Radio Vibes

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Meet the crew: David Golden

David organizes things and wonders if the pieces will hold together. Radio Vibes was an accidental project in 2007, but has turned into an annual obsession.

In what seems like a lifetime ago, he went to Dead shows. He's an Umphreak now, so you might see him on the rail Saturday night.

Zack is in his second year in the Radio Vibes crew. He has extensive college radio and festival experience, and is a natural fit for our crew. We know this because not only did he not quit halfway through Vibes last year, but he came back. When he's not locked inside our trailer editing audio and watching the board, you'll see him on the Radio Vibes golf cart assisting Janet A. Golden as she interviews the Vibe Tribe. Zack is a veteran of WXCI, and currently toils in commercial radio.

Setting up

New year, new gear. We're finally bringing in digital audio. Our trusty Yamaha mixer is in mothballs this year as we use an Edirol digital mixer. David Schwartz is our technical lead, and we couldn't do this without him. He's hooked us up for every broadcast since 2007. If you hear a live remote broadcast on WPKN, he probably is involved. David can be heard Sunday evenings at 10 on WPKN.

Monday, July 28, 2014

Meet the crew: Janet A. Golden

Janet assumed the role of field reporter the first day of Vibes in 2007 when she grabbed a Marantz recorder and walked into people's camp sites asking what they were making for dinner. The resulting montage began an annual tradition of visiting campers all around the park and bringing back a verbal picture of the festival—as told by the Vibe Tribe.

Look for Janet wherever you may be around the festival. Don't be shy—we'd love to hear what you have to say!