Matt Bailey
@radiomatt1.bsky.social
Talkin’ ‘bout pop music… and radio… and urban planning that improves lives.
Durham has their results in first. Nothing makes sense to me anymore.
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Durham has their results in first. Nothing makes sense to me anymore.
I hope Dug loves his new home (and y'all find comfort in knowing he does.)
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I hope Dug loves his new home (and y'all find comfort in knowing he does.)
“Liar” is awesome. The chorus delights the part of the brain that hates predicability. I will die on this hill.
September 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
“Liar” is awesome. The chorus delights the part of the brain that hates predicability. I will die on this hill.
Seems like just yesterday she was best known for her grainy pre-smartphone sex video…
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Seems like just yesterday she was best known for her grainy pre-smartphone sex video…
They actually still played this song on German radio when I was in college there in 1994-1995 (albeit only on Oma’s stations such as Bayern 1).
September 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They actually still played this song on German radio when I was in college there in 1994-1995 (albeit only on Oma’s stations such as Bayern 1).
I can’t say I like it, but I do recall finding it pleasant when I’d hear it on WQXI Atlanta as a preschooler / kindergartener in the late 70s. It now gets wrapped in—perhaps unfairly—with the creepy “Clair” genre.
August 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I can’t say I like it, but I do recall finding it pleasant when I’d hear it on WQXI Atlanta as a preschooler / kindergartener in the late 70s. It now gets wrapped in—perhaps unfairly—with the creepy “Clair” genre.
I’m surprised Burlington is a skip. It’s a decent sized city. Is its per-capita boardings low or is it simply a small city by express standards?
August 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I’m surprised Burlington is a skip. It’s a decent sized city. Is its per-capita boardings low or is it simply a small city by express standards?
WCOM-LP is probably the only radio station in the U.S. whose legal city of license (Chapel Hill) is larger than its actual community of interest (Carrboro).
April 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
WCOM-LP is probably the only radio station in the U.S. whose legal city of license (Chapel Hill) is larger than its actual community of interest (Carrboro).
Very cool! (My wife grew up in Da Region.)
March 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Very cool! (My wife grew up in Da Region.)
You’re giving me happy flashbacks to when WOWO was Indiana’s Most Powerful Radio Station and they had to call out Ohio and Michigan for observing DST.
March 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
You’re giving me happy flashbacks to when WOWO was Indiana’s Most Powerful Radio Station and they had to call out Ohio and Michigan for observing DST.
I would like our family to more stringently enforce your family’s rule #2
March 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I would like our family to more stringently enforce your family’s rule #2
Also, were guys still named Gus in ‘75? I was digging “50 Ways” on 79/WQXI with the rest of the Matthews and Jennifers in preschool.
February 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Also, were guys still named Gus in ‘75? I was digging “50 Ways” on 79/WQXI with the rest of the Matthews and Jennifers in preschool.
He’s asking his GF how to leave her, while she’s already planning to leave him. “In the morning,” he’ll “begin to see the light” that she left him first.
February 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
He’s asking his GF how to leave her, while she’s already planning to leave him. “In the morning,” he’ll “begin to see the light” that she left him first.
Fernbank Science Center. The Varsity (for great greasy chili dogs). Center for Puppetry Arts if they haven’t outgrown it.
January 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fernbank Science Center. The Varsity (for great greasy chili dogs). Center for Puppetry Arts if they haven’t outgrown it.
Have your kids been on a subway yet? If not, ride MARTA. Ride the really long escalator at Peachtree Center station.
January 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Have your kids been on a subway yet? If not, ride MARTA. Ride the really long escalator at Peachtree Center station.
Add my vote for Mary Mac’s. My dad took me to Lunch there in the 80s. My uncle ate lunch three in the 60s. And it’s actually better today!
January 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Add my vote for Mary Mac’s. My dad took me to Lunch there in the 80s. My uncle ate lunch three in the 60s. And it’s actually better today!