Album Rock WXYG

Album Rock WXYG 94.3FM - 107.3FM - AM 540 in Central Minnesota We are returning to a better time when radio played all the great music - GENRES BE DAMNED! We're Changing that.

WELCOME TO ALBUM ROCK - WXYG : The GOAT

If you grew up listening to underground, progressive rock, free form radio, or if you're just discovering or re-discovering the golden age of rock for the first time, we think you will be really happy that you have finally found your radio home. Thousands and thousands of the greatest album rock songs ever recorded. This is not a classic rock station where

they play the same 200 songs over and over again. This is Album Rock - WXYG The GOAT. You will be able to listen to us over the air or you can tune in to our high quality internet stream. Please feel free to suggest your favorite songs to us. We will do our best to play them for you. We welcome your suggestions and feedback. Please let us know how we're doing. The folks here at Album Rock WXYG - The GOAT, who by the way are local owners and operators, hope that you love our new broadcast adventure as much as we love bringing it to you. Now presenting a new age in broadcast radio - radio that returns the power of great music TO THE PEOPLE. Please enjoy....Ladies and Gentlemen - ALBUM ROCK WXYG - The GOAT. MISSION STATEMENT :
The music that we're playing on The Goat : Album Rock WXYG: is like an archeological find of Historic Proportions. It's Like finding King Tut's Tomb or the Great Library of Alexandria. If No One is playing these great songs, it's like they don't exist. It's more then a Radio Station : IT'S A MISSION!! Click on this LINK to LISTEN : https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WXYG

12/22/2024

THIS AIN'T NO DAMN CLASSIC ROCK STATION!!!
WE ARE "DEEP AND WIDE" WITH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF THE GREATEST SONGS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK RADIO.
(Sorry. Just had to shout it out) 🙂

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens today, Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere. Th...
12/21/2024

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens today, Saturday, Dec. 21, in the Northern Hemisphere. The celestial event signifies the first day of winter, astronomically. It gets better from here.

Friday GOATSTERS with Al at the “Red House That Rocks” grabbing some of the last of the “Deep Purple” Limited Edition Al...
12/21/2024

Friday GOATSTERS with Al at the “Red House That Rocks” grabbing some of the last of the “Deep Purple” Limited Edition Album Rock The GOAT T-Shirts. There are gonna be some happy gift getters on Christmas Day.
Still have twelve left for you “last minute” shoppers. 🙂
Remember. When they’re gone, They Are Gone.

The GOAT's ANNUAL BEATLES CHRISTMAS 2024 is Almost Here.Tune In ALL DAY, December 25th. 24 Hours of the Greatest Band Ev...
12/20/2024

The GOAT's ANNUAL BEATLES CHRISTMAS 2024 is Almost Here.
Tune In ALL DAY, December 25th. 24 Hours of the Greatest Band Ever.
All the Beatles Fan Club special recordings too.
Hope you enjoy our yearly salute. After all, what says Christmas better than the Beatles?
Merry Christmas from our house to yours.

*****SIZE UPDATE*****12 shirts total left. SIZES LEFT : 2 Small / 5 XXL / 4 ###L / 1 ###XLThe Limited Edition “Deep P...
12/20/2024

*****SIZE UPDATE*****
12 shirts total left.
SIZES LEFT : 2 Small / 5 XXL / 4 ###L / 1 ###XL

The Limited Edition “Deep Purple” 100% Cotton (for the ultimate in comfort) Long Sleeve ALBUM ROCK-WXYG-The GOAT T-Shirts are still available in time to GIFT your BESTIE with the coolest T-shirt of all. Against all odds. we were able to fill in most of our SOLD-OUT sizes on Thursday, but that was it. SIZES are now Limited in number (SEE AVAILABLE SIZES ABOVE).
When They’re Gone, They ARE ABSOLUTELY GONE.
Get yourself, or one of your favorite GOAT fans the Perfect Holiday gift. But hurry.
For all our “out of town” GOAT T-Shirt Lovers, this Limited Edition “Deep Purple” 100% Cotton (for the ultimate in comfort) Long Sleeve T-Shirt can be ordered online, direct from Album Rock-WXYG-The GOAT. (For a small shipping and handling fee)
Shirts Ordered during the day, will ship out in the late afternoon. Shirts ordered in the Evening will be mailed out FIRST THING The Following MORNING.
(Order online here :
https://cashconnection-101587.square.site/product/goat-deep-purple-t-shirt-23-at-the-station-6-shipping-and-handling-/155)
Thanks for loving these new GOAT T-Shirts. They literally have been blowing out the door. You folks are the greatest. Thanks for your support every day. It is so appreciated. Please have the Happiest of Holidays.

