Category: Radio

Roy is touring Alberta this weekend with shows in Red Deer, Calgary and Edmonton.

Since he happens to be in Edmonton on Sunday, April 24^th, Roy will be hosting Roy’s Record Room live from the CKUA Edmonton studio along with co-host Lark Clark, who also happens to be in that fine Alberta town.

The fundraising focus on this week’s RRR will be 78s, 78s, and more 78s. Roy and Lark invite you to join the fun on Sunday, April 24^th, at 1 PM, Mountain, for a fundraising Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.

Go to ckua.com to find out how you can donate.

This week, Roy dives back into some 78s from the crates – #41 in this ongoing series. Get ready for some superb shellac from Fats Domino, Billie Holiday, Andre Williams & His New Group, Joe Turner, Benny Barnes, Don Gibson, Maxine Sullivan and more.

That’s Sunday, April 17 at 1 PM Mountain, for more 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, counting sixteen years of revolving and revealing.

It’s party time on Triple-R Radio as Roy celebrates sixteen years of RRR on CKUA. He’ll be running at all three speeds with platters from Toots & The Maytals, Chuck Berry, the Rolling Stones (covering Chuck Berry), the Beatles, Janis Martin, Wanda Jackson, Randy Newman, Moon Mullican, and many more.

Join the festivities on Sunday, April 10^th, 1 PM, Mountain as Roy’s Record Room celebrates sixteen years of revolving and revealing.

This week, Roy takes a romp through the RRR 78 archives for a good old Shellac Shack Shuffle. You’ll hear stellar sides from Fats Waller & His Rhythm, the Ravens, the Delmore Brothers, Percy Mayfield, Annette Hanshaw, Homer & Jethro, Sarah Vaughan, and more.

That’s Sunday, April 3^rd, 1 PM, Mountain, for a good old all-78 Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, on the verge of sixteen years and counting.

This week, spectacular jazzy gal sides from the Triple-R Radio archives. Roy will dig out 45s, 78s, and 33s from the likes of Lena Horne, Terri Thornton, Ivie Anderson, Betty Carter, the Boswell Sisters, Helen Humes, and many more.

That’s Sunday, March 27^th for some Jazzy Gals from the Archives on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. Approaching sixteen years and counting.

Lots of e-mails last week from folks loving the archive 45s. So, more archive 45s this week. You’ll hear sides from Arthur Alexander, Big Danny Oliver, Howlin’ Wolf, Dale Hawkins, Bettye Swann, Etta Jones, Buddy & Ella Johnson, Ronnie Hawkins, and more.

Tune in on Sunday at 1 PM, Mountain, for more 45s from the archives on Roooy’s Record Room, the program that continues to revolve. Approaching sixteen years and counting.

No fancy themes this week on Triple-R Radio. Just a stack of unbeatable singles from the likes of Warren Smith, Muddy Waters, Dee Dee Sharp, Wanda Jackson, the Bobby Fuller Four, Otis Clay, the 4 Seasons, Brenda Lee, and more.

That’s Sunday, March 13^th, 1 PM, Mountain. See if you can sit still as we check out an hour of 45s from the archives, on Roy’s Record Room, approaching sixteen years of revolving  and revealing.

This week, Roy dips into the Triple-R Radio archives for a mini-history lesson with a stack of Canadian country and folk 78s. You’ll hear sides from small Canadian labels such as Aragon, Arrow, Quality and Biltmore as well as a few RCA Victor sides. Pioneering Canadian country artists include Myrna Lorrie, the Hillbilly Jewels, Lennie Siebert & The Calgary Chuckwagon Gang, Keray Regan, Arthur Scammel, Billy Guitar, Buddy Reynolds, and so many more.

If you’re at all curious about Canadian country and folk from 1943 through to 1958, tune in on Sunday, March 6 at 1 PM Mountain to Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. Approaching sixteen years and counting.

This week, Roy gets back to the ongoing ‘78s from the crates’ series with unbeatable shellac from the Birmingham Quartet, the X-Rays, Bessie Smith, Shirley & Lee, Faron Young, the Sons of the Pioneers, Little Richard, the King Cole Trio, and more. FYI, this edition marks show # 40 in this ever evolving 78 situation.

Tune in on Sunday, February 27^th at 1 PM Mountain, to check out a few more 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, The show that continues to revolve. Nearly sixteen years and counting.

This week, Roy journeys back to the dawn of recorded sound, via the RRR shellac archives, for a salute to some early African American musical pioneers. Things kick off with a 1909 78 of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The show winds up in 1935 with Cleo Brown’s Decca disc of “When Hollywood Goes Black And Tan”.

In the middle, you’ll hear gems from Bert Williams (1921), Kokomo Arnold (1934), Jelly-Roll Morton’s Red-Hot Peppers (1926), Viola McCoy with Fletcher Henderson’s Jazz Five (1924), Cannon’s Jug Stompers (1928), Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson (1932), and more.

Tune in on Sunday for a salute to some Black musical pioneers at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals. Fifteen years and counting.