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Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Louisiana", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: Louisiana", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive; Beth Norwood (1964). "French Radio Broadcasting in Louisiana". Southern Speech ...
This list of songs or music-related items is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( October 2021 ) This is a list of notable Cajun musicians , Cajun music instrument makers, Cajun music folklorists, Cajun music historians, and Cajun music activists.
KRVS's call letters stand for Radio Voice of Southwestern (The university's name at the time the station signed on was the University of Southwestern Louisiana). [4] [10] Originally a college radio station, it joined NPR in the mid-1970s. Today the station serves roles as regional public radio and an international online resource.
KLEB (1600 AM "The Rajun' Cajun") is a radio station in Golden Meadow, Louisiana, broadcasting a mix of swamp pop and traditional cajun music.In September 2019, it began to simulcast on K274DE 102.7 MHz, which broadcasts from the KLRZ tower facilities in Larose and allows the station's listening audience to choose between AM or FM.
KBON went on the air in late 1997, the brainchild of Paul Marx, a DJ and nightclub owner from Crowley, Louisiana. [2] Marx wanted a mix of music that resembled what he played at DJ gigs — a core of Louisiana music like Cajun, zydeco, and swamp pop, with sides of country, blues, soul, and R&B. [2] Station DJs also broadcast in a mix of English and Cajun French.
A format of regional music called swamp pop was produced on the radio station for a number of years using the branding "Rajun Cajun". This format was later moved to sister station KLEB in 2014. On January 1, 2014, the station dropped the swamp pop music and flipped to sports radio as the ESPN Radio affiliate in the New Orleans market. [2]
KEUN-FM (105.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to Eunice, Louisiana, United States, and serving St. Landry Parish and surrounding areas. Owned by Dane Wilson, through licensee Cajun Prairie Broadcasting, LLC., which is owned by Wilson, [2] it broadcasts a contemporary country and Cajun music format every day except Saturdays, when it plays Cajun music from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Balfa Brothers, a cajun music band. Dewey Balfa (1927-1992), on fiddle. Vin Bruce (1932-2018), singer-songwriter. Born in Cut Off, Louisiana. Was one of the first Cajun musicians to appear on the Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry. Was known as "the King of Cajun Singers" Also, known for 1961 Jole Blon and 1979 Cajun Country songs.