The Eclipse Show

October 28, 1990
KGNU (88.5 FM)
Boulder, CO, USA

This is one of DJ Chris Nathan's (active on Eclipse from 1990-present) first shows ever. At the time the show had a bit of a "quiet storm" format, on top of that in this region in 1990 people were still very opposed to hip-hop so it had to be kept under the radar. You'll hear Chris start to play some rap after about 30 minutes.It's a great time capsule into what was going on at the time and it marks the change of the guard with DJ Chris Nathan being introduced who would eventually take over the show for the next 28 years.

- DJ A-L

About The Eclipse Show

Starting in Colorado in 1978 as "an alternative black radio show," The Eclipse Show aired the earliest hip-hop records alongside funk and soul before eventually morphing into an all hip-hop show. The Eclipse Show is still on community radio KGNU, celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2018 making it one of the (and possibly the) longest continually running hip-hop radio shows in the world.

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In Context

These are the three shows that aired closest in time to this one.

October 28, 1990
The Eclipse Show
Boulder, CO, USA

November 1990
Club Krush
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

November 1990
Club Krush
Princeton, NJ, USA (Princeton University)

November 18, 1990
The Eclipse Show
Boulder, CO, USA

These are three albums that were released closest in time to this show.

October 16, 1990
Grand Daddy I.U.: Smooth Assassin

October 28, 1990
This episode

October 30, 1990
Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate

November 20, 1990
Run-D.M.C.: Back from Hell