Q. What recording gear do you use for the program?                                 A. I record the programs as .wav files in Pro Logic for Mac. I prefer to use Adobe Audition for editing interviews and other production. 

Q. Is there a reason why you will not play mp3's of a band/artist release?       A. In today's age of 'internet' radio, this can go over without a hitch. What has to be understood is that we are based 80% of the time on an FM radio station. FM radio quality and streaming are two totally different ball games. FM radio transmitters have compressors that make the solid and dynamic sonics of a WAV balanced and large sounding. An mp3 (the average recorded at 128Kb/s) is a tinny and compressed sound on FM radio. We prefer only the highest Kb/s due to air quality. 

Q. How come you do not play more popular progressive rock bands like Yes, Genesis, ELP, in plenty?                                                                       A. While we respect and love those bands and understand that the progressive rock scene wouldn't exist without them, we feel it is far more important to support current progressive bands and lesser known, non-mainstream enriched music.

Q. Why does it take so long to hear some new releases, when other times it is on 3 weeks before it is released?                                                                  A. This is our most popular question we receive. In some ways, it's luck of the draw. Imports of a new release usually come out before a North American release date. We are fortunate to be serviced by overseas outlets that ease the wait.

Q. What is your policy on reviewing and airing music?                                A. We receive many new releases within a month.  When we do receive a recording, and it has been tracked and aired, it is then put into rotation and into the database for the year end top 100 polling.  We work on a 3 week rotation depending on the established artists new release schedule dates, and request buzz.  A band or artist, when sending their recording, will be notified by email and/or  their site's forums/social site up to that week prior to airplay on how to listen .   Now with the new RIAA Radio Streaming laws, we can only air a certain amount of tracks from a release. Playlists will be posted AFTER the reruns are aired currently on Tuesdays due to file sharing laws.

Q. Is the program just you or are/were there other staffers involved?            A. Over the years we have had many people that have assisted in many aspects of the show's programming. From 1991 to 1993, we were often joined by Keith "The Man" Myers, Reginald Szatny, and Jon Most. Their contributions were in music, production, and new talent. By 1994, we worked with other staffers such as Roger Beckwith who was host of Roadhouse Radio opposite Janet Watts, and Steve Huston who assisted us for live in studio performances and interviews. We then became involved with Charles Nolan as a consultant who was with us from 1996 to 1997. During that time, we also became involved with George Piatkowski. George became a co-producer and took the program to even deeper levels with music obscurity. He was part of the crew until 2006. For live events we were continuously helped by Roger Beckwith and Bob "Big Bob Lovin' Volpe at countless venues. Ken Golden of Laser's Edge has co-produced many thematic programs over the years and continues to, to this day.  In 2000, Jack Webster came on board and archived many in-studio events and continues to assist as videographer, photographer, and contributes to programming as well. He is also joined by his assistant Frank Alfeeri. There is also Brian Schenkenberger,  our online engineer at Aural Moon who maintains live broadcasts internet streams at progressive rock events and the program itself. We are assisted by Jason Varga for in studio events as well, including program imaging, with help from Brett Holcomb.