Earl Pickens - Can I Turn on the Radio

Fourth of July in Philly is going to be hot.

Hot pink.

This summer I went with the wife on a road trip that ended in Seattle. As we approached the city, it was like we had stepped back into 1995. The radio stations mixed in songs from Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots songs with some newer alternative rock songs. Coming from the wasteland of Philly radio, it was pretty damn cool to hear something different again even if it wasn’t new.

I found out today that Philly has a new radio station: Skin Radio. It’s an AM radio station — WHAT 1340, but it’s better than most of the crap on the FM dial right now. I listened to their Internet stream for most of the day today. It’s a little bit free-format college radio, a little bit 90’s throw-back, and lot rough edges. But compared to the local alternatives, I’m interested to see where this goes.

Now if only there was some way to resurrect WDRE…