The All Stars (and Forgotten Ones) of CFNY

[wxb102gm]

Hello. I've a question for all longtime CFNY listeners here. I'm the General Manager of WXB 102, possibly the only New Wave radio station on the Internet with live DJs (just like a real FM station) broadcasting every day, Mon-Fri:

http://www.wxb102.tk

My question is this: What were some of the biggest and forgotten Canadian New Wave acts from CFNY? We've noticed that we've gotten a ton of Canadian listeners lately, and we're interested in finding more cool Canadian artists from the '80s to include onto our playlists. Right now we have Spoons, Martha & the Muffins, Moev, Leonard Cohen (I believe he's Canadian), and, of course, Men Without Hats, on regular rotation. I'll be adding Platinum Blonde soon and 54-40, too. However, beyond that, can you give us some recommendations? There's some really great stuff from Canada in the '80s judging from Spoons and Images in Vogue.

Take a listen to the link above and see what you think would fit onto our pretty eclectic New Wave format. We're especially interested in hearing about forgotten Canadian acts that we could revive, and is there a Neo-New Wave scene in Canada right now like in England with Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, etc? We spin new stuff, too.

Thanks for the help!

Michael Sutton
General Manager - WXB 102
http://www.wxb102.tk

[orbit-55]

Great Job you guys are doing in resurrecting
a great 80's station WXB 102.


datafreq put these together a few years. It's all 80's though.

I made 10 cds that i gave away at the reunion...a double cd of all Canadian all vinyl stuff from my collection...

track listing:

cd 1

102.1 band working on the radio
breeding ground - reunion
payolas - china boys
vital sines - collage
bambi - rock on
toby swan - somewhere over the rainbow
national velvet - flesh under skin
demics - new york city
dave howard - beatbox baby
rough trade - high school confidential
diodes - catwalker
drastic measures - teddy bears picnic
pukka orchestra - listen to the radio (remix)
gerry cott - alphabet town
darkroom - san paku
belgazou - talk about it
vis a vis - shadowplay
jane siberry - mimi on the beach
parachute club - rise up

cd 2

blue peter - don't walk past
bb gabor - soviet jewellery
moev - alibis
benjamin russell - miracle of love
bobby and synthia - big ****
boys brigade - into the flow
tic tic - 20 questions
eight seconds - kiss you when it's dangerous
martha and the muffins - danseparc
images in vogue - educated man
strange advance - love games
moral support - strange day for dancing
rational youth - saturdays in silesia
spoons - symmetry
hugh marsh - versace
nash the slash - the womble

i can make up some more if anybody wants them...

cheers

dave

[wxb102gm]

Dave,

Can we get a copy of that for the station? For those who were tuned in to WXB 102 today, only to have the radio station disappear, we're now back. Go to:

http://www.wxb102.tk

The server in Manila went temporarily down. Sorry about that.

[SMoKaLoTaPoT]

could you leave an email address if you want to exchange songs.You have a few I'm missing & I probly have a few you need!.Thanks.SMoKe