner | Emo Anthems that you can't help but scream at the top of your lungs when you hear them. |
| 5 - 7pm | Commodore Ace Fever | The mystery secret theme show will not be televised, it's on the radio |
Mystery secret theme show |
| 7 - 9pm | Local Zone | BATTLE OF THE BANDS | ten staff heads got together and formed two opposing bands that will battle for historic championship and their honorable prevalence. who will win??? vote with ur $$$ and decide who is a winner and who should never play music again!! |
| 9pm - Midnight | The Big Waste of Time Global Chemical Corporate Empire and Theme Park Industrial Complex Consortium Presents: The Doncast | The Begathon XX: Santo y Blue Demon en "¡Las Bestias del Terror!" (featuring the Nurse With Wound List) | The twentieth installment of The Begathon forces "The Don" to once again beg for money for three full hours while spotlighting the more than 290 artists on the Nurse With Wound list. ¿Maybe he'll completely break down this time? ¡Tune in to find out! |
| Thursday - 3/29 | |||
| 12 - 2am | It is Wednesday My Dudes | Closet Full of Songs | Spend some time helping us organize our closet! There's some interesting stuff hidden between those coat racks and sneaker boxes! |
| 2 - 4am | Laurel and Heather | The Unruly Hours | A collection of our favorite songs that we are unfortunately forbidden to play during our normal shows outside of safe harbor hours |
| 4 - 7am | The Night Watch | Connections Between Songs | Each song is connected to the next in some way |
| 7 - 9am | DJ Bacon Strip | Nighthawks | Evoking feelings from Ed Hopper's painting, "Nighthawks" |
| 9am - Noon | Super Groovy Delicious | Superlatives! | a super-theme filled with super-songs |
| 12 - 2pm | Laurel | The Four Seasons | Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter? Songs for each season as we saunter into spring. Guess which season for a shout out! |
| 2 - 3:30pm | DJ HAPPY HOLLOW | Kanye West: The Greatest Story Never Told | Do you miss the old Kanye? The chop up the soul Kanye? Join DJ HAPPY HOLLOW for “Kanye West: The Greatest Story Never Told“ collection of the best g.o.o.d music produced solely by Kanye West. It's Kanye minus Kanye, for all of us who invented Kanye. Remember, it's never too late to love yourself like Kanye loves Kanye. |
| 3:30 - 5pm | DJ Peg Leg | Soundtrack to Save the Apocalypse | All the songs I love from movies (and tv shows) I've watched all compiled into one playlist which would be the playlist that could effectively end World War IV, or even better, the literal apocalypse. I mean, what did you expect. Pegah Shirazi talking about movies again. When will she ever shut up? |
| 5 - 7pm | Jazz is Not Dead | Sketches of Spain | Enjoy some jazzy hip hop and soul and get custom portraits drawn by Jameson and Krystal as a thanks for donating. |
| 7 - 9pm | James Wood | Self Help Songs | Weirdo songs that have explicitly uplifting messages |
| 9pm - Midnight | The Rare Groove | Midnight to Midnight Part 2 | Continuing from the Midnight to Noon portion in the Fall, we move around the clock from Noon back to Midnight using times mentioned in the lyrics of the songs |
| Friday - 3/30 | |||
| 12 - 2am | Vince Mazzola | Friend of a Friend | Each artist is associated with the next one |
| 2 - 4am | DJ Blue | For the Aimless College Student | As a radio DJ, I am prohibited from commanding you to do anything while on air. My songs, however, are NOT--so tune in for two hours of song titles that want to tell you what to do with your life. In the mix will be titles asking you intrusive questions and making sweeping claims, just for some variety. |
| 4 - 7am | Hey Look, It's Marc and Virginia! | The Fly on the Wall Mix | We're making "question" playlists for each other, and then making "answer" playlists in response to them. You get to listen in on the whole conversation. |
| 7 - 9am | Thomson, Mother Thomson, and Brother Thomson | Go "Way From My Window: Appalachian Folk Songs And Ballads | Folk music from Appalachia and its influence |
| 9am - Noon | HarteBeats | From City to City | Music named after or pertaining to cities/places across the globe |
| 12 - 2pm | Brandon Cobbs | Building Tension | Songs that spend their entirety building up to no resolve. |
| 2 - 3:30pm | Conor Cadra | Homage to Catalonia | It’s been eighty years since Spain was embroiled in a war that would determine much of the conflict and political discourse of the twentieth century. Follow along as I play folk songs from the soldiers and volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War, as well as modern popular music inspired by the conflict and other songs that celebrate democracy. I’ll also be giving some historical context to frame the music during the show. |
| 3:30 - 5pm | The David and Parisa Show | Your Desert Island Songs | If you were stranded on a desert island what songs would you bring with you??? WELL HERE ARE OURS |
| 5 - 7pm | Madison Hill | it's my party i can cry if i want to | Nothing in this life lasts forever so we might as well have a good time. Here are some songs to listen to while you're dancing at party and then you remember nothing matters but it's like cool. |
