You can never quarantine the past

December 20, 2018 6:46 PM

"The Silver Jews and Pavement members along with WTJU’s General Manager share how the station has shaped the sounds of Charlottesville and beyond."

via @dronecoma

posted by jjray (5 comments total)

WTJU is how I discovered Frank Zappa as an impressionable young lad. So good on them.
posted by selfnoise at 7:47 PM on December 20, 2018

Sadly, WTJU has gotten away from these sort of free-wheeling days (although the article does mention WXTJ, which I'm not sure a lot of students are aware of).

This also gives me yet another opportunity to plug the best radio station in Charlottesville (and the world): WNRN!
posted by kuanes at 4:37 AM on December 21, 2018 [2 favorites]

Yeah I remember WNRN had some kind of insane darkwave show that would play late at night I would listen to because why not?

WNRN really filled a void when it started up so I'm glad to see it's still kicking.
posted by selfnoise at 9:12 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

I also love WNRN. A good friend worked there while in college, and I’d go hang out with her at the station when I visited. She’d let me pick the C-rotation songs.
posted by epj at 9:28 AM on December 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

WTJU. The sounds of my childhood! (Along with WUVA and WWWV, long before the awesome WNRN hit the scene.)
posted by gingerbeer at 4:04 PM on December 21, 2018