Radio

Q&A: DJ Red Alert On Kiss-FM, The Bridge Wars, And Breaking "Rappin' Duke"

In October of 1983, Kool DJ Red Alert broadcast his first rap radio show on Kiss-FM. It would soon bloom into an essential listening session for hip-hop junkies, a jump-off point for upcoming artists, and a long-running part of New York City's musical soundtrack. So with Kiss closing its doors as we ... More >>

Banning Rush Limbaugh from Radio Would Be a Failure for Feminism

Writing on the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke controversy in his column, Frank Bruni makes the point that there are a whole lot more words in the English language for sexually "transgressive" females than there are males -- who also typically wind up being lauded for their promiscuous proclivities. "W ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh: Saved by Sandra Fluke?

When Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" on his radio show Feb. 29, it sure seemed like the end of an era might be upon us. Public outcry prompted sponsors to pull support from the show, leaving many to wonder whether the conservative stalwart would ... More >>

Sepalcure: Black Swans

The Brooklyn duo plumb bass music's depths

I Want My 18-34 Demographic: MTV's Research-Heavy (And Kinda Unhip) Approach To Melding Radio And TV

MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. via Tacky and KitschSend a self-addressed stamped envelope to the above address, and you could have your own Dial Sticker. ​ The first 59 minutes of MTV—12:01 a.m. to 1 a.m., ex ... More >>

Q&A: DJ Jazzy Jeff On The Enduring Appeal Of "Summertime"

"Drums, please!" 20 summers ago, Jazzy Jeff's opening command in the hip-hop classic "Summertime" kickstarted countless barbecues, picnics and long nighttime drives. Little has changed since. In 1991, as producers K. Fingers and Hula were lifting Kool & the Gang's leisurely dulcet "Summer Madness" ... More >>

A Brief List Of Female Singer-Songwriters Who Might Not Fit The "White Girl With Acoustic Guitar" Mold, But Who Certainly Shouldn't Be Ignored By Overly Strict '90s Revivalists

Where, indeed. ​Hey, so the new Jane Pratt venture XOJane launched today! And one of the Sassy granddaughter's first music-related articles is Yet Another Thing About The Now Gingrich-Assisted '90s Fetishism Happening Right Now, in which Emily McCombs pleads, "Can the '90s Revival Include Fema ... More >>

NPR's Vivian Schiller Resigns After James O'Keefe Sting; New York Times Blames Rape Victim?

​Two distinctly icky stories dominate media news this Wednesday, with none bigger than the mess at National Public Radio following yesterday's release of a hidden camera video by the right-wing videographer and activist James O'Keefe. The public radio organization scrambled as a result of the ... More >>

Juan Williams Banished to $2 Million Fox Gulag for Muslim Mishap

​Daniel Schorr has been gone since July, but he's missed more than ever right now. That's because if the late 93-year-old news sage had lasted just a few months longer we might have heard what he had to say tomorrow morning to Scott Simon on NPR's Weekend Edition about the firing of their now- ... More >>

MEMO TO PROSPECTIVE FREELANCERS

​Dear Prospective Village Voice Freelancers, Each and every day, you send me pitches for stories that you hope I'll bite on. Some are quite good. A few are excellent. Most, however, don't interest me in the least. I try my best to answer as many pitches as I can. If, for whatever reason, I'm ... More >>

Stream the Gaslight Anthem's American Slang In Its Entirety

​American Slang, the Jersey band's Springsteen-checking, world-weary third album, is out June 15, but in the meantime, it's streaming in full at NPR's website, where you can hear "Orphans" in all its GOODBYE CIRCUS WHEEL--that's literally how the song starts--glory. Want to know why NPR's host ... More >>

The Hold Steady

Big-Shot Chicago Sun-Times Rock Critic Jim DeRogatis Is Bound For Academia

Critic, author, radio show co-host, professional R. Kelly antagonizer, and all-around polarizing pop-music raconteur Jim DeRogatis announced his resignation from the Chicago Sun-Times late yesterday, where's he held down the pop-critic spot for nearly two decades, give or take a brief, unhappy sti ... More >>

WYNU's Beats in Space Turns 500

Tim Sweeney celebrates 10 years at the helm of the legendary dance-music show

TUNE IN

Catch an old-time radio show with Tunde Adebimpe

Interview: WFMU's Tom Scharpling on His Twitter Novel, the New Scharpling and Wurster Album, and His Antipathy Towards Sleep.

"Fuel Dump is going to be like Magnolia. Or Crash. It's going to be like Magnolia meets Crash." Obligatory caption: "What I Do On The Weekends For Disposable Income." What Tom Scharpling, host of The Best Show On WFMU with Tom Scharpling, might lack in modesty, he makes up for with his impressive ... More >>

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

What comes after meth-lab/bodega?

Three Great Moments in Duff McKagan's Recent Seattle Weekly Column About His Overwhelmingly Conflicted Week

1. "[Nikki Sixx and I] talked about the upcoming Cruefest, and he told me that they would be performing the Dr. Feelgood record from beginning to end. He also reminded me of a time that I drove his Maserati and put a scratch in it. (I don't even remember driving any Maserati. EVER!) I was a wee bi ... More >>

The NPR Outrage Story Continues: Corrections, Reversals, Etc

Last night, Nathan Lee, the critic at the center of this week's media scandal of the moment, went on the indieWire website--the outlet which originally ran a story detailing a long and fraught negotiation between Lee and NPR over the latter's decision to excise all the names from Lee's review of the ... More >>

I'm Gonna Be On Match Game Live!

I just got a press release saying I'm a celebrity panelist on a live game show, so I guess it's really happening. In fact, I'm pulling together my best Brett Somers wig and Charles Nelson Reilly pants suit (or vice versa) as we speak! Here's the release:

What's Wrong with WNYC?

Listeners, including this one, miss the fiery To the Point

Ron Kuby Hits the Airwaves Again

Seattle's KEXP Comes to New York

Air America's Randi Rhodes Attacked: Report

Air America: Randi Not a Victim of a Hate Crime

EL-P To Play Urban Outfitters in July

Air America's Green Revolution

New York City's most famous gadfly tries to rescue the liberal radio network

Gimme "Indie" Rock

Another payola settlement promises us better, braver radio. Let's not get too excited just yet.

Justice Department's Black Site

The administration censors internal probe of lawbreaking by the Oval Office and the NSA

So Sick

Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody

The Other Foot

The FCC sweeps Eliot Spitzer's payola findings under the rug

The Rebound of Internet Radio

Bluenosed

FCC prudes get vaguer, but satellite radio's no answer

Thug Radio

Beef and bullets in rap's corporate ratings war

Worse Than Ashcroft

Bush's new attorney general helped write the Patriot Act and supported torture

The Day the Clave Stopped

New York's Latin music programming shrinks as population grows

The Spinning Wheel

A story in The New York Times causes an ACLU leader to scurry to create a cover-up

Disorder at the ACLU

ACLU head signed agreement to abide by a requirement of the patriot act

The Ghost Prisoners

Exposing our secret interrogation centers—around and outside our laws

New York Radio

Left of the Dial

Music

WBAI = Anti-Free-Speech Radio

'Democracy Now!' Suspended

Morning Sedition

WBAI Fights Management’s Move to Turn the Station into NPR Lite

Letters

Crossover Dreams

Latin Alternative Rock Sets Its Sights on New York

What It Was

Transmission Impossible

Feds to Big Apple: Forget Neighborhood Stations

Radio Free Internet

A Low-Fi Guide to Online Radio

Talk Radio and the Police

WABC Chills the Air

Adventures in Hi-Fi

Digital Kills the Radio Star