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« Monday's the day | Today's the day! » The Day BeforeJanuary 23, 2005 Good afternoon blog readers, We're all at the studios getting ready for tomorrow's launch. Things are really interesting because half of the building has power, and the other half doesn't. The phones aren't working quite right, either, and the elevator is out of service. Evidently there is a problem with the power in downtown St Paul because we see that some of the traffic lights are out, too, and our neighbors across the street in all directions have a similar problem. A large team from our Technology division is here, making sure we can get our work done and trying to solve the problem. A few of us have been making last minute runs to the local record stores to pick up some discs we want to have for tomorrow. Others are labeling CDs and making sure they're alphabetized on the shelves. Mary Lucia and Mark Wheat are in the studio practicing, and Michael Wells is making sure the 89.3 web site is ready for launch. Annie is corresponding with possible studio guests for next week. We just gobbled down a big bag filled with Vietnamese sandwiches from the Saigon Restaurant on University Avenue (and we recommend them, too). The web stream is up and running in case you want to try it. Right now it's carrying the Classical Music Service. Follow the link at the top of the new blog page to find it. For those of you wondering whether we are planning to keep up this dialogue on the 89.3 web site, the answer is yes. When we started the web log I proposed doing it for a year. It will take at least that long for the station to get settled, and an active conversation with the community is the best way for us to be responsive and to try to get it right. Your comments and ideas -- whether raves or rants -- are a joy to us. We're so happy you want to help us make this new radio station. We'll try to get some sleep tonight, but that won't be easy! See you then. Posted by Sarah Lutman at 02:08 PM
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I second Keith's suggestion. Posted by: Rich K at January 23, 2005 05:01 PMjack sparks didn't sign off from wmgt yesterday or say he was leaving or anything, so i guess that means you didn't ask him to bring his edgy and local show to your signal. us fans of the other side will keep our fingers crossed and keep driving around in our cars to listen to him on saturday afternoons. maybe somebody will take us alt country types and our money seriously one day. Posted by: George at January 23, 2005 05:03 PMWe'll have something on the site for those of you who miss the launch. It won't be up right away, but it'll follow shortly. Posted by: Michael Wells at January 23, 2005 05:08 PMI'll be at school when the station launches, which is why I bought a USB radio thing called RadioShark that works kinda like Tivo for the radio, that way I can schedule it to record the first hour tomorrow morning. That's how excited I am for this station! I can hardly wait. Posted by: FPM2K at January 23, 2005 11:26 PMI've already got it on, at my desk, right now, at work 3 hours in advance. And yesterday I set my pre-set in my car. I can't wait! Posted by: Kathy at January 24, 2005 06:38 AMDitto, Kathy! T minus 2 hrs and 10 minutes! I'll be at work shortly with the stream on! Posted by: Erik Anderson at January 24, 2005 06:50 AMGood luck y'all. Hopefully a real music station will stick this time! Posted by: Tom Peterson at January 24, 2005 07:43 AMHeh. Brought my old Grundig crankable to work today, only to learn that zee lights sort of block out the signal here in Roseville. Luckily, my company is kind, and streaming is okay here... Posted by: Drew J at January 24, 2005 07:53 AMBreak a leg, folks... Some of us have been hoping for a truly eclectic mix for a very long time. (PS -- suggestion: create a banner that those of us with webpages can use to promote the new station) Posted by: Mick at January 24, 2005 08:04 AMI was so happy that you played "Joyful Girl," Hmm... Drew J in Roseville... methinks I smell an SCC Sidewinder engineer and former co-worker. So far I'm very impressed with the content. Good job 89.3 staff! Perhaps I'll have to become a founding member. Posted by: Jesse E at January 24, 2005 01:39 PMNever thought I would hear The Clash's "the guns of brixton" on the radio. I have listened to the station for about an hour and am so happy with what I am hearing.......thank you!!! Posted by: Joel at January 24, 2005 03:09 PMThis station has so much potential. I was very impressed by what I heard on 89.3 yesterday (1/24) and I hope you will continue in that vein. I recently moved here from Colorado, where my favorite station was KRCC, operated by Colorado College. It was the only NPR station I'd ever heard that focused on alternative music rather than classical and I'm glad The Current has arrived. KRCC was a station that offered the latest alternative music, blues shows, evening jazz, reggae, Celtic music, overnight shows of electronica and dance music, etc., etc. Plus all the MPR favorites, like Car Talk and A Prairie Home Companion. Another similar station is the webcast Radioio Eclectic, which I listened to until it priced itself out of my reach. They had a clicker to tell what song was currently playing, as well as the past 2 or 3 songs, and what 1 or 2 were coming up next. Hope you are in business a long, long time. Posted by: Craig Larson at January 25, 2005 09:28 AM
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Can't wait to listen in tomorrow. But irony of ironies I've scheduled and all day meeting at work with my team and won't be able to hear Thorn sign on or Mary's first words. Has there been any thought given to posting preserving any of this online so that we may hear it? I guess that's kind of a geeky request, but I would love to be able to hear the welcomes from all the DJs.
Posted by: Keith at January 23, 2005 03:43 PM