WUOG 90.5fm

Wahoooo! The deejays are back! The summer is schedule is in effect, and we are on air (and online) approximately every day from Noon to Midnight!

For a more detailed programming guide, please check this schedule, and be on the look-out for a snazzy programming poster around town!

Other summer announcements: WUOG and Athens Popfest have teamed up! Be on the lookout for upcoming special interviews with the bands and the guys behind the scenes who make things happen!

Live in the Lobby starts this Tuesday June 8th at 8pm with The Border Lions! Tune in or stop by if you’re feeling adventurous!

Hey listeners! I know we are all bummed it’s “break radio” sans regular programming, but you can get your fill of WUOG by listening to some old–yet always fresh–episodes of our specialty shows!

Here are some highlights from 2010 to keep you going this week!

1. Wassoulu Music from Mali on 2009’s Best Specialty Show Miliki Soundsystem (formerly known as Afrika).
2. One of a series of thematic shows, this one featuring game music on Beasts from the East, the revived J-Pop show and one of 2010’s Best Specialty Show winners.
3. The Lemonheads, The Breeders, & John Zorn on roots of punk and experimental show Blank Generation, the other winner of the 2010 Best Specialty Show award.
4. Cop Dope performs and guest deejays on the punk show Boiling Point.
5. Dance party extreme episode on a new show, a cross-genre survey of Scandinavian, Norwegian music show called Pining for the Fjords.
6. A banana-and-ukelele-filled edition of Jitters & Rags.
7. Some of the very best in new and contemporary folk and psych-folk, featuring Animal Collective and Akron/Family, to name a few, on Friendly Folk.
8. A chilling selection of Russian chamber music on the baroque show Vespers.

More spotlights to come in the days ahead!

Hey beautiful listeners! As the Spring semester comes to a close this year, WUOG will be going off-air to give student-DJs a little end of the year study break. We’ll also be doing some station repairs, so that we can have even better equipment to have even better programming!

With that WUOG will be in Break Radio from April 29 til June 3, and regular summer programming will return June 4. In the meantime, you can look forward hearing Live in the Lobby tomorrow with the Sugar Dicks, the dedicated Players Picnic every Saturday from 2-4pm and a 24-hour LIVE MUSIC extravaganza starting at 12pm on May 11 thru 12pm May 12. Please come down to the station and jam with Mister Senor Love Daddy and DJ Triple XXX ‘thas three x’s yall.’

DJs will come in to deejay off and on, so be sure to tune in every now and then to catch a snippet of music, talk, sports, whatever!

If you’re really desperate, you can always listen to old shows posted by DJs, talk show hosts, and sports staffers. Here’s a full list of specialty shows and podcasts of talk and sports shows.

WUOG will be broadcasting live from the UGA Relay for Life starting this Friday at 7 pm.

We’re be broadcasting all night long to raise money for the American Cancer Society. At the end of our 12-hour broadcast, we’ll be announcing how much money our DJs and listeners were able to raise in the fight against cancer. We need your help! Click Here to donate! No donation is too small!

Listen live on 90.5fm and on wuog.org/live.

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Hello!

Local Elephant 6 man, Julian Koster (Neutral Milk Hotel, Music Tapes) will be guest DJing tonights Sound of the City with Mister Senor Love Daddy (aka me) and DJ Triple xxx thats three x’s yall.

He will be spinning an all vinyl set of his favorite tunes + there will be sporadic interviews with your hosts!

Tune in at 90.5 fm  or www.wuog.com/live at 8:30pm until 10 pm.

Love,

Mister Senor Love Daddy aka your Local Music Director

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It’s a benefit show with performances by:
+Doctor Squid+
+Mans Trash+
+Sleeping Friends+
+Bubbly Mommy Gun+
+Quiet Hooves+

Followed by a dance party with DJ DADDY’S MONEY !!

Can’t wait to see all of you there!

R.E.M. is turning 30 on April 5th! So in honor of Athens’ favorite sons, WUOG 90.5fm is playing nothing but REM stuff for 5 hours. From noon til 5 pm EST, you can hear the first album Murmur, the latest one Accelerate, and all the nuts and bolts in between!

Local Music Director William Kennedy and Sound of the City host Jordan Stepp will be playing deep cuts, live and alternate versions, rarities, b-sides, bootlegs and more! There may even be a really uber-special surprise!

Tune in!

WUOG will be at the following shows setting up promo booths full of our latest merch items to giveaway to YOU!

4/2: The Corduroy Road (CD Release show!) with A Hope for Agoldensummer and Josh Roberts and the Hinges 9 pm at the 40 Watt!

4/7: Adult Swim Block Party with Here We Go Magic 6 pm in the 40 Watt parking lot! FREE FUN!

4/10: Black Lips, Box Elders, and Gay Africa 9 pm at the 40 Watt!

4/14: Orange Twin show with Nana Grizol and The Max Levine Ensemble at the 40 Watt!

4/16: ATHENS AMERICANA FESTIVAL at Little Kings!

Come on out and get some free WUOG spirit wear while supporting your local music scene!

The Women’s Studies Student Organization and WUOG 90.5 fm present::

DANCE BACK THE NIGHT!!!

This Friday, April 2nd at Go Bar (195 Prince Avenue). Doors at 9 p.m.
The event is 18+, with a $3 required contribution for ages 18-20 and a suggested $3-5 donation for people over 21.

Performances by::
Ye Olde Sub Shoppe
Grape Soda
Werewolves
DJ IMMUZIKATION

All proceeds will go towards this year’s Take Back the Night (on April 15th)! Take Back the Night is dedicated to confronting numerous social ills, including rape, sexual violence, domestic violence, violence against children, and violence against women. This year, as every year, TBTN will provide members of the Athens community with an opportunity to participate in a candlelight vigil and an empowerment march. The night will end with the opportunity for survivors of violence to give voice to their experiences and publicly affirm their transition from victim to survivor.

For more information visit http://www.takebackthenight.org/

WUOG welcomes our parents this weekend! The moms and dads and official guardians of all our DJs will be guest-djing all weekend, so our regular weekend programming will be temporarily interrupted. This super special family-friendly event starts tonight at 6pm and will not stop till sunday night at midnight.

Thanks for giving birth to us, Parents!