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Jason Crane

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The Morning Mixtape with Jason Crane
Weekdays 6-10 AM
Host of This Just In, Tue 8 PM & Sat 6 PM

Jason Crane (they/them) hosts The Morning MIixtape, four hours of music and conversation and stories each weekday morning. They also host This Just In, our weekly show of brand new songs.

Jason got into radio as a young kid while listening to a local AM station that played old-time radio shows like The Shadow and Jack Benny. Then as a teenager they discovered the BBC radio version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. Jason has worked in radio all over the U.S. and in Japan. They’ve also been a full-time musician, playing saxophone and percussion with salsa bands and funk bands and singer-songwriters. Jason moved to Charlottesville and started working at 106.1 The Corner in March 2023.

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1 hour ago in Entertainment, Music

This year’s song of the summer is a ballad, not a banger. Here’s what that says about us

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For the past 14 weeks and counting, the top Billboard spot has been held by a love ballad: Alex Warren's "Ordinary." As Berklee College of Music professor and forensic musicologist Joe Bennett notes, the February release is "a fair bit slower than the mean average for the Hot 100, or for a historical song of the summer."

4 hours ago in Albemarle County, Charlottesville City, Education, Local, Surrounding Counties

Man wanted in Waynesboro for allegedly putting a firearm inside a student’s book bag

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A student immediately told a teacher and an administrator that they knew who had done it.

5 hours ago in Albemarle County, Charlottesville City, Lifestyle, Local

Charlottesville PrideFest hopes to bring together LGBTQ+ community

Charlottesville Pride will host its annual PrideFest at the Ting Pavilion this Saturday from 12:30-7:30 p.m.

5 hours ago in Albemarle County, Charlottesville City, Local

Weekend lane closures on I-64 Albemarle bridges

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Watch for constricted lanes on I-64 through Albemarle County just outside the city for VDOT bridge safety inspections over the weekend between Pantops and Monticello.

6 hours ago in Albemarle County, Charlottesville City, Local, Surrounding Counties

Charlottesville area bears brunt in survey of food costs forcing Virginians into debt

 A survey done for DC-based Share Our Strength's No Did Hungry Virginia campaign shows rising food costs are putting nearly half -- 45% -- of Virginians into debt, and the challenge is even more pronounced in the Charlottesville area.