It’s another spectacular week of spectacular specialty programming here on Pure Pop Radio. Jump into the Poole with us, folks (see below)…it’s going to be a wild ride!
First up, tonight’s repeat edition of Ken Michaels’ Every Little Thing hits the Beatles sweet spot with a 1966 twofer and a salute to John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band album. We’ve got a feeling you’re going to love this episode, airing tonight at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT).
Every Little Thing is the premiere, syndicated program playing Beatles group and solo recordings. Hosted by longtime radio personality Ken Michaels, the show airs new episodes frequently on Monday nights at 8 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio.
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Tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 19, at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT), the members of the Dowling Poole join Alan Haber for a wildly entertaining (if we do say so ourselves) hour on Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation. The group’s smashing new album, One Hyde Park, is in the spotlight (three songs will be spun). Go inside the making of the album with Willie Dowling, Jon Poole and Givvi Flynn. And learn all you can, as it were, about Level 42! It’s another rousing program, sure to make you smile!
Pure Pop Radio: In Conversation, the premiere melodic pop interview program hosted by Alan Haber, airs Tuesday nights at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT). Archived, podcast versions of interviews are posted on the In Conversation PodOmatic podcast page; click here to listen to nearly 60 shows previously broadcast on Pure Pop Radio.
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On Wednesday night, April 20, at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT), Brian Bringelson, from the fine and dandy band Anchor and Bear, mans the turntables for his all vinyl show, Needle Meets Vinyl. During this episode, sway to the classic sounds of Paul and Linda McCartney, Elton John, the Beach Boys, Squeeze, and Don Juan y Los Blancos, among other musical luminaries. It’s another classic series of spins from one of our most treasured musicians.
Needle Meets Vinyl is the weekly show during which all songs are played from vinyl records. The music spans the decades during which popular music has flourished. Curated and presented by Brian Bringelson, a member of the band Anchor and Bear and a solo artist under the name Paul Starling, the show airs Wednesday nights at 8 pm ET (5 pm PT).
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This week’s sure-to-be-controversial edition of the weekly Beatles roundtable, Things We Said Today, looks at the upcoming compilation Pure McCartney. As you might expect, opinions differ as to whether this compilation is worthy of release, or even necessary. Our famed panelists–Ken Michaels, Steve Marinucci, Al Sussman and Allan Kozinn–discuss the value of the release and its track listing. Whichever side of the fence you fall on, this is a timely, gripping discussion that you won’t want to miss.
Things We Said Today is a weekly survey of all things Beatles that’s hosted by a quartet of Beatles experts–today’s Fab Four, if you will. Ken Michaels, host of Every Little Thing, is joined by Beatlefan Executive Editor Al Sussman, Steve Marinucci (Beatles Examiner), and Allan Kozinn, longtime music critic. Other well-known Beatles experts sometimes sit in with the core group. Things We Said Today airs Thursday nights at 8 pm ET on Pure Pop Radio.
Alan Haber’s Pure Pop Radio is the original 24-hour Internet radio station playing the greatest melodic pop music from the ’60s to today. From the Beatles to the Spongetones, the Nines, Kurt Baker, the Connection and the New Trocaderos, we play the hits and a whole lot more. Tune in by clicking on one of the listen links below.
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