Valley Free Radio | WXOJ-LP | 103.3 FM | Northampton, Massachusetts

The VFR Board meeting will be held on September 6th. The Board will be meeting from 6-7pm in Executive Session to discuss personnel issues. We will begin our public meeting at 7pm.

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman:
Total Running Time: 56:17
This Week’s Topics:
–Perez Hilton of www.perezhilton.com joins us to discuss the world of gossip journalism, and how it compares to “traditional” journalism, and much more about his now infamous website.
–Professor Arthur Brooks from Syracuse University discusses his article “The Fertility Gap,” which suggests that conservatives [...]

Northampton’s Community Gardens, located less than a mile from the downtown, are a patchwork of over 200 unique mini-gardens. From flowers to fruits to butterflies and bees–you can see it all here. We spoke with several gardeners about what they take away from their time here. As it turns out, it’s more than just produce!
http://www.frww.org/landscapes/Keesecker_Gardens.mp3

Recently the issue of editing the meta-info–or ID3 tags–of mp3 files came across my desk. Here is a brief tutorial on how to edit these tags, and why you should.

This week’s episode is guest-hosted by Oklahoma-based kids’ singer Monty Harper. Enjoy!
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse in Your Soul (Flood)
Tim Cain – Drum Thang (Marooned On Tim’s Island)
Disney – I Just Can’t Wait to Be King (Lion King Soundtrack)
Joe McDermott – Baby Kangaroo (Everywhere You Go)
Monty Harper – Humming Bird Hum (Paws Claws [...]

This Week on Midweek Politics with David Pakman
Produced by:
David Pakman, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Louis Motamedi, WXOJ, Northampton, MA
Total Running Time: 58:28
This Week’s Topics:
–Deval Patrick, Democratic candidate for Massachusetts governor in 2006 joins us from his campaign headquarters.
–Andrew Varnon from the Valley Advocate sits in on the show.
–What is so pro-family about being anti-gay-marriage? Also, why [...]

On Sunday August 20th an issue of the Valley War Bulletin was found in the Master Control Room of the Valley Free Radio with Swastikas marked on the foreheads of several VFR members/programmers, including one woman and one person of color. As the Board of Valley Free Radio, we consider this outrageous behavior, highly [...]

Programming Committee Minutes: 8/15/06

It’s a sleepy morning, at least for me, but here we are.
They Might Be Giants – Wake Up Call (No!)
Ariane Moffatt – Le Matin en Patins (French Playground)
Miles Davis – Move (Birth of the Cool)
Us 3 – Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) (Hand on the Torch)
John Lithgow w/ Madeline Peyroux – Sunny Side of the Street (Sunny [...]

Following up on my previous post introducing the VFR podcast, I would like to describe how VFR programmers can join our feed (podcast).