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Penguins In The Desert [RADIO]

About Me

Penguins In The Desert is a radio show on Binghamton University's student and community ran radio station WHRW 90.5 FM. The show first aired in the Spring of 2007 from February 17th and ending May 13th. In Fall 2007 the show aired from September 23rd to December 2nd. In Spring 2008 Penguins in the Desert aired February 19th and concluded May 11th. In Fall 2008 the show aired from September 12th to December 12th.
The radio show airs on FRIDAYs from 1 to 4pm ET!
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Penguins in the Desert is currently taglined as "The best radio show on WHRW... that's hosted by twins and is hosted by DJs Hayley and Jeri. Although you can expect to hear alternative rock and indie rock, be prepared to discover new music and hear songs you've always loved!Penguins in the Desert won Most Outstanding Broadcast of the Year at Binghamton University's XCELsior 2008 awards!
Tune in: If you live within a 25 mile radius of Binghamton, New York tune your radio dial to 90.5 FM or you can listen live via WHRW's online stream http://www.whrwfm.org/whrw.m3u
Request: To call in to make a request, chat on air or just say 'hello' call WHRW's request line: 607.777.2137
You may also make requests the day of the show by sending us an instant message on AIM to the screen name WHRWpenguins. You can even make requests through comments or messages on our myspace page! We love to honor requests and when it's this easy to request a song, there's no reason not to!
Musicians we've interviewed on air:
Jimmy Gnecco of Ours
Drew Roulette of dredg
Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls (and Amanda Palmer solo project )
Kristen May of Vedera
Evan Winiker and Daniel Silbert of Steel Train
Tony Thaxton and Jesse Johnson of Motion City Soundtrack
M@ McNiss of HUMANWINE
Jared of Kiss Kiss
Dan and Jared of One Who Stayed
Elizabeth of the Swear
Graham of The King Left
The Crash Motive
Jay of Lake Effekt
Additional Musicians we didn't interview on but got Station IDs from in person:
Matt Sharp of the Rentals
Rachel Haden of the Rentals
Sara Radle of the Rentals
Ben Pringle of the Rentals
Dan Joewright of the Rentals
Andrew from Against Me!
Jim Gaffigan ( comedian )
Tim from Sugarcult
Ron Jeremy ( porn star )
Ingrid Michaelson
ATTENTION BANDS! If you want us to play your music on the radio send us a message before you add us! We'll check you out and contact you with more information.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/10/2006
Band Website: http://whrwfm.org/whrw.m3u
Band Members: Co-Hosts:
Hayley
Jeri

We're in Improv Everywhere's The Human Mirror mission - look for us at 0:07!

Influences: The Rush-hour Renegades: Joey Gladstone and Jesse Katsopolis
Honk Your Horn with Katie Horn (formerly aired on WHRW)
Sounds Like: Nothing else on the radio these days!Some of our favorite artists to play include:
Ours
Dredg
Jeff Buckley
Band of Horses
Muse
Placebo
The Dresden Dolls
Ambulette
Alanis Morissette
Weezer
Pedro the Lion
Neutral Milk Hotel
Radiohead
The Cranberries
Regina Spektor
HUMANWINE Grandaddy
Record Label: WHRW 90.5 FM Binghamton
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Show Playlist: May 8, 2009 - The Finale of Penguins in the Desert on WHRW 90.5 FM Binghamton

This was our official last episode of Penguins in the Desert on WHRW. May 8, 2009 was the last episode of the show in WHRW's regular Spring programming. We picked some of our favorite songs that we've...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Show Playlist: May 1, 2009

Penguins in the Desert 5-1-09 - Hayley and JeriThe playlist of the songs we played will be posted soon.
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 14:27:00 GMT

We won an award tonight! - 2009 Xcelsior Awards - Outstanding Media Effort of the Year

We are pleased to announce that Penguins in the Desert has won an honorable mention for the award for Outstanding Media Effort of the Year at the 2009 Xcelsior awards.The Xcelsior awards recognize st...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:09:00 GMT

Show Playlist: April 24, 2009

Most of the songs we played this week are TITLE TRACK songs - which means the songs share the same name as the album they appear on - they are denoted in the playlist with the red asterick (*) before ...
Posted by on Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:39:00 GMT

Show Playlist: April 17, 2009

Jeri was out of town so this show was hosted by Hayley for all 3 hours. Jeri did call in and there is a brief phone chat with her.There were some minor interruptions to the stream and thus they appear...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:21:00 GMT

Show Playlist: April 3, 2009

On the afternoon of Friday April 3rd Jeri and I walked into the student union of Binghamton University on our way to WHRW, the radio station, to prepare for our weekly radio show as we normally do eac...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Show Playlist: March 27, 2009

This week's album challenge was with TRAGIC KINGDOM by NO DOUBT. Penguins in the Desert 3-27-09 - Hayley and JeriARTIST - SONGFoo Fighters - Hey! Johnny ParkSunny Day Real Estate - Rain ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:12:00 GMT

Show Playlist: March 20, 2008

We are 6 for 6! Wow. We broke WHRW's online listener record for the most people (unique computers) tuning in to our show at the same time via the online webstream for the 6th week in a row! Every epis...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:00 GMT

Show Playlist: March 13, 2009

SHOW NOTES:This is the second time this Spring season that Penguins in the Desert has aired on Friday the 13th!We did 2 Radiohead album challenges. We asked our Twitter followers  thoroughout the week...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:21:00 GMT

Show Playlist: March 6, 2009

Today's show is the 4th show in WHRW's Spring 2009 programming. We broke the record for the most online listeners listening to WHRW's online webstream simultaneously! That means we broke the stream re...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:33:00 GMT