WGXC-FM
The Blue Amberol Hour: Rare wax cylinder recordings from the late 1800s and beyond
The Blue Amberol Hour show image. Hali Palombo. (Aug 27, 2024)
"The Blue Amberol Hour" aired on WGXC from October 2024 to September 2026.
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The Blue Amberol Hour is a program dedicated to one of the earliest forms of recorded media - the wax cylinder. You will hear roughly two carefully curated hours of rare wax cylinder recordings from the late 1800s and beyond that center around a particular theme - a time period, country, specific instrument, and more.
Hali Palombo is a composer, visual artist, filmmaker, shortwave radio enthusiast, and amateur historian from the Midwestern United States. Born in Northfield, Minnesota, she has had a natural curiosity about radio and the Midwestern United States from a young age. Her work often weaves the absurdity and mundane beauty of Illinois into her records, short films, drawings, and paintings.