89.7 FM WTMD

I went to the station for a free show with one of my favorite bands. So WTMD does this segment called live lunch where artist come in at lunch hour and play for a very small group of fans live on the air. The best news is you don’t have to win a contest or know someone who knows someone, you just show up at 11:30 get in line and boom! Also, this is a new studio for the station and it is very nice.
My only gripe with the station is they use to play a lot of underground new music and it seems like they have gone way more mainstream. I mean, they were playing Daft Punk, thats pop music.
But to be honest I’d take a little mainstream over completely mainstream any day.

Love the station!
It comes in rather well in Annapolis MD area now.
Great variety, cool shows like World Café and Grateful Dead Hour make it a one of a kind in the area
Yeah, you get an occasional sports broadcast, but the HD channels still play music
And they have Weasel on the weekends

the night is my friend. i know it well, but at times it is my nemesis. i have driven so much on this big road that it feels like an old girlfriend that you are too lazy to dump. it’s been a long day. what was it? 18 hours? something like that. the red and white car lights dance like fireflies. the somnolent enchantress does her dance. i snap my head back from the nod. i roll down the window even if it is winter. the dance continues. should i pull over at the rest stop? nothing seems to be working. then a song plays on the radio. a song that has not been heard in years. Dumb Things. that old Paul Kelly and the Messengers song. the synapses fire. the fingers tap. the volume increases. then My Morning Jacket comes over the airwaves.
the road continues but it is no longer dark.
New Pornographers play. some old Frank Zappa. Bright Eyes. Robert Plant & Allison Krauss. Sly and the Family Stone. the Nighthawks. the Arctic Monkeys.
it’s only when the static sets in that i realize that i have made it home. i pull up in front of my house and turn off the ignition.
WTMD probably saved my life tonight.
thank goodness there wasn’t a Towson basketball game that night. i might still be on I-​95.