The Grooveyard takes a week off as WCWP Radio celebrates the station's 60th anniversary with a 60-hour Homecoming Weekend. However, Grooveyard host Alan Seltzer will bring back his old show, "Seltzer With a Twist" Saturday at 10 PM.
This Weekend: A Sort of Homecoming
The annual WCWP Homecoming Weekend was cancelled this year due to Covid restrictions, but we'll celebrate anyway Saturday night on The Grooveyard.
This Weekend: A Great 58!
The station of "The Grooveyard", WCWP radio celebrates it's 58th anniversary on the air with a 60-hour Homecoming Weekend. The station first broadcast as a carrier current station on October 18, 1961, moving to 88.1 FM following construction and licensing a few years later. Continuing the LIU Post Homecoming tradition, alumni returning to host shows... Continue Reading →
This Weekend: Pack Your Bags
The Grooveyard is going around the world. Join host Alan Seltzer Saturday night at 7 PM when we feature songs about cities and towns around the country and the world in honor of alumni traveling to join WCWP's Homecoming Weekend next week. During that weekend, alumni return to host shows they did at the station... Continue Reading →
This Weekend: Homeward Bound
Continuing a long-time station tradition, WCWP celebrates LIU Post Homecoming Weekend with alumni returning to host shows they did as students. Many favorites from the station's history will join in the fun from Friday at noon through Sunday at midnight. While "The Grooveyard" will be not be heard this week as a result, host Alan... Continue Reading →
This Weekend: Let’s (Seltzer with a) Twist Again
Continuing a long-time station tradition, WCWP celebrates LIU Post Homecoming Weekend with alumni returning to host shows they did as students. Many favorites from the station's history will join in the fun from Friday at noon through Sunday at midnight. While "The Grooveyard" will be not be heard this week as a result, host Alan... Continue Reading →
This Weekend: Seltzer With a Twist
Continuing a long-time station tradition, WCWP celebrates LIU Post Homecoming Weekend with alumni returning to host shows they did as students. Many favorites from the station's history will join in the fun from Friday at noon through Sunday at midnight. While "The Grooveyard" will be not be heard this week as a result, host Alan... Continue Reading →
This Week: Celebrations for Chuck Berry and WCWP
It's party time this week on "The Grooveyard" and WCWP. Thursday night on "The Grooveyard", host Alan Seltzer celebrates the upcoming 88th birthday of Chuch Berry by playing some favorite songs by the artist. Continuing a tradition on the show, the week's Top Ten @ 10 will commemorate the 53rd birthday of WCWP by playing... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: October 18, 1958
First of all, thanks to St Francis Prep and CRC Crump for underwriting this week's edition of The Grooveyard as well as a portion of WCWP's Homecoming Weekend. Since this is a weekend of memories, here'sa bonus video with some personal ones. My high school is included here, plus a number of locations from my... Continue Reading →
Top Ten @ 10: October 11, 1959
Here's the Top Ten @ 10 for October 11, 1959 as heard on this week's edition of The Grooveyard: #10 : "The Three Bells" by The Browns #9 "Poison Ivy" by The Coasters #8 "Deck of Cards" by Wink Martindale #7 "Red River Rock" by Johnny and the Hurricanes #6 "('Til) I Kissed You" by... Continue Reading →