Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago
When Phoebe Kallaher '25 surveyed alums and students about their favorite music (and the memories that go with it), she received some 200 responses—enough to create a weekly radio show.
So on Smith’s station, WOZQ, 91.9 FM, Kallaher, as DJ Bygone Bee, took her listeners on a hit-parade tour of Smithie favorites, from songs by Elvis in the 1950s to The Beatles and Bob Dylan in the
1960s, from Joni Mitchell to Van Halen, Blondie, The Talking Heads, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, and the Indigo Girls.
What she discovered is that popular music is like a time machine, with the power to cast you
back to when you first heard a particular bass line or poignant lyric.
When Phoebe Kallaher '25 surveyed alums and students about their favorite music (and the memories that go with it), she received some 200 responses—enough to create a weekly radio show.
So on Smith’s station, WOZQ, 91.9 FM, Kallaher, as DJ Bygone Bee, took her listeners on a hit-parade tour of Smithie favorites, from songs by Elvis in the 1950s to The Beatles and Bob Dylan in the
1960s, from Joni Mitchell to Van Halen, Blondie, The Talking Heads, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, and the Indigo Girls.
What she discovered is that popular music is like a time machine, with the power to cast you
back to when you first heard a particular bass line or poignant lyric.
