KXRW Vancouver Presents

Yester Years

Rodney On The Radio, Time Traveler

2nd Wednesday at 5pm

Host Bio

Rodney Whitaker

Rodney Whitaker

Host

I spent most of my career working in broadcast radio and as many worked in numerous departments; Sales, Promotions, Engineering, On-Air, then evolved into creating websites for radio stations and showing them how to make money with it.

Behind the Show

Take a trip down memory lane to the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s playing Classic Rock, TV/Movie Theme Songs, commercials and news clippings.

Each show will focus on a particular area of Classic Rock. Categories such as “Guitar Hero’s” “Great Cover versions”  “Live versions” and so on.

Rodney Whitaker - radio host

About the Show

We’ll be taking a trip down memory lane to the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s playing Classic Rock and sometimes, TV/Movie Theme Songs, commercials and news clippings.

Each show will focus on a particular area of Classic Rock. Categories such as “Guitar Hero’s”, “Great Cover versions”, “Live versions” and so on.

We’d love to hear your suggestions, send an email to RodneyOnTheRadioNow@Gmail.com

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Episodes

This episode of YesterYears is all about names… How did bands come up with their names? Is there a secret meaning behind the names of some of Rock’s greatest bands. Was it something the stumbled on to? You many know some of these stories, others may be new. In any ...
February is always a short month, whether it be 28 days or 29, but it always contains Valentines Days. In honor of that, this episode will feature Classic Rock love songs. I’m dedicating this episode to Kersten, my wife of 25 years and mother of our three wonderful kids, now ...
In our first episode of 2025, we decided to look at the New Year as a new beginning, twelve months of opportunity to make the world a better place. I’ve had this philosophy every year since very early in my life. There will always be challenges and differences of opinion, ...
It’s December 2024! Wow time flies. This is our 6th episode and a very special one. We’re celebrating the holiday season with Christmas songs, movie clips, old commercials and maybe something from old TV shows. We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane. Don’t forget to drop us a ...
It’s November 2024! Wow time flies. This is our 5th episode. This episode is dedicated to the Women of Rock. Strong women with powerful voices. Women who have influenced Rock and paved the way for many others. We’ve included a couple clips from movies that feature strong women, a couple ...
It’s October 2024 and already time for our 4th episode of YesterYears. Since it’s October, we’re going to focus on a Halloween theme. As usual, we’ve included some movie clips, stuff from War of the Worlds original radio broadcast and a few surprises. Be sure to listen Halloween night when ...
Greetings and welcome to our 3rd episode of YesterYears. This show, we'll be featuring cover versions of some of rock's greatest classics. We'll play a short bit of the original version, then the entire cover. In some cases, these songs have been covered by numerous bands and in most cases, ...
In this second episode of YerserYears we feature LIVE versions of some of Classic Rock's greatest songs. We've got a few special things in store including a song that did for yodeling what AC/DC did for the bagpipes, made them cool. There's a rare introduction at the beginning of a ...
In this second episode of YerserYears we feature LIVE versions of some of Classic Rock's greatest songs. We've got a few special things in store including a song that did for yodeling what AC/DC did for the bagpipes, made them cool. There's a rare introduction at the beginning of a ...
In this firstepisode, we'll be listening to some of the Guitar Hero's, mostly Classic Rock, from the 60's, 70's and 80's. There's a wide variety, everything from Eddie Van Halen to Steve Howe. Mixed in we'll hear some old TV and Radio ads as well as some old news clippings ...

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