This week’s GOAT Guest DJ was a familiar name to the St. Cloud area and Twin Cities radio listeners, and to much of the ...
12/18/2024

This week’s GOAT Guest DJ was a familiar name to the St. Cloud area and Twin Cities radio listeners, and to much of the farming community of Albany. Nancy Fox was raised on a central Minnesota farm, one of 8 children. It was largely her knowledge of farming and the people who do it, that paved the way for a 31-year career in radio. Her path through the airwaves took her from her hometown station of KASM to St. Cloud's WJON and WWJO (where she worked with aspiring young radio professional Al Neff) to the mighty KSTP in Minneapolis. Along the way Nancy worked in almost every aspect of radio, including agricultural news, but at heart she's a rocker whose early taste in music was informed by her older siblings. Radio was literally the lifeline between farm families and the outside world, especially the spectacle of Rock & Roll in the 1960s and '70's into the '80's, when Nancy first got behind the mic. Her GGDJ playlist ranged from The Who and The Stones to Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils to Lamont Cranston, John Cougar Mellencamp, Steely Dan and Dick Dale. Al could have probably just handed the studio controls over to his guest for this one, but he stood by to celebrate the wonder of radio and to defend his reputation. We hope you tuned in from NOON until 2:00 PM exclusively on Album Rock WXYG, The GOAT. If you did, you heard Nancy and Al mind melding after all these years. It was kind of a “radio work of art”. They were wonderful together. (Finishing each other’s sentences). And talk about pros, Nancy couldn’t have been more authentic, cool, fun and musically hip. What a natural. She certainly proved that Djing is like riding a two wheel bike, once you got it, YOU GOT IT, and Nancy most certainly did. Fans from all over the country were tuned in to hear their old radio “friend” on the air one more time.
IT WAS SO COOL.
Nancy absolutely earned her GOAT HORNS (and Christmas antlers) and entry into the exclusive club made up of only the Best of the Best, GREAT GOAT GUEST DJs (GGGDJs). Hope she comes by often.
Thanks for the stories, memories and tunes today, Nancy. BIG FUN.
Remember, If you couldn’t Tune In and Turn On on Saturday, don’t fret, we always do a Replay on Sunday evening at 9:00 PM, right after the Long Play Feature with Al at 8:00.
You too can be a GOAT Guest DJ. Simply send us a letter telling us why you’d like to do it, and include a list of 25 songs that you think is your perfect playlist, stick it in an envelope, and send it to Al, here at the station. The GOAT Guest DJ Program, exclusively on Album Rock WXYG.

Tune In this week for "INTO THE MUSIC" with Al Neff, Monday through Saturday at 8:00 PM,Exclusively on ALBUM ROCK WXYG T...
12/17/2024

Tune In this week for "INTO THE MUSIC" with Al Neff,
Monday through Saturday at 8:00 PM,
Exclusively on ALBUM ROCK WXYG The GOAT.
Monday & Tuesday : Bob Seger
Wednesday : Firefall
Thursday & Friday : Aretha Franklin
Saturday : Pretenders
We look forward to being your source for in-depth, carefully researched and professionally produced Audio Documentaries each week ONLY on WXYG, The GOAT! Listen Live or Stream it! You can also catch deep tracks and the very best of Album Rock from “Golden Age of Progressive Rock Radio”.
http://www.thegoatwxyg.com/

THREE DAYS AWAY FROM THE GOAT’S BEATLES CHRISTMAS.
12/16/2024

THREE DAYS AWAY FROM THE GOAT’S BEATLES CHRISTMAS.

Al with one of our youngest Super Fans.Emmett is just 10 years old, but now has 3 GOAT T shirts!
12/16/2024

Al with one of our youngest Super Fans.
Emmett is just 10 years old, but now has 3 GOAT T shirts!

