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About Different Roads
An eclectic acoustic radio mix, broadcast Saturdays 6-7 p.m. CT on 90.1 FM KCSC in the Oklahoma City metro area, 91.9 FM KBCW in McAlester, Oklahoma, and online worldwide. (Click here to be taken to KCSC's online player page.)
The Different Roads concept began with a photograph.
As a college student at what was then known as Central State University, I took an aimless drive one autumn afternoon in 1985, through the historic town of Guthrie, Oklahoma, further north along U.S. Highway 77, the Cimarron River on one side of the road, railroad tracks on the other. Just south of the small community of Mulhall, there's spot where the highway bends sharply to the right, while a dirt road continues in the original direction. For some reason this visual image spoke to me, and it's stayed with me ever since--the two different roads, each heading to its own destination.
I had begun exploring folk and traditional music as a KCSC student employee, and had only begun to scratch the surface of this remarkable music. Years went by, I left the state, worked at other radio stations, and eventually came "home" to KCSC in 1991, where I served as program director until late in 2005. From 1992 through 2003, I hosted "Different Roads" on Saturday evenings, featuring the acoustic folk-based music about which I'd grown passionate. With mixed feelings, I ended the show after 11 years, but soon found I missed doing the weekly broadcasts. But my own musical roads had snaked off in many directions over the years, and when I returned to the weekly format, it was with a program called "Saturday Blend," that encompassed elements of classical, new age and world music, in addition to folk styles.
Various life changes led me away from radio and KCSC as a full-time job, but the eclectic acoustic mix has still been much on my mind in the ensuing time. And so I've come about full circle in a way, melding the Different Roads name with the more eclectic program format. I have another day job, as well as some off-the-air programming work for KCSC, but I'm delighted to be given the opportunity to once again explore my musical passion: hearing how different genres of music intersect, and what can happen when genre boundaries are broken down. Who says Bill Monroe and J.S. Bach are mutually exclusive of each other?
I hope you enjoy the program. Please e-mail me if you have questions or comments.
Peace, blessings and good music--
Kent Anderson
(Click here for Kent's bio.)
As a college student at what was then known as Central State University, I took an aimless drive one autumn afternoon in 1985, through the historic town of Guthrie, Oklahoma, further north along U.S. Highway 77, the Cimarron River on one side of the road, railroad tracks on the other. Just south of the small community of Mulhall, there's spot where the highway bends sharply to the right, while a dirt road continues in the original direction. For some reason this visual image spoke to me, and it's stayed with me ever since--the two different roads, each heading to its own destination.
I had begun exploring folk and traditional music as a KCSC student employee, and had only begun to scratch the surface of this remarkable music. Years went by, I left the state, worked at other radio stations, and eventually came "home" to KCSC in 1991, where I served as program director until late in 2005. From 1992 through 2003, I hosted "Different Roads" on Saturday evenings, featuring the acoustic folk-based music about which I'd grown passionate. With mixed feelings, I ended the show after 11 years, but soon found I missed doing the weekly broadcasts. But my own musical roads had snaked off in many directions over the years, and when I returned to the weekly format, it was with a program called "Saturday Blend," that encompassed elements of classical, new age and world music, in addition to folk styles.
Various life changes led me away from radio and KCSC as a full-time job, but the eclectic acoustic mix has still been much on my mind in the ensuing time. And so I've come about full circle in a way, melding the Different Roads name with the more eclectic program format. I have another day job, as well as some off-the-air programming work for KCSC, but I'm delighted to be given the opportunity to once again explore my musical passion: hearing how different genres of music intersect, and what can happen when genre boundaries are broken down. Who says Bill Monroe and J.S. Bach are mutually exclusive of each other?
I hope you enjoy the program. Please e-mail me if you have questions or comments.
Peace, blessings and good music--
Kent Anderson
(Click here for Kent's bio.)
