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Random Draw

When Pittsfield Community Television inherited the 20k Album Collection from the Taconic High School Studio for WTBR-FM, Dave Cachat was inspired to produce Random Draw: Each week, Dave selects a random shelf in the expansive collection, and then selects several random albums from that shelf. The result is a chaotic, joyful exploration of the musical history that is a part of WTBR's 40+ year history!

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    Random Draw - June 13, 2026

    On this week’s program host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1975 and plays some great random tunes from artists like Stephen Stills, Eagles, The Spinners and more.

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    Random Draw - May 16, 2026

    This week host Dave Cachat grabs some records for WTBR’s extensive collection of EPs and Singles. Specifically, he grabs records from artists that begin with the letters ‘B’ & ‘C’.

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    Random Draw - May 2, 2026

    This week host Dave Cachat looks back to 1983 and plays some great random music straight from the vinyl archive of WTBR.

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    Random Draw - April 18, 2026

    This week host Dave Cachat takes you back to the year 1981 to listen to some awesome random songs pulled right from the vinyl archive of WTBR.

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    Random Draw - March 21, 2026

    This week host Dave Cachat takes you back to the year 1978.

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    Random Draw - March 14, 2026

    This week host David Cachat grabs some records from the year 1988 to play for you. Music from Jet Boys, Bonnie Tyler, Duran Duran and much more will be heard.

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    Random Draw - February 28, 2026

    On this week’s show host Dave Cachat takes us back to 1981 with music by Blue Oyster Cult, Jim Messina, Gary Wright and many more random artists.

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    Random Draw - February 14, 2026

    On this week’s show host Dave Cachat grabs some records from the WTBR EPs & Singles Collection labeled with the letters ‘C, D & E’.

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    Random Draw - January 31, 2026

    On this latest episode, host Dave Cachat grabs records from the shelf marked ‘1971-1972’.

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    Random Draw - December 27, 2025

    For this last episode of 2025, host Dave Cachat looks back at some of the great musicians that we lost this year and celebrates their music. Including tracks from Bad Company, Blondie, The Band, Ozzy and many more.

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    Random Draw - December 20, 2025

    For this week’s episode host David Cachat looks at the Singles & EP section for artists listed under the letters ‘V & W’.

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    Random Draw - December 13, 2025

    This week, host Dave Cachat dives headlong into the stacks of EPs and Singles by grabbing records from the shelf labeled ‘E & F’. So these records will feature artists with names that start with E or F.

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    Random Draw - November 29, 2025

    This week host David Cachat pulls some records off of the 1988 shelf and gives them a spin.

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    Random Draw - October 18, 2025

    On this week’s episode host Dave Cachat takes us back to the future and visits 1985.

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    Random Draw - October 4, 2025

    This week host Dave Cachat takes you back to the great year of 1989 for some great random music.

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    Random Draw - September 20, 2025

    This week host David Cachat takes you back to the you 1988 with some great random music pulled directly from our vinyl archive here at WTBR. Random Draw can be heard every Saturday morning at 9am on WTBR.

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    Random Draw - August 9, 2025

    On today’s episode host Dave Cachat travels back to the year 1984 and pulls some great random music off of our shelves.

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    Random Draw - July 26, 2025

    On this week’s show, host David Cachat travels back to the cusp of a new decade and listens to some random songs from 1980.

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    Random Draw - July 12, 2025

    This week host David Cachat grabs some LPs from the Year 1984, including records by Dan Hartman, The Nails, Rick Dees and Duran Duran.

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    Random Draw - June 14, 2025

    This week host David Cachat pulls some of the donated CDs we have received over the years from the section labeled ‘I-L’.

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    Random Draw - May 17, 2025

    Hosted by David Cachat and today he looks through the donated CD section that is labeled ‘D – H’ for some great random music.

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    Random Draw - April 19, 2025

    On this week’s episode we will be going back to the year 1982 for some really random music.

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    Random Draw - April 5, 2025

    On today’s episode host David Cachat raids the 1987 shelf of music to find some great random music from that era.

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    Random Draw - March 8, 2025

    This week host David Cachat transports you back to the year 1982 for some great (and not so great) random music.

