About The Show
The History:
Silent Witness Radio began on the air in December of 1987, after it had been conceived by high school student Chris Stamper, and his application for a time slot for the show had been approved by the WAIF programming committee.
When Chris received the approval of the programming committee for the time slot, he knew he would need help to make the show as proper and professional as possible, and he contacted Jamie Carper, a local radio professional in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jamie helped with production, and likely co-hosted some shows in the earliest days.
When Chris was ready to head to college, he knew he would have to leave the show behind, and Jamie stepped up to host the show. Jamie remained the host of the show until his death in August of 2018. Jeff Bradshaw (GothDad) has been the host since that time. Jeremy Carper (J-DAWG) has been with the show, working with his dad, since 2014, and serves as co-host.
From the early days, Silent Witness Radio has focused on various Christian hard music genres, at first just "the rock, metal, and alternative", then expanding to hip-hop around the year 2000 (as a promise by Jamie to cover this vital genre) and EDM around 2014.
We are very thankful for our broadcast home on WAIF 88.3 FM in Cincinnati, which, as a community radio station, is the perfect place for a show such as ours, and we work hard to foster support for a station that provides a platform for a diverse community of different shows, shows covering music and talk content not covered by larger media outlets.
If you would like to support our show's continued presence on WAIF (which we tend to emphasize during the station's Spring and Fall Membership Drives), you can donate to WAIF on our behalf at https://www.waifradio.org/membership
Support Silent Witness Radio
Twice a year (spring and fall), we cover the airwaves with pleas for donations so that our station can cover operating expenses, as per the FCC's rules for not-for-profit Community Radio stations. In addition, the station (or even the show) offers items for sale that will benefit our station! See below...
T-Shirt sale through cwps.shop
Scan the QR Code!
You'll be taken directly to the shop where you can buy our station t-shirt!
The Silent Witness Radio Crew
The humans who bring the show to you every week!
GothDad
Host and All-Around Crazy Person
GothDad had been a listener since 1995, and joined the crew in 2008. He then stepped up to shepherd the show in 2018.
GothDad's first musical love is Metal and Hard Rock, but his favorite band is Grave Robber (a horror-punk band), and he's become a big proponent of the Christian Hip-Hop scene and its artists. Not to mention his love of things Goth and Industrial.
J-DAWG
Co-Host and Engineer Extraordinaire
J-DAWG comes from the beloved Carper family, a musician in his own right (drums!), and knows his way around the studio sound equipment, so that he makes the show sound professional, at least until GothDad opens his mouth.
J-DAWG's father, who hosted the show before GothDad, always placed him in charge of announcing the hip-hop artists, which explains why GothDad's first concert attendance with J-DAWG was at the Reach Records "Unashamed" tour stop.
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