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After 30 Years, Dj Still Loves Rockin'
The Capital Times :: METRO :: 1B
Saturday, December 3, 2005
By Bill Dunn The Capital Times
What will it take, you wonder, to get John McDonald out of his rockin' chair?
After 30 years, half his life, Rockin' John has made quite an imprint in his studio seat at WORT/FM 89.9 as the host of "I Like It Like That."
He's occupied it from 6 to 8 p.m. almost every Saturday since 1975, when WORT went on the air, and is the only "original" programmer left. A volunteer, he's never made a dime and even bought his own $10 advance ticket to the WORT 30th anniversary show tonight at 8 at the High Noon Saloon.
WORT describes the show like this:
"Rock 'n' roll mostly from the 1950s and '60s. Hits, B-sides, alternate takes, unreleased cuts, tracks long out of print, rockabilly, surf music, doo-wop, rhythm and blues. Also, music from the 1980s and '90s that fits the format'; mixed programs and specials on certain artists and music forms: Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, the Beach Boys, Jack Scott, Bobby Fuller, the Beatles, Link Wray, Dale Hawkins; cruisin' music, instrumentals, girl groups."
The theme for tonight's 30th anniversary show, McDonald said in an interview from his east side Madison home, is "Being a Teen in the '50s." The clothes, the slang, maybe a teen angel or two.
He turned 60 on Nov. 26, another reason to celebrate. Another rockin' "McJohn" (John McVie of Fleetwood Mac) was born the same day in 1945.
"I've done about 1,400 shows and no two of them are alike. I'm kind of proud of that," say McDonald. ...
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After 30 Years, Dj Still Loves Rockin'
The Capital Times :: METRO :: 1B
Saturday, December 3, 2005
By Bill Dunn The Capital Times
What will it take, you wonder, to get John McDonald out of his rockin' chair?
After 30 years, half his life, Rockin' John has made quite an imprint in his studio seat at WORT/FM 89.9 as the host of "I Like It Like That."
He's occupied it from 6 to 8 p.m. almost every Saturday since 1975, when WORT went on the air, and is the only "original" programmer left. A volunteer, he's never made a dime and even bought his own $10 advance ticket to the WORT 30th anniversary show tonight at 8 at the High Noon Saloon.
WORT describes the show like this:
"Rock 'n' roll mostly from the 1950s and '60s. Hits, B-sides, alternate takes, unreleased cuts, tracks long out of print, rockabilly, surf music, doo-wop, rhythm and blues. Also, music from the 1980s and '90s that fits the format'; mixed programs and specials on certain artists and music forms: Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, the Beach Boys, Jack Scott, Bobby Fuller, the Beatles, Link Wray, Dale Hawkins; cruisin' music, instrumentals, girl groups."
The theme for tonight's 30th anniversary show, McDonald said in an interview from his east side Madison home, is "Being a Teen in the '50s." The clothes, the slang, maybe a teen angel or two.
He turned 60 on Nov. 26, another reason to celebrate. Another rockin' "McJohn" (John McVie of Fleetwood Mac) was born the same day in 1945.
"I've done about 1,400 shows and no two of them are alike. I'm kind of proud of that," say McDonald. ...
[Click the link above for the rest of the TCT newspaper article.]