Author: WBOM Admin

New Show – Lingua Franca

WBOM plays music primarily in English throughout the day, but our new show – Lingua Franca – features the best music from around the world.

We’ve been having a lot of fun programming the show and we are trying to add music in as many languages as possible. So far, the playlist includes music in Albanian, Arabic, Ashanti, Bengali, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Pinoy, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sami, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Xhosa, and Zulu. It’s interesting to hear the “hit” sounds from around the world. We’ve also been surprised to discover familiar songs in English in other languages – whether they originated in another language or were covered later.

Tune into Lingua Franca Saturday and Sunday nights around 8 pm – immediately after The Inner Groove on Saturday, and Performance on Sunday.

If you have a song you’d like us to add to the mix, let us know about it. Email us at radio.wbom@gmail.com with the language it is in.

New Show – The Inner Groove

WBOM plays songs from many eras during our normal playlists. The limitation is that we only play a single song from an artist in any given hour.

However our new show, The Inner Groove, will feature a complete album from one of your favorite artists. We know the artist and the album are favorites because you are coming in to bring the albums to our attention – telling us why you like the album, what it means to you, and why we should listen.

Tune into The Inner Groove every Saturday night at 7 pm. And if you have an album you’d like to discuss and share, let us know about it. Email us at radio.wbom@gmail.com with the album name and what makes it important to you.

WBOM Moves to New Studio

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the last two months of the MPAC season were canceled, and financial pressures forced the Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center to put two of its buildings up for sale.  One of the buildings was 406 N. Main Street, where the WBOM studios were located. 

Over the last two months, WBOM has been moving to its new studio located in the Starr Center (415 N. Church Street).  The move has been difficult – both physically and emotionally – but it is now complete.  The new studio is now up and running.

WBOM began at 406 N. Main Street as a pair of empty rooms.  It completed its run there as four studios, filled with equipment and many, many memories.  The new studio – named “Studio V” to celebrate and continue the legacy from the old building – has the equipment now.  New memories will be forthcoming.

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