The Long Play with Al Neff" is a continuing Sunday evening Feature on The GOAT. This year, Every Sunday Evening, Album R...
12/16/2024

The Long Play with Al Neff" is a continuing Sunday evening Feature on The GOAT. This year, Every Sunday Evening, Album Rock WXYG, The GOAT will feature a full album at 8:00 PM from the halcyon musical days of 1974.
1974 was one of the top Years in Album Rock history. Another year of tough choices every week. So many great ones to choose from.
We hope you’ll tune in this evening, Sunday, December 22nd for “Wild Tales”, the second solo effort from Graham Nash.
After being lured from the Hollies -- where his latter contributions were criminally unappreciated (see, or rather hear Dear Eloise/King Midas in Reverse) -- it was Nash who had come up with most of the CSN(Y) hit singles, including "Marrakesh Express," "Our House," and "Teach Your Children." His 1971 debut, Songs for Beginners, was likewise filled with inspired moments such as "I Used to Be a King," "Chicago/We Can Change the World," and "Sleep Song." Topping those efforts would have been superhuman. Yet, Nash gathered together a core aggregate of musicians, many of whom were loosely connected to the CSNY family. These include: Johnny Barbata (drums), Tim Drummond (bass), David Lindley (guitar), and Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar/dobro), and, of course David Crosby (vocals). Also making guest shots were Dave Mason (12-string guitar), Joe Yankee (aka Neil Young) (acoustic piano), and Joni Mitchell (vocals). Together, they animated Nash's slice-of-life compositions. Musically, Nash retains much of the whimsy that drew folks to his earlier songs. Likewise, the subject matter ranges from political ("Oh Camil" and "Prison Song") to the emotionally naked "Another Sleep Song" and "I Miss You." Nash would bring several of these tunes back to the CSNY fold for their 1974 tour -- including the up-tempo rocking title track, as well as the folkie "Prison Song."
Tune In and Turn On this Evening, December 22nd, and every Sunday evening at 8:00 PM for The GOAT'S "The Long Play with Al Neff.”

GOAT family grandpa Craig Meyer and grandson Archie.
12/16/2024

GOAT family grandpa Craig Meyer and grandson Archie.

The Countdown has begun to ALBUM ROCK WXYG The GOAT’s 13th ANNUAL BEATLES CHRISTMAS Presentation.24 hours of the greates...
12/11/2024

The Countdown has begun to ALBUM ROCK WXYG The GOAT’s 13th ANNUAL BEATLES CHRISTMAS Presentation.
24 hours of the greatest music from the the greatest band. Every single Beatles song played all day on Christmas Day.
After all, nothing says Christmas like Beatles songs.
At The GOAT, we look forward to this every year. It’s as much fun for us to play them, as it is to listen. Just one week away. For Thirteen Years, The soundtrack to The GOAT Herd’s Christmas.
See you in THREE DAYS, starting at midnight on December 25th, and running for 24 Hours. BEATLES CHRISTMAS. AN ANNUAL EVENT, EXCLUSIVELY ON ALBUM ROCK-WXYG-The GOAT.
Tune in Christmas Day. It’s our Christmas present to you.

In the last three weeks, we have sold over 170 Limited Edition “Deep Purple” 100% Cotton(for the ultimate in comfort) Lo...
12/11/2024

In the last three weeks, we have sold over 170 Limited Edition “Deep Purple” 100% Cotton(for the ultimate in comfort) Long Sleeve ALBUM ROCK-WXYG-The GOAT T-Shirts. Get yourself, or one of your favorite GOAT fans the Perfect Holiday gift. But hurry. Remaining sizes are blowing out. (See top of the page)
Remember. When They’re Gone, They’re Gone.
If you live in or near town, come by the Red House That Rocks during normal business hours. You save on shipping that way.
For all our “out of town” GOAT T-Shirt Lovers, this Limited Edition “Deep Purple” 100% Cotton(for the ultimate in comfort) Long Sleeve T-Shirt can be ordered online direct from Album Rock-WXYG-The GOAT. (For a small shipping and handling fee)

This week’s GOAT Guest DJ was Carla Libby-Gentry, who streams WXYG in Kansas City, Missouri. However, she made the drive...
12/09/2024

