Gagliarchives Radio
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  • Q. How will the gagliarchives handle the new RIAA situation?           A. Our station, z889, at this time is off stream. However, Aural Moon is still broadcasting on the internet. We will now broadcast 2 programs, our regular program on Saturday nights, and one at Aural Moon independently.  

  • Q. How come you don't play popular prog bands like Yes, Genesis, ELP that often?           A. While we respect 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.

  • Q. Why does it take so long to hear some new releases, when other times it's on 3 weeks before it's released?           A. This is the most popular question. Luck of the draw.

  • Q. What is your policy on reviewing and airing music?      A. We receive hundreds of CD's a month.  When we do receive a CD, and it has been tracked, it is then put into rotation. We work on a 3 week rotation depending on the established artists new release schedule dates.  A band or artist, when sending their recording, will be notified by email a week prior to airplay.  The image of the CD is also put on our THIS WEEK section of our site so visitors can go right to the bands site and record label. Now with the new RIAA Radio Streaming laws, we can only feature 2 tracks back to back from a particular album, and 3 tracks within a 3 hour period. 4 tracks from a box set as well.  No more than 3 tracks from a particular artist within a 3 hour period as well. Playlists will be posted AFTER the reruns are aired currently on Tuesdays.

  • Q. How did you hook up with George and the other guys?                          A. George Piatkowski came into the picture in early 1996. I met his wife Martha at first, and she told me that George was into collecting vintage vinyl progressive rock.   I was in complete awe of George's collection. After 9 years of programming, his selections are a strong part of our programming. George has recently relocated to Florida, but through the world of broadband, George will continue to contribute weekly. Jack Webster is our digital editor. Jack files  and documents all of our interviews in and out of the studio as our videographer. We always joke that Jack will give you 10 different versions on every recording of the same thing and will tell you in detail the difference in every one.  Jack has been with us since late 1999. Roger has been with us for many, many years. Roger was the co-host of the WBZC staple from 6pm to 10pm on Saturday nights titled Roadhouse Radio. He has been our assistant for interviews with many of the artists who have joined us. He has been in some classic interviews with Percy Jones and Djam Karet.  Big Bob Lovin is basically our assistant that watches over us at gigs and events. Bobbio gets us whatever we need, when we need it.  Dr. Robert Blinebury joined us in 2003. His duties are classified at this time. Roger.Lee is our online engineer for our Aural Moon webstream. Also known as the Ribmaster.

  • Q. What are the other FM frequencies can the program be heard in the tri-state area?           A. We received the first one which is now on the Burlington Bristol Bridge in Burlington, New Jersey at 95.1FM. Our new frequency is at 100.7FM in Mt. Holly, NJ
  • Q. We don't hear any selections from the labels Mellow and Musea. You know these labels exist right?   A. Mellow Records and Musea Records do not send promos to radio stations. 
  • Q. What exactly are the FOG lines?          A.   The FOG lines simply stand for Friends Of Gagliarchives Hotline. The term was first coined on July 9, 1992 and it stuck ever since. When I want the listeners to call in, I say "The fog lines are open at 609-894-8900. " Finneus Gauge coined a song on the phrase on the 1999 album One Inch Of The Fall.
  • Q. Back before this year finished, you used to do segments called the Stargazer's Handbook, The Taster's Choice, The Philadelphia Progressive Concert Update, and Progressive Rock Weekly. Can you explain these?                         A. The Stargazers Handbook was a derivative of Astronomical happenings from my friends at Sky and Telescope Magazine. This was formerly called the Astral Report.  It used to be on 12:00 every Saturday night. We decided to pull it at the start of 2007 to make way for more progressive metal in the midnight hour. The Taster's Choice is what used to be Letter Of The Week. We also put that on hiatus but will be bringing it back soon. The Philadelphia Progressive Rock Concert Update was a 6 minute rundown of all the bands playing live from North Carolina to Maine, with the main focus on our area. It used to be done at 11:30pm and 1:30am, but the list got to be entirely too long. We decided to incorporate it into our myspace page. This update is sent out weekly. Progressive Rock Weekly was our music news portion at 12:30 that has been phased out for now but will return at a larger capacity with more time program wise.
  • Q. How many people can be held on the z88.9/95.1 server? Aural Moon?                         A. None. We are offline as of now.