Say it on the Radio

I've expressed my love of radio on this blog, especially non-commercial radio.  I'm an avid CBC listener, I'll surf KICK FM and CKUW but my heart belongs to UMFM.  It's the radio station that six or seven years ago let me take over the airwaves.  Okay, not quite.  But they gave me an in, and allowed me to discover this thing called radio.  And I loved it.  I started as a board operator on a theatre talk show.  I did a brief stint as a talk show host- Midday, the student life edition. Then came my personal crown jewel: a music show. 

I'd heard this rumour, or I read it somewhere, that commercial radio stations won't play too many songs by female artists in a row.  Whether fact or fiction, the truth was out there: it was difficult to find women on those stations.  Especially rock stations.  There are amazing female rock acts, but you wouldn't know it.  Sure, you had your Britneys and your Christinas on the pop stations, but I knew there was more. I was a fan of so many female/female-fronted acts, and  I wanted to hear them on the radio.  Which led to: I want to play them.

And Venus Envy was born.  Apparently I love a good pun.  This past year, I completed a radio doc named Winni-Pagan: Wicca on the Prairies.  I blame/thank my father for this aspect of my sense of humour.

I'm doing my radio show right now, grooving to the music as it travels outward on invisible waves.  I have no idea how many people may be listening on any given night, but it doesn't really matter.  I'll get a call occasionally.  Or an email.  A request for a song name or more information. Kind words about the show.  And it's enough, to know that someone is listening and possibly discovering a new artist or song.

My personal music collection has definitely slanted towards the xx side of things, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.  Especially since, I pretty much love or at least strongly like everything I play on my show. Now for the shameless self promotion: check it out, Thursdays on 101.5 FM in Winnipeg or www.umfm.com.  Become a fan on Facebook, just search Venus Envy.

Watch This Space

Just a little note to tell you, dear reader, that I have not abandoned my blog.  I'm just taking a bit of a break post-school, pre-career.  So stay tuned for more of The Slant Perspective.  I've got some interesting posts brewing, including one on my two favourite ad campaigns currently running on television. *Insert suspense here*

In the meantime... check out one of these fab shows: Glee, Lost, Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD, Battlestar Galactica on DVD, True Blood and/or The United States of Tara.  That'll keep you busy!