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They Might Be Giants: It’s Spare the Rock<\/a><\/p>\n

History and what we do:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"hydepark\"<\/a><\/strong>Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, is a weekly radio show for kids and their grownups, originally originating from Northampton, Massachusetts, now syndicated from its home in Austin, Texas. \u00a0We launched on Valley Free Radio<\/a> in August of 2005. \u00a0In February 2008, we started broadcasting on 93.9 The River<\/a> (101.5 in southern Vermont) and now are on both stations. \u00a0As of August 2012, we are based in Austin, Texas, and syndicate the show<\/a> to any station that wants it. \u00a0We also help bring a lot of family entertainment to the Pioneer Valley, including (among a lot of other things) the No Nap Happy Hour series at Flywheel<\/a> and the NCMC series at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art<\/a>. \u00a0They Might Be Giants did our theme song; you can listen to that above.<\/p>\n

Spare the Rock is a family production, with Bill Childs and his kids Ella and Liam hosting and producing. \u00a0(That’s us over to the right, in our Austin neighborhood.) \u00a0Bill also has written about family music for various media outlets (including Valley Kids<\/a> <\/em>and Parenting<\/a><\/em>) and co-produces KindieFest<\/a>, a yearly family music conference. \u00a0Bill also co-coordinates the Fids & Kamily Music Awards<\/a>, an annual consensus poll of the best music for families. \u00a0In 2010, Bill founded Spare the Rock Records to release Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti<\/a><\/em>. \u00a0In July 2012, the label released\u00a0Science Fair<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and Keep Hoping Machine Running<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each spring, the River presents Meltdown<\/a>, a free family music and book festival with nearly twenty family musicians and some of the best children’s book authors around. \u00a0It draws over 3,500 kids and grownups annually.<\/p>\n

What other people say:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some people have written nice things about us:<\/p>\n