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Want to buy a bluegrass radio station in DC?

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jec01

WAMU-FM has announced that they're cutting loose their Bluegrass/Country station. If you want to buy it, see the Request for Proposals linked at the press release.

Note that the station's vinyl library was meticulously digitized by inmate Sam A a couple of years ago.

Happy listening,

Jim

"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno

Press Release (Open in New Window)

Follow Ups:

I'm going to buy it and make it into a top 40 station! - MannyE 01:21:40 07/25/16 (0)
Is what the asshole that buys it is going to say... lol

I hope that doesn't happen.
Thanks! - SamA 17:34:16 07/10/16 (2)
Thanks for remembering my volunteer work at Bluegrass Country. While I did catalog the entire LP collection and got the Album Cover of the Day rolling on Twitter, I made only a dent in digitizing the collection.

I hope someone else got to do more of it because it is an amazing collection - lots of out of print, mom and pop shop issues, radio promos, etc. Stuff you could never find today if you had to, I would guess.

Now, I have to admit I never met Dolly at the station either. But ... I got to see and hear and say hello to a lot of stars visiting the station for in-house performances and/or interviews.

It was - and remains - a great place. I hope they end up in good hands.
- RE: Thanks! - JURB 18:14:26 07/13/16 (1)
  I don't know about y'all, but I really doubt DC has a huge bluegrass market. If you buy it, change the genre. Unfortunately, business is business.
  - Bluegrass is probably the least popular genre, almost anywhere you go - genungo 19:37:47 07/13/16 (0)
    The market for Bluegrass music is definitely a niche. And yet, Dolly Parton somehow fits in that niche.
    
    Miracles do happen!
RE: Want to buy a bluegrass radio station in DC? - genungo 13:35:52 07/07/16 (4)
Only if Dolly Parton comes with it.
- RE: Want to buy a bluegrass radio station in DC? - Awe-d-o-file 16:59:28 07/07/16 (3)
  She might. I bet Bluegrass turns her on.......
  
  ET
  - Here real, true love has always been Bluegrass Music - genungo 18:40:24 07/07/16 (0)
    She did the Mainstream Country Pop thing in order to make a living. But after that phase of her life was over she had a partial breast reduction done and concentrated on the Bluegrass continuum.
    
    I don't know of a more perfect female Country/Bluegrass album than "The Grass is Blue". Sublime in it's genre, if there is a better album of this sort out there I'd sure like to know about it...
  - Let's put it this way - jec01 18:04:09 07/07/16 (1)
    Owning a bluegrass station would give you a better shot with Dolly Parton than anything anybody on this board has.
    
    Happy listening,
    
    Jim
    
    "The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
    - Brian Eno
    - RE: Let's put it this way - genungo 18:50:04 07/07/16 (0)
      She's married as far as I know, but I sure wouldn't mind having her "hang around" the station from time to time...

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