WCCR 94.5

30/04/2022

WCCR is off the air. The station ended operation on Friday, April 29, 2022. Thanks to everyone who supported us during our eighteen years on the air.

28/04/2022

Tune in one last time. The final episode of “Strictly the Sixties” airs this Friday (4-29–22 / Noon ET) and will feature tracks from The Rascals, The Association, The Monkees, and Manny Uthers. As always, Hour Two begins with a triple play from The Beatles, and selections from our Usual Musical Suspects, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones. Turn on, tune in, and flash back one last Friday -- on the air at 94.5 FM and streaming live at www.ucumberlands.edu/wccr. Thanks for listening!

03/02/2022

This Friday’s edition of “Strictly the Sixties” (2-4–22 / Noon ET) will feature the world premiere broadcast of “Day Tripper,” as recorded by the Kentucky-based band known as The Shoguns. Music historian and rock journalist Steve Morley has provided us with an informative overview to the band and song —

The Shoguns, all Northern Kentucky natives, officially formed at the University of Kentucky in Lexington in early 1965. Founding members Fred Dishon (bass) and Gary Arnsparger (lead guitar) had originally played with The Capris, a band working around the Covington, KY region. While attending Northern Kentucky Community College in Covington, they met guitarist Pat Mayerchak, who was recruited for a later Capris lineup in the fall of '62. After transferring to UK en masse, the three students auditioned singer Dan Herzog, who introduced them to drummer Larry Ackerson. The newly forged quintet began gigging at fraternity and sorority parties, weddings, and area clubs around Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio, including a three-year residency at The Avenue Nightclub in Bellevue, KY.

The band was noted for traveling to gigs in a converted hearse, and briefly enjoyed regional airplay with their independently released debut single, "In My Time," backed with a cover of Buddy Holly's "Well All Right." They appeared on the Cincinnati-based, regionally syndicated Bob Braun Show, thanks to support from area DJ and fan Nick Clooney, father of actor George Clooney. Their second and final single, "The Look in Her Eyes," was the pick hit of the week at Cincinnati station WUBE in the fall of 1968, though by that time most of the band members had graduated and The Shoguns had organically dissolved after a final hoorah playing on The Four Seasons riverboat throughout the summer of '68.

At K&S Film Studio in Cincinnati in mid-1966, the band experimented for the first time with a horn section, recording their soul-inflected version of "Day Tripper." Mayerchak recalls that the basic arrangement was worked out quickly prior to the session but the horn parts were arranged in the studio, requiring most of the booked studio time to create and record the parts. As a result, the overdubbed vocals were hurried and left unfinished. The arrangement was never performed live, and the tape was subsequently misplaced. In February 2020, Mayerchak happened upon a silver metal canister at his Virginia home and says he immediately knew what it was: the long-lost "Day Tripper" master tape.

Having reunited in 2015 to record new original material for release on CD, the band members agreed that "Day Tripper" should also see the light of day in the 21st century. The multi-track tape was transferred to digital files with the help of a Nashville acquaintance. In December of 2021, Mayerchak and Herzog traveled to Nashville, adding needed vocal parts and making slight corrections to the recording 55 years after it was begun, using digital technology undreamt of in 1966.

"Day Tripper" will soon be released online via TuneCore, available for purchase at online sites including Amazon Music and iTunes, and available for streaming online via major platforms including Spotify, Google Play and Tidal.

"Strictly the Sixties" streams live at www.ucumberlands.edu/wccr.

01/03/2021

13/12/2020

The Dr. J Show celebrates the life and music of the late Charlie Pride with this Sunday morning post!!!

Charlie Pride stops by The Marty Stuart Show. In this clip the Country Music Hall of Fame Member sings his classic, Kiss An Angel Good Morning.

09/10/2020

Happy John Lennon Day!

02/10/2020

Remembering Helen Reddy and Mac Davis on the Dr. J Show on Friday, Oct. 2nd...9-10 am

09/07/2020

Live programming is back on WCCR every Friday. Tune in at 10:00 a.m. (ET) for "Then and Now" with Bob Dunston. Jeff Smoak hosts the "Doctor J" show at 11:00, followed by "Strictly the Sixties" with Keith Semmel at noon. All programs stream live at www.ucumberlands.edu/wccr.

02/07/2020

DOCTOR J IS OPERATING AGAIN! Tune in this Friday (7-3) at 10:00 a.m. EST for a new episode of "Dr. J Show." At noon, “Strictly the Sixties” with Keith Semmel will feature everything from A to Z (The Allman Brothers to The Zombies). Please join us at www.ucumberlands.edu/wccr.

25/06/2020

Back with you every Friday on WCCR. Tune in at 10:00 a.m. EST for a new episode of "Then and Now" with Bob Dunston.
At noon, “Strictly the Sixties” with Keith Semmel will feature a special tribute to the legendary Little Richard. Please join us at www.ucumberlands.edu/wccr.

19/06/2020

To Keith Semmel and Bob Dunston: As you get back on the air, be very protective of your picnic baskets!

18/06/2020

Beginning our 17th season! This Friday’s edition of “Strictly the Sixties” (6-19-20 / 12:00 pm EST) will feature tracks from Danny & The Juniors, Carole King, The Four Seasons, and Manny Uthers. Connie Smith, Buck Owens, and Sleepy LaBeef are among the contributors on this week’s installment of “Goin’ Up the Country.” As always, Hour Two begins with a triple play from The Beatles, and selections from our Usual Musical Suspects, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones. Turn on, tune in, and flash back every Friday -- on the air at 94.5 FM and streaming live at www.ucumberlands.edu/wccr.

17/06/2020

For the safety of our students and staff, WCCR has been on an extended hiatus for the past two months. A little bit of live programming returns this Friday, June 19. At 10:00 a.m. (EST) Bob Dunston will return with a new episode of “Then and Now.” At noon, “Strictly the Sixties” with Keith Semmel will begin its seventeenth season on the air. We hope to add a few more summer programs to our schedule in the near future and be back up to full speed when our student deejays return in the fall. Please join us at www.ucumberlands.edu/wccr.

29/05/2020

One of our favorites here at WCCR.

A poll of 1,300 adults ranging in age from 30 to 55 has crowned the Electric Light Orchestra's "Mr. Blu Sky" the happiest song ever.

09/05/2020

The music of Little Richard, who died on Saturday at the age of 87, was one of the genuine architects of not only rock and roll but R&B, soul, hip-hop and other genres as well. Few artists can …

02/05/2020

We are all very proud of you. It is clear your graduation ceremony is not what any of us expected. Yet you have taken everything in stride, finding creative ...

01/05/2020

The Final Dr. J Show Hit of the Day for the last day of the Spring 2020 semester is a "shout out" to all UC grads, high school grads, grads from any institution and their families.

Congratulations!!!! CELEBRATE!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M

Official Website: https://www.koolandthegang.com/ Stream: https://lnk.to/YY8v1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/koolandthegang Twitter: https://twitter.com...

28/04/2020

The Dr. J Show Hit of the Day for Tuesday, April 28th is a celebration for the end of Spring 2020!!! "I Love Rock and Roll!!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC8oP4Z_xPw

I saw him dancing there by the record machine I knew he must have been about seventeen The beat was going strong, playing my favorite song And I could tell i...

27/04/2020

The Dr. J Show Hit of the Day for Monday, April 27th is a tribute to the late Harold Reid, bass singer for the country group The Statler Brothers!! Country Fans...enjoy!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leJqn592ktE

Subscribe to The Best Of for more classic music history, videos and playlists: http://bit.ly/WdJ36u The Statler Brothers - Do You Know You Are My Sunshine Li...

24/04/2020

The Dr. J Show Hit of the Day for Friday, April 24th is a celebration of Barbra Streisand's birthday!!! Let's throw in a little Michael Bublé for good measure also!!!!!!!

"It Had To Be You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcUiyBaKhM

utwór wykonany podczas programu "Michael Buble's Christmas in New York" 2014.

21/04/2020

The Dr. J Show Hit of the Day for Tuesday, April 21st comes from 1982...Africa by Toto!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY

Toto's official music video for 'Africa'. Click to listen to Toto on Spotify: https://lnk.to/TotoTopTracks!a Official Stranger Things playlist: https://Legac...

20/04/2020

The Dr. J Show Hit of the Day for Monday, April 20th comes from the top of the Billboard charts back in 1980!! "Crazy Little Thing Called Love!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO6D_BAuYCI

Taken from The Game, 1980, Forever, 2014 and Greatest Video Hits 1'. Click here to buy the DVD with this video at the Official Queen Store: http://www.queeno...