COLUMBUS - It's branded as "A Bar with a Radio Problem." Local radio station CD102.5 has its own live music venue, The Big Room Bar. "Bands from Muse to the Pixies, from The XX to Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age, have been into the radio station," says CD102.5 owner, president, and GM Randy Malloy. "And they'll perform for a small audience. Private. You know, 30 to 40 […]
from This Week Community News - May 14, 2018
BRIEF CAREER SYNOPSIS: Started out at CD1025 (previously CD101), as an intern right out of college in 1998. Started hosting The Independent Playground in summer of '99. Have done overnights and late-nights. Started hosting our local program, Frontstage in 2006. Got my MD stripes this year! 1. It's been almost 20 years since you started at WWCD as intern for the late-great former PD Andy Davis. What stands out the […]
WWCD LTD. Alternative WWCD (CD102.5)/COLUMBUS, OH announces the return of the station's longtime running specialty show, “THE INDEPENDENT PLAYGROUND WITH TOM BUTLER,” every SUNDAY night from 10p-mid. The show had been off the air for almost a year. CD102.5 PD MASE BRAZELLE said “I’m so glad to have TOM back doing what he loves, finding new music and turning COLUMBUS on to it. We already play more new music than […]
WWCD LTD Alternative WWCD (CD1025)/COLUMBUS, OH ups longtime middayer RACHAEL GORDON and night-timer TOM BUTLER to APD and MD, respectively. Both have been at the station for 10 plus years and will start their new roles immediately. "RACHAEL and TOM have both been such a huge help to me since I took over the PD position here at the station a month or so ago”, side PD MASE BRAZELLE. “I’ve […]
from Quorum Columbus Magazine - February 1, 2015
Randy Malloy, general manager, president and owner of WWCD 102.5 FM, clears away an assortment of papers and envelopes from an orange futon in his office and adds them to another assortment of papers and envelopes on his coffee table. Malloy describes his office as a “frat house that threw up.” With low-hung ceilings and enough stuff to furnish an entire apartment, it’s filled with stacks of CDs, bottles of […]
Everyone loves the Little Train Who Could – but sometimes thinkIcan thinkIcan isn’t enough; sometimes, the wolves are howling around the tracks and the bridge gets blown and everyone on board, even the Caboose, just has to hold on to their asses and hope the whole damn thing will somehow make it across the canyon. Such was the situation facing CD102.5, formerly CD101.1, just a few years ago. Since 1990, […]
“Do you remember lying in bed With your covers pulled up over your head Radio playing so no one can see … “ – The Ramones, “Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?” Columbus, Ohio CNN — In this capital city and college town, there is a shrine to a disc jockey. His name was Andy Davis, better known as “Andyman,” and he manned the evening drive-time shift at […]
