Mountain Stage: 20 YEars and Counting

The State Journal | January 16, 2004| | Copyright

Twenty years ago, three men had an idea.

Now, 20 years later, the idea has grown into something none of them ever imagined. A simple two-hour radio program of live music is now heard by hundreds of thousands of listeners across the globe each week. In the next few months, that scope will get even larger when Mountain Stage takes a spot in the weekend rotation at Sirius satellite radio.

Mountain Stage recorded its pilot episode in 1981. In 1983, the program received funding to do live shows once a month. The rest, they say, just fell into place.

"It came about from Andy (Ridenour), actually, ...

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