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December 3, 2008:
We're not losers—just a loser demographic
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November 10, 2007:
I just want to be remembered as the guy who called the WFMU Record Fair a "Breughelesque swarm"
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April 25, 2007:
Rescuing obscure recording artists from Google Limbo
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April 18, 2007:
Ever wondered, "Whose car in the street is making those awful noises?"—then realized you had WFMU on at low volume?
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April 11, 2007:
Global warming? Faster, please! (special guests: Berend Dubbe and Sonja van Hamel of Dutch popduo Bauer)
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April 4, 2007:
Bob W filled in
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March 28, 2007:
Bob W filled in
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March 21, 2007:
Seven 25-year-old DJs are salivating to grab my slot when I earn a toe tag
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March 14, 2007:
Week 2 of our annual Reality Check (Marathon co-host: Dorian Devins)
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March 7, 2007:
Fundraising: WFMU's Inconvenient Truth (Marathon co-host: Megan Murphy)
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November 29, 2006:
How to Be a Free-Form DJ: 1) rock out; 2) wuss out; 3) jazz out; 4) spazz out. Repeat.
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November 22, 2006:
Monica filled in
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November 15, 2006:
WFMU safely remains a George Clooney-free zone
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November 8, 2006:
We offer loads of options. Reality isn't one of them.
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November 1, 2006:
WFMU: Where continuity, as a means to broader acceptance, will never take root
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October 25, 2006:
Don't blame us -- we're just a bunch of molecules following the laws of physics
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October 18, 2006:
WFMU helps sell radios! Every day we hear from listeners who cheer, "I sold mine!"
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October 11, 2006:
Why struggle alone? We can fail together!
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October 4, 2006:
Being the best DJ on WFMU is like a diner boasting it serves only "top-shelf" Jell-O
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June 28, 2006:
If drowsiness occurs, discontinue listening
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June 21, 2006:
LORD KITCHENER tribute on Muriel's Treasure 1-3 PM (with guest co-host Lane Steinberg)
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June 14, 2006:
You may not need our fetishistic obsession with musical marginalism -- but it's nice to know it's there!
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June 7, 2006:
Maria Levitsky filled in
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April 26, 2006:
SPARROW SPILLOVER! -- another hour of The Mighty Sparrow on Muriel's Treasure (2-3pm)
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April 19, 2006:
Tribute to the MIGHTY SPARROW (Part 1),with guest co-host Lane Steinberg and (phone) guest VAN DYKE PARKS
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April 12, 2006:
Laura Cantrell filled in
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April 5, 2006:
WFMU: A phenomenon that works in practice, but not in theory
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November 30, 2005:
Special Guest: DAVID LEOPOLD, author of "Irving Berlin's Show Business"
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November 23, 2005:
Over 62% of our DJ's have opposable thumbs!
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November 16, 2005:
WFMU: Asking the question "Why do they hate us?" for almost five decades
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November 9, 2005:
What we can't pronounce, we mumble with authority
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November 2, 2005:
How can we offer repellent programming at such low prices? Three words: volume, volume, volume!
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October 26, 2005:
I fear global warming alarmists more than I fear global warming
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October 19, 2005:
At least one-third of our staff still has a hinge
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October 12, 2005:
I put my left foot in, took my left foot out, put my left foot back in and I shook it all about. Now what happens?
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October 5, 2005:
It's the wizard, not the wand. (This week: introducing MURIEL'S TREASURE: An Hour of Calypso and Soca, 2-3 pm)
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September 28, 2005:
If you already have a headache, no need to tune in (Special Guest: SINGING SADIE live! Final installment of "Gender Bias")
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September 21, 2005:
WFMU: Stuck on stupid since 1958
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September 14, 2005:
Bob W filled in
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September 7, 2005:
A chimera found lurking in penumbras formed by emanations
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August 31, 2005:
Our DJs suffer from carpal tongue syndrome
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August 24, 2005:
WFMU: Offering more non-stops to places most people wisely choose to avoid
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August 17, 2005:
Fuck pitch counts -- bring back the Complete Game loss
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August 10, 2005:
Confronting paradigms of hegemonic conformity with a near hesychastic acuity
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August 3, 2005:
WFMU: Taking wayward music into foster care until the teeming masses are ready to adopt (Special guest: BOURBON PRINCESS live on Gender Bias)
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June 29, 2005:
WFMU: #4 of the 100 stations screwing up American radio
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June 22, 2005:
WFMU: Noisily emerging from a debilitating post-Wordsworthian melancholy (Special guest: LEE FELDMAN live in studio)
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June 15, 2005:
Our little secret - 50% of band names spoken in DJ set lists made up on the spot
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June 8, 2005:
Rix filled in.
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June 1, 2005:
WFMU: Where being Free-Form don't mean Jack
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March 30, 2005:
WFMU: If you hate what you hear, come back in 15 minutes, and you might like it. Five minutes later we'll drive you away again.
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March 23, 2005:
WFMU: Tipping the scales when society's health is in the balance
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March 16, 2005:
MARATHON WEEK 2 - Every marathon show is a Quality Start -- until the pitch count takes its toll
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March 9, 2005:
MARATHON WEEK 1 - Non-stop affirmation of the virtue of silence.
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March 2, 2005:
WFMU: Contemplative? No. Never.