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    Random Draw - March 1, 2025

    For this week host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1980 for some great random music.

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    Random Draw - February 1, 2025

    This week host David Cachat digs in to the uncatalogued Singles and EPs section of the vast WTBR vinyl archive.

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    Random Draw - January 25, 2025

    On this week’s episode host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1978 for some great random songs.

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    Random Draw - December 28, 2024

    On this special episode of ‘Random Draw’, we look back at some of the amazing artists we lost in 2024.

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    Random Draw - December 21, 2024

    It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas on Random Draw. This week host Dave Cachat raids his attic collection of Xmas Records to play some random Christmas tunes.

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    Random Draw - December 14, 2024

    This week Big Brother might be listening as we travel back to the year 1984 and listen to some randomly chosen tunes from our vinyl archives.

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    Random Draw - December 7, 2024

    On this week’s episode host Dave Cachat takes you back to 1983 to listen to some more random music from the vinyl archives of WTBR.

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    Random Draw - November 23, 2024

    For this episode host David Cachat takes you back to 1979 to close out a great decade of music.

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    Random Draw - November 2, 2024

    Today, host David Cachat takes us back to the year 1983 and plays some random vinyl records from the archives of WTBR.

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    Random Draw - October 26, 2024

    This week host David Cachat travels back to the year 1975 to play some great random vinyl records from the walls of the WTRB archive.

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    Random Draw - October 5, 2024

    On this episode we travel back to the year 1980 to listen to some great random music from artists like Pat Benatar, The Heaters, Rocky Burnette and more.

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    Random Draw - September 28, 2024

    On this episode, host Dave Cachat pulls a bunch of CDs from our donated section of music for some more random music.

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    Random Draw - August 10, 2024

    On this week’s episode we travel back to end of 1982 for some great random music.

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    Random Draw - July 13, 2024

    This week host David Cachat pulls some old CDs off the wall and plays some eclectic songs from the late 80s and early 90s.

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    Random Draw - June 8, 2024

    On this week’s program host David Cachat takes you back to the year 1975.

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    Random Draw - May 18, 2024

    This week on ‘Random Draw’ we travel back to the year 1977 and listen to some great random vinyl records.

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    Random Draw - April 27, 2024

    On this episode host David Cachat grabs some records from 1980 for you to enjoy.

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    Random Draw - April 6, 2024

    On this week’s episode host Dave Cachat takes us back to 1978 with some great random music from the WTBR vinyl archive.

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    Random Draw - March 23, 2024

    On this week’s episode we go back to 1974 for some great random music.

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    Random Draw - March 2, 2024

    On this week’s episode we travel back to 1985 to listen to some random tunes from the WTBR vinyl archives.

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    Random Draw - February 24, 2024

    This morning Dave takes us back to the year 1977 and spins some funky tunes from the disco era

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    Random Draw - February 17, 2024

    Broadcast every Saturday morning at 9am on WTBR. On this week’e episode we go back to 1984 to play some great random music.

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    Random Draw - February 3, 2024

    On this week’s episode we travel back to 1988 and listen to a wide range of random music from that great year.

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    Random Draw - January 13, 2024

    On this week’s episode we travel back to the mid-80s and listen to some great random music from the year 1985.

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    Random Draw - December 30, 2023

    On this episode we look back at some of the great artists that we lost in 2023

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    Random Draw - December 16, 2023

    This morning it is the year 1981 in which we go back and listen to some awesome random ’80s music.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

When Pittsfield Community Television inherited the 20k Album Collection from the Taconic High School Studio for WTBR-FM, Dave Cachat was inspired to produce Random Draw: Each week, Dave selects a random shelf in the expansive collection, and then selects several random albums from that shelf. The result is a chaotic, joyful exploration of the musical history that is a part of WTBR's 40+ year history!

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When Pittsfield Community Television inherited the 20k Album Collection from the Taconic High School Studio for WTBR-FM, Dave Cachat was inspired to produce Random Draw: Each week, Dave selects a random shelf in the expansive collection, and then selects several random albums from that shelf. The...

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Random Draw is created and hosted by WTBR 89.7FM - Pittsfield Community Radio.
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