East Village Radio

 
I read in some email newsletter this week, oh boy.

About an influential New York radio online radio station that will fade away.

And when I read it, I was kind of sad.



If it hadn’t already existed and I lived in New York, I would have loved to have created East Village Radio.

As I have stated numerous times before, a good number of East Village Radio shows were highly influential on me and my own Suite Delight radio show. My weekends basically would start and end with their shows. I would do whatever I could to be home to listen.

One show would run me down with records.  Another show in particular was the most eclectic and all over the place, springing incredible tracks I otherwise would never hear every Saturday.

The other shows’ playlists were marvels to behold but I could not always listen to anything but the weekend shows.

It was easy for me to be inspired by the East Village Radio roster. My radio station DJ colleagues and I were once asked what station we basically emulated and my answer was obvious.


A trip to New York for me is like a pilgrimage to Mecca. One particular visit was bittersweet. I had to seek my main source of inspiration, oracle, and Creation Matrix in East Village Radio to help me make it through my time there.
 

I got to see where the magic takes place. Aside from the shopping and record crate digging, that night was the highlight of my trip. I thankfully have the experience to remember.


I might have made it clear that I don’t do celebrity deaths well, especially if I am particularly fond of them or they greatly impacted my life in some way.  The news of East Village Radio no long existing might very well have been something of a celebrity death.

I read the bad news from a CMJ newsletter announcing the end of the New York radio station and followed where the link took me.   
 

As much as East Village Radio was a weekend staple for me years ago, I had not been able to tune in live for years.  I wasn't able to tune in to the station on my smartphone.  Had I been able to, I possibly would not have listened to any other radio with the exception of my CKUT.
 
As much as East Village Radio represented everything I aimed to achieve in so far as radio is concerned, my motivations and aspirations associated with the station do not die. I will not forget the station's legacy and impact on me.  In fact, I changed my own Suite Delight radio show format in honor of the East Village Radio's old school hip hop show.



Thank you to the people of past, present and future people of East Village Radio for giving me another reason to love New York like I do.