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- Time for the Christmas Extravaganza—from 1989!
- Oops! Preempted Tomorrow (Dec 3rd), Back Next Saturday
- It’s 1985, and The Critton Hollow String Band Are in Town!
- What Is a “Deep Dive”? Tony Trischka Meets Earl Scruggs at Belleville, Saturday 22Oct22.
- Molly Tuttle Back to Bluegrass—at Belleville Roots Oct 7th
- CANCEL ALERT! STREAM FIXED!
- Alert! Stream Down This Morning (17Sep)
- A 50-Year Sour Mash Boys Anniversary—Sunday, 18Sep22, 4–8 PM at Sally O’Brien’s in Somerville
- The Beep, and How to Make It
- ALERT! BROADCAST DOWN 9:35AM; STILL STREAMING THOUGH. LISTEN ON COMPUTER OR OTHER DEVICE.
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- On the Air, Home-Brewed
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Tag Archives: WHRB
The Beep, and How to Make It
Long-time listeners to Hillbilly at Harvard (HAH) will know how we have preserved older styles of music broadcasting, especially ‘top 40’ radio, with breaks after every song, and also our custom to begin and end the program on time, to … Continue reading
Posted in Archival Productions, Hillbilly History
Tagged 'Make the Beep', Beth Potier, Brian Sinclair (Ol' Sinc), Claverly Hall, David Elliott, Dudley Gulch, Foggy Mountain Jamboree, Hillbilly at Harvard, Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, Mike Eisenstadt, Naval Observatory, Pennypacker Hall, Peter Wolf, Rambler, Terry Allen, WBCN, Western Union Clock, WHRB
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In Powhatan, Pre-empted for Two Weeks
Just in case you missed my earlier note, HAH is pre-empted by two Orgies®, someone named Billy Bragg this Saturday (May 7th), and part of a mammoth Schubert Orgy® next Saturday (the 14th). After that I presume we’ll be back … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Billy Bragg, Franz Schubert, Hillbilly at Harvard, Powhatan VA, Summer Tanager, WHRB
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Home-Brewed, Archived, Pre-empted
I’m continuing tomorrow with the current spate of home-brewed Hillbilly Home Recordings, two-hour shows that I’m recording here at home. Listeners tell me they don’t sound too awful, and I am getting better at manipulating this little mixer. Next week, … Continue reading
Hillbilly Home Recordings (HHR) is on the Air
At long last, I have attempted to record Hillbilly at Harvard at home. Once or twice in the past, when I attempted it, I quickly gave up in frustration. When I was in the studio at WHRB, I knew the … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Follow-ups, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Allen-Heath, Generic Hours, HHR, Micky-Mouse, Sure, Technics, WHRB
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The Hillbilly at Harvard Christmas Extravaganza Is On the Air—from 1986!
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD UPDATE 24DEC21: REMEMBER PART TWO OF THIS EXTRAVAGANZA FROM 1986 TOMORROW AT 9 AM. TUNE IN EARLY! The sticker on the tape reads, ‘DHSh/HAH—20Dec86—Christmas Show (Cast of Thousands)’. That’s ‘Down Home Show / Hillbilly at … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Friends and Neighbors, Hillbilly History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Christmas Extravaganza, Ed Muller, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jim Murphy, Jimmy Allen, John Lincoln Wright, Larry Flint, Mark Burns, Mike Walker, Mike Walker and Durango, Miss Helen, Miss Jean, Muffin, The Blue Star, The Down Home Show, WDLW, WHRB, WOKQ
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Whaddaya Know? We’ve Been Pre-empted!
Just received the WHRB Program Guide in the mailbox. So I opened it up to tomorrow’s date, and what do I see from 7 AM to 12 Noon but ‘The Avett Brothers Orgy’. Surprise! Then a little later I receive … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Avett Brothers, George Jones, Hillbilly at Harvard, WHRB
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Let’s Stay in 1990. . .
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD I hate starting a paragraph with “As I . . .” but, as I mentioned in the introductory announcement to tomorrow’s HAH Archive, After just archiving half of a show from 1990 with two live … Continue reading
Back to 1986, with Bay State Bluegrass
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD It was November 8th, 1986, back in the WHRB studios under Sanders Theater in Memorial Hall, and I was having trouble with Left Turntable during The Down Home Show. One channel was not broadcasting. This … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Archival Productions, Bluegrass, Country History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Dave Haney, Ed Muller, Hillbilly at Harvard, IBMA, Jim Roillins, Jimmy Martin, Joe Val, Lisa Baldwin, Randy Travis, Stan Zdonik, Steve Aby, The Boston Bluegrass Union, The Down Home Show, The New England Bluegrass Boys, WDLW, WHRB
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It’s Independence Day Weekend, and OId Sinc’s on Vacation
ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD I went looking in the boxes of reel-to-reel tapes for a July 4th show. The closest I found was one from Saturday, July 5th, 1986. Old Sinc and Miss Helen were on vacation in Florida … Continue reading
Put More Water in the Soup
Bad news for late risers (and Western Time Zoners): Hillbilly at Harvard is cutting back to three hours, from 9 AM to 12 noon, starting this Saturday (January 30th). And as well, Harvard is still restricting outsiders (non-students, non-employees) from … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged DAT machine, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jimmy Martin, WHRB
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