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Radio · TV · podcasts · 2006–2009

On the Air

29 times the band turned up on someone else’s signal — reconstructed from the diary and the tour calendar.

A DIY band lives or dies on airplay it can’t buy. This is the running tally the band kept as it happened — college stations and commercial rotations, an interview here, an evening-news spot there, and a stretch in 2007–2008 when the songs were turning up on signals from West Virginia to Central Jersey to internet radio.

And once, the cameras came to them:

As aired · WV Channel 13 News Redding Brothers on the News May 2006 · 0:45 After an all-nighter drive from Dayton to West Virginia, the band played an afternoon show and turned up on the local news.

Radio · 17

  1. Jan 2007 Picked up by podcast radio stations.
  2. Jan 2007 On Marshall Radio, alongside an appearance at the Charleston Mall.
  3. Feb 2007 The band’s own homemade radio ads air — the “fuzzy faces” and “marshmallows” spots.
  4. Mar 2007 Reviewed on WMUL, Marshall University’s station.
  5. Mar 2007 On The Michael and Taylor Radio Show.
  6. May 2007 Into rotation on commercial stations across Kentucky and Illinois — the Paducah campaign.
  7. Jun 2007 Into rotation on Rock 105 (WV).
  8. Jul 2007 “Solid,” “Unfaithful,” and “Chauvet” in rotation on TSR Radio.
  9. Aug 2007 Interviewed on WCTC for the Festival of the Arts.
  10. Oct 2007 On a station in Central New Jersey.
  11. Dec 2007 Live on WRVC 92.7 FM, “The Planet,” out of Huntington.
  12. Mar 2008 “Solid” on EarPlugs internet radio — the “Voice of the Independent Artist.”
  13. Mar 2009 “Feel” is RockOm.net’s track of the week; the site interviews the band about the creative process — the full 11½-minute interview survives here.
  14. Apr 2008 Back on WCTC.
  15. Apr 2008 Roughly 148 spins a week on Last.fm Radio.
  16. Apr 2009 Live on The Fish FM, promoting the Walk 4 Water benefit.
  17. circa Micah calls in to the Phil Valentine show, Nashville talk radio.

Television · 6

  1. May 2006 A TV13 news story.
  2. Mar 2007 On the Daybreak Concert Series.
  3. Apr 2007 News cameras at the show.
  4. Apr 2008 Featured on the evening news, around the Middle East tour sendoff.
  5. Jun 2008 “Brothers make the evening news” — back home from the tour.
  6. Nov 2008 The Telethon of the Stars — an acoustic set for the Easter Seals benefit, aired on Paducah’s News Channel 6.

Podcasts · 6

  1. Apr 2007 Kidcast UK, episode 28.
  2. Apr 2007 The Open Window, show 22.
  3. Apr 2007 The Rock & Roll Show, out of 3tunedude.com.
  4. Apr 2007 Suffolk ’n’ Cool, episode 62 — “Chauvet,” with a kind on-air introduction from host Peter Clitheroe in the UK. The full episode survives — listen via the shownotes.
  5. Jul 2007 The Pillar Cast, episode 19, featuring “Solid” — the third song in the show.
  6. circa Weekend Rockstar — surviving audio lives in the Trove.

TV spots & trailers · 6

The band cut its own 30-second TV spots for shows, and a trailer or two for the road.

Tour promo · 2007 2007 Physics of Immortality Tour Promo April 2007 · 2:50
TV spot Glenville State College — Promo / TV Ad August 2008 · 0:30
TV spot The Redding Brothers @ Concord University September 2008 · 0:30
TV spot Celiac Benefit Walk + Concert at Ritter Park September 2008 · 0:30
TV spot Pullman Square Theater — March 27 TV Spot March 2009 · 0:30
Walk 4 Water promo · scored with “Feel” Walk 4 Water Tacoma 2010 — set to "Feel" February 2010 · 5:34

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