Radio Free Athens’ DJ Rat hosts his 500th show on WOUB AM Saturday
By: Emily Votaw
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) – Years are marked by Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and months by the Moon’s orbit around Earth. For longtime WOUB volunteer and radio programmer Doug Brooks,… Read More
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Styx guitarist James Young reflects on growing up in the Midwest and what keeps the band going five decades into their career
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Boogie on the Bricks happens Saturday in Athens
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Beat the heat with numerous events hosted by the Athena Cinema this summer
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National Endowment for the Arts leaders to visit Athens and Nelsonville later this month
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Slow Joy celebrated release of new EP, ‘Mi Amigo Slow Joy’ in Columbus
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Queensrÿche founding guitarist Michael Wilton talks about the limits of musical progression, underrated albums, and finding unexpected success going back to where it all began 40 years ago
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Athens County Humane Society presents their 30th annual Garden Tour Sunday
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This Week On Radio Free Athens: June 1, 2024
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Athens ReThink Plastics is holding a contest to find a video for their ‘Say No to a Plastic Bag’ jingle
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Stuart’s Opera House presents the second Happy Hollow Hootenanny next week
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Nicholas Kobe on Sonic Temple 2024: Fred Durst ‘radiates light-hearted fun,’ Judas Priest still rocks, and Slipknot finally ‘makes sense’
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This Week On Radio Free Athens: May 18, 2024
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Death To All’s Gene Hoglan talks paying tribute to the late Chuck Schuldiner and his pioneering band
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Here’s the line-up for Radio Free Athens May 11, 2024
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Electric Callboy’s Kevin Ratajczak on being accepted by the rock world, and where EDM and metal meet
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