A random episode of Music Without Boundaries during my seven-year stint at KPRI (102.1 FM) in San Diego. An Irish reel, a Scottish lament, a Brazilian reverie, some Mexican mariachi, and an AC/DC anthem in honor of San Diego Padres relief ace Trevor Hoffman. Toss in some Spirit, Springsteen, and Otis Redding, and this was no […]
Archive: November, 2015
Playlist: June 1, 1976
I did mornings at KRNW (97.3 FM) in Boulder, Colorado, from 1971 to 1973 and again from 1975 to 1977. I’m flushed with memories of being able to mix in so many genres into each single four-hour show. This random playlist incorporates folk rock, Latin fusion, an acoustic guitar dirge, glossy R&B, English prog rock, straight ahead jazz, and […]
Playlist: April 9, 2005
Of the eight radio stations I worked for between 1971 and 2007, my longest stint was a nearly seven-year run at KPRI (102.1 FM) in San Diego. I produced and hosted Music Without Boundaries, and they aired the program on Saturday mornings and (repeated) Sunday evenings. I probably would have continued for another seven years […]
Playlist: August 16, 1998
My specialty radio show Music Without Boundaries (1993–2007) had five very distinctive/disparate homes on the San Diego radio dial. I was very excited to take the show to 92/5, an alternative rock station under the leadership of Michael Halloran in 1998. The station had a great cast of characters and tremendous energy. Halloran put MWB on […]
Playlist: September 24, 1976
This playlist is from one of my morning shows on KRNW (Boulder, CO) when I was 28 years old. I was still heavily influenced by the sounds of country rock that were so prevalent in Boulder. But when I look at my playlists from the same week, I see Slade, T-Rex, The New York Dolls, […]
Playlist: February 11, 2006
I was honored to be asked to bring Music Without Boundaries to San Diego’s legendary progressive radio station 91X in 2005. I was 57 years old and immediately became the oldest show host in station history. Since it was an alternative rock station, their only request was that I keep the sound edgier (read: less […]
Playlist: December 10, 1995
In 1983, after 12 years on the radio in Boulder, I moved to San Diego and changed careers (becoming a concert producer). I thought my radio days were behind me, when out of nowhere, I was offered a job doing a Sunday evening “straight ahead” jazz show on smooth-jazz KiFM, the #1 rated station in […]
Playlist: January 24, 2004
In 1993, I created a weekend specialty show called Music Without Boundaries, a freeform radio show that incorporated healthy portions of world music. It had a 14-year run on five different San Diego stations. My longest stint was at KPRI-FM (1998–2005), which aired the show on Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings. This playlist included music […]