WRCT: a radio station

WRCT joins VIA in hosting this year’s VIA Weekender event. VIA weekender consists of several free & ticketed events during October 6th through 8th.

Highlights include a free lecture by LatinX musician and poet Elysia Crampton, Friday the 6th at 6PM on CMU Campus.

Friday’s lecture is followed by an 18+ Performance happening at Ace Hotel from 9PM-1AM with Elysia Crampton, Haleek Maul, Embaci, D0uze, and CMU students. This show features new voices traversing experimental club music, rap, RnB, performance and noise from California, NYC, Barbados, and Pgh.

Free, all-ages DJ Workshops with Berlin-based collective Room 4 Resistance, and local femme sound engineers, happens Saturday the 7th from 2-8 PM at Ace Hotel with help from Carnegie Library music lending.

For more information, check out facebook.com/VIA.HQ, and for tickets go to http://viaweekender.brownpapertickets.com/

Every Friday morning, tune into Pinkney Hall. In May, you will hear
music with the following themes, along with newly released music and
music from artists appearing in Pittsburgh. All
in
the space of one hour – 9 AM to 10 AM.

May 13 – We’ll feature music by artists from Pittsburgh.

May 20 – We’ll honor Bob Dylan.

May 27 – To start Memorial Day weekend off on a good note, we’ll play
summer songs.

If you have any requests, please call 412-268-9728 during the show.

Tonight at midnight, the Mockster will celebrate the life of J. Geils, who passed away this week at the age of 71, with J. Geils cover songs.