WSRR Radio Welcomes a New Member

Austin Colon will be joining the WSRR Team moving forward

WSRR Radio is proud to welcome Austin Colon to the station as a new voice actor and multimedia creative. Austin joins the WSRR team, contributing station imaging, voiceovers, and creative audio production, while also exploring opportunities across visual and digital media. Listeners may already recognize his work as the voice of “Pappy,” a recurring character heard in short segments between programming. Austin’s addition marks another step in WSRR’s continued growth and commitment to creative, personality-driven independent radio.

An Intro to Gavin Michaels

Original Article written April 28, 2022

WSRR Radio was established on a handful of extremely talented artists that gave us the confidence that we could sustain playing ONLY local and independent musicians. Gavin Michaels was one of the first names that came to mind. A talent unlike any other, voice, talent and stage presence that is unmatched, Gavin Michaels is a first-ballot superstar. But, If you find yourself asking, just who is Gavin Michaels, we’ve got you covered!

Gavin Michaels, “was born in the pouring rains of Seattle WA, and recently moved to the equally dreary Cleveland OH to bring his signature flavor of emo/pop-punk to the Midwest.” In his own words.

Heavily inspired by the Punk Rock scene, Gavin strives to create shows that are exciting, engaging, and reflect the uniqueness of every particular audience.

Gavin details his days in the Seattle Music Scene below

“In college, I tore up the Seattle music scene with several pop-punk bands, and grew significantly as an artist. When 2020 hit, I took that time to focus inward, and developed my own music. What initially started as indie-acoustic venture, (A Song for the Insecure) eventually grew into to lofi-pop EP (Butterflies), and finally to the powerful pop-rock single Goodnight Seattle! With the return of live music in 2022, I’m focused on making music that’s not only a good listen, but meant to be experienced.”

Gavin Michaels new EP, Along for the Ride, drops May 27th and features three tracks that, “lie somewhere between The Killers, Panic! at the Disco and Green Day.” The EP is set to explore identity, anxiety, and the never-ending struggle to grow as a person.

Look for Gavin Michaels on Spotify and YouTube and catch his music played live on WSRR Radio!

This article originally written for StylesRebelRadio.com and CBW Radio.

Meet THE DAZE

Original Article posted Nov. 10th 2022

The Daze joins the CBW Radio lineup this Friday on The Rock Revival.

The Daze are an up-and-coming local band from the outskirts of Cleveland who made their radio debut Friday, November 11th, 2022, during Style’s Rock Revival show. The boys were featured in the Independent Spotlight showcasing their single Red Mark. Style got in touch with Eddie and RJ of The Daze to give a little more insight behind the band.

Who are The Daze?

When did The Daze come about and who are the members?

“The Daze was formed in mid-2020 during the pandemic by a group of high school friends.
The current lineup consists of Eddie Grier on Vocals and Guitar, RJ Beall on Guitar and
Bass, and Basil Johnson on drums.”

How would you describe your sound?

“Our sound is a mix of Alternative Rock, Garage Rock with hints of Indie and punk.”

Who have been your biggest influences thus far?

“We are big fans of the grunge scene, bands like Alice In Chains and Nirvana, but also dig
the bands that expanded their sound in drop tuning like Helmet and Silverchair, and the
bands that added more catchy hooks like Oasis and The Vines.”

What went into writing Red Mark?

(Eddie) “Well, it’s the first song I ever wrote intended for a band to play. I was really into the
whole Garage Rock genre of the early 2000’s and tried to write something like The White Stripes or The Hives or The Vines. It’s a quick, catchy little tune that I thought would
be perfect to drop as a single.”

What does it mean to be showcased on Radio?

(RJ) “It means a lot, for sure. This is our first time being showcased on a station, and it
shows that our hard work is paying off not only in writing and recording but playing live and
spreading the word of The Daze.”
(Eddie) “We’ve had these songs (and a lot more) brewing for a while. So to see it released
for anyone to listen to is really cool. And to watch these songs being picked up and
shared really helps us keep pushing.”

