UtahFM.org: Pinpoint SLC 6

[Media/Podcast] In this week's edition of UtahFM.org's Pinpoint SLC podcast, Bill Frost (some assclown from City Weekly) interviews local nerdcore hip-hoppers Rotten Musicians about their new CD release on Oct. 17, then Utah Opera's Crystal Young-Otterstrom talks Madame Butterfly. Rap and rhapsody, makes perfect sense.

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(Bill Frost)

UtahFM.org: Pinpoint SLC 5

[Media/Podcast] This week, UtahFM.org's local entertainment podcast Pinpoint SLC features SLUG's Angela Brown chatting up Spy Hop and Musicology--not related to Prince, far as we know.

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(Bill Frost)

UtahFM.org: Pinpoint SLC 4

[Media/Podcast] UtahFM.org's fourth local entertainment podcast is here--this time, it's about the Sego Art & Music Festival, and singer-songwriter Paul Jacobsen (interviewed by City Weekly's own Jamie Gadette).

Hear the Pinpoint SLC podcast now on UtahFM.org. (Bill Frost)

UtahFM.org: Pinpoint SLC 3

[Media/Podcast] In this week's installment of UtahFM.org's Pinpoint SLC local entertainment podcast, SLUG's Andrew Glasset talks to Kid Theodore, and Utah Symphony & Opera's Crystal Young-Otterstrom gets all classical (music) on your ass. Not that she'd put it exactly that way ...

Hear Pinpoint SLC now at UtahFM.org. (Bill Frost)

UtahFM.org: Pinpoint SLC 2

[Media/Podcast] The second weekly installment of UtahFM.org's Pinpoint SLC debuts today--this time, hosted by City Weekly's Bill Frost (yeah, me) and Plan-B Theater's Jerry Rapier.

The latest five-minute podcast, which should also be heard on UtahFM's live stream, is divided between myself interviewing local rock-scene vets SuperSoFar (right) about their new EP release at Club Vegas tomorrow night, and Jerry talking to playwright Jeff Metcalf about his A Slight Discomfort, opening at the Salt Lake Acting Company.

Hear Pinpoint SLC now at UtahFM.org. (Bill Frost)

Pinpoint SLC on UtahFM.org

[Media/Podcast] Sure, the name sounds kinda like a condo development in Draper, but UtahFM.org's new Pinpoint SLC podcast (debuting today) is far more useful than that. The factoids from UFM:

"Pinpoint SLC picks the sweetest fruit from the blossoming Salt Lake City art and culture scene and delivers it directly to your ears in weekly delectable doses. Independent local media veterans bring SLC notables onto the show to let them tell firsthand tales from the city’s creative side. Podcasts fuse the intimacy of radio with the Net’s interactivity to promote a community that is connected, cultured and informed. Viral technology that allows any website to host the podcasts ensures they will spread like fire through all online channels frequented by Salt Lake art and culture enthusiasts, beginning with UtahFM’s already exploding listenership.

"Quick facts: Covers local bands, classical music, theater and visual arts. Airs each Thursday·. Five minutes long. Showcases best events of upcoming week. Downloadable from iTunes, UtahFM.org and Flash widget. Directs listeners to other local media for more information."

Don't worry--you won't actually explode. And those local-media veterans include SLUG's Angela Brown (up first for the Sept. 4 podcast), Jerry Rapier of Plan-B Theater, Laura Durham of the Utah Arts Council and 15 Bytes, Kate Crawford and Crystal Young-Otterstrom on classical music, as well as City Weekly's Jamie Gadette and ... me? Oh yeah--better get to work.

Pinpoint SLC will also pop up regularly during UtahFM's streaming programming--which you should be listening to already; it's all the web radio you need. (Bill Frost)

The "Other KRCL" is Live

[Radio] Almost a month ago, City Weekly reported about UtahFM.org, an online radio station run by former KRCL 90.9 volunteers not thrilled with that station's new daytime direction (more on that in a moment). As of this morning, Utah Free Media is live and, well, strictly online--the number of people who listen to radio online grows every day, but it's still wee niche.

Right now, former KRCL show Melodius is on, to be followed at noon by something called The Come Monday Show With Brooke, "A comedy rock news talk show." OK, I'm intrigued. UtahFM is also hosting an open house at its Dakota Lofts (400 W. 200 South) basement studio this morning until 1 p.m.

Back on terrestrial KRCL, the new daytime lineup is finding a groove after a sleepy launch one week ago--the pace has picked up at least a little, and DJs Dave Perschon and Ebay Jamil Hamilton sound less tentative (but does it have to be sooo damn mellow all morning?). In the afternoons, Bad Brad Wheeler improved greatly between Monday and Friday, even if it still sounds like his previous KRCL blues/garage show with the occasional mandated playlist tune from upstairs. And the new daytime focus on local artists is the coolest development in SLC radio in years--that alone nearly wipes out all nagging complaints.

Drama aside, what you now have is two local stations playing quality music instead of just one. Not everyone is going to agree on that music (seriously, give me at least a couple of songs with an electric guitar and/or real snare drum in the morning), but it beats the hell out everything else on the dial. Let the bitching continue ... (Bill Frost)