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The AnArchisT AgendA | 9-10p | Derb | Playing whatever I want since 2013. Politically charged music and maybe even some news! [s]
igniTion | 10-11p | PYR | Get ready to ignite your week with some of the most exciting sounds out right now. With the biggest deep house, tech house, electro, and progressive tracks, you’ll find yourself dancing in your seat in only a few minutes. [s, n]
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88 rewound | 6-8a | Alex McNeil, Keith Sawyer, & Patrick N. Bryant | Take a trip back in time as WMBR rewinds to play radio’s top hits from a random week in music history.
LosT highwAy | 8-10a | Doug Gesler Truck stop music for the zip-car generation.
BAckwoods | 10a-12p | John Funke | The best in vintage rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, and rhythm ‘n’ blues. More songs about Cadillacs and chickens.
suBjecT To chAnge | 12-1p | Patrick N. Bryant 31 Flavors of Disco, including deep disco, refried disco, deep dish disco, disco not disco, and caffeine-free disco. Plus Somerville Speakout, the unacclaimed reading of neighborly rants.
The PArAdox Box | 1-2p | Allison & Eduardo Glamorous indie rock and roll is what you need. [s]
king ghidorAh | 2-4p | Will, Marianna, Nancy, & Anna | The KG franchise is adding a new head for your listening pleasure! Tune in to rock whoever it is! [s]
AurAL FixATion | 4-6p | Sue | From the paisley underground, dark attics, and the edge of space – you’ll hear fuzzed out guitars, heavy psych, drone, and poppy punk from 50 years ago to the latest releases.
jAmes deAn deATh cAr exPerience | 6-8p | Lisa You are watching paint dry on a Saturday evening. Do you a) smell the fumes as well, b) go outside to watch the grass grow, c) follow the Roomba around, d) decisively turn on the Death Car for fine indie rock?
The show show | 8-10p | MaGoGo | Tune in to get down. Start your night off right with electro, new wave, Krautrock, post-punk, and more every Saturday night.
A mATTer oF FAcT | 10-11p | Lieutenant Horatio Chinchillafawn Alastair Kimberly | At A Matter of Fact, we don’t deal in half-truths and whole lies. We feast on the watermelon of reality and spit the cold hard fact-seeds directly into your earholes. [s, m]
meLLow mAdness | 11p-1a+ | PJ Porter | Listen as host PJ Porter brings you the sexiest and best R&B slow jams to get you in mood. Looking for that song you fell in love to? