Airwaves

by Brian Goslow

Will Someone Call? It's a regularly heard plea during local non-commercial radio fundraisers, but Will Someone Call is also the name of a new folk music program airing Monday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on WSCW (94.9 FM). The Worcester State College station has finalized its fall schedule, which features two local music programs. The Groupie Hour, hosted by station manager Laurie Zylick, can be heard Mondays at 8 p.m. Awakening Stick will be her in-studio guest on November 17, Halobox on December 1, and Skingame on December 8. Jon's Local Hour airs Sundays at 7 p.m.

Melissa Cruz hosts a spicy potpourri of programs, including the Latino Show Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m., the Frank Sinatra Hour Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. (the voice of the decade is also paid tribute during WCHC's Simply Sinatra, which airs Sundays from 7 to 9 p.m. on 88.1 FM), and Rap, Dance, R and B, and Reggae Fridays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Teresa Iaconi wakes up the West Side with a combination of funk, soul, and alternative selections Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 to 10 a.m. Pam Aucoin goes Electronic Mondays at 12:30 p.m., Tara Koblara Eclectic Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m., and Chris Gremier Modern on Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m.

Ska/punk gets its due during the Jelly "Beahn" Show Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., while The Session fills the airwaves with rap and R&B Wednesdays from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and Sundays from 9 to 11 p.m. Has Millie Vanilli resettled in Worcester? The Rob and Fab Show airs Tuesdays from 8 to 11 p.m. while the '80s Explosion occurs Sundays from 5 to 7 p.m.

Even when the station only could be heard on-campus, WSCW had its share of devoted metal DJs who spent hours preparing their shows in the hopes of connecting with just one person. Moses' Metal Show airs Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays from 2:30 to 4 p.m., the Trash Zone rips the waves Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. and Fridays at 8 a.m., and Mike Soner plays '80s metal every Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The majority of the station's programming falls in the alternative and variety category, which is reflected in their current Top 10. Phish, headed to the city for three nights at the end of the month, top WSCW's charts with Slip Stitch and Pass.  Conan O' Brien Live, Snot (who are at the Espresso Bar on November 28), Save Ferris, and the soundtrack to I Know What You Did Last Summer follow. The Cure, Verve, Ben Folds Five, Godsmack, and Jane's Addiction fill out the chart.

Having just taken its signal off-campus last spring, WSCW is still building its music library. Local bands are encouraged to send their material to the station at WSCW, 486 Chandler Street, Worcester 01602. WSCW broadcasts Mondays through Fridays from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The station is off the air during school vacations and state holidays.

THE BROWN BAG concert series returns to Mechanics Hall next Wednesday (November 19) with a performance by Carol O'Shaughnessy. The noontime show will be broadcast live on WICN (90.5 FM). The "first lady of Boston cabaret," who recently released her debut CD, The Way I See It (Seaside), has been a longtime Beantown theater mainstay as Reverend Mother in Nunsense and has performed a series of one-woman shows, including The Music of Judy Garland and Love Songs from Hell.

Upcoming weeks feature classical pianist Eugene Lumelsky (November 26), the Silver Leaf Gospel Singers (December 3), and the United States Air Force Band of Liberty (December 17).