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THE VINYL MUSEUM started in 1996 as a radio segment that featured classic "vinyl" hits, from the 70s and 80s with host, John Michaelson, talking about a song in the segment. Originally known as "45 Rewind" in 1996, the name changed to "Vinyl Museum" in 1997 and played on terrestrial radio stations from 1997 to 2023, and then turned into an internet-based radio station in 2019 at vinylmuseum.net.
Owner and creator, John Michaelson has been an on-air radio personality since 1986 working in Florida, Tennessee and Arkansas, producing his Vinyl Museum segments in-studio. The name of "The Vinyl Museum" came in 1996 when the Clearwater record store of the same name closed down, and John adopted the name for his on-air segment. In 2024, John handed over the Vinyl Museum segments to Julia Harris as she began her overnight on-air shift, Night Flight.
Vinyl Museum Radio Online is located online at vinylmuseum.net, and has been on the internet since 2019 at a time that John was working KESA-FM in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, as an online home for the 1-song segments. Through that, the full time 24/7 radio station was born; a place for the segments to play in a nightly rotation and song representative of the vinyl era from the early 60s to mid 90s. The single segments by John and Julia Harris, are now only played exclusively on the radio station and it's parent website.
Vinyl Museum Radio Online now has on-air staff members, Kaylie Gilmour, Julia Harris, Marilyn Johnson, John Michaelson, and Mike Van Zandt, along with other voices to voice commercials, segments, sweepers and jingles, all produced in-house at their "Studio On The Loop" in historic Eureka Springs, Arkansas and various studios also in Greeneville, Tennessee and Tampa, Florida, made by colleagues of John Michaelson & Mike Van Zandt.
Today, the Vinyl Museum Radio Online is still a small independent online radio station that caters to the "vinyl era", primarily the early to mid 60s up to the mid 90s, playing a wide variety of music from the pop classics to hard rock, as long as it was on vinyl and by artists ABBA to ZZ Top, with limited local commercials.
ACTUAL STAFF:
Joanne Chisholm: admin work
Julia Harris: voice work
Marilyn Johnson: owner/manager
John Michaelson: owner/manager
Brian Wheat: engineer & production
Mike Van Zandt: production
FREELANCED CONTRIBUTORS:
Gina Edwards: voice work
Olivia DeVito: voice work
Frank Landry: weather
Clint Parker: ad spot production & voice work
Jennifer Saunders: production & voice work
Natalie Taylor: ad spot production & voice work
Kenneth Zelnick: voice work
ON-AIR STAFF:
Midnight to 3 AM: Julia Harris
Noon to 3 PM: Mike Van Zandt
3 PM to 6 PM: Kaylie Gilmour
6 PM to 9 PM: John Michaelson
9 PM to Midnight: Marilyn Johnson
WEATHER:
Frank Landry
Kaylie Gilmour
Marilyn Johnson
PARTIAL LIST OF OUR MOST RECURRING ARTISTS:
A–D:
* ABBA * Aerosmith * Air Supply * Barry Manilow * The Beach Boys * The Beatles * Bee Gees
* Billy Joel * Blondie * Bob Seger * Bob Dylan * Bon Jovi * Bruce Springsteen * Bryan Adams
* Carpenters * Cher * Chicago * Christopher Cross * Commodores * Cyndi Lauper
* Dan Fogelberg * David Bowie * Debbie Gibson * Def Leppard * Devo * Dire Straits
* Duran Duran * Diana Ross * Dionne Warwick * Doobie Brothers * Donna Summer
E–L:
* Eagles * Electric Light Orchestra * Elton John * Elvis Presley * Fleetwood Mac
* Frankie Valli * Genesis * George Harrison * George Michael * Gloria Estefan
* Goo Goo Dolls * Hall & Oates * Heart * Helen Reddy * Huey Lewis & the News
* INXS * Janet Jackson * Jefferson Starship * Jim Croce * Joan Jett * John Mellencamp
* Johnny Mathis * KC and the Sunshine Band * Kenny Loggins * Kenny Rogers
* Lionel Richie * Linda Ronstadt * Little River Band * Loverboy * Lynyrd Skynyrd
M–S:
* Madonna * Mariah Carey * Michael Bolton * Michael Jackson * Olivia Newton-John
* Pat Benatar * Paul McCartney * Peter Gabriel * Phil Collins * Pointer Sisters * Prince
* Richard Marx * Rick Astley * Roxette * Sade * Sheena Easton * Simon & Garfunkel
* Smokey Robinson * Stevie Nicks * Stevie Wonder * Sting * Supremes * Supertramp
T–Z:
* Talking Heads * Tears for Fears * The Monkees * The Police * The Rolling Stones
* The Temptations * The Who * Tiffany * Tina Turner * Tom Jones * Toto * Three Dog Night
* Tom Petty (Heartbreakers) * U2 * Van Halen * Van Morrison* Wham! * Whitney Houston
* Whitesnake * Wilson Phillips * XTC * Yes * ZZ Top
Our production studio uses Maono microphones, Sony computers and audio monitoring speakers, Dell PC computers and laptops, Dell PC HDMI monitors. We use Adobe audio systems for editing, Voicemeeter audio processing compression and limiting software and a Sony mixer. The Comedy Source is independently paid by The Vinyl Museum Online. Voice Imaging, News, Sports and Production staff are contributors to Vinyl Museum Radio Online. Compensation is paid or for trade. Some sponsored programming is traded through The Vinyl Museum Dot Net and/or committed through the Wix Marketplace Partnership Program. This website was built and maintained by John Michaelson | Vinyl Museum Dot Net and contributing staff.
