Comments on: WPFW Upgrades Schedule

By: Washington City Paper: Blogs: Black Plastic Bag

Washington City Paper: Blogs: Black Plastic Bag — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:51:12 +0000

[...] to finally breakdown and take on the Ayler challenge. I caught up with WPFW Program Director Bobby Hill. He recommended I should just jump to Disc 6, Track 8–”Thank God For Women.” He [...]

By: DJStylus

DJStylus — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:50:00 +0000

*looking deep into my heart to assess my personal levels of sanctimoniousness and tedium*

thanks for the helpful feedback, curm!

my backpack weighs a ton and I’m getting old.

By: curm

curm — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:40:43 +0000

Update. The Brazilian show will still be on, it will air on Sundays as well. When the Latin shows were on weekdays they were on for 1 1/2 hours a night for 5 years, then cut back to 1 hour a night. Now they are all on Sunday night. One of the djs told me he is happy with the change.

I’m still looking for answers regarding the Saturday daytime changes.

By: curm

curm — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:43:17 +0000

Cool. Oh, and Andrea Bray, the hat lady, on Saturdays, is nice and friendly on the air, she just does awkward segues between Kool & the Gang ’80s hits and ’50s stuff, and she never plays any new reissues of regional soul. She seems to be just winging it. Anybody who has ever heard Mr. Fine Wine on WFMU, or Bray’s predecessor who went to XM radio, or Ron Wynn (New Haven, CT dj now in Nashville) knows what an oldies show should sound like–fun and educational with surprises.

By: Cherkis

Cherkis — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:58:19 +0000

I ran into Bobby Hill and told him about your comment. If he doesn’t respond soon, I will just get him to answer your questions!

By: curm

curm — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:30:10 +0000

Did you ask Bobby Hill why they made the changes? Did certain shows get more calls during fundraisers? Or was it just an aesthetic choice by Hill (and or others)? WPFW has rarely done much in advertsing or pr to alert folks to their programs, will they be trying to do so now?

“A huge bump” for Latin music? Well, Latin music djs used to be on the air Monday through Friday (2 hours a night several years ago, one hour a night lately), now they are all lumped into Sunday night. As for other programs, the Brazilian show seems to be gone, Tony Carr’s fine reggae programming is shoved into the late-night hours, the Gator’s Saturday bluesy soul show has lost an hour, and James Funk’s Saturday morning bluesy show has lost an hour. Meanwhile, the worst programmed oldies show anywhere, the Andrea Bray show, is still on for 3 hours on Saturday.

“Progressive hiphop”? More like sanctimonious djs playing dull backpacker rappers tediously imitating the ’80s. Some of these changes are good, but a little further insight into why they were made would be nice.