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 BETTY Positive Stations: Call and request a dose of BETTY, why don't you?
WNHU "Wild Women Radio" (CT), KMUD (CA), WBAI (NY), WFUV (NY), WDST (NY),
WFMU (NJ), WNEW (NY), WNYU (NY), KMUD (CA), KALX (CA), CFNY (Canada), CKUT
(Canada), KPFT (TX), KUNC (CO), KXCI (AZ), WDET (MI), WRNR (DC), WHRU (VA),
WKCR (NY), WNSE (WI), WRUW (OH), WMSE (WI), WXRT (IL), WPFW (DC)
RADIO HISTORY
"Voting for our lives": The first radio appearanceby the band BETTY was a
Public Service Announcement for Washington DC's biggest station to get women
out and voting. It was a Holly Near's "Singing for our lives", with new
words.
photo: BETTY in front of KALX in Berkeley, CA. One of the great radio stations that plays BETTY music as well as other artists not on a "play list" dictated by money given by major labels.
NPR: After two tremendously successful appearances on National Public
Radio's "Weekend Edition", hosted by Scott Simon, the band was offered the
position of Holiday Commentators. BETTY wrote and performed songs for
various holidays and chatted with Scott. The most popular of those episodes
was The Holiday Show, produced by Elizabeth and guest starring Mary Chapin
Carpenter, Teresa Trull and the Indigo Girls. The following year, BETTY wrote
and performed "The Christmas Miracle", a take off on O. Henry's classic Xmas
tale.
Howard Stern: Before BETTY was BETTY, the three women appeared on The Howard
Stern Show - then based in Washington DC - as the band they'd formed with
Wally Pfister, Wally & the Beavers. They were fiercely feminist and Howard
loved being dominated by the trio.
Classic Live Appearances: Check out these moments of No-Net Radio, hopefully
archived for future generations: BETTY performing live on BBC (London), BBC
(Scotland), Capital Radio (London), KALX (Berkeley), KPIX (San Francisco),
WBMW (Fairfax), WCBS (New York), WETA (DC), WHFS (DC), WGN (Chicago), WHDH
(Boston), WMAQ (Chicago),
WMNF (Tampa), WPFW (DC), WQHT/Hot 97 (NY), WWDC/DC101 (DC), WXRT (Chicago)
Other Artists Honor BETTY in song:
- "Along Came Betty", Tito Puente, Quincy Jones, Phil Woods
- "Betty Rag", Marian McPartland
- "Betty Wrong", David Bowie
- "Brown Betty", Duke Ellington
- "Betty 'n Dupree", Peter, Paul & Mary, Taj Mahal, Muddy Waters
- "Back Seat Betty", Miles Davis
- "Betty", Dash Rip Rock
- "Hello Betty", Jimmy McGriff
- "Betty's Bein' Bad", Sawyer Brown
- "Black Betty Bam a Lam", Leadbelly, Nick Cave, Clifford Jordan
- "Betty's Grable", Harry James
- "Iron Ore Betty", John Prine
- "Itty Bitty Betty", Eddie Cochran, The Roches
- "Turning Into Betty", Lisa Germano
- "Little Betty Bouncer", Flotsam and Jetsam
- "Grunge Betty", The Dandy Warhols
- "Call Me Al", Paul Simon
- Helmet, Betty (a whole album in tribute!)
- "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight", Bob Seger
- "Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes", Neil Young
- "Bette Davis Eyes", Kim Carnes
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