Vinylthon 2024
April 22nd, 2024 by Liz Kosik
by Liz Kosik ’25
And that’s a wrap! WLOY has concluded its 7th year of Vinylthon, upholding the tradition. This year’s event was particularly special as we welcomed back esteemed alumni and past DJs, some dating all the way back to the 70s! The excitement was in the air as we reunited with our very own Eddie Fine ’23 and Anna Markulis ’23 for the day. The Loyola community showcased its spirit, with dozens of students enthusiastically participating in our raffle-giveaway. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who hosted a show for Vinyl Hour, returned to visit for the day, entered our raffles, and showed their unwavering support for WLOY. Also, a special thank you to Wax Mage for their custom-made vinyl designs! With memories of this year fresh in our minds, we can’t help but wonder how we’ll top it next year!
Posted in Events, Featured, Music, News | No Comments »
VINYLTHON DAY 2
April 20th, 2024 by The Professor
48 Hour Vinylthon Day 2 Lineup:
12:00a John C Vintage Vinyl Finds (2nd Hr)
1:00a WVLC Alumni Vinyl Hour
2:00a Vinyl Staff Show
3:00a Daniel’s First Vinyl Show
4:00a Staff Favorites at 45rpm
5:00a Xander’s Mighty Soul Show 1
6:00a Mike The Psych 2 Sides Live (2hrs)
7:00a Mike The Psych 2 Sides Live
8:00a Bimbo Chronicles Vinyl Hour
9:00a Pursuit of Felicity Vinyl Hour
10:00a Anna’s Vinylthon Hour
11:00a Coffee Break Vinyl Hour
12:00p LIVE ALUMNI WEEKEND DROP-INS
1:00p LIVE ALUMNI WEEKEND DROP-INS
2:00p LIVE ALUMNI WEEKEND DROP-INS
3:00p LIVE ALUMNI WEEKEND DROP-INS
4:00p LIVE ALUMNI WEEKEND DROP-INS
5:00p Retro Eddies 33-1/3 Hour
6:00p Staff Show LIVE Vinyl Hour
7:00p Xander’s Mighty Soul Show 2
8:00p A Double Shot of Tara (2hrs)
9:00p A Double Shot of Tara
10:00p Analia’s Melancholy Vinyl Mix
11:00p Mike The Psych Frampton Vinyl Hour
All day long we will be doing drawings for prizes and adding entries from wloy@loyola.edu so you can enter anytime until 2pm Sunday 4/21
A couple of our prizes: rare Wax Mage Records hand colored records – each version was limited to 25 handmade records.
Posted in Events, Featured, Music, News | No Comments »
VINYLTHON DAY 1
April 20th, 2024 by The Professor
48 Hour Vinylthon Day 1 Lineup:
12:00a Vinyl Spin Sessions w/Paul Random
1:00a Welcome to Vinylthon 2024 Special
2:00a The Professor spins Cars & Guitars
3:00a Tara’s Vinyl Hour
4:00a Retro Rockin’ (Vinyl) Road Show (2hrs)
5:00a Retro Rockin’ (Vinyl) Road Show
6:00a Queen Marge’s Vinyl Exploration (2hrs)
7:00a Queen Marge’s Vinyl Exploration
8:00a Moldie Oldies Vinyl Hour
9:00a Steve Spins Friends Records
10:00a Moldie Oldies Live 2024 Special (2hrs)
11:00a Moldie Oldies Live 2024 Special
12:00p Stardust Records Special (Baltimore’s New Record Store!)
1:00p LIVE Retro Eddie & More
2:00p LIVE Retro Eddie & More
3:00p LIVE Retro Eddie & More
4:00p 1970’s Alumni LIVE – Ed Stanley ’81
5:00p 1970’s Alumni LIVE – Jim Perrone ’79
6:00p 1970’s Alumni LIVE – Gerry Blair ’70
7:00p Discovery Hour Vinyl Special
8:00p Daniel’s Second Vinyl Show
9:00p Xander’s Mighty Soul Show 2
10:00p Daniel LIVE
11:00p John C Vintage Vinyl Finds (2hrs)
All day long we will be doing drawings for prizes and adding entries from wloy@loyola.edu so you can enter anytime until 2pm Sunday 4/21.
Posted in Events, Featured, Music, News | No Comments »
Vinylthon 2024 – Saturday, April 20-21
April 18th, 2024 by Liz Kosik
VINYLTHON 2024 is here! We’re jumping the gun on celebrating Record Store Day since most colleges are closed in June. Here’s the scoop: WLOY is dedicating a full 48 hours to nothing but vinyl on the airwaves. Our Loyola community, friends, alumni, and talented DJs have curated some amazing shows just for you, all featuring real records. And here’s the kicker: we’re part of a global movement, with hundreds of stations worldwide joining in for the past seven years. Stay tuned for the show schedule!
Oh, and of course we’re raffling a ton of prizes! Prizes include from custom-made vinyl by Wax Mage, a turntable, and concert tickets to Rams Head On Stage, Baltimore Soundstage, and the Let’s Go Music Festival (raffled separately, of course.) Live drawing will be from 12-4 PM on April 20-21; make sure to check our Instagram @wloy_radio for updates and news! 🙂
Posted in Events, Featured, Music, News, Tickets | No Comments »
Loyolapalooza Spotlight: LOLLIPUNX
April 17th, 2024 by Liz Kosik
by Liz Kosik ’25
WLOY is happy to announce our Battle of the Bands winner, LOLLIPUNX! Meet the band below and catch LOLLIPUNX at Loyolapalooza on April 28th on the quad! 🙂
How did your band come together and what was the catalyst for starting a musical collaboration?
The band came together through a blend of serendipity and a shared passion for music. Josh, drummer, and Patricia, lead vocalist, initially met at a mutual friend’s birthday party, forging an instant connection. Though they drifted apart due to distance, a chance encounter on social media reignited their friendship years later. Josh had been posting drum covers on his Instagram, including Paramore’s ‘Let the Flames Begin’—a song and band dearly loved by Patricia. This led to a conversation and a half-joking suggestion from Patricia about starting a band. Coincidentally, Josh had been looking to form a band for some time. Impressed by an acapella clip Patricia sent him, he quickly invited her to join. Together, they sought additional members who matched their drive and musical vision, eventually rounding out the band through online forums and auditions. This group not only shared a love for music but also a commitment to the same values and genres, which solidified their formation.
Posted in Featured, Music | No Comments »
On This Day: April 11
April 11th, 2024 by Liz Kosik
by Liz Kosik ’25
1966: The Yardbirds, featuring a young guitarist named Jimmy Page, played their first U.S. concert at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.
1970: The Beatles‘ song “Let It Be” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming their final #1 single before the band’s breakup.
1981: Bob Marley played his last-ever concert at the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died of cancer less than a year later. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Featured, Music | No Comments »
Battle of the Bands Spotlight: Love Hurtz
April 11th, 2024 by Liz Kosik
by Liz Kosik ’25
And to wrap up our featured bands, we present Loyola’s own, Love Hurtz!
Love Hurtz is a four person pop band consisting of Julia Marks (‘25) as lead singer, Anna Polk (‘26) on keys, Evelyn Donovan (‘27) on acoustic guitar, and Michael Smith (‘25) on drums. Starting in January 2024, the four met as students at Loyola. They are excited to perform for the first time ever at battle of the bands!!! We look forward to their performance. 🙂
You can follow the Love Hurtz members on Instagram: @annaapolk, @evelynd_0514, @_juliamarks03, and @officiallymichaelt.
WLOY thanks all the amazing artists for this week and don’t forget to show your support at Battle of the Bands on April 13 from 7-9 PM in McGuire!
Posted in Events, Featured, Music, News | No Comments »
Baltimore Sports History: Oriole Park 4 & 5
April 11th, 2024 by The Professor
by Andrew Ciofalo, host of After The Whistle
Today we all know and love Oriole Park at Camden Yards, its revolutionary design, the inclusion of the warehouse and much more make this Oriole Park feel like the great ballpark that it is. This isn’t the first Oriole Park however… It’s the sixth. The name Oriole Park has a great history and legacy that is often overshadowed.
In the 1880s, the Baltimore Orioles played in the American Association, the league most competitive with the National League. Commonly known as the AA, the winner of both leagues would play in a sort of World Series style championship. That was until the AA folded in 1891 after four of its teams moved to the more competitive National League, including the Orioles.
