Station News

On the weekend of March 10th 98.3 FM will be temporarily going off the air as we work on moving our translator to a new location. We could be off the air for a few months but will stay broadcasting on 92.7 & streaming here at wcrsfm.org.

Please donate if you haven't already to our gofundme to help us cover the engineering and equipment costs associated with the move. Much appreciation to all of those of you who have donated already. As of 2/8/23 we have raised 2.7K out of the 10K we aim to raise.

WCRS-LP FM -- Columbus's community-powered radio station! -- needs to move our 98.3 transmitter tower in order to keep our 98.3 signal on the air ... so we can keep providing people-powered radio to communities in downtown, West, South, & parts of East Columbus! For the last decade+, we've been bringing you all of the weird, eclectic goodness of people-powered local radio programming: from talk to music to reportage to everything in between. Please help keep us on the air, & preserve our coverage across most of the greater Columbus area!

Visit the GoFundMe page to donate.

COLUMBUS, OHIO CONCERT......

Noam Chomsky spoke with the DSA regarding his support of Russians who oppose the invasion of Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=immjWHwJRd8&t=85

Bus Stile Adventures

Diplomatic Cahiers

By

Wes “ANON” Flexner

I don’t know if it’s supply and demand. I don’t know if it’s Covid.
I don’t know if Trump, and his friends are waging economic sanctions within our country for criticizing the January 6th attack. I don’t know if someone wants to punish Chairman of the Budget Committee Bernie Sanders for tweeting criticism of wealthy companies by name. I don’t know if this correlates with the raised wages at places like Kroger, and Walmart.

I don’t know if this correlates with the fact Russia invaded Ukraine. Our country is supplying Ukraine with weapons which appears there is some sort of conflict between our country and Russia.

I don’t know if Republican Governor Abbot blocking agriculture shipping which cost our country $240 million dollars had something do with with it.

http://www.cnn.com/2022/04/17/opinions/greg-abbott-texas-border-policies...

Texas governor reversed this costly block which Texas Agriculture’s Commission called "Political Theater."

I can’t call myself Rosie The Riveter if the guy sanctioning The United States of America's economy is the governor of Texas.

I pay 62 dollars for a monthly COTA pass. While I’ve looked at BP’s gas drop price from over 4 dollars to 3.65.
I don’t eat that economic sanctions from Russia, Trump or the Q-Anon shamen.

My Bus pass costs 62 dollars a month.

If I am out later than 10....

I Lyft, Uber or Dublin Taxi home.

My new Litterature Engagee is Bus Stile Adventures. I finally recovered from Resistance writing to admit my graffiti name is ANON….if you haven’t known me for 20 years…or aren’t involved with graffiti history.

Recently, I walked outside my house. I wanted to purchase Aspirin. It was over $5 dollars at a corporate owned store.

I looked at my phone ...Whole Foods aspirin was under three dollars. I took the number 1 to the 33 and purchased aspirin.

I was in a good mood. It was Easter.

A quick update:
Thanks to everyone who helped WCRS in our time of we need. We are now back on the air on 98.3 FM with a new transmitter that will be able to bring community radio to the airwaves of Central Ohio for many years into the future. It wouldn't have been possible without the generous outpouring of support from you our listeners.

WCRS is in need of a new transmitter. 98.3 has been off the air due to a transmitter failure. We are a non-commercial, listener supported community radio station. WCRS is a volunteer, non-profit radio station that relies on grants and donations from our listeners. If you support local arts and radio we need your help keeping our station alive. Any amount helps and we greatly appreciate you!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/wcrs-transmitter-fundraiser

Wes Flexner's North American College + Community Radio Charts 2021 Favorites
wesflexner@wesflexner.com

“2021 started correctly with the reissue of Jeff Chang’s “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” reminding us of the entire history of Hip Hop.
2021 results:
Hip Hop decided KRS-1, and the Lox would headline Barclay's Center.
Griselda said: ‘we said raw rap was still running things. Y’all ever heard Marshall Mathers.
He sold some rap records.’
Common, Rhymesayers, and RTJ keep proving 90’s CMJ events saw potential.
Tyler, the Creator was like: ‘I will rap over Roy Ayers.'
Hip Hop’s music said: ‘Hip Hop dealt with the 500 Years of racism, the Crack Epidemic, LA Riots, 911, George Floyd and COVID.
People can listen to rap, and realize sometimes the world doesn’t work correctly.’
Turnstile released the year’s most exciting rock album….
Turnstile likes rap….2021 was a really good year to like Rap.”

Turnstile- Mystery
KRS – One – Knock Em Out
Conway the Machine ft. Ludacris w JID – Scatterbrain
Styles P w Havoc – Nightmares 2 Dreams
Tyler, The Creator – Sir Baudelaire
Evidence – Where Do We Go From Here
Aesop Rock + Blockhead – Garbology
Atmosphere ft. AesopRock w MF Doom- Barcade
RZA ft. DJ Scratch – Saturday Afternoon Kung Fu Theater
Grafh ft. Sheek Louch w Ransom – Valid

Wes Flexner's Rock N Roll Show
7pm Wednesday
BSA Hip Hop
7pm Thursday
Curfew
11pm Saturday

http://naccchart.com/community/top-10-favorite-records-of-2021/
http://wesflexner.com/
http://columbusfreepress.com/profile/wes-flexner

Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now! is celebrating 25 years of independent journalism with a special virtual event featuring world-renowned political dissident and scholar Noam Chomsky, legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis, leading Indigenous activist Winona LaDuke, Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, National Book Award-winning poet Martín Espada, Emmy Award-winning actor Danny DeVito, actor, director and political activist Danny Glover ... and many more!

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