The lovely (missed-on-the-radio) Susan Arbetter is reporting that the savior of Capitol District radio waves has been nominated for “Station of the Year” by Radio & Records! I had a feeling that this station was going to be something great when we received a quick email and phone call from station manager Chris Wienk a few days before 07/07/07 – WEXT’s launch date. He called to let us know that 1). the station was about to premiere (excellent!) 2). the station was going to kick off with The Kamikaze Hearts’ song “Ash Wednesday” (wow)! What a huge compliment they bestowed upon the band! Since then, the station has grown into being a mainstay in my life — I get a nice taste of the World Cafe Live on my way to work (at 4:30am), a decent mix of new songs and old songs all day, and more great programming such as Sound Opinions and Echoes at night. Not only that, but they’ve been kind enough to consider my own music and some of my peer’s music on the same level as national artists, including our songs in the same rotation as some of the hottest music out there today. Humbling, to say the least.

I have one beef with the station — they need to stop playing out-of-print Innocence Mission songs (“The Wonder of Birds”) that are not available anywhere!!

Anyway — good luck to Chris, Dave, and all the other excellent folks behind the scenes at WEXT — thanks for all the support and excellence!

(This post sounds like a pitch / plug / membership drive. Well, it is – of my own volition. Head here to become a member of WEXT. Keep this excellent source of music going!!!)