The Orioles first season in the National League was also their first season in their new home, Union Park. Naturally the park took the nickname of Oriole Park, becoming the third host of the club. The Orioles would find its greatest success to date at Union Park and in the National League. The first two years were rough though, finishing in last and 8th out of 12 teams. In the 1894 season, the Orioles would turn their 8th place finish from the previous year into a pennant win. It was the franchises’ first pennant win and the first of three in a row in a dominant run in the National League from ’94 to ’96. In the ’97 and ’98 seasons, the Orioles would finish 2nd to Boston. In their 8th and final season in the National League, the Orioles finished in 4th before they fell victim to the National Leagues cutdown from 12 teams to 8.
After leaving the National League, the Orioles Franchise had a short hiatus while there wasn’t a league for them. In came a gentleman named Ban Johnson who was the president American League, formerly a minor league called the Western League. Johnson became president of the Western League in 1894 with the goal of making his league a Major League. When the National League had its cutdown, the 4 teams were left to join this new American League.
When joining the American League, of course the Orioles needed a new field. Enter American League Park, or Oriole Park IV. The American League experiment didn’t go well for the Orioles as they only played 2 seasons. The first season was plagued by barely .500 play along with debate between then Oriole manager John McGraw and league president Ban Johnson. Arguments stemmed from the fact that Johnson originally wanted to place the team in New York City, but the New York Giants denied them from doing so. In the second season there was rumors that McGraw was wanting to try again to re-locate the team to New York but ultimately ended up leaving the team mid-season to join the Giants of the NL. Many players went with their manager to the Giants, leaving the Orioles very empty handed and leading Johnson to step in and take control. Safe to say baseball in Baltimore was not in good shape and that was evident when the club disbanded at the end of the season. Eventually the franchise would be re-located to New York as originally intended and the team’s name was changed to the Highlanders and then to what we know them today as; The New York Yankees. You’re welcome, Yankee fans.
After the Oriole major league franchise folded, the Oriole name was used for a new minor league team of the Eastern League. The minor league Orioles played at Oriole Park IV, where baseball legend Babe Ruth got his start. The minor league Orioles would continue to play at Oriole Park IV till 1914. The next Oriole Park was first called Terrapin Park where shortly a team called the Baltimore Terrapins played. After only 2 seasons, the Terrapins and the Federal League folded, and the minor league Orioles took over in Terrapin Park. The Orioles would continue to play there until 1944 when a fire destroyed all of the Park. The team would play the rest and future games at Municipal Stadium. The Stadium was known as other names such as Venable Stadium and Baltimore Stadium. It was renovated and reconstructed to be able to host baseball and football and was renamed to Memorial Stadium. Memorial Stadium would be the host of two teams that were new to Baltimore, the incoming St. Louis Browns and Dallas Texans.
Memorial Stadium wouldn’t be the sixth Oriole Park because it was a shared facility, the sixth wouldn’t come until after Memorial Stadium had been past its prime and heyday. The building of Camden Yards for the sole purpose of baseball caused it to inherit and bring back the Oriole Park name.
Posted in Explore Baltimore, Featured, Sports, Sports Saturdays | No Comments »
Battle of the Bands Spotlight: Hamiliton Outlaw
April 10th, 2024 by Liz Kosik
by Liz Kosik ’25
Continuing with our Battle of the Bands lineup, we introduce Hamiliton Outlaw!
Hamilton Outlaw is a band of blue-collar city boys playing some dirty rock/blues with a punk edge. The members all come from punk/ska and metal backgrounds. How it started: Mike Dee, singer for grind-n-roll band Monger, and singer/guitarist for punk rock band Head of Power decided he needed an outlet for some bluesy/rock stuff he had been writing. He banded together Sam Shapiro and Mike Clark (both in Head of Power) and Matt Hoey (Monger) to form Hamilton Outlaw.
Posted in Events, Featured, Music, News | No Comments »
Battle of the Bands Spotlight: LOLLIPUNX
April 9th, 2024 by Liz Kosik
by Liz Kosik ’25
We’re back with your favorite Loyola artists presenting our next band of the week, LOLLIPUNX!
Posted in Events, Featured, Music, News | No Comments »
