Taking Care of Authenticity on the CBC's Randy's Vinyl Tap. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Svec, Henry Adam
• Is Part Of: Journal of radio & audio media. Volume 27:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 25
• Page End: 38
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Radio broadcasting -- Periodicals; Radio broadcasting -- United States -- Periodicals; Digital audio broadcasting -- Periodicals; 384.54
• DOI: 10.1080/19376529.2019.1678163
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1937-6529

Abstract

Abstract : This essay explores the radio program Randy's Vinyl Tap, which is hosted by Randy Bachman and airs on CBC Radio 1 (2005-present). I argue that the show's complex reception can be explained, in part, by the fact that it transgresses dominant conceptions of authenticity in both rock music and public broadcasting discourses. Drawing on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin, I explore ways in which Bachman evokes a "carnivalesque" approach to public communication.