Saturday Morning Serial: Greatest Game Ever: Feb 01, 2014: 7am - 8am

Listen back to the 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants, and other radio calls.

Saturday Morning Serial: Hang Ups: Jan 25, 2014: 7am - 8am

Don't hang up your phone. Operators are standing by. Sounds and songs of hang ups from The Orlons ("Don't Hang Up"), Johnny Wyatt ("Hang Up The Phone"), Jimmy Cliff ("Pack Up Hang Ups"), Loretta Lynn...

Saturday Morning Serial: Turning the Dial: Jan 18, 2014: 7am - 8am

Turn the radio dial along with Bobby Lewis ("Tossin' and Turnin'"), Scanner ("Turning the Dial"), Alan Jackson ("Where Were You [When the World Stopped Turning]"), Home ("Turn Away"), Weezer ("Turning...

Saturday Morning Serial: January: Jan 11, 2014: 7am - 8am

A tour of the songs, and sounds, and radio history from the first month of the year. Tune in January from Julie London ("June in January"), Max Roach ("January V"), Elton John ("January"), Pilot ("Jan...

Saturday Morning Serial: AM Radio: Jan 04, 2014: 7am - 8am

Amplitude modulation is examined in song and story. With !!!, and others.

Saturday Morning Serial: Winter Wonder: Dec 21, 2013: 7am - 8am

Selections from holiday transmissions are mixed with Salvation Army bells, strange sounds, and more seasonal noises. Includes Run DMC ("Christmas in Hollis"); Dickie Goodman ("Santa and the Satellite"...

Saturday Morning Serial: Rip Van Winkle: Dec 14, 2013: 7am - 8am

The Greene County-based legend of Rip Van Winkle is featured. Catskill sound artist Brian Dewan gives a dramatic reading of the Washington Irving-penned tale. Also, the story in songs by The Devotions...

Saturday Morning Serial: The Fly: Dec 14, 2013: 7am - 8am

David Shaw-Parker reads D.H Lawrence's short story "The Fly in the Ointment," plus works by Spike Jones ("There's a Fly in My Music"), The Rolling Stones ("The Spider and The Fly"), Wire ("I Am The F...

Saturday Morning Serial: December: Dec 07, 2013: 7am - 8am

December songs, sounds, and stories are explored. FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech recalls Pearl Harbor Day, and Phil Kline's annual December "Unsilent Night" boombox orchestra is unleashed. Plus, the 52...

Saturday Morning Serial: It Was All a Dream: Nov 30, 2013: 7am - 8am

Dreams, often as a crutch for poor writing, are explored. An alternate ending of "Breaking Bad" is explored, as well as dream endings for "The Wizard of Oz," "Newhart," and "Dallas." Plus "Dance of th...

Saturday Morning Serial: Turkeys: Nov 23, 2013: 7am - 8am

Radio Thanksgiving traditions such as playing Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" and Rush Limbaugh's "The True Story of Thanksgiving," and dropping live turkeys from helicopters continue to this day....

Saturday Morning Serial: Channel Zero: Oct 26, 2013: 7am - 8am

Tune in to sounds and songs about zero. Including performances from Public Enemy ("She Watch Channel Zero?!"), Yeah Yeah Yeahs ("Zero"), Elvis Costello ("Less Than Zero"), Sonny Boy Williamson ("Nine...

Saturday Morning Serial: October: Oct 12, 2013: 7am - 8am

Songs and stories about October from The Four Freshman ("This October"), Of Montreal ("October is Eternal"), Unwound ("October All Over"), Amy Winehouse ("October Song"), Nancy Wilson ("When October G...

Saturday Morning Serial: Shutdown: Oct 05, 2013: 7am - 8am

Shutdown sounds, computers shutting down, and more. Plus shut down songs from The Beach Boys ("Shut Down"), Gil Scott Heron ("Shut 'Em Down"), Public Enemy (Shut 'Em Down"), Camper Van Beethoven ("Shu...

Saturday Morning Serial: Haters: Sep 28, 2013: 7am - 8am

"I Hate Everything" from George Strait, "I Hate Everything" from the Young Fresh Fellows, "I Hate Music" from The Replacements, "Hate" from Catpower, "Orange Ball of Hate" from The Mountain Goats, "Th...

Saturday Morning Serial: Stingers: Sep 21, 2013: 7am - 8am

Stingers are short, interstitial sound files used in radio, in this case assembled in an hour-long collage.