Where else can we find your music?

“You can find our Red Mark EP on any and all streaming platforms. This includes Spotify,
Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music, Tiktok I think, and more!
You can watch the music video for Red Mark on our channel as well.”

-Article originally written for CBW Radio and StylesRebelRadio.com

Same Strich, Different Place

Jeff Strich makes his return to Podcasting with Strictly Strich!

 Many people may be familiar with Jeff Strich’s morning radio work, however those who have followed the Clevelander may also recall a number of podcasts he has hosted. While it has been some time away, Jeff is eager to get back behind the podcast mic with his brand new show Strictly Strich produced by StylesRebelRadio.com. The series will follow an open format and long-form discussions ranging from a variety of topics chosen by the man himself or potentially the listening audience. With a “New name, New Podcast, New Attitude” Strich hits the ground running Sunday 01/21/24 at 10am Eastern on StylesRebelRadio.com and Spotify!

WSRR Radio: The New Home of Underground Radio

On January 8th, 2024 StylesRebelRadio.com announced their venture into Radio. The following is a release from Style on the matter.

 It has certainly been a hectic 24 hours, and more than that behind the scenes, so I decided I would offer this release to answer some of the questions I have received since the announcement of WSRR Radio.

 First and foremost this decision did not come overnight, there were many internal meetings about the next logical steps for StylesRebelRadio.com between all of its members. Over a year ago the initial idea was floated about potentially rehoming The Rebel Radio Show on a new station based on some differing opinions in the direction CBW was headed at the time and some of the moves made with advertising, more on that later. While we tossed around ideas like a Roku Channel, Twitch, or even Another station, what made the most sense at the end of the day was for us to finally double down and make WSRR Radio a reality.

 When this decision came about I wanted to ensure this wasn’t going to be the same programming you could find on any dial nor a formatless abyss of music. The initial concept was to stream all of the WSRR Podcasts centralized on one station, an idea which we are still working out a format for. However, as mentioned in the announcement video sometimes you need to go back to your roots. As a show that began on Underground radio, it’s only fitting we come back to finish what we started. Doing The Rock Revival every week on CBW gave me the opportunity to reach out to amazing local and independent artists like Jet Star, Gavin Michales, Year of Octiber, The Daze and so many more. More often than not it was this aspect of the show that kept me excited to get into the studio each week. This is an ideology that quickly showed as well as the level of support and excitement from the listening audience was insurmountable and vocal, to say the least. I’ve always believed the music scene is alive and well despite what you hear on terrestrial radio. The same 5 songs from 30 decades ago should not define Rock Music just as overproduced vulgarity should not define modern pop. It became evident very quickly there was a void in the local, underground, independent music scene in terms of radio that desperately needed to be filled. If anyone was going to do it, it certainly wouldn’t be the place we came from. This was the major driving force behind the decision to format WSRR Radio like we have.

 NONE of this is possible without the amazing and talented people who make WSRR a reality with me. Shayne, Julez, Evan, and Jake are all monumental in making this possible. As are the incredible artists I’ve been able to work with to share this amazing body of work with all of you.

A common question I have been asked over the years is about the products we advertised for on The Rebel Radio Show and CBW Radio. To answer this, we have never promoted something we did not believe in. Both Raze Energy and SurfShark VPN were actively used by the members of The Rebel Radio Show, SurfShark is still used on the main WSRR PC in fact. We never promoted Crypto, NFTs, or any other form of digital currency scams or pyramid schemes despite an effort for us to run commercials involving them or promote other shows sponsored by them. We have not and will not compromise our morals for advertising.

 In closing, I would like to thank everyone who has listened to The Rebel Radio Show, The Rebel Podcast, or any of our WSRR-produced shows in the past 4 years. You make all of this possible. Thank you to CBW for hosting our program for the past three years, and thank you to all of the amazing artists who are allowing us to broadcast their music worldwide for the betterment of local and independent music. This is just the beginning and there is plenty more to come! Monday will showcase the first LIVE broadcast on WSRR Radio at 5pm Eastern, I hope you all will join us as The Rebel Radio Show returns to live radio. If there are more questions I am sure we will be able to shed some clarity to them On Air. Below you will also find the WSRR Radio announcement for more info about the station!

