Welcome To The Vinyl Arkhives...

After a little over 3 years, the dream of returning to radio on a somewhat regular basis has become reality.

The premiere of "Uncle T. Jay's Vinyl Arkhives" will happen on Wednesday Night, September 23rd at 9PM MDT, on KAFM/88.1 FM -- Grand Junction's 16-watt, solar-powered community radio station.

You can also stream the show LIVE at www.kafmradio.org.

What the show will encompass is all the pop music of the rock & roll era in the 50's, 60's and 70's that is largely ignored and/or forgotten nowadays by corporate radio conglomerates.


Remember when Oldies stations stuck to the 50s & 60s, played hundreds if not thousands of different songs, and said "Ewww, we're not gonna play music after 1974, because that is all the disco music"?


Now, what seemed to happen overnight, the stations abandoned the 50's and a good chunk of the 60s, and dove right into the late 70's and early 80s, playing what the corporate suits call "safe songs", while limiting a station's playlist to 200 or 300 songs.


Our show will be pulling from well over 20,000 songs in our vinyl and CD archives, as well as remembering the fun days of AM radio (yes kids, there was a time when cars only had AM Radios and people would listen to music on AM stations -- in MONO!!!) through various ways.


It is here that you can place your requests to hear those long forgotten or rarely-heard songs and/or artists. Since I am nowhere close to converting all of my vinyl 45's and albums into CDs, iPods or hard-drives, it will be difficult to do "instant requests".

So, as a public service, if you send me your Song Requests, along with your name and where you are from, within a few days of my show, I will do my best to include those songs/artists that night. I might be able to clue you in as to when the song will be played.

I will also include information on my blog here as to what I am working on in regards to the Vinyl Arkhives, and will answer any questions you may have.

So let's hear from you. And if you like what you hear, consider making a pledge to KAFM during the Fall Fund Drive to keep both the show and the station going. Listen on the 23rd for details on how you can pledge!

-- Uncle T. Jay