Based in Lafayette, Indiana

Based in Lafayette, Indiana

Behind the music: The Jeff92 edition

How does a song at least 30 years past its prime make the cut to join WJEF’s 4,000 one-hit wonders, deep cuts and pop standards? Meet the teacher whose ‘gut feeling’ is the measure

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Dave Bangert
Jul 19, 2021
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How many times a week does Jamie Long, the director of Lafayette Jefferson High School’s radio and TV program, get lobbied with a variation of this: You know what song you should add to WJEF-Jeff92’s rotation …?

(And I’m not just talking about the number of times I do that.)

“All the time,” Long said. “All the time. … That, and, ‘You …

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