It is funny how things come full circle. I began this little blog six years ago as a tribute to the radio station I worked for beginning when I was sixteen in central Illinois. For the first two years, the blog was known as Central Illinois Radio Memories and we heard back from many of my former colleagues from the 50,000 watt WLBH AM & FM for which I was very thankful.
As time marched on, we ran out of old stories to tell and the blog morphed into Paul's World of Funky Stuff where I found a place to post musical memories, interesting and funny photographs and share some stories from my life. We also hosted a caption contest every week for a solid year for which I mailed out prizes to our winners all over the country.
I have been recently named the Broadcast and Emerging Media Specialist here at Lander University which includes the responsibilities as General Manager of our new campus radio station - 1610AM XLR Lander Radio. I am hosting "The Breakfast Club with Paul Crutcher" weekday mornings from 7am to 10:30am. You can listen along with us by going to
The new position allows me once again to do the thing that I really enjoy more than almost anything else in this world. I have been able to share my knowledge and experience with our students who are now busy preparing their own programs to air on our station. College radio is a great memory to me from my days at Lake Land College in Mattoon, Illinois and now I get to see students progress and mature as they work towards their dream. I don't know how things could be much better. Thank you for listening. Our plan is to continue to use platforms such as blogging, facebook, and Twitter to keep our listeners aware of what is going on around the new station and our campus here in South Carolina. If you have comments or questions please send them to landerradio@lander.edu
The picture below shows Director of Campus Radio, Dr. Robert Stevenson along with your funky host in our new studio located high atop the Josephine Abney Cultural Center Auditorium. Dr. Stevenson is also host of the brand new Dr. Rob's Retro Radio Party heard weekday mornings at 10:30am on XLR - Lander Radio. I owe him much gratitude for paving the way for a radio station at Lander University!
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