The Ongoing History of New Music

"The Ongoing History of New Music" is a Canadian radio program, produced by CFNY in Toronto. The program, hosted by Alan Cross, is also syndicated to several other radio stations across Canada.

"The Ongoing History" chronicles the history of alternative rock, from its roots in punk and new wave to the modern day. An episode of the show may profile an important musician or band (The Sex Pistols, The Smiths, R.E.M., The Cure, Nirvana, U2, Nine Inch Nails, The Velvet Underground, etc.), a significant musical trend such as grunge or Madchester, or a theme such as payola, gay musicians or significant cult figures.

Some topics are covered in a single show, while more substantial topics may be presented over two, three or four episodes.

History

The program, which first aired in 1993, airs Sunday evenings at 8:00, and is repeated on Monday nights at 11:00 on CFNY (102.1 FM "The Edge"). Older archive episodes of the show also air on Sunday mornings from 10:00 a.m. until noon. The show can also be found on the CJZN (91.3 FM "The Zone") Sundays at 9:00 am and 9:00 pm.

Shorter "Ongoing History" segments, about a minute long, air at various times throughout the day on CFNY, CFOX and CJZN during commercial breaks. In 2005, Cross also began production of a daily podcast available freely from their website. The minute-long podcasts share a similar format to the weekly show and detail one interesting rock fact each day. Also available are previous episodes available for streaming from the online archive, with titles added every day.

Cross has also licensed the program's name to a number of Canadian compilation albums collecting classic alternative rock songs.

Bandomynology

On April 8, 2007, Alan Cross created a new word: Bandomynology, which is the study of the origins of band names. Cross devoted several segments of the show to investigating the nature of band names, consulting Dr. Sheila Embleton, a professor of linguistics at York University in Toronto, and Marc Hershon of Simmer Branding Studio, a “branding” agency in Sausalito, California and Priscilla Ord, in helping to create the term [ The Ongoing History of New Music. " [http://www.ongoinghistory.com/oghonm/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?rem=69934&pge=1&arc=2 Bandomynology] ", [http://www.ongoinghistory.com/oghonm/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?rem=69934&pge=1&arc=2 1] .] Cross hopes to slowly introduce the term into academic studies of rock and alternative music, as well as music of all genres.

Cross describes the term in the notes from the episode "Bandomynology: Naming Your Band - Part 1 - Seg. 1" below:

cquote|Forevermore, the academic investigation into the origin of the names of adopted for professional purposes by musical performers shall be known as “bandomynology”, the study of names chosen by musical names. I thank these folks for their time and expertise. Let’s see if we can’t get this word into general usage. Who knows? Maybe we’ll end up in the Oxford English dictionary?

We shall study bandomynology by citing examples wherever possible.
Alan Cross|"Bandomynology: Naming Your Band - Part 1 - Seg. 1"