Thank you all.

Support Local Artists.

Let’s Go Cats.

Style

2023 Community Days

WSRR Community Days is a way for creators to receive feedback and grow their respective shows to better suit their audience’s entertainment

WSRR is a group of free content creators who strive to provide alternative and creative shows, podcasts, articles, interviews, and more. The crux of our programming revolves around you, the listener, and we take all feedback into heavy consideration to give you the best quality possible in your media. With that, we are announcing WSRR 2023 Community Week as a way to hear how we have been doing and where you think we may be able to improve! Below is our library of shows each with its own feedback form, please feel free to take the time to fill out as many or as few as you see fit for the shows you frequent, Thank you!

-Style’s Rebel Radio


The Rebel Radio Show

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The Pigeon Hole

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Off Air

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Beyond Bounds

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AI Podcast

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Archive Shows


Culturally Relevant

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Sports Avenue

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CBW: Radio for Daze

The Daze joins the CBW Radio lineup this Friday on The Rock Revival.

The Daze are an up-and-coming local band from the outskirts of Cleveland who will make their radio debut this Friday, November 11th, 2022, during Style’s Rock Revival show on CBW Radio. The boys will be featured at 2:15pm eastern as this week’s Independent Spotlight showcasing their single Red Mark. Style got in touch with Eddie and RJ of The Daze to give a little more insight behind the band.

Who are The Daze?

When did The Daze come about and who are the members?

“The Daze was formed in mid-2020 during the pandemic by a group of high school friends.
The current lineup consists of Eddie Grier on Vocals and Guitar, RJ Beall on Guitar and
Bass, and Basil Johnson on drums.”

How would you describe your sound?

“Our sound is a mix of Alternative Rock, Garage Rock with hints of Indie and punk.”

Who have been your biggest influences thus far?

“We are big fans of the grunge scene, bands like Alice In Chains and Nirvana, but also dig
the bands that expanded their sound in drop tuning like Helmet and Silverchair, and the
bands that added more catchy hooks like Oasis and The Vines.”

What went into writing Red Mark?

(Eddie) “Well, it’s the first song I ever wrote intended for a band to play. I was really into the
whole Garage Rock genre of the early 2000’s and tried to write something like The White Stripes or The Hives or The Vines. It’s a quick, catchy little tune that I thought would
be perfect to drop as a single.”

What does it mean to be showcased on CBW Radio?

(RJ) “It means a lot, for sure. This is our first time being showcased on a station, and it
shows that our hard work is paying off not only in writing and recording, but playing live and
spreading the word of The Daze.”
(Eddie) “We’ve had these songs (and a lot more) brewing for a while. So to see it released
for anyone to listen to is really cool. And to watch these songs being picked up and
shared really helps us keep pushing.”

Where else can we find your music?

“You can find our Red Mark EP on any and all streaming platforms. This includes Spotify,
Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music, Tiktok I think, and more!
You can watch the music video for Red Mark on our channel as well.”

What’s next for The Daze?

“This year will be our 2nd time competing in the annual TRi-C High School Rock Off at the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in February. We teamed up with Eleventh Records out of
Cleveland to re-issue our EP on CD so we’ll have physical copies to sell soon as well. On
top of that, we are currently recording our debut album which is set to release in early 2023.

We plan on playing more shows and you can come to see us on December 9th at the Outpost in Kent, Ohio. All proceeds of that show are being donated to Toys 4 Totz.

Be sure to catch The Daze this Friday on The Rock Revival as well as going forward on CBW Radio!