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January 26, 2005:
WFMU: Less worse than all the other radio stations. (Live guest: THE LAST TOWN CHORUS / MEGAN HICKEY; plus special feature: JOHN PEEL 1983 interview)
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January 19, 2005:
The Cosmic Cowboy filled in
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January 12, 2005:
WFMU: Where amateurism isn't just a condition -- it's an aspiration
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January 5, 2005:
WFMU: Consistently demonstrating how bonus tracks and non-LP B-sides got that way
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December 29, 2004:
Please listen carefully. Our menus have changed. (THE LOST PATROL live @ 2 pm)
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December 22, 2004:
Other stations' listeners are useless and stupid. Ours are insane.
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December 15, 2004:
WFMU: A Tod Browning soundtrack on an Ed Wood budget
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December 8, 2004:
WFMU: Narrowing the inter-generational Saturday morning cartoon gap
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December 1, 2004:
WFMU: Where progress is measured by things going from worse to bad
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November 24, 2004:
WFMU: Faking sonic orgasms since 1958
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November 17, 2004:
A dystopian cesspool of sinister thought, destructive impulses, anti-social behavior and malevolent mind-control
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November 10, 2004:
WFMU: A station that recognizes how much Randy Newman sucks
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November 3, 2004:
WFMU: A safe haven for Prozac progressives. (TIGER LILLIES live and GO HOME PRODUCTIONS interview)
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September 29, 2004:
MOLVANIA: Forgotten jewel of Eastern Europe! (TOM GLEISNER interview)
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September 22, 2004:
WFMU and America -- FUCK YEAH!
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September 8, 2004:
WFMU: Where no off-air conversation is complete without the word "Halliburton"
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September 1, 2004:
Crowe filled in
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August 25, 2004:
Where being non-commercial means never having to say "We'll be right back."
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August 18, 2004:
Radio for quiet people with LOUD thoughts
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August 11, 2004:
WFMU: Swerving back and forth across the psychological center line (Special feature: ANN RANDOLPH interview)
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August 4, 2004:
WFMU: It sounds better after you’ve absolutely forgotten what it sounds like
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July 28, 2004:
WFMU: Harshing your mellow since 1958
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July 21, 2004:
WFMU: Like a ship without a bone
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July 14, 2004:
The Home of Has-Beens, Wannabes, Never-Weres, No-Hopers and the Gone-Overboard. We're like a Steely Dan song in real-life.
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July 7, 2004:
WFMU: Station of the Gods - preferred by 4 out of 5 Supreme Beings (This week: ELYSIAN FIELDS LIVE)
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June 30, 2004:
Your sonic colonic
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June 23, 2004:
JOANNA NEWSOM live
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June 16, 2004:
WFMU: Your First Mate on a cruise ship around the Clueless Islands
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June 9, 2004:
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004)
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June 2, 2004:
Music agitato, aggressivo, barbarico!
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December 31, 2003:
WFMU: Not as important as food, but top ten
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December 24, 2003:
If the apocalypse is imminent -- we've got the soundtrack!
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December 17, 2003:
WFMU: A life force for the protoplasm-impaired
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December 10, 2003:
WFMU: Like your favorite neighborhood tavern with a great jukebox. Only with bad lighting, no beer, no cocktails, and no bar snacks. Otherwise, the same.
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December 3, 2003:
WFMU: It's like a mutual fund -- past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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May 28, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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May 21, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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May 14, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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May 7, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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April 30, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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April 16, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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April 9, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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April 2, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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March 26, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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March 19, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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March 12, 2003:
Marathon Week #2 - no playlist
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March 5, 2003:
Marathon Week #1 - no playlist
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February 26, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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February 12, 2003:
Cosmic Cowboy filled in for Irwin this week. No archive available!
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February 5, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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January 29, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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January 22, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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January 15, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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January 8, 2003:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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December 18, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias: Singing Starlets - Monica Lynch co-host 2-3 pm)
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December 11, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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December 4, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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November 27, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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November 20, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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November 13, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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November 6, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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October 30, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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October 23, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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October 16, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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October 9, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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October 2, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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September 25, 2002:
Doug Mosurock filled-in for Irwin today.
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September 18, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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September 11, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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September 4, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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August 28, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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August 21, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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August 14, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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August 7, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias: Singing Sisters - Monica Lynch co-host (1-3 pm)
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June 26, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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June 19, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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June 12, 2002:
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June 5, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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May 29, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (No Gender Bias due to 2-hour Incorrect Music Hiatus Edition)
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May 22, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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May 15, 2002:
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May 8, 2002:
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May 1, 2002:
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April 24, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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April 17, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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April 10, 2002:
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April 3, 2002:
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February 27, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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February 20, 2002:
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February 13, 2002:
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January 30, 2002:
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January 23, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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January 16, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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January 9, 2002:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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December 19, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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December 12, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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December 5, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias: programmed by Monica Lynch 2-3 pm)
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November 28, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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November 21, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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November 14, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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November 7, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias: Special Live Guest Beth Sorrentino 2-3 pm)
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October 31, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias co-programmed by Miss Barbara Economon 2-3 pm)
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October 24, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias co-programmed by Otis Fodder of the Bran Flakes 2-3 pm)
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October 17, 2001:
Genre Surfing Tokenism 12-2 pm (playlist posted only for Gender Bias 2-3 pm)
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September 26, 2001:
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September 14, 2001:
Fill-in for Monica
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September 12, 2001:
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June 13, 2001:
Nova Social
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June 6, 2001:
John Davis Plays Blind Tom!
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