College Radio Plans Third Annual 'Vinylthon'

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This year, the 3rd annual "Vinylthon" will be on SATURDAY, APRIL 21st. You can see participating stations here.

Last year, 75 radio stations across the country came together for our second ever Vinylthon, which was also Record Store Day. The Vinylthon is organized by the people behind the national College Radio Day event every FALL, and last year saw college radio stations broadcasting special programs entirely with music played from vinyl records only. Some stations also broadcast a full 24-hours of nothing but vinyl music.

Founder of College Radio Day, Dr. ROB QUICKE said, “the idea of this Vinylthon makes sense because college radio is still probably the only remaining medium that regularly plays music on vinyl. A lot of college students still buy vinyl at record stores and then bring them to the studio to play them on the air.”

During the day participating stations Tweeted their vinyl playlists using the #vinylthon and #vinylthon2016 social media tags and posted pictures of their prized vinyl collections on INSTAGRAM and FACEBOOK.

“We want to remind everyone that for many of us, vinyl is still very important,” said QUICKE. “Before computer algorithms and commercially-driven streaming services there was college radio. And we passionately believe that we are still the best musical curators out there!”

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