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flipturn joins Spinnaker Radio for a follow-up to last year's On the Couch. Photo by Brandon Diaz

Spinnaker Radio’s On the Couch: Flipturn edition

Liliana Kendall Feb 24, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd1Ej2Yzuvk[/embedyt] Video by Brandon Diaz and Logan Ansteatt, interview by Liliana Kendall Last February, Spinnaker Radio interviewed Fernandina Beach-based...

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Exclusive Preview: Doc G. Show interviews Def Leppard guitarist

Liliana Kendall Jan 29, 2018

Assistant professor by day and talk show radio host by night, Ben Gordon records and produces "The Doc G. Show" from his office in the Brooks College of Health in between lesson plans.  On this week's...

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Photos courtesy of Jesse Raymer

Spinnaker Radio Takes Okeechobee Fest

Jesse Raymer Mar 9, 2017

This past weekend, Spinnaker Radio packed our bags and camping gear to “enter the portal” at Okeechobee Fest. This was my first music festival, and my excitement was matched by my dread of sleeping...

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Photo by Riley Labaw

On the Couch: Winter Wave

Rachel Cazares Oct 21, 2015
Winter Wave is the featured band on this week's addition of On the Couch.
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Spinnaker Radio celebrates its FM launch in Osprey Plaza

Spinnaker Radio celebrates its FM launch in Osprey Plaza

Spinnaker Apr 13, 2015
Spinnaker hosted a launch party for the new FM Spinnaker Radio station, which can be heard on WSKR 95.5 FM.
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Graphic by Michael Salussolia

Opinion: FM radio station helps legitimize UNF

Cassidy Alexander Apr 13, 2015
Opinion: Our student-run radio station features college indie music and local bands in its rotation, giving UNF’s campus an individual identity you won’t get from listening to other FM stations in the area. It increases the sense of community that the school and its students want.
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Spinnaker Radio officially launched today, April 13. Photo by Morgan Purvis

Into the great wide open: Spinnaker Radio expands off campus

Kalee Ball Apr 9, 2015
Spinnaker Radio will debut Jacksonville's only college radio station, WSKR 95.5 FM on April 13.
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Spinnaker Radio’s Favorite Albums of 2014

Luke Barber Nov 20, 2014
Spinnaker Radio shares album recommendations in the extensive "Best of 2014" list. The Radio crew covers a spectrum of genres so there's something for every listener.
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Mish’s Way: the vulnerability of a strong frontwoman

Michaela Gugliotta Sep 22, 2014
The lead vocalist of the Canadian punk rock band White Lung, Mish Way, isn't shy about her life. She celebrates the darker and vulnerable experiences in her lyrics, and highlights the other things in life people avoid talking about.
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Anxiety, GarageBand, and semesters off: an interview with Alex G

Michaela Gugliotta Aug 8, 2014
Before playing his live set at Backbooth, Spinnaker Radio sat down with the anxious singer/songwriter Alex G to talk about his creative process, uncertainty about music as a career, and honest lyrics.
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Jacuzzi Boys talk Iggy Pop, death, and Hawaiian pizza

Clark Jun 5, 2014
Spinnaker Radio met up with Miami-bred rock n' roll trio Jacuzzi Boys after their set at Underbelly on May 27th. Read what the boys have to say about their dynamic, inspirations, and fears or lack there of.
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SG B&A committee refuses to vote on Spinnaker Radio fund request for required LPFM broadcast equipment

Brandon Thigpen May 27, 2014
Spinnaker Radio requested $38,978.43 from Student Government to fund the construction of a low-power FM (LPFM) radio station that could broadcast approximately in a 3.5 mile radius from campus. No other business was on the agenda for the B&A meeting Thursday evening.
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