{"id":23727,"date":"2022-09-23T05:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T09:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=23727"},"modified":"2022-09-16T08:13:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T12:13:50","slug":"real-people-great-radio-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/23\/real-people-great-radio-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Real People, Great Radio (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Part One<\/a>…<\/em><\/p>\n

Community perspective on community radio<\/b>
\nVolunteer-driven and nonprofit, AshevilleFM was launched to offer a non-commercial, community-focused listening option for Asheville radio listeners. The station\u2019s mission statement emphasizes its goal of \u201ckeep[ing] thriving by producing diverse and eclectic programming that inspires our listeners to build connections across our communities and to discover new music and ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

AshevilleFM becan as an online station. And when then-president Barack Obama signed the Local Community Radio Act of 2010 into law, the station expanded its reach to the airwaves. Classified as a low-power station, WSFM-LP is powered by a mere 100 watts, giving it a limited broadcast area. But the station continues to webcast live in real-time at ashevillefm.org. In addition, many programs are archived online.<\/p>\n

The freeform station broadcasts around the clock, with programs featuring most every genre of music, and a variety of news programming. A thriving part of the community radio movement, AshevilleFM provides an alternative to commercial, market-driven radio stations. And another thing that unites the diverse group who helped create Real People, Great Radio<\/i> is their common belief in the importance of community radio.<\/p>\n

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Clockwise from top left: Walkhome, Adriana McCassim, Secret Shame, Fleur Geurl<\/p><\/div>\n

Community radio stations like AshevilleFM play a crucial role in giving voice to the local artists,\u201d says Fleur Geurl\u2019s McConaghy. \u201cThey enable individuals, groups, and communities to tell their own stories, and they keep those living in the community connected to their neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thom Nguyen says that community radio stations like AshevilleFM help build relationships with local community. And that\u2019s \u201ckey to opening doors to what\u2019s happening in the [music] scene.\u201d He adds that AshevilleFM is \u201ca solid anchor for news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis Dahm of Walkhome observes that streaming platforms and user-targeted algorithms have the effect of \u201cflattening out our interaction with music.\u201d Noting that much of his favorite music has been discovered by accident \u2013 not served up by the predictive algorithms of Spotify and Pandora \u2013 he says that for him, AshevilleFM is a go-to for new sounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a listener, I’d rather just turn on a trusted station that I know will be playing weird music selected by nerds,\u201d says Dahm. \u201cIt feels good to have no control over what I’m about to hear. And it feels even better when I know there’s someone who cares on the other end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brett Kent of Powder Horns says that the commercial-free station reminds him of radio of years past, but with a contemporary spin. \u201cI\u2019m constantly discovering music, new and old, whenever I listen,\u201d he says. AshevilleFM \u201ccreates a culture that revolves around music, which is what everyone needs,\u201d he says. Kent adds that his partner, Devyn Marzuola, hosts \u201cToo Dark for Disney,\u201d a weekly program on the station. \u201cListening to her show was one of the reasons I fell in love with her,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Real People<\/b><\/i>, live onstage\u2026 and more<\/b>
\nSponsored by AshevilleFM, this year\u2019s Record Fair at Harrah\u2019s Cherokee Center was slated to feature 30 vinyl record dealers for what the station\u2019s general manager KP Whaley<\/b> calls \u201can all-day record shopping experience.\u201d All proceeds from admission to the September 10 event go to fund the continued operations of the community radio station.<\/p>\n

And two of the artists featured on Real People, Great Radio<\/i> were scheduled to perform live at the event. Fleur Girl played at 12:30 p.m., and Powder Horns performed at 1 p.m. Both sets includes the artists\u2019 songs as featured on the AshevilleFM compilation album.<\/p>\n

The new album is just the beginning. Real People, Great Radio<\/i> was initially conceived as a 7\u201d EP (extended play) record, but Asheville\u2019s deep bench of local musical talent meant that a larger format made sense. Cartwright admits that his original idea was to feature four songs. \u201cBut when I talked to Adam at Drop of Sun, he said, \u2018There are enough bands around town that want to record and don’t have a platform; we could easily make this a 10-song LP.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, Cartwright is already contemplating future volumes in the series. \u201cThere’s a lot of diversity in this compilation,\u201d he says. \u201cBut there’s a lot more<\/i> diversity in Asheville, and I\u2019d like to continue to reach in all different directions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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