note: South Side show hours expanded to 7-10
This just in from the folks at KHUM:
Chas Lewis, host of “
The South Side
” on 104.7/ 104.3 KHUM has been named ‘DJ of the Month’ by the
Roots Music Report
, which features radio airplay charts from over 300 radio stations worldwide. Lewis said, “Since the program went on the air, I’ve been
posting weekly playlists
on the show website (
www.thesouthside.org
) as a service to listeners, and then started submitting playlists to the Roots Music Report a couple years ago. I’m in good company there along with plenty of well-known national and international shows.”
Chas established the show in 2001, playing an energetic and satisfying mix of classic and modern Blues, along with some Rhythm and Blues and Soul music. “Being a part of the Roots Music Report database means that KHUM receives new releases from lots of independent artists we wouldn’t get otherwise. Hosting “The South Side” is a labor of love and is really about sharing this great music with listeners, but it’s always nice to get some peer recognition,” Lewis says.
You can listen to “The South Side” Friday nights from 7 to 10 p.m. on 104.7/104.3 KHUM or streaming from the KHUM website at
www.khum.com
.
This article appears in Supervising the Second.
“The South Side” is an extremely treasured source for blues, rhythm & blues and soul music fans. The airwaves would be a bland and vapid place without it on Friday nights.
Congratulations to Chas on “DJ of the Month” and great job to KHUM for helping to keep it alive and well on the North Coast and now through streaming sources…nationwide.
Chas, if you want to co-host a purely bubblegum show, let me know….”Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I got love in my tummy…..Oh, never mind.
Nice to see Chas recognized for what he’s been doing for some time now. I had a chance to meet him last summer (still have that guitar pick!), and was impressed with how he’s stayed focused on his show in the midst of some trying times for a lot of radio listeners in Arcata, Eureka and beyond.
It’s guys like Chas who make radio fun and interesting to listen to. Two thumbs up!
Thanks to both of you.
Happy to be at KHUM…when I started doing this, never would have thought I’d still be having so much on the air.
Thanks Ross, but bubble gum is for chewing.
http://www.thesouthside.org
http://www.myspace.com/chaslewis
Uh…make that
> never would have thought I’d still be having so much FUN on the air.