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- For Met Fans—More Operas!
- Harvard Gazette Highlights WHRB
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- WHRB and HAH Are Still on the Air
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- Here’s the Met Broadcast Schedule for 2019-2020
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- Why I Cancelled Barbara Martin Stephens
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- Paper and Pen—Open Page
- Phil Everly (1939–2014)
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Tag Archives: WHRB
David Elliott—We Lost a Friend and Colleague
Last Friday brought this news from Jon Lehrich, Chairman of WHRB’s Board of Trustees: Friends: I am writing to share the sad news that David Elliott passed away last night, after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). David … Continue reading
Posted in Friends and Neighbors, Hillbilly History, Hillbilly Journal, Radio Talk
Tagged ALS, Bob Wills, David Elliott, Fillbillies, Gerry Katz, Hillbilly at Harvard, John Lincoln Wright, Jon Lehrich, Larry Flint, Northeastern Records, Rossini, Spike Jones, Stringhan Walters, Tony Lauck, WHRB, WHRB History, William Tell Overture
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Willie, John T, and Me
In which Willie sits around in his underwear, his friend John T sells sheets to the KLan, and I get suspended. Back on September 26th, a listener to one of our prerecorded shows (I’ll call him ‘Mr S’), wrote to … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Country History, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk, Songwriting
Tagged Harvard University, Helotes TX, Hillary Clinton, Hillbilly at Harvard, John Spong, John T. Floores, Ku Klux Klan, Sen. Robert Byrd, Shotgun Willie, The Texas Monthly, WHRB, Willie Nelson
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Harvard Gazette Highlights WHRB
The Harvard Gazette is “the official news website for Harvard University,” and seems to be updated more-or-less daily. The May 4th issue featured a story by Jon Chase on WHRB staying on the air (‘WHRB keeps classical connections’), despite the … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Bluegrass, Follow-ups, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Allison Pao, Chatham Rabbits, Ella Fitzgerald, Emily Spector, Hamish Nicholson, Hank Pattie & the Current, Harvard Gazette, Hillbilly at Harvard, Jon Chase, Mandolin Orange, Margaux Winter, Rhiannon giddens, WHRB
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WHRB and HAH Are Still on the Air
Back in early March, when the Presidential Task Force, reacting to the COVID-19 outbreak, issued CDC guidelines recommending no gatherings and staying at home (when possible), Harvard like other major colleges across the nation, sent the students home. Whether … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged Allison Pao, Emily Spector, WHRB
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Here’s the Met Broadcast Schedule for 2019-2020
Once again we make room for the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, in the Boston area exclusively on WHRB. All but three of the broadcasts start at 1:00 PM, with HAH ending about 15 minutes early for the Prelude … Continue reading
Well Met—It’s Opry Time Again!
The Metropolitan Opera broadcast season begins December 1st. Again this year there are seven Saturdays starting earlier than 1:00 PM. In all cases we subtract about 15 minutes from the Met starting time for WHRB’s Prelude to the Met. Fans … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia, Hillbilly Journal, Program Notes, Radio Talk
Tagged David Elliott, The Metropolitan Opera, WHRB
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WHRB Updates Web Streaming
Here’s new information about the streaming Web addresses for the WHRB Internet stream. If you just go to WHRB.org, and click on the Listen button, you won’t need to do anything else. But if you are using an application like … Continue reading
HAH History: The Committee Saves the Show!
Back about 1965 or 1966, Cousin Dave Schmalz was living in an apartment on Upland Rd. in Cambridge, which of course he called Upland Downs. At one of his weekly poker parties, a WHRB member (whose name escapes me) turned … Continue reading
Reminder: No Show Saturday, October 3rd
Hillbilly at Harvard is making room for WHRB’s 75th Anniversary celebrations tomorrow. See HERE for details. Get out and hear some live music—as Ol’ Sinc used to say, “You owe it to yourself!” (see the Country Calendar page). Back on … Continue reading
