The Mad Rocker Radio Show Goes Worldwide...

...for an hour, that is.  Rollins College radio station, WPRK, is celebrating 60 years on the air with a week-long celebration and "fund-a-thon" designed to raise money to help upgrade the station's facilities.  I heard the "scoff" from those of you who are familiar with Rollins and its lofty price tag for those fortunate and affluent enough to attend.  I fit the "fortunate" aspect of that equation by having some brains and a fastball in the mid-90's, but I didn't have a trust fund.  Doesn't matter, it's a great institution with the increasingly rare FM signal completely operated by the college, its students and community volunteers.  When I say "operated by the college", believe me, it's on a shoestring budget.  Back in my day, it was funded solely for its classical music programming, which was 70% of its 9 - 12 hour daily broadcast schedule.  When the students left for Christmas and summer breaks, the station went off the air.  Well, it's 24/7 now with Internet streaming to boot, and that's what has me SO EXCITED! 
As part of the celebration week, WPRK is saluting its history with special features, interviews, and the "WPRK Midday Flashback", and the Mad Rocker will hit the local airwaves & worldwide stream Monday, April 2 at Noon EDT (16:00 GMT for you internationals) for an hour-long reprise of the type of show I was known for.  Already have the playlist and not a damn thing on it past 1980.  I doubt I'll have time to play all 14 selected tracks, but there are three artists you all should know, three more that many of you will get, but the remainder will be a challenge for you old farts like me and a treat for you young "rocker" bucks.  For the 20% who are my local readers, tune your FM dial to 91.5 for an example of what Album-Oriented-Rock radio was all about in its late-70's prime.  For the other 80% of my readers in the domestic states of Tennessee, Texas, California, Georgia, and other countries like the UK, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, Spain & France, click this link to WPRK's website and select the streaming method of choice.  I truly hope you get a kick out of the music and the blurred recollections that I may spew forth, enough so to donate a few $'s to the cause.  Click this WPRK Basement Radio link and follow the path to the QuikPAY site.  In the "Feedback for WPRK" window, put Mad Rocker so they'll know who to blame. 

I hope you get a chance to listen for a few minutes Monday.  I'd like to be able to make the hour available for a podcast, but since I'm clueless in such matters, don't bet on it.  So please...

TUNE IN!