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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
curated content from YouTube
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
Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music
Amazon Price: $4.49 (as of 11/12/2009) 
Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 11/12/2009)
How The Hippies Ruin't Hillbilly Music: A Historical Memoir 1960-2000
Amazon Price: $23.95 (as of 11/12/2009)
Another WDVX Video
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WDVX By Blogosphere
- Musician has something new on plate with store
- Matt Morelock, a local musician who until recently hosted the live radio show on WDVX, has launched Morelock Music in a retail space at 403 S. Gay St. ...
- Jennie Cassie On Mystery Guests for WDVX fundraiser
- By Rose Kennedy (Contact) Do you do anything special to keep people from getting bored during your fund drive? We don't have to; it's an exciting time. ...
- FREEStyle: movies, music, masquerade and more
- ... Nills and Four Leaf Peat will perform for the Blue Plate Special at the WDVX Visitor's Center on the corner of Gay Street and Summit Hill Drive at noon. ...
~ WDVX ~
- WDVX MySpace
- MySpace profile for WDVX with pictures, videos, personal blog, interests, information about me and more
Twitter N' Twang
- WDVX
- aka WDVX
- 389 followers
- 74 following
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- Rainy Day Songgg http://bit.ly/3TA7tB
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- More fall fund drive info! http://bit.ly/3zVVmH
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- Stay tuned because later tonight Katie will be auctioning off a yard-date with Knoxville's own Metrognome during... http://bit.ly/3yBotk
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- Join Red in studio now with Jay Clark for a matching challenge---whatever you pledge from now until 4pm will be... http://bit.ly/2pK469
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- Derik Hultquist & Jah Niceness today on WDVX's Blue Plate Special at noon! Tune in, and don't forget to make that... http://bit.ly/2bk9Gj
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by JaZilla
Hillbilly, photographer, poet, artist, mom.
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