This week’s GOAT Guest DJ was Carla Libby-Gentry, who streams WXYG in Kansas City, Missouri. However, she made the drive all the way up to the Red House to have an in-person experience with our Wingman Al. The unique feature of Carla's story is that this wasn’t the first time Al has been her wingman. In 1979 they attended their first rock concert together...KISS! This show in Duluth was part of the Dynasty Tour, the final tour of the original 4 members until their reunion in the late '90's. Al was 17, Carla was 15. The week after the concert they did a Kiss radio special together on Al's very first station, KXGR ("KX 96") in Grand Rapids Minnesota. Soon after that, Al's parents moved the family back to Wyoming and the two fell completely out of contact until last month when Carla found him on Facebook. They had not seen one another since 1979, but Al still had the original cassette recording of their show from way back then! This recording supplemented the playlist and commentary you heard on this week’s show (loved the “drop-ins” from Al and Carla on the radio back in ’79). Obviously, Kiss was at the core of the show, (Carla is a black belt in Kisstory) but her tastes in music have evolved substantially over the years. Along the way she achieved 2 Masters degrees and is now a Presbyterian minister. Her list included Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Argent, The Stones, Steve Winwood, Van Halen, The Firm, Alice Cooper, and even Johnny Cougar (Mellencamp). What are the odds that this GGDJ show would come together? That's the magic of The GOAT.
It was more than a show. It was a reunion across the universe. How wonderful was that? They started right where they left off decades ago. The simpatico shone through starting with the very first break of the show. A cosmic connection. GOAT Radio Magic.
The next two hours were more of the same. Two old friends reliving, through their music and shared experiences, that part of their lives that helped make them who they still are today. What a great show. Carla most definitely earned her GOAT HORNS and entry into the exalted group of the best of the best GREAT GOAT GUEST DJs. Welcome Carla. So cool that you and Al could find each other after all these years and share this special time with all your GOAT friends. Thanks for driving all the way from Kansas City to the Red House That Rocks to do your show in person with Al.
Radio MAGIC.
We hope you were able to tune in from NOON until 2:00 PM exclusively on Album Rock WXYG, The GOAT, for this very special 45-year reunion experience.
Remember, If you couldn’t Tune In and Turn On this week on Saturday, don’t fret, we always do a Replay on Sunday evening at 9:00 PM, right after the Long Play Feature with Al at 8:00.
You too can be a GOAT Guest DJ. Simply send us a letter telling us why you’d like to do it, and include a list of 25 songs that you think is your perfect playlist, stick it in an envelope, and send it to Al, here at the station. The GOAT Guest DJ Program, exclusively on Album Rock WXYG.

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WELCOME TO ALBUM ROCK - WXYG : The GOAT If you grew up listening to underground, progressive rock, free form radio, or if you're just discovering or re-discovering the golden age of rock for the first time, we think you will be really happy that you have finally found your radio home. We are returning to a better time when radio played all the great music - GENRES BE DAMNED! Thousands and thousands of the greatest album rock songs ever recorded. This is not a classic rock station where they play the same 200 songs over and over again. This is Album Rock - WXYG - The GOAT. You will be able to listen to us over the air or you can tune in to our high quality internet stream. Please feel free to suggest your favorite songs to us. We will do our best to play them for you. We welcome your suggestions and feedback. Please let us know how we're doing. The folks here at Album Rock WXYG The GOAT, who by the way are local owners and operators, hope that you love our new broadcast adventure as much as we love bringing it to you. Now presenting a new age in broadcast radio - radio that returns the power of great music TO THE PEOPLE. Please enjoy....Ladies and Gentlemen - ALBUM ROCK - WXYG - The GOAT. MISSION STATEMENT : The music that we're playing on The GOAT : Album Rock WXYG: is like an archeological find of Historic Proportions. It's Like finding King Tut's Tomb or the Great Library of Alexandria. If No One is playing these great songs, it's like they don't exist. We're Changing that. It's more then a Radio Station : IT'S A MISSION!! Click on this LINK to LISTEN :https://streamdb3web.securenetsystems.net/v5/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WXYG&playSessionID=341C2626-AA82-85F1-C000409A81EA7B8B&launchFrom=stick