The folk music on tv threads got me thinking that while we don't get much of a regular diet of folk and traditional music on tv in most places in the US, we do get a good amount of radio programming. As I was commenting on the Chicago music scene, I was thinking that we never hear much in Mudcat about WFMT's 50 years of folk music programming, or college stations like WLUW (Loyola), WNUR (Northwestern), WDCB (College of DuPage), all of which support and sometimes co-produce live music programming and events. In fact, I saw the original Loggins and Messina tour at a WDCB event (along with many great local music acts over the years) many years back. And these aren't the "major" public radio stations. They are all small outfits, thankfully not gobbled up by Clear Channel or the NPR network yet. Independence in radio does still exist, just like it does on local cable. So maybe the problem is WE aren't out there sharing with the world what we know and love?

So how about a thread about folk and traditional music on the radio folks, since at least a couple of posts in the TV thread started drifting to what was carried on radio. Ron Olesko?