Saturday Morning Serial: Football: Sep 14, 2013: 7am - 8am

Soccer chants from Barmy Army, football stories from Andy Griffith and Bill Cosby, and songs from Mojo Nixon, Belle & Sebatsian, Queen, David Lynch, and others on the subject.

Saturday Morning Serial: August Songs: Aug 03, 2013: 7am - 8am

August songs about the eight month of the year, from the Preservation Jazz Band, Julie London, Bebel Gilberto, Carole King, Grizzly Bear, Freddy Cannon, The Flatliners, NOFX, Funkadelic, Avail, Love,...

Saturday Morning Serial: Revolution: Jul 27, 2013: 7am - 8am

The Revolution will not be televised, it will be on the radio. With Malcolm X, Bill Frisell, Gil Scott-Heron, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, The Clash, T. Rex, Public Enemy, Sam Cooke, Chris Lee, Leonard Co...

Saturday Morning Serial: Bikes: Jul 06, 2013: 7am - 8am

Songs and sounds of bicycles. Including works by Queen, Nat "King" Cole, Fats Domino, Kimya Dawon, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa with Steve Allan, Kraftwerk, John Cale, Hawkwind, The Dukes of Stratopshere,...

Saturday Morning Serial: Rip Van Winkle: Jun 15, 2013: 7am - 8am

The Greene County-based legend of Rip Van Winkle is featured. Catskill sound artist Brian Dewan gives a dramatic reading of the Washington Irving-penned tale. Also, the story in songs by The Devotions...

Saturday Morning Serial: Underwater Radio: Jun 08, 2013: 7am - 8am

Sonar, and whale communication is discussed. Whales operate a utopian radio system, according to radio artist Anna Friz, and Ahab was the first shock jock according to radio artist Gregory Whitehead....

Saturday Morning Serial: Wartime Broadcasts: May 25, 2013: 7am - 8am

Listen to Franklin Delano Roosevelt declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor, Dwight Eisenhower warn of the "military-industrial complex," and a bit of George W. Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech, a...

Saturday Morning Serial: Live From Catskill: May 11, 2013: 7am - 8am

Jill Sutton gets everyone in the mood for the following "WGXC Open Air Pancake Breakfast," live from Catskill Community Center.

Saturday Morning Serial: Marching Bands: Apr 20, 2013: 7am - 8am

A steel drum band covers "Transmission" by Joy Division on the streets of Manchester, England, "Billy Don't Be a Hero," by Paper Lace, "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," by Paul S...

Saturday Morning Serial: April Songs: Apr 06, 2013: 7am - 8am

Prince, and others sing about April.

Saturday Morning Serial: Pipe Organs: Mar 23, 2013: 7am - 8am

WGXC airs a special on church and pipe organs. Talking Head David Byrne sets the scene, with a recent essay in McSweeney's about how sound was created for various settings, including churches. We'll e...

Saturday Morning Serial: Radar Love: Mar 16, 2013: 7am - 8am

Songs and sounds of radar. Includes documentary information about military applications and speed detection, as well as songs by Britney Spears ("Radar"), Golden Earring ("Radar Love"), Big Joe Turner...

Saturday Morning Serial Marathon: Mar 16, 2013: 1am - 5am

Four hours of "Saturday Morning Serial," on themes of sound effects, Western Union, cell phones, and the month of March.

Saturday Morning Serial: Dialing: Mar 09, 2013: 7am - 8am

Turn your dial, or dial in your phone, to this show about the sounds and songs of dialing. We'll learn "How to Dial a Rotary Phone," "Dial M for Murder," and order a dial wand. Songs from The Kinks ("...

Saturday Morning Serial: March In: Mar 02, 2013: 7am - 8am

Songs about the month of March from Julie London, Iron Maiden, Devo, and others. Plus March radio history from Marconi (first wireless patent, March. 2, 1897; Marconi transmits across English Channel,...

Saturday Morning Serial: CB Radio: Feb 23, 2013: 7am - 8am

Tune in Channel 6 locally on CB radio, and to this story and songs of citizen's band. Includes C.W. McCall's "Convoy," Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton's "10-4 Over and Out," Cledus Maggard's "CB Lingo...

