Saturday, February 12, 2022

Our Winter Membership Campaign continues into the weekend with brief reminders that we still could use your support. We have a goal of $35,000 and know with your help we can meet it to continue our mission and tradition of bringing you the music and programming you have come to rely upon. Your generosity is…

Gary Emmert
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Our Winter Membership Campaign continues into the weekend with brief reminders that we still could use your support. We have a goal of $35,000 and know with your help we can meet it to continue our mission and tradition of bringing you the music and programming you have come to rely upon. Your generosity is critical to our success! We look forward to hearing from you!

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The following programs are available for listen on our homepage:

  • Bill Hecke’s Latest Weather Forecasts and Updates
  • The Softer Side with Carl Rossi – Episode 144
  • On the Dock with Rick Smith – February 11

Here are some of the amazing special programs available today on both KNCT and our HD2 station, NestFM.

The last show on this list is certainly not the least as Bruce Vasbinder celebrates his 550th episode of Sock Hop Saturday Night with a three hour show.

8:20 am

  • StarDate – Sikhote-Alin
  • A cosmic missile blazed above the Sikhote-Alin Mountains of Siberia 75 years ago today. It exploded three and a half miles above the ground, raining tons of iron shrapnel across a forest. The event was seen and heard up to 200 miles away.

9:20 am

  • The Senior Report with Joyce Mayer

8:30 am and 3:30 pm

Mount Everest
The world’s tallest mountain just had a couple of feet added to it.

9:30 am and 2:30 pm

Thanks to warnings by hurricane forecasters, thousands of people moved out of harm’s way before Tropical Storm Gabrielle hit Florida in 2001. But 14 sharks that researchers were tracking also moved out of the way. They may have used their own forecasting technique to detect the approaching danger — a change in pressure in the inner ear caused by the dropping air pressure.

12 pm to 2 pm

  • The Wax Museum on NestFM
  • Episode 139
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Weekly two hour rock and roll radio program

New Music, Deep rock album tracks, artist interviews and the stories behind the music

2 pm

  • Rocking in the Days of Confusion on NestFM
  • DC 2207
  • This week it’s back to full free-form mode, as we feature 11 tunes ranging from 1968 to 1975. We start on the folky side with tracks from Steeleye Span and Pentangle and end up with Steely Dan’s unique blend of rock and jazz. Playlist available by clicking the link below.
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Rockin’ in the Days of Confusion is a weekly 60-minute show that revisits the golden age of rock radio (roughly the years 1968-76). Emphasis is on longer album tracks from a variety of then-emerging rock sub-genres, including hard rock, heavy metal, country-rock, jazz-rock fusion, folk-rock, art-rock and more experimental tracks that defy easy classification. As is the case with our companion show, Stuck in the Psychedelic Era, Rockin’ in the Days of Confusion has no pre-recorded jingles or liners. The Hermit’s commentary is kept to a minimum, with more detailed track information available at thehermitrambles.blogspot.com.

3 pm to 5 pm

  • Audio Aftermath Radio on NestFM
  • Episode 319 at 3 pm
    • In this episode we’ll hear Stone The Crows, The Rolling Stones, Caravan, Cold Blood, Peter Hammill, Tempest, and a live recording of Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher.
  • Episode 320 at 4 pm
    • In this episode we’ll hear Yes, Wishbone Ash, Nazz, Van Morrison, Iain Matthews, Harry Nilsson, and a radical re-do of a song that was breakout hit for The Zombies.
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Relive the music of “Underground FM” from the mid-60s to the mid-70s! Prog rock, psychedelia, folk rock, blues, English blues, Canterbury scene, southern rock, folk, all arranged in thematic sets with historical narrative. And it’s all played from original vinyl LPs and singles. Two hour-long programs each week, hosted by Dan Wardlow. Fits the NPR Special Programming clock too!

5 pm

  • Travel with Rick Steves on NestFM
  • Episode 666
  • Berlin’s favorite avenue for strolling is called “Unter Den Linden.” On the next Travel with Rick Steves, German tour guides tell us how the tree-lined boulevard also reveals a lot of important moments in their country’s history. In London, we’ll hear how low tide on the River Thames, often brings pieces of that city’s past to the surface. And an artist with a passion for public street art tells us how she helped to brighten up a couple of working-class neighborhoods in Rio de Janiero.
Rick Steves along the Arno River in Florence
Rick Steves, America’s most respected authority on European travel, empowers Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. In 1976, he started his business, Rick Steves’ Europe, headquartered in Edmonds, Washington, near Seattle. There he produces a best-selling guidebook series, a popular public television show, a weekly public radio show, a syndicated travel column, and free travel information available through his travel center and ricksteves.com. Rick Steves’ Europe also runs a successful small-group tour program taking 30,000 travelers to Europe annually.

6 pm

  • The Mixtape with Pat Brickson on NestFM
  • This week on the Mixtape, I am excited to interview independent pop artists Nick Dache and producer/musician Vibe Revive as they share some of their music. Amazing work from some fantastic artists!
Caption: The Mixtape with Pat Brickson
Relive the excitement of the cassette era mix tape! Each week is a different theme and a set of songs to match that theme.

I call my show the Mixtape because I choose a theme for each show and play a bunch of songs to match that theme. A lot like the mix tapes I used to create back in the cassette era. My tastes are pretty broad so you’ll get a chance to check out a variety of pop music styles. I may even have a guest co-host from time to time just to shake things up. If you want to hear something unique then this is the radio show for you. Just make sure to have your cassette cued up and ready to record!

7 pm to 10 pm

  • Sock Hop Saturday Night with Bruce Vasbinder
  • Episode 550
Take off your shoes and twist again like you did last summer as Bruce Vasbinder plays the hits of yesteryear from his never-ending stax of record wax.

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