We'll spin the Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun later this hour on Catching A Wave to hear 3 covers of The Beach Boys (BeachBoys Talk w/ Bobby Figuerora, Friends Of Dean Martinez and Bruce Johnston & Terry Melcher). Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break! We hear a tune from an album by The Ventures celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment and we'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week. Plus, we've got rockers from Langhorns, The Courettes (with La La Brooks) The Del Roswells ..read more

We boldly go into the ring with William Shatner and The Cramps both performing the same song on our Head 2 Head segment on this new Catching A Wave! We really get weird with our Good Time segment...we celebrate the 60th anniversary of another fun album by Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos! Beth Riley has a solo track by Bruce Johnston in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. We drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Southern Culture On The Skids)! Plus, we have tracks by Kris Bone, Nick Lowe (with Los Straitjackets), Katatonics, Ichi-Bons, Magnatech, The Dirty ..read more

There's a great mix of new tunes and 60's sounds on this hour of Catching A Wave. We board the Time Machine to go back to the week of February 4th, 1966 for radio station KFXM (Tiger Radio 590 in San Bernardino, CA) to hear a couple of songs on their Fabulous 40 Survey (including the song at the top). We have a tune from an album by The Surfaris from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has an instrumental from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We'll drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (Sa ..read more

We take somewhat of a different programming route this week on Catching A Wave and salute The Beatles this hour in honor of Global Beatles Day on June 25th. It's celebrated on this day because the first ever global broadcast produced by the BBC. This special on the group beamed The Beatles performing "All You Need Is Love" on June 25th, 1967 to over 400 million people world wide. We hope to show the band's impact on a variety of genres and decades through the years. This hour, we hear a track from The Beatles from an album celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley ..read more

The official first day of summer is June 20th so we have a special Head 2 Head segment with both The Who and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts covering an Eddie Cochran summer themed classic! Beth Riley has a deep track from a band that knows a lot about summer in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We hear a track from an album by The T-Bones that's celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. We drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week! Plus, there's rockin' tunes from Satan's Pilgrims, dayaway, Aloha Screwdriver, Christian Love & Nate R ..read more

Beth Riley and I chat with legendary guitarist Bob Berryhill of The Surfaris in The Green Room segment on this hour of Catching A Wave. Hear how "Surfer Joe" and "Wipe Out" came about as well as country music influences (and a song from Joe Maphis), surf influencing punk rock and more! We hear a tune from an album by Chuck Berry that's celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time Segment. Beth has a deep track from America's band The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Atlantics from 1 ..read more

It's almost summer but the tunes are already blazing hot this hour! Our "You're The Inspiration" segment returns with Alex Chilton and the Ramones covering Jan & Dean. Beth Riley has a solo track from Carl Wilson in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. We've got a tune from an album by The Astronauts celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. As always, we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (song by Henry Gross with Carl Wilson and Ricky Fataar on backing vocals). We kick off the hour paying tribute to Duane Eddy who passed away o ..read more

It's a "Beautiful Day" to ring the bell and go Head 2 Head on this hour of Catching A Wave! Hear a live version of this hit from U2 and a great cover by The Tourmaliners! There's a track from an album by Laika & The Cosmonauts on Yep Roc Records that's celebrating it's 20th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth Riley has a deep track by The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break. Plus, we've got tracks by Glen Campbell (with Brian Setzer), The Balboas, Kris Bone, Satan's Pilgrims, The Nebulas, Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers, Perry Dear & The Deerstalkers, We Love ..read more

We're always on the lookout for cool and unique covers of The Beach Boys for our Wheel Of Fun, Fun, Fun segment and we have a fun variety for you this week (David Bowie, El Castillo and Wall Of Voodoo). Speaking of The Beach Boys, Beth Riley has a deep track from them in her Surf's Up: Beth's Beach Boys Break. There's a tune by The Grip Weeds that is celebrating it's 20th anniversary on our Good Time segment and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (The Tiki Men). Plus, there's tunes from La Luz, Sant Anna Bay Coconuts, Destiny Forever (Feat. John Stamo ..read more

Our fun interview segment called The Green Room returns this hour as Beth Riley and I talk with Nicole from The Surfrajettes. We hear a tune from them and from a special request from Nicole as well (The Astronauts). There's a track from an album by Dick Dale & His Del-Tones celebrating it's 60th anniversary in our Good Time segment. Beth has a deep track from The Beach Boys in her Surf's Up- Beth's Beach Boys Break and we drop a coin in the Jammin' James Jukebox to hear our selection of the week (a mid 70's single by The King Of Twang- Duane Eddy!!). Plus, there's tunes from Sheverb, Wiped ..read more