The 977 Greatest Songs
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Listen to the 977 Greatest Songs

This December, with tons of listener feedback, we have compiled a list of 977 of the greatest songs ever. We are playing them back and asking for your support. Here's when you can hear the countdown. Friday, 12/9 6-9p Saturday, 12/10 10a-6p Sunday, 12/11 10a-8p Monday, 12/12 5a-9p Tuesday, 12/13 5a-9p Wednesday, 12/14 5a-9p Thursday, 12/15 5a-9p Friday, 12/16 5a-9p Thank you very much for your feedback and support. You help make WEXT a better radio station - eclectic, unique and diverse.

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Jay Bobbin
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It’s time for that annual ritual of film lovers and film reviewers, a very subjective list of the best that the screen has had to offer during the past 12 months.

 

Some may be expected, while others hopefully will be surprises -- which always makes for a nice mix. And rather than rank them numerically, my custom is to list them alphabetically. Wherever a given picture places among the chosen 10, it’s still a rare and special level to get to.

 

With that, let’s go (or go back, in some cases) to the 2016 movies …

 

LOLO
WEXT

LOLO
February 26, 2017

The Hangar on the Hudson
River Street, Troy

WEXT in conjunction with SLP Productions is proud to present one absolutely astonishingly amazing singer!  

LOLO is coming  to The Hangar in Troy on February 26th. Tickets go on sale December 16th. Details and links to come.

The Howlin' Brothers at The Low Beat
Artist

Monday, December 19th, catch our friends The Howlin' Brothers at The Low Beat. It's gonna be a hot one for sure!

The Howlin' Brothers
December 19th
The Low Beat, 335 Central Avenue, Albany

To remember how awesome they are, catch their last session with us below - a live radio event from 2014.  Plus, get ready for a new session featuring new songs from a forthcoming album - on the radio just after 530p on 12/19. 

Wolf Hollow Brewing
Agency

Get to our friends at Wolf Hollow Brewing for a taste of something special, and we're not just talking about their beer. Visit with them sometime.  Wolf Hollow Brewing Company on Route 5 in Glenville. 

Here are the bands that they have coming up:

10.29 - The North and South Dakotas

11.19 - Jim Gaudet and the Railroad Boys

12.10 - Low Lily (from Brattleboro, VT)

1.14 - Mikey Sweet (from Northampton, MA)

2.8 - Matt Flinner Trio

The 977 Greatest Songs
WEXT

This December, with tons of listener feedback, we have compiled a list of 977 of the greatest songs ever. We are playing them back and asking for your support. 

Here's when you can hear the countdown. 

Friday, 12/9 6-9p

Saturday, 12/10 10a-6p

Sunday, 12/11 10a-8p

Monday, 12/12 5a-9p

Tuesday, 12/13 5a-9p

Wednesday, 12/14 5a-9p

Thursday, 12/15 5a-9p

Friday, 12/16 5a-9p

Thank you very much for your feedback and support. You help make WEXT a better radio station - eclectic, unique and diverse.

Dan Layus
WEXT

Augustana front man, Dan Layus has embarked upon a solo career with songs and a new album called "Dangerous Things."  He dropped by to play a few songs. Here are the videos. We'll post the audio from the session soon.  Be listening for the full session on the radio, too.

Updated 5 p.m. ET

The first American to orbit the Earth has died. John Glenn was the last surviving member of the original Mercury astronauts. He would later have a long political career as a U.S. senator, but that didn't stop his pioneering ways.

Glenn made history a second time in 1998, when he flew aboard the shuttle Discovery to become the oldest person to fly in space.

Glenn was 95 when he died; he had been hospitalized in an Ohio State University medical center in Columbus since last week.

Bryan Ferry
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Bryan Ferry

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