Programming

LATIN EXPLOSION focuses on NYC Rumberos including Totico, Puntilla and Daniel Ponce. Los Rumberos performed at Orchard Beach in the Bronx, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem and Central Park. And in the clubs Soundscape and New Rican Village. It all started at the Peruvian Embassy! Benjamin Lapidus, author of the must-read “New York and the […]

HOWDY Campers,    I hope all is well with everyone out there?  I am so jazzed that the end of the school year is just around the corner.   As some of you may know by now I am Tech-challenged when it come to anything with Laptops, Computers , e-mails and even my phone so I […]

This Wednesday our guest will be Col. Don Christensen (USAF, ret.). Col. Christensen is the President of Protect Our Defenders. Protect Our Defenders (POD) is a national human rights organization dedicated to ending sexual violence, victim retaliation, misogyny, sexual prejudice, and racism in the military and combating a culture that has allowed it to persist. […]

“There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert! Grateful Dead Frost Amphitheatre, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA May 10, 1986 SBD > MC > C > DAT > CD > EAC > SHN Thanks to Caleb Miller and David Feldstein for the source discs: EAC/SHN by Darryl Hinko AUD > MC* > DAT > CDR […]

Howdy music lovers….join me Wednesday evening from 7-9 pm for music from the British Isles as I listen to some old favorites: Pentangle; Fairport Convention; Incredible String Band and more….to hook into the mood from reading Richard Thompson’s new autobiography ‘Beeswing’ about his early years in music…Tune In; Turn On (your radio) and …..Drop out […]

This Wednesday, May 5 at 9am, we had our regular update on Tallahassee from Jim Saunders, the Executive Editor of the News Service of Florida. The Florida legislature has ended its session. See below a summary of some of the legislation that passed and some legislation that did not. Our main guest was Nancy Abudu, Voting […]

On Tuesday 05-04-2021 from 11:00am until 1:00pm Nuestra Música is celebrating the music of Mexico. WLSR LP 96.5 FM Sarasota / WBPV LP 100.1 West Brandenton / Stream live on WSLR.ORG also on the free app for IOS and Android and on the Archives at https://archive.wslr.org/ for 2 weeks. Cinco de Mayo: The date is […]

“There is NOTHING like a Grateful Dead concert! Grateful Dead Frost Amphitheatre, Palo Alto, CA May 3, 1987 DSBD/DAUD Matrix 65% DSBD PRE-FM SBD > PCM > DAT > CDR 35% FOB Schoeps CMC32S > Grace P.S. > Sony PCM601 ES > DAT > CDR mixed by Sean Weber, converted to shn by Bill Gardner […]

WSLR’s own DADEE-O, host of Collectors Corner, with famed drummer Barrett Deems in Chicago in the the 1990’s. If you’ve seen the movie “High Society” with Louis Armstrong you saw Barrett Deems taking the drum solo! I’ll be joining DADEE-O this Sunday with more Chicago and Sarasota music stories. Collectors Corner, Sunday 1-3pm WSLR 96.5 […]