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"Probably the best radio station in the world..."
John McManus, 7th Annual Music Issue, Oxford American
My History With WDVX Radio
Before moving to their new studio in downtown Knoxville at the corner of Gay St. and Summit Hill Avenue, WDVX transmitted out of a trailer in a trailer park right alongside I-75 in Anderson County, the next county north of Knox county.
Even then they had fans all over the world for their quality americana, blue grass, roots, classic country, and traditional mountain music.
Here's thing that makes this an interesting topic for me:
Not only does WDVX play an incredible array of Americana, Hillbilly, Classic Country, Bluegrass, Folk, and such...
And on top of that, keeps my cultural heritage (one of the few left in America) strong...
No, it's this:
I lived within a few miles of the trailer studio for years and years, and never went to visit.
Never. Not even when I was selling jewelry at a craft fair in that very trailer park.
Sometimes I'm plumb dense.
Even then they had fans all over the world for their quality americana, blue grass, roots, classic country, and traditional mountain music.
Here's thing that makes this an interesting topic for me:
Not only does WDVX play an incredible array of Americana, Hillbilly, Classic Country, Bluegrass, Folk, and such...
And on top of that, keeps my cultural heritage (one of the few left in America) strong...
No, it's this:
I lived within a few miles of the trailer studio for years and years, and never went to visit.
Never. Not even when I was selling jewelry at a craft fair in that very trailer park.
Sometimes I'm plumb dense.
Performances At The WDVX Studio
Mic Harrison @ WDVX 5-24-06
Mic Harrison performs live at the WDVX studio in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee for the May 24th "Blue Plate Special" show.
The Blue Plate Special: Live Music For Lunch
Be part of the live audience at WDVX's Blue Plate Special weekdays at noon.
Past Blue Plate Special performers include Robinella, Bela Fleck of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, and Nickle Creek.
Blue Plate Special Performance Pictures
MetroPulse Articles
- Left of the Dial
- July 11, 2002 * Vol. 12, No. 28
© 2002 Metro Pulse
by Joe Tarr - A Legend Reborn?
- Vol 16, Issue 22
Thursday, June 01, 2006
by Jack Neely
WDVX Webcast
- WDVX via Media Player
- Media Player webcast of WDVX.
- 32K WDVX
- Windows Media 32K webcast.
- 56K WDVX
- 56K for MP3 or Real Player.
WDVX Archives
- Todd Sneed & the Mini Suns
- March 17th, 2006 Quicktime of Todd Sneed & the Mini Suns at WDVX.
- Web Wilder
- 19.6 mb MP3 of Web Wilder, Jerry Lester, and DJ Mary Lou Cameron talking at WDVX October 9, 2004.
The Philosophy of Hillbilly Music
Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 07/12/2009) 
Making Notes: Music of the Carolinas
Amazon Price: $17.90 (as of 07/12/2009)
How The Hippies Ruin't Hillbilly Music: A Historical Memoir 1960-2000
Amazon Price: $21.55 (as of 07/12/2009)
Another WDVX Video
bluegrass at wdvx radio station in knox. tenn.
Teenage bluegrass prodigys playing for the Blue Plate radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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WDVX By Blogosphere
- Patriotic Parties: July 4 Celebrations: Gatlinburg Starts July 4 ...
- Music on the WDVX Stage on the park's north lawn includes The Bearded, Van Eaton and Friends, The Lonesome Coyotes and Matt Stillwell. ...
- art museum gets seriously silly with y'uns
- Alive After Five is sponsored by Cherokee Distributing Company, Knoxville News Sentinel, WDVX 89.9FM, and WVLT-TV8. For more information about the Alive ...
- Community Events for July 9, 2009
- Media sponsors for the event are WBIR-TV Channel 10 and WDVX Radio. Admission is $5 at the door for adults and students, and free for Heritage Center ...
~ WDVX ~
- WDVX MySpace
- MySpace profile for WDVX with pictures, videos, personal blog, interests, information about me and more
Twitter N' Twang
- WDVX
- aka WDVX
- 189 followers
- 37 following
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- @bupperoni @knoxvilledotcom @cyclefield2000 thanks for the help! =)
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- [cont] ... Like where people could just enter their name and I could go back and have a list of the entries?
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- Does anyone know how I could set up a way to register for contests on here? ...[cont]
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- WOOPS! Mistake on tonight's Old City Live. Tonight is Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers/ Matt Woods and Plan A. Sorry for the mix up =]
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- @KnoxvilleDotcom Woops! Thanks for the correction.
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