ABOUT:

WELCOME TO ALBUM ROCK WXYG.

If you grew up listening to underground, progressive rock, free form radio, or if you're just discovering or re-discovering the golden age of rock for the first time, we think you will be really happy that you have finally found your radio home.

We are returning to a better time when radio played all the great music - GENRES BE DAMNED!  Thousands and thousands of the greatest album rock songs ever recorded.  This is not a classic rock station where they play the same 200 songs over and over again.  This is album rock WXYG.

You will be able to listen to us over the air or you can tune in to our high quality internet stream.  Please feel free to suggest your favorite songs to us.  We will do our best to play them for you.  We welcome your suggestions and feedback.  Please let us know how we're doing.  The folks here at album rock "The Goat" who by the way are local owners and operators, hope that you love our new broadcast adventure as much as we love bringing it to you.  Now presenting a new age in broadcast radio - radio that returns the power of great music TO THE PEOPLE.

Please enjoy....Ladies and Gentlemen - ALBUM ROCK WXYG.

GOAT VINYL IS KING T'S ARE IN

The new limited edition Goat "Vinyl Is King" T's are in and ready to find a place in your GOAT Tee collection!  Comfortable high-quality 100% cotton!

When they're gone they're gone. Get 'em while they're hot and be cool!!
 

Order Onine or stop into the station at

1010 2nd St. N

Sauk Rapids, MN 56379

GOAT GUEST DJ:

HERE'S HOW...

Remember, THIS could be you. Simply, Get a piece of paper. Tell us a little about yourself and why you want to be a Goat Guest DJ. Then give us a list of about 25 songs you might want to play. Send your letter and list to

GOAT GUEST DJ, TRI-COUNTY BROADCASTING

1010 2nd St. N,

Sauk Rapids MN 56379

Don't forget to listen Every Saturday Afternoon at Noon, or better yet, come be the WXYG, The GOAT GUEST DJ.

GOAT BUMPER STICKERS:

HOW TO GET YOURS...

1) Anywhere that Al Neff or The GOAT are appearing, there will be stickers.

2) Come by the WXYG studios in the “Red House” Mon-Fri during Business Hours.

3) Send us a Stamped, Self Addressed envelope. The stickers are 5” X 6” in size, so please send a “size appropriate” envelope, because you wouldn’t want us to fold your sticker.

The Address to send for your sticker is :
GOAT BUMPER STICKER
c/o TRI COUNTY BROADCASTING
1010 2ND STREET NORTH
SAUK RAPIDS, MN 56379

STREAMING:

LISTEN ONLINE.

Album Rock WXYG "The Goat" is online and mobile.  You can listen wherever you are as long as you have your computer and an internet connection or a portable phone.  If you can't hear audio or the player doesn't start, please  make sure you have installed Adobe's Flash Player (HERE)

*  FIREFOX USERS:  be sure to disable your AdBlocker before trying to load the add on.

ANDROID USERS:

Got an android phone:  Our regular streaming provider does support android phones...however...There's a great app that we found for Android phones at www.tunein.com that carries our live stream.  By the way is also supports iPhone, iPad, Palm, Blackberry, Samsung, Yahoo TV, Google TV and Roku.

CONCERTS:

UPCOMING SHOWS

HEAD EAST / FIREFALL February 22 Medina Entertainment Center     KISS February 22 Xcel Energy Center     BOB WEIR & WOLF BROTHERS March 10 The Fillmore     GYPSY / CROW March 21 Medina Entertainment Center     EAGLES April 3 Xcel Energy Center     EAGLES April 4 Xcel Energy Center

CHICAGO April 11 Treasure Island Casino     ROLLING STONES May 16 US Bank Stadium     JOURNEY & THE PRETENDERS June 7 Xcel Energy Center     ELTON JOHN June 15 Xcel Energy Center     ELTON JOHN June 16 Xcel Energy Center     ROGER WATERS August 25 Target Center

SUNDAY'S LONG PLAY

”The Long Play with Al Neff" is a continuing Sunday evening Feature on The GOAT. This year, Every Sunday Evening, Album Rock WXYG, The GOAT will feature a full album at 8:00 PM from the halcyon musical days of 1970.

1970 was Quite an amazing year in Album Rock history. Gonna be a tough choice every week. So many great ones to choose from.
We hope you’ll tune in next Sunday evening, February 23rd , when The GOAT’S “Long Play” will be Badfinger’s second album, “No Dice”.
It was issued by Apple Records and released on November 9, 1970. Their second album under the Badfinger name and third album overall, No Dice significantly expanded the British group's popularity, especially abroad. The album included both the hit single "No Matter What" and the song "Without You", which would become one of the most successful compositions of the rock era.

Although this was the band's second album released under the Badfinger name, the previous album, Magic Christian Music, was originally recorded as The Iveys but released as Badfinger. It was the band's first album recorded after new guitarist Joey Molland joined the group, replacing bassist Ron Griffiths, but Molland's addition caused Tom Evans to switch from rhythm guitar to bass. Badfinger would release five albums, generally their most successful recordings, with this line-up.

No Dice peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. Widely praised in music reviews at the time, Rolling Stone magazine opined that it represented what the Beatles would have sounded like had they retained their initial formula.

The single from this LP, "No Matter What", peaked in the United States at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. The song is often regarded as an early offering in the power pop genre. The album also contains the original version of "Without You". Although Badfinger did not release the song as a single in Europe or North America, it was taken to number 1 on the Billboard charts in 1972 by Harry Nilsson, and became a hit for Mariah Carey in 1994. "Without You" has been the top money-earner for Badfinger in publishing royalties, having been covered by over 180 artists.The song was also picked to provide the title for Dan Matovina's 1997 biography Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger.

Reviewing for Creem in 1971, Mike Saunders wrote effusively about the album and the band itself: "Badfinger is one of the best songwriting groups around, one of the best singing groups anywhere, and now with an absolutely great lead guitarist in Pete Ham, they're really one fucking whale of a group."

Tune In and Turn On, Sunday evening, February 23rd, and every Sunday evening at 8:00 PM for The GOAT'S "The Long Play with Al Neff".

 

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Into the Music is a series of radio profiles which highlights the artists, events, eras and evolution that shaped the sounds of popular music.

Into the Music provides listeners with a concise entry-point and guide to rock, pop, blues & folk music.

Into the Music is created by Hwy. 61 Productions to provide an informative, entertaining resource for each listener's own mission of musical discovery.

Our goal is to spread the sound and story of music through radio syndication, to as many people as possible... and help get them more deeply into the music.

Al Neff is a 30+-year radio veteran who has been refining the Into the Music concept for the past decade. He has a Master's degree in Popular Culture Studies and a black belt in Rock Trivia.

SHOW SCHEDULE:  February 17 to February 22, 2019 

February 17 - Jethro Tull 1

February 18 - Jethro Tull 2

February 19 - Foreigner

February 20 - Stevie Wonder 1

February 21 - Stevie Wonder 2

February 22 - John Lee Hooker

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