During theses special broadcasts, Kurt generously makes all of the nearly 10,000 vintage records in his current auction available for the broadcast.   During the broadcast, Radio Dismuke will depart from its strictly 1920s and 1930s popular music and jazz format and play recordings from just about every musical genre imaginable from the dawn of commercial recorded sound in the 1890s through the end of the 78 rpm era in the late 1950s.  Many of the records in the auction are extremely rare and the vast majority have never been reissued in modern formats.

One of the things that is special about the broadcast is that it will provide listeners a rare opportunity to hear very early cylinder records played through Kurt's Archeophone -  a modern, electrical playback device designed specifically for the reproduction and preservation of vintage cylinder records.   Because an Archeophone costs over $16,000 owning one is beyond the financial reach of the vast majority of private collectors and they are usually found in institutions such as sound archives and national libraries.  You, however, will have the privilege of listening to one during the broadcast.   Late 19th century wax cylinder records are especially fascinating because very frequently they are the last surviving copies of the recorded performance.

In addition to vintage cylinders and conventional 78 rpm discs, there are other vintage formats in the auction as well including Edison diamond discs, radio transcription disc, picture records and cardboard Hit of the Week records.   Radio Dismuke listeners have the opportunity to hear recordings from a wide variety of musical genres ranging from jazz and dance band music to classical, opera, blues, country and even early rock and roll.

For April's broadcast, we will be continue with the continuous rotation schedule format which has been  well received for previous broadcasts.    The program will start Saturday  April 25 at 11:00 AM Central Time in the United States and will continuously repeat all day April 25 and  April 26.   The program will be aired again starting at 8:00 AM Central Time in the United States on Saturday May 3 and will continuously repeat all day.   Because these broadcasts are several hours in length, listeners with schedule commitments may not be able to listen all the way through to any given broadcast.  This format should provides opportunities for those who miss portions of the broadcast on one airing to be able to catch the rest on a subsequent airing. 

I am always very excited about these broadcasts and hope you will have a chance to listen.  They provide a unique opportunity to hear some extremely rare and historic recordings  - a good number of which have not been available to a public audience in many decades.  It is another example of how Internet radio is able to provide to a worldwide audience highly specialized, quality programing that traditional media outlets are simply not able or willing to take on.

 - Dismuke

Please note:  These times are for the same show - it is simply being repeated so that people in various time zones across the world will have an opportunity to tune in. 

When converting to your specific time zone, please consider factors such as daylight savings time in your area.   It is highly recommended that you make your time zone calculations using this Conversion Tool which takes factors such as local daylight savings time into consideration. 
 

Saturday April 25 and Sunday April 26, 2008 

North American Listeners
Program starts at 11:00 AM Central Time on Saturday and will continuously repeat all day Saturday and all day Sunday.   If the current run of the broadcast is still playing Sunday evening when midnight arrives, the broadcast will be allowed to fully complete before Radio Dismuke resumes normal programing for Monday. 

The exact length of the broadcast will not be known until it has been recorded.    Previous broadcasts have been between 6 - 7 hours long.   Once the length of the broadcast is known,  we will post that information here so listeners can have an approximate idea as to when it starts over again. 

International Listeners
Program starts at 16:00 GMT on Saturday and will continue through at least 5:00 GMT Monday morning (which is midnight in the time zone where Radio Dismuke is based).  If the current run of the broadcast is still playing when 5:00 GMT arrives, the broadcast will be allowed to fully complete before Radio Dismuke resumes normal programing for Monday.

The exact length of the broadcast will not be known until it has been recorded.   Previous broadcasts have been between 6 - 7 hours long.   Once the length of the broadcast is known,  we will post that information here so listeners can have an approximate idea as to when it starts over again. 
 
 

North American Listeners

Program starts at 8:00 AM Central Time on Saturday and will continuously through at least Midnight Central Standard Time.   If the current run of the broadcast is still playing  when midnight arrives, the broadcast will be allowed to fully complete before Radio Dismuke resumes normal programing for Sunday. 

The exact length of the broadcast will not be known until it has been recorded.   Previous broadcasts have been between 6 - 7 hours long.   Once the length of the broadcast is known,  we will post that information here so listeners can have an approximate idea as to when it starts over again. 

International Listeners
Program starts at 13:00 GMT on Saturday and will continue through at least 5:00 GMT Sunday morning (which is midnight in the time zone where Radio Dismuke is based).  If the current run of the broadcast is still playing when 6:00 GMT arrives, the broadcast will be allowed to fully complete before Radio Dismuke resumes normal programing for Sunday.

The exact length of the broadcast will not be known until it has been recorded.   Once the length of the broadcast is known,  we will post that information here so listeners can have an approximate idea as to when it starts over again.