| 7 - 9pm | Moxley | Music For Floating Over the Waste Land | Take a journey with me across the waste land through dark ambient and poetry |
| 9pm - Midnight | J Reed | 80/90s pop wave | the goooood stuff |
| Saturday - 3/31 | |||
| 12 - 2am | Tyler Blank | Ticking Time Bomb | Starting with a 2 minute song, this show will continue with each song being one second shorter than the one before it, going all the way down to a one second long song! With length being the only factor in song selection, strap in for a rollercoaster of 120 songs that just keep moving faster! |
| 2 - 4am | East of Eden | Tumbleweeds | Songs that make you think of the West before Hollywood. Dusty plains, jagged sun burnt mountains, heat shimmers and horses. |
| 4 - 7am | Michael Secrist | Origin of the (Metal) Species | Ever wondered where heavy metal first came from? Tune in for an exploration of the bands that paved the way for metal back in the 60s and 70s, and helped the genre become what it is today. |
| 7 - 9am | Pete | Keep Your Wheels Between the Ditches and the Bears off Your Britches | Famous trucking songs. |
| 9 - 11am | Hickory Dickory Dock | Disney | Enough said |
| 11am - 1pm | Post-Communist Russia | Songs Your Mom Worked Out to in the 90s | Throwback country and pop jams inspired by the workout mixtape I grew up listening to. |
| 1 - 3pm | Jason Maguire | Rock In Rap | From the very beginning of hip hop, sampling has been one of the main tools for producers to create great works of music. One popular sampling technique is to take a rock song and use it inside of a hip hop track. In this show I will be playing the original rock song first, followed by the rap song that samples it. |
| 3 - 5pm | JB3 | Radio by Request | Got a track you haven't heard on the air in awhile and are just aching to hear? Enjoy a block of radio entirely tailored to you, our listeners. Fill out JB3's online survey to let him know a song you'd like to hear during his Radiothon block. Selections will be made on a first-come basis: if you submit a request after the full two-hour block has been filled, you're out of luck! (Serious requests ONLY! JB3 reserves the right to reject seemingly facetious requests. Songs longer than 6 minutes will not be played. Otherwise, anything goes!) |
| 5 - 7pm | Spencer | Circle of Separation | Each song will be connected to the last (via common artist, label, etc.). The show will come full circle, so we will end the show with the same artist that started it. |
| 7 - 9pm | Laura | Kevin's Famous Chili: A Radiothon Event | "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky" -Michael Scott That's right folks. For my last Radiothon, I will be paying tribute to The Office, the greatest sitcom of all time. Join me as I play selections from uncomfortable dinner parties, Christmas karaoke events, and Dundie Award ceremonies. |
| 9pm - Midnight | Collin Caywood | Mom Songs | Moms have pretty great taste in music. Considering that I exclusively drive my moms car when I'm home only to listen to her Steely Dan and CHIC CD's secures my opinion that mom music will forever be the best. Hopefully my mom will help me curate this playlist! |
| Sunday - 4/1 | |||
| 12 - 2am | Adam B | Study-core | Ambient music to soundtrack all your Sunday cramming |
| 2 - 4am | TribalFlo | Story Time | Songs that tell a story. |
| 4 - 7am | Josh | Nu-Metal's Not Dead! | Exploring the indisputably greatest genre of music to come out of the 90s and early 2000s |
| 7 - 9am | Shanice | Triforce Lifeforce | I pretty much don't listen to anything other than Grace Jones, Princess Nokia, and The Cure anymore, because i'm getting old, set in my ways, just trying to feel ok. They all have worked together to give me the strength to keep living. May they be of use to you in you attempts at waking up. |
| 9 - 11am | DJ Death Gripz Dad | Party Like it's Y2K | Lets get it started in here!!!!! Tune in for your favorite 2000s bops and throwbacks this Radiothon! |
| 11am - 1pm | Mika + Kathleen + Leah / 3 Gal Pals | ~ASM Radio~ | lo-fi, ambient music that rips open the void and reminds you how to feel alive. music you would hear in your headphones while on a dissociative bike ride in a strip mall at 1pm. |
| 1 - 3pm | WUVT Sports Roundup | WUVT Sports Roundup | Get the latest news in Hokie sports |
| 3 - 4pm | Obscurious | Talk Show | Listen in to the radiothon premiere of Obscurious, a show based around randomly generated content from wikipedia. |
| 4 - 5pm | Around the World with Lips | Talk Show | Listen in to the radiothon premiere of Around The World With Lips -- A show about Lipa's experiences as an international student. |
| 5 - 7pm | Lizzy and Abby | Not to Get Political, But... | We're getting political in this last Lizzy/Abby Radiothon co-hostmanship. Playing songs related to any and all things political. Vive la révolution! |
| 7 - 9pm | Billy Goat's Hoe-Down | Agnostic Hyms and Joker Tunes | Celebrating Easter, April Fools Day, and WUVT's Birthday! |
| 9pm - Midnight | Michael Secrist | Battle of the Fake Genres: Pirate Metal vs. Aliencore | Which made up genre is the best made up genre? In one corner, we have power and folk metal with lyrics about sailing and conquest; in the other we have deathcore and tech death with lyrics about outer space and alien invasion! |