BlackLight Radio

September 2011

  • BlackLight Radio Improvements Rolling Out

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    Gene

    I’m making several subtle but positive changes to the music mix on BlackLight Radio over the next couple of weeks; I think you’re going to like the changes! First, many, many more PartyMixes are coming to BlackLight Radio for Friday & Saturday nights. If you’re unfamiliar, PartyMixes are the pumped-up, extended versions of your favorite…

  • Thomas Dolby October 2011 Tour Dates

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    Gene

    Thomas Dolby (“Europa & The Pirate Twins,” “She Blinded Me With Science,” “Hyperactive!”) is heading out on a brief lecture & music tour next month! The tour begins in Washington, D.C., at The Loft Oct. 3. Other stops are New York City at Tribeca Oct. 5; Chicago at Martyr’s Oct. 7; Seattle at The Triple…

  • 9/11/01: we remember these broadcasters

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    Gene

    BlackLight Radio, along with our fellow broadcasters, wishes to remember the following broadcast engineers and technicians who lost their lives while on duty at the World Trade Center on 9-11-2001: Robert Pattison – WCBS-TV Isaias Rivera – WCBS-TV William Steckman – WNBC-TV – WA2ACW Donald DiFranco – WABC-TV Steven Jacobson – WPIX-TV – N2SJ Gerard…

  • Sppoky Tales From Scouts (& Another Survey)

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    Gene

    I have two distinct memories of spooky goings-on in Boy Scouts in the 80s (not counting the grapes and spaghetti we touched with our eyes closed in Cub Scouts in the 70s, of course): #1 – On a camp-out late one night around a bonfire, one of the assistant Scoutmasters recited from memory Robert Service’s…

  • The Revenge Of The 80s Halloween Music Survey!!!

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    Gene

    Just when you thought it was safe to come back to BlackLight Radio.com… IT’S BACK!!! It’s The Revenge Of The 80s Halloween Music Survey… 10 MORE songs… 10 MORE DECISIONS FOR YOU TO MAKE! We’re giving you so many chances to tell us what to play and what not to play this Halloween on BlackLight…

  • 80s Movie Music Madness (BLR survey #3)

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    Gene

    The 1980s gave us so many great scary-movie franchises: Friday The 13th, Nightmare On Elm Street, Child’s Play… and so many great stand-alone scary movies: The Shining, Bad Dreams, The Fog… and on the list goes. Many of these films produced great spooky tunes combining the excesses of the 80s with the new punk, goth…

  • 80s Halloween Song Survey #2

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    Gene

    Here’s the next survey: 80s Halloween Music Survey #2 Tell us what you like for Halloween, and be sure to take the previous survey below!

  • Halloween’s Coming; Help Us Scare Up Hits!

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    Gene

    Halloween is coming, the goose is getting fat… …No, that’s not it… We ARE getting ready for another 80s Halloween here at BlackLight Radio, and YOU can help prepare the tricks & treats for the listeners this year! Starting today and every day through the end of September, we’ll post a new survey of ten…