MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — MTSU’s WMOT Roots Radio 89.5 FM is creating a new connection with its
audience by affiliating with VuHaus,
a web platform that showcases music videos and livestreams created by public
radio stations.
The
partnership is officially being launched today, March 28, at 5 p.m. Central with
a special live performance of the Americana/folk band The Stray Birds from the Aurora Nashville studios in downtown
Nashville that will be broadcast at http://www.wmot.org
and http://www.vuhaus.com/nashville.
WMOT,
which broadcasts at 89.5 FM as well as online at http://www.wmot.org, is a charter member of National Public Radio since
1969 and the region’s only Americana
music channel. It teamed up last October with the NPR-distributed “World Cafe” music program to create a
new Nashville-headquartered content hub, “World
Cafe Nashville,” that focuses on expanded coverage of music and artists
from Nashville and the South.
VuHaus, a
Boulder, Colorado-based nonprofit collaboration operated by Public Media
Company, curates music videos and livestreamed performances from a network that
includes public radio stations in New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas/Fort
Worth, Boston, Seattle, St. Louis and more, including West Virginia Public
Broadcasting’s “Mountain Stage.”
This new
affiliation with VuHaus gives the WMOT/World Cafe Nashville partnership an even
larger showcase for Music City’s legacy, which includes classic country music,
bluegrass, singer/songwriter, folk, soul, R&B and old-school rock 'n' roll,
officials said.
“WMOT is
thrilled to join VuHaus as an affiliate to present Americana music and artists
with partner World Café in Nashville,” says Val Hoeppner, executive director of WMOT Roots Radio.
“At WMOT,
we are building a culture of discovery, and this partnership will further our
efforts to bring attention to Nashville artists and the sound that is
distinctly our Middle Tennessee heritage.”
WMOT-FM, a
100,000-watt professional radio station housed in the Center for Innovation in
Media inside the university’s Bragg Media and Entertainment Building, changed
formats last September from its classical, jazz and news-talk focus to
Americana in a partnership with Music City Roots, a Nashville-based firm that
provides programming for both radio and television.
WMOT airs
World Cafe, a daily two-hour music program produced by public radio station
WXPN in Philadelphia and syndicated by NPR to more than 200 stations across
America, each night at 10 Central. The program was launched in 1991 and
features a mix of artist interviews and in-studio performances from almost
every musical genre.
“In
launching World Cafe Nashville with NPR Music as a southern hub for World Cafe,
we were delighted to partner with a great local station in WMOT,” says Roger LaMay, general manager of WXPN
and chair of the VuHaus board of directors.
“Extending
this commitment to exposing the incredible music of Nashville and the region to
a video channel on VuHaus is an important next step. “
For more
information about WMOT Roots Radio 89.5 FM, part of MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment, visit http://www.wmot.org. For more information about World Cafe, visit http://xpn.org/world-cafe. To learn more
about VuHaus, visit http://www.vuhaus.com.
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