Monday, February 10th, 2025 // Interviews,News
Thursday, February 13, legendary rock ‘n’ roll singer Joe Lynn Turner joins your rocking attorney, Eric Jackson Lurie, on Court’s in Session. As the lead singer of Rainbow, Deep Purple, Sunstorm, and other bands, Joe has been one of the great rock voices on FM radio for nearly 50 years. This week JLT joins EJL to talk about his brand new single “Forever” that has been taking Europe by storm. Plus get the skinny about Joe’s current plans for his new album.
Tune in Thursday, February 13 at 8:00 p.m. to catch this conversation on 88.3 FM, WRCT Pittsburgh or streaming from www.wrct.org! Or catch the replay Sunday, February 16 at 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday, February 5th, 2025 // Interviews,News
Twenty-two years ago, a young WRCT DJ called Jay Thurber was granted an interview with Myron Cope, legendary Pittsburgh sportswriter, Steelers broadcaster and creator of “The Terrible Towel.” Cope had just written a book called Double Yoi.
Due to poor audio quality, the tape was never broadcast. (Jay wrote a story for PBRTV instead.)
Twenty years later, a crusty middle-aged WRCT DJ called Jay Thurber found the tape and decided to see if digital signal processing (not easily available in 2002) could make the tape listenable. It did!
In honor of this weekend’s big NFL championship game, Uncle Jay will present this never-before-heard interview during his show, Radio 9, in the 1 o’clock hour on Saturday, February 8.
Radio 9 airs from noon to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays on WRCT (88.3) and online at www.wrct.org.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025 // Interviews,News
Thursday, January 30, your Rockin’ Attorney, Eric Jackson Lurie, will kick off Court’s in Session with an interview with Leslie Mandoki, and Tony Carey (Rainbow, Planet P) in advance of the Mandoki Soulmates concert at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame on February 6. Mandoki Soulmates, a superstar collaboration, has been one of the most successful Prog Rock bands of the last decade.
Then, at 9:00 p.m., Eric will be joined in the studio by Rocky Lamonde and Vinny Q of Pittsburgh’s The Borstal Boys! Debuting tracks from their brand new album, Time Bomb, the guys will discuss their mission to bring the best Pittsburgh rock ‘n’ roll to the masses, while joining Eric in spinning their biggest influences on vinyl.
Tune in Thursday, January 30 at 8:00 p.m., with a replay Sunday, February 2 at 10:00 p.m. Don’t miss the excitement on WRCT Pittsburgh, 88.3 FM and streaming at wrct.org!
