Free-Form DJ Vin Scelsa and the CBGB's scene
wfuv is great. vin scelsa . The group harmony review. The kara manning show. They had echos on there at one point.
I think I've heard kara 
but my shedule varies;only relatively reccently have I gotten back to (remember &) listen to the station!
Vin Scelsa- one of the
greatest free-form DJ's and
story tellers real or fanciful IN the USA, if not the world!
He did colllege radio when he was in collage, too.
He was a commercial DJ on 2 of the most high-powered NYC rock stations in the 70's - 90's maaaay be early oughts but by that time 00's I'd moved to the more southern burrough in nyc: so that when he was let go on commercial radio he went to FUV and I couldn't get the signal most tof the time for 9 yrs. Now that I'm back in the north of NYC I can again!
He often chaffed and got in trouble at times for bending & breaking The Playlist Rules as where he was in FM Commercial Radio (by late 60's the suits wanted to tightern up the PLs for $$ reasons) sometimes tighten their Playlists and even he at times wasn't quite as free-form , but other times the suits
recognized his ff did attract a very loyal audience.
Back in the
70's & early-mid 80's thse are among the music artists he
introduced to me:
The Neville Brothers, The Wikd Tchoupitoulas (Madri Gras Indian group), Steve Reich, The Roache Sister, and
most imprtantly for u2: Teleivsion, Patti Smith Group, and The Ramones!
Vin helped & encourged some of the newer DJ's at WNEW-FM that also like the Punk/New Wave to also play that music. They did; and an audience outside of people near by (famous Art College & also NYU) went to check it out. It's possible that if they hadn't done that
the CBGB's (and sometimes Max's Kansis City) scenes might not have florished as quickly sparking bands through the NE, and then rest of the USA> Plus influencing/sparking the English etc Punk scene etc or might have remained much more local, sputtered out (less to no play on radio). I really don't think it would have totally sputtered out as the was New York Rock & Punk Magazine to also carry the news. But it didn't here we are today with so many bands who florished/ later on were influnced by the original scene.
Just remeber Young NYc'rs and near-by and USA'r for those who love/d this stuff: Punk/New Wave started in NYC not Englnd.
in fact I think I'll copy & take this post to
Zoo Staion oops!
Just The Bang and The C latter and ask others to wax poetic about their Fav radio DJ's. Even if the listening audiences are more scattered listening-wise.
I'm not that worried about Paul Epworth being involved.
