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Greg Vandy has been host and sole proprietor of The Roadhouse since 2000, just prior to the station's transition from KCMU to KEXP. Greg is an avid supporter of community radio and has been involved with many aspects of radio programming and music production over the years.

Greg credits his first year in college as a turning-point in discovering the world of alternative music. It was the non-commercial, campus-based radio station KUGS in Bellingham, Washington which opened the doors to a whole new world of punk-rock, reggae and Afro-Caribbean music. Greg soon became involved with KUGS in 1985 and began hosting a variety of shows, including a Friday afternoon Jamaican show, Now Hear This until 1991.

Since then there's been WWOZ in New Orleans, Sound Of Brazil in NYC, and Hattie's Hat on old Ballard Ave. Greg tended bar and spun the hits (more like cassette tapes!) in the Seattle hot spot which spawned a healthy roots scene next to the Tractor Tavern in the late 90's.

Sometime in 1999 KCMU program director (and margarita drinker, no salt!) Don Yates recruited Greg (after Greg's shameless self-promotion) to host The Roadhouse radio show. KCMU became KEXP, Greg retired from bartending (the back!), and the indie-roots, new American scene has exploded.

American Standard Time is Greg's latest platform, and like The Roadhouse, it's all based on tradition. Greg will continue to mix the old with the new, originals next to the revivals, and the well-known next to the un-known, but just on a bigger and more dynamic platform: it's American Standard Time!