Due to the popular response of last week's show, this Tuesday we will broadcast an additional 2 hours of WLIR Screamers of The Week from 1980-1987. We will focus on the Screamers which turned into big Top 40 hits. Rarely do we play Top 40 songs on our show. But this week we're making an exception and continuing to pay homage to one of the best radio stations ever to broadcast - WLIR 92.7!
Nik Kershaw-Radio Musicola
Devo-That's Good
B52s-Girl from Ipanema Goes To Greenland
Dead Or Alive-In Too Deep
Suzi Quatro-Rock Hard
Frankie Goes To Hollywood-Two Tribes
Depeche Mode-New Dress
Crazy Joe-Eugene
The Cure-Why Can't I Be You?
The Jam-Absolute Beginners
Thompson Twins-Don't Mess With Dr Dream
Falco-Der Kommissar
Hilary-Drop Your Pants
U2-The Sweetest Thing
Alphaville-Forever Young
New Order-Bizarre Love Triangle
New Musik-This World Of Water
Erasure-Oh L'Amour
XTC-Dear God
The Quick-Bed Of Nails
Pet Shop Boys-West End Boys (original version)
The Smiths-Ask
Joe Jackson-Jumpin Jive
Shona Laing-(Glad I'm) Not A Kennedy
Squeeze-Annie Get Your Gun
Public Image Limited-Seattle
OMD-Tesla Girls
The Alarm-The Stand
Big Audio Dynamite-E=MC2
This Tuesday July 26th at 8PM, The UnCola will be broadcasting a special tribute to the best and one of the most influential American radio stations of all time: WLIR 92.7. We will be playing all Screamers of The Week for 2 hours. The Screamer of the Week was an event held every Thursday wherein DJs would nominate a song of the week and the radio listeners would call in and vote. You call also nominate one of your own. A truly democratic way to make listeners feel like they were a part of the station.
WLIR broke many new bands in the US during the 1980s, such as U2, Depeche Mode, The Cure, R.E.M., Squeeze, the Smiths to name a few. To get your song played on 92.7 was like opening a door to the rest of the America.
There will never be another radio station like it, although Asheville FM comes close.
So join us Tuesday at 8pm est and Dare to be Different!
Jean Beauvoir-Feel The Heat Texas-Summer Son Andy Pratt-All I Want Is You Big Street mp-Blind Curiosity Killed The Cat-Misfit Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons-Hit And Run Pet Shop Boys-How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously? Pages-O.C.O.E. (Official Cat Of The Eighties) Pointer Sisters-Everybody Is A Star Chaka Khan (featuring Michael McDonald)-You Belong To Me Lewis Taylor-Listen Here Ozark Mountain Daredevils-You Know Like I Know XTC Song of the Week: Runaways Elvis Costello-(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes Natural Selection-Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) Giant Steps-Into You Baby Grand-Never Enough Swing Out Sister-Stoned Soul Picnic Laura Nyro-Sweet Blindness Todd Rundgren-Black Maria Genya Ravan-Sit Yourself Down John Oates-Color Of Love Airplay-After The Love Is Gone Stephen Bishop-Vagabond From Heaven The Police-Bring On The Night Andy Gibb-After Dark BB&Q Band-Time For Love Jim Capaldi-Shoe Shine
Odyssey-Native New Yorker France Joli-Come To Me Destination-Move On Up Norma Jean-I Like Love Alicia Bridges-I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round) Andrea True Connection-More More More (Tom Moulton 12''Mix) Heatwave-Too Hot To Handle Earth, Wind & Fire-Can't Let Go Alton McClain & Destiny-It Must Be Love Eddie Kendricks-Goin' Up In Smoke Ashford & Simpson-Stay Free Dexter Wansel-Life On Mars Brainstorm-Loving Is Really My Game GQ-Disco Nights (Rock Freak) Deniece Williams-I've Got The Next Dance Gregg Diamond-Danger Peter Brown-Dance With Me Tavares-Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel Bohannon-Disco Stomp Gene Chandler-Get Down Chic-My Forbidden Lover Sylvers-Hot Line Black Ivory-Mainline Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes-The Love I Lost (Part 1) Machine-There But For The Grace Of God Go I MFSB-Love Is The Message
Geyster-Sugar Baby (Dawn Remix) Tonio K-I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You Laura Nyro & LaBelle-It's Gonna Take A Miracle Plan B-Love Goes Down The Temptations-A Fine Mess Happy Mondays-Step On ('91) Shakatak-So High Fonda Feingold-Taking Our Own Sweet Time The Cardigans-Been It Crowded House-World Where You Live The Inmates-Dirty Water Jolis & Simone-At The Paradise Andrew Ridgeley-Shake George Benson-Breezin' Paul Carrack-I Live By The Groove Donna Summer-State Of Independence Grenades For The Wall-London Bridge Jelly-No One Like My Baby A True Story Hue & Cry-Labour Of Love Warren Zevon-Lawyers, Guns & Money XTC-Reign of Blows Bamboos & Alice Russell-Step It Up Annie Lennox-Money Can't Buy It City Boy-Summer In the Schoolyard Toad The Wet Sprocket-Something's Always Wrong Wondermints-Listen Leo Sayer-Heart (Stop Beating In Time) Locust-Stranger