Programming

“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” WSLR is slowly coming back with a very sparse number of live studio programmers, albeit with very specific instructions as […]

TBT Holiday Saludos! Listen to the LATIN EXPLOSION Christmas Day Special, tomorrow morning, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota or all day https://archive.wslr.org/ “Feliz Navidad!”

“Live It Up” Christmas Day with LATIN EXPLOSION! Larry Harlow, Kako, Asalto Navideno and Irakere! Y mucha Christmas salsa! LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, stream live at wslr.org and listen anytime https://archive.wslr.org/

Grateful Dead The Summit, Houston, Texas December 21, 1978 AUD > MC > ? > D > CD > EAC > SHN The only recording that circulates, blown lyrics, warts and all. And just a couple of times chatting in the left channel pops up, but not too bad. Muffled slightly, but I should be […]

Wednesday, December 23, at 9am our guest was Twyla Carter, National Policy Director at The Bail Project. Missed it? Just go to archive.wslr.org and search for “Peace & Justice.” Their website tells us this: On any given day, nearly half a million people languish in jail cells across America, waiting for their criminal cases to move […]

Monday – Friday Changes Effective Monday, January 4th Democracy Now at 10am World Music Shows, 11am to 1pm Thom Hartmann stays at 1pm Local News Updates at 7am and 4pm International News Updates at 11am and 7pm

HOWDY,     Hey campers I hope all is well with you?  My last show of the year will be Wednesday December 23rd Christmas Eve, Eve!   You know what that means?  All bets are off so the next show will be filled with off the wall Christmas songs and parodies.   In my search for tunes […]

Join me Wed. Dec 16 from 7-9 pm .  ‘Rock n’ Roll, Soothe My Soul’: songs that helped me while I grieved in Hamburg for the loss of Katharina, my love, who passed away in June. ’Johnson and James’: blues and ragtime See you on the air….social-distancing at its best. No mask required.

Alex Masucci is The Interview this Friday, December 18. Hear all about the start of Fania Records, bandleaders Ricardo Marrero and Bobby Rodriguez and the story about what really happened at the Fania All Stars concert at Yankee Stadium! And more NYC Salsa! LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am, WSLR 96.5 FM Sarasota, listen live at WSLR.org […]

Jerry Garcia & Merl Sunders The Keystone, Berkeley, CA December 20, 1972 FM[WBAI]SBD.DAT(MSR > DAT > 1c> DAT) > CDR > SHN An absolutely pristine recording, once they suss out the soundboard feed a few minutes in. And since we’re now broadcasting in stereo, i can tell you that all of jerry is in the […]