![]() ![]() And when Majewski’s mother died, another group planted hundreds of trees in her honor, and even sent a Duran Duran T-shirt when she and her husband became foster parents (they are currently going through the adoption process). “That really knocked me over,” Carter says. When Carter’s beloved dog Lola - who had become a star of her own on his social media - recently died, a group of 50 Volumaniacs got together and donated $1,350 to the ASPCA in Lola’s name. That sense of tight community has surprised the hosts in other ways. You get to start your day with people, and you’re the first person who they hear.” “It’s not only music that we have in common, it’s that everybody has to get up and go to work in the morning. “We’re a family even if we haven’t ever met,“ Majewski adds. And they’re now starting to meet up at concerts. ![]() During the pandemic, they’ve had Zoom meetings, continued the post-show conversation online, and on social media. That passion also comes to the pair from the diehard fans of the channel, dubbed “Volumaniacs.” These are callers often known to the DJs and each other. What Carter calls “real human moments” with guests. There’s no wrong answer.”Īnd when interviewing musicians, producers, and authors, the pair always strive to have actual conversations rather than rapid fire Q&A’s. “No one should leave the studio upset,” he says. After one particularly heated argument, Carter says a friend called him to ask exasperatedly “What can you fight about? You’re talking about music!” It made Carter reflect. “We actually agree more than we don’t, but when we disagree, we vehemently disagree. For the audience, it’s like being kids listening to Mommy and Daddy fight. Of course, sometimes - though not too often - that passion spills over into disagreements. And I wanted to work with someone who was that passionate.” “But Nik had a wide-eyed and an unjaded enthusiasm for things. I’m used to keeping myself out of the story,” Majewski says. “I was excited, but I didn’t see how it would work never having done radio before! They wanted me to talk about my life and as a journalist. The two had auditioned for other shows with other co-hosts before they were put together for Feedback. In seeking talent for Volume, Coletti was impressed by Majewski’s music commentary on the CNN series The Eighties. If you made it like sports talk for music dorks, it would work. “And, me being me, I said ‘Dumbest idea ever!’ But then I thought about it. And he said ‘What would you think about a channel that talked about music but didn’t play it?’” Carter recalls on a Zoom interview with Majewski. “When I was at VH-1, Roger and I would talk about music all the time. Majewski came from the print world as an editor/writer for titles like Spin, Entertainment Weekly, and Teen People, and as co-author of the new wave oral history Mad World.Ĭoletti already knew Carter after hiring him as a VJ for VH-1 Classic (“The channel hired a spiky haired black guy to play classic rock to a bunch of red states,” Carter laughs today. Carter was a brash DJ with more than two decades of experience behind the mike on both live and syndicated shows. On paper, the Feedback hosts seemed like an odd pairing. The three tentpole shows that broadcast on Day 1 are still there: Feedback with Nik Carter and Lori Majewski, Trunk Nation with Eddie Trunk, and Debatable with Alan Light and Mark Goodman. Its bevy of programming includes regular series, specials, and shows hosted by musicians, producers, writers, and DJs. Photo by Mike Doyle/Courtesy of Matt Ianni Thus was born the Volume channel.
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