Practice in Public Makes Perfect: how playing for your fans makes you better

The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing" Cory Doctorow, Canadian journalist and co-editor and of the off-beat blog Boing Boing, is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Doctorow and others continue to write prolifically about the apocalyptic changes […]

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How To Sell Rock Songs

This is a demo post from Pro Radio. A descendant of punk rock, Nirvana was one of the most famous bands to make alternative rock music mainstream. Ironically, this genre became popular after the grunge period - which deprecated mainstream, commercial types of music. In addition to Nirvana, some extremely well known and highly successful bands formed around alt rock, including REM - one of the earliest "alternative" bands, the […]

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Skillax Preparing ‘Harsher, Brighter’ New Album

The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing" Cory Doctorow, Canadian journalist and co-editor and of the off-beat blog Boing Boing, is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Doctorow and others continue to write prolifically about the apocalyptic changes […]

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Beautifully Broken

This is a demo post from Pro Radio. A descendant of punk rock, Nirvana was one of the most famous bands to make alternative rock music mainstream. Ironically, this genre became popular after the grunge period - which deprecated mainstream, commercial types of music. In addition to Nirvana, some extremely well known and highly successful bands formed around alt rock, including REM - one of the earliest "alternative" bands, the […]

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Exclusive! Listen The New Track “Little Scratch”

The whole point of digital music is the risk-free grazing" Cory Doctorow, Canadian journalist and co-editor and of the off-beat blog Boing Boing, is an activist in favor of liberalizing copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. Doctorow and others continue to write prolifically about the apocalyptic changes […]

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Check out the new shows on Baton Rouge Community Radio

There are seven new shows airing on WHYR. Tune in Saturdays at 7:00pm for our new, locally produced world music show One World! Your World! followed at 8pm by a new local electronic music program Syntheclectico. Then listen Sundays at 6am for Baroque and Beyond classical music, and later that day catch two new live local music shows. Gentle On Your Mind at 1:30pm will be oldies and rock and roll followed by Artist of the Week at 2:00pm, our first […]

August 25, 2019

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Hear Noel Jackson Music Satisfaction again, Tuesdays 9am-12pm, starting August 13th

Is hearing Noel Jackson Music Satisfaction once a week leaving you still unsatisfied? Well, now you can hear the best Southern Soul, R&B, even 'The Lady from England' Petulia Clark and Roy Orbison, all over again. We're glad to announce starting Tuesday, August 13th, you can hear a rebroadcast of Music Satisfaction every Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. And you can only here it right here on 96.9FM, WHYR-LP.

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New shows and scheduling changes coming to WHYR this summer

Baton Rouge Community Radio brings you excellent local and syndicated shows seven days a week, music and talk and more from our own neighborhood and across the world. Through online streaming and syndicating our shows to dozens of community stations from Oregon to Vermont, 96.9FM’s programming reaches not just Baton Rouge, but all around the country. WHYR is proud to announce this summer we’re rolling out seven new shows to […]

July 30, 2019

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Donating your car to Baton Rouge Community Radio is easy

There are many ways to support your Community Radio 96.9FM in Baton Rouge; listening, telling friends and family about us, becoming a sustaining member or making a one-time donation, coming to our events or volunteering your time and talent as a show host or station volunteer. An easy and convenient way to support WHYR-LP is donating your used vehicle. We get much-needed financial support, you get a tax deduction, and […]

March 15, 2019

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