-Article originally written for CBW Radio and StylesRebelRadio.com

AIP: A Podcast Made by Artificial Intelligence

The AIP, or Artificial Intelligence Podcast will be debuting tomorrow on StylesRebelRadio.com

The Artificial Intelligence Podcast is a creation of radio’s Rebel DJ, Style himself. The podcast is a monthly show comprised with the goal of having every aspect of it made by AI. The brainchild of Style, AIP is entirely written by AI, The podcast art is created by AI, artificially voiced, and even the music heard in the background has been composed by AI! There is as little human input in each episode as possible with the only text directly written by man being: “Hello and welcome to the podcast. I’m Your host,” which can be heard to start out each episode. The remainder of the show is entirely comprised of artificial intelligent generated script.

The First episode of AIP officially be released tomorrow, September 6th, 2022, but the early pilot can be heard now on Anchor.fm or Spotify(below)

Early test and focus groups who listened to The AIP’s reactions were quoted in a recently released article about upcoming programming changes coming to StylesRebelRadio.com and can be read here.

-Article for StylesRebelRadio.com

The Rebel Radio Show and Year of October Collab

The Rebel Radio Show will be using Year of October for their October theme song!

Long-time listeners of The Rebel Radio Show will know that since debuting on CBW Radio, the broadcast has been played in by an altered cut of Green Day’s “Shes a Rebel”. Likewise, preceding the live radio show, The classic “suspend the show” track has played host to the into of every Rebel Podcast to date. As we once again approach October, The Rebel Radio show begins to gear up for the highly anticipated month of conspiracies. Three years running, the WSRR team has taken the top suggested conspiracy theories from listeners via the WSRR Discord server and dedicated their weekly show to dive deeper into them.

(Last years’ Missing Flight MH370 episode linked below)

Previous seasons have seen guests in the likes of WMMS’s Corey Rotic, NCX’s Joe Czekaj, and many more as well as listener-submitted voice recordings, voicemails, and interviews. This year Style’s Rebel Radio is pleased to announce a partnership with Nashville band Year of October to use a cut of their track “Wastelands Pt. 2” as the show’s main theme for the month. Year of October are no strangers to CBW Radio being featured on The Rock Revival’s Independent Spotlight as well as in daily rotation alongside promotional spots voiced by the band! The track can be found on Year of October’s album Wastelands which debuted on CBW Radio in April of 2022. (Below)

To learn more about Year of October you can check out this article from Style, or head to their website!

-Article written for StylesRebelRadio.com

Meet Year Of October

Year of October is an on-the-rise independent band based out of Nashville that has heavily featured on CBW Radio over the past three weeks, but who exactly are they?

Introduced to CBW Radio via the Independent Spotlight during The Rock Revival, Year of October has quickly become a fan favorite amongst listeners of the station. Capturing both a classic rock and modern sound, Year of October’s featured tracks off of Wastelands have found a home on Fridays as well as regular CBW Programing. Upon reaching out to the band, I was able to secure further information about this incredible act and just who they are.

Who is Year of October?

Year of October is Phlecia Sullivan, Josh Sullivan, and James Varner.” The band was formed by Phlecia and Josh While attending the University of Kentucky in 2010. The name comes from “When Phlecia and I (Josh) first started playing music… I was playing acoustic guitar and she was singing and it had a campfire music kind of vibe. Phlecia came up with the name based on that feeling of fall.”

How would you describe your sound?

“We’d describe our sound as fuzz, rock, soul. I would say that our music combines rock, soul, and blues; We’ve put out 4 records now and each record has continued to change and evolve (our sound)”

Who have been your biggest influences?

“We like a lot of different music, Some of our favorites include Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Amy Winehouse, Black Sabbath, Jack White, Dead Weather, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, The Budos Band, and Charles Bradley.”

Year of October can be heard regularly on CBW Radio where Josh describes, “It’s definitely an honor for us to be showcased… It’s an awesome station and we are truly very thankful.” As well as on any major streaming service such as Spotify or iTunes.

You can also catch Year of October live in Nashville, TN at Drifter’s BBQ on May 14th as well as Kimbro’s in Franklin, TN on May 25th!

-Article originally written by Style for CBW Radio and StylesRebelRadio.com