Saturday Morning Serial: Pirate Television: Feb 16, 2013: 7am - 8am

In early February, 2013, a Montana television station was overtaken by some sort of pirate signal, that triggered an Emergency Alert System announcement of a zombie attack. The station released this s...

Saturday Morning Serial: Cell Phones: Feb 09, 2013: 7am - 8am

Cell phone sounds and stories and songs. Including some from Roger McGuinn ("Car Phone"), The Magnetic Fields ("The Machine in Your Hand"), Beck ("Cellphone's Dead"), Lady Gaga and Beyonce ("Telephone...

Saturday Morning Serial: February Songs: Feb 02, 2013: 7am - 7:50 am

February songs and sounds are explored from The Avett Brothers ("February Seven"), Julie London ("February Brings the Rain"), Rasputina ("Dark Februuary"), Incredible String Band ("Cold Days of Februa...

Saturday Morning Serial: January Songs: Jan 26, 2013: 7am - 8am

A tour of the songs, and sounds, and radio history from the first month of the year. Tune in January from Julie London ("June in January"), Max Roach ("January V"), Elton John ("January"), Pilot ("Jan...

Upstate Radio Theatre: 20130126: Jan 26, 2013: 3am - 4am

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes "The Bruce-Partington Plans" 11-6-39; Gunsmoke "Personal Justice" 9-27-59.

Saturday Morning Serial: DJ Appreciation Day: Jan 19, 2013: 7am - 8am

Some call Jan. 20 "DJ Appreciation Day" for the day in 1965 when Alan Freed died. This show tunes in clips of famous DJs, amid songs by Sam Cooke ("Having a Party"), Indeep ("Last Night a DJ saved My...

Upstate Radio Theatre: 20130112: Jan 12, 2013: 7am - 8am

The Jimmy Durante Show "Jimmy's Birthday Party" 2-11-48; Theater Five "Molecule Masquerade" 8-21-64; Incredible But True "Two Heads Are Better" Date Not Specified.

Saturday Morning Serials: Transistor Radios, Western Union, Shadows: Jan 12, 2013: 1am - 4am

Themed shows with songs on the subjects, plus radio theatre, cartoon music, sound effects, and more.

Saturday Morning Serial: Shadows: Jan 05, 2013: 7am - 8am

"The Shadow" radio theatre show debuted on CBS Jan. 5, 1932. Eighty years later we listen to shadows and go "Shadow Dancing" with Andy Gibb. Listen to old episodes, songs about shadows from Sonic Yout...

Saturday Morning Serial: Western Union: Dec 29, 2012: 7am - 8am

Telegrams will be sent on this listen to the songs and sounds of Western Union. Grover from "Sesame Street" delivers a singing telegram. Songs by The Five Americans ("Western Union"), T. Rex ("Telegra...

Saturday Morning Serial: The Sound Effects Man: Dec 22, 2012: 7am - 8am

A show about sound effects and foley artists. Tune in for "I'm the Sound Effects Man" by Rufe Davis, "The Sound Effects Man" by Spike Jones and His City Slickers, and Michael Winslow (the sound effect...

Saturday Morning Serial: Upstate Radio Theatre: Dec 15, 2012: 7am - 8am

Two radio plays.

Saturday Morning Serial: December: Dec 01, 2012: 7am - 8am

December songs, sounds, and stories are explored.FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech recalls Pearl Harbor Day, and Phil Kline's annual December "Unsilent Night" boombox orchestra is unleashed. Plus, the 52 H...

Saturday Morning Serial: Transistor Radio: Nov 24, 2012: 7am - 8am

The first transistor radio was turned on Nov. 19, 1954. This show tunes in older transistor radio songs (Freddy Cannon's "Transistor Sister," Benny Hill's "Transistor Radio," and Connie Smith's "Tiny...

Saturday Morning Serial: November Storms: Nov 17, 2012: 7am - 8am

Songs from November, from Tom Waits, Guns N' Roses, Plastic Ono Band, Gordon Lightfoot, Philip Glass, Neu!, Gorillaz, Sonny Boy Williamson, Julie London, Morrisey, The Avett Brothers, Sandy Denny, and...

Saturday Morning Serial: Pirate Radio: Oct 13, 2012: 7am - 8am

Pirate radio is the subject considered here with interview of Kids Discover Radio, WFAT, Steal This Radio, WJMZ, and others. Also, Secret Agent K7's radio play "Illegal Use of Radio" is included. Plus...