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Details: WIZN to air “Floydian Slip”

Posted September 18, 2009 by Floydian Slip

WIZN 106.7 FM in Burlington has signed on to carry the “Floydian Slip” radio show. The station will begin airing the show 8 p.m. Sundays on Sept. 27.

“We’re excited to have ‘Floydian Slip’ on WIZN, not only because it’s the quintessential Floyd show, but also because it’s a Burlington icon,” says WIZN Program Director Matt Grasso. “We feel like the show is finally home where it belongs.”

“WIZN was one of the stations I listened to and dreamed of working for when I was getting into college radio and spending vacations back home in Vermont,” says host Craig Bailey. “To think the show is joining The Wizard’s line-up is really exciting.”

“Floydian Slip” went off-the-air June 7 after a more than 13-year run on Champ 101.3 in Burlington. Bailey had produced the show for other stations prior to Champ, going back to his senior year of college in 1989.

Since Champ cancelled the show, Bailey has been working to bring it back to the air on multiple stations as a syndicated offering under the moniker of the Random Precision Radio Network.

He’ll resume production Sept. 19 with Show #702 on Burlington’s online station WBKM, the first station to join the new network. WBKM carries the show 10 p.m. Saturdays.


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WIZN 106.7 FM to air Floydian Slip

Posted September 16, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Starting Sept. 27, you’ll be able to hear “Floydian Slip” Sunday nights at 8 on WIZN 106.7 FM, in Burlington, Vt.

We’re glad to have the Wizard aboard as our second affiliate station.

Watch for a more formal announcement tomorrow …


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WBKM signs on as first Floydian affiliate station

Posted September 6, 2009 by Floydian Slip

WBKM has signed on as the first affiliate station of the Floydian Slip radio show.

Our show will resume production Sept. 19. WBKM, which stands for “Burlington’s Kinda Music,” will carry the show 10 p.m. Saturdays.

Owned and operated by Tony Gallucci and Eric Koval in downtown Burlington, Vt., the station began netcasting an eclectic mix of programming in November 2007.

Floydian Slip went off the air June 7 after a more than 13-year run on Champ 101.3 in Burlington.

You can visit WBKM online and listen to the station at www.wbkm.org.

We’re happy to join the line-up at WBKM!


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First affiliate station confirmed

Posted September 5, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Our first affiliate — an online station — officially signed-on yesterday.

We expect to resume production of the Floydian Slip radio show with Show #702 on Sept. 12 or 19.

More details later …


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Floydian Slip site updated

Posted August 23, 2009 by Floydian Slip

A new Floydian Slip Web site went live this morning. The new site focuses on marketing the Floydian Slip radio show to new affiliate stations.

Floydian Slip ended a 13-plus-year run in the Burlington, Vt., area on June 7. Host Craig Bailey has been making plans to relaunch the show as a syndicated program.

The site now includes materials geared toward introducing the show to program directors of rock stations around the country: A sample program as streaming audio, program clock, sample rundown, rate sheet and more.

Radio stations can sign up on the site for a free 6-week trial run of the show.

The new site also places an emphasis on Web standards and accessibility.

“The last time I did a major overhaul of the site was 2001,” says Bailey. “Since then, Web design best practices have changed considerably. With a move to syndicating the radio show the time seemed right for a new site.”

Floydianslip.com still contains an extensive discography of Floyd albums and solo works; Floyd news, now structured as a blog; and more.


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Good-bye cruel world: “Floydian Slip” going off-the-air

Posted May 29, 2009 by Floydian Slip

Weekly Pink Floyd radio show “Floydian Slip” will end its 13-year run on Champ 101.3 with show #701 on June 7.

Station management informed the show’s host, Craig Bailey, of its decision on May 28, citing the station’s evolving format and the show’s lack of sponsorship as reasons.

“I never imagined this would last as long as it has, but I’m not quite ready to have it end,” said Bailey. “I suppose I’d consider pitching it to another station or webcasting it on my own. I haven’t decided.

“I appreciate the chance to do a good-bye show. It’s not very often a DJ is let go and then invited back behind the mic one last time.”

Bailey started the show in 1989 on 106-VIC, a student-run station at Ithaca College, where he was a senior. After a year on the now-defunct WEXP 105.1 in Burlington, he brought the show to Champ in 1995.

Over the years, “Floydian Slip” has received attention in, and served as a source to, media as diverse as The Dallas Morning News, The Ottawa Citizen, Relix, and VH1.

In 2006, Bailey wrote the foreword to “Speak to Me: The Legacy of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon” (Ashgate, ISBN 978-0-7546-4019-6).


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