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Gimme Moore
Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007
Robert Moore, longtime host of Kansas City’s Sonic Spectrum radio show on KCUR, surprised and saddened listeners earlier this summer when he announced he was leaving the NPR affiliate and taking his show with him. After four plus years navigating the left side of the dial with knowledge honed with years at record labels and in radio, Moore decided it was time for a change.
Tired of going it alone, he thought it may have been the end to his live broadcast, which incorporated an impressive range of current independent music and influential gems of the past. Sonic Spectrum was part of a rare club of free-form radio music programs—the anti-corporate antidote to Top-40 fatigue. So in a move nearly as surprising (and quick) as his departure, Moore’s show has been brought new life—not by another non-profit, but by the much-maligned and Clear Channel-owned KRBZ. Yep, 96.5 The Buzz. Who knew?
On a rainy day in KC, Moore sat with us over lunch at the Brick to talk about what’s behind the change in call letters, about his label (Oxblood Records) and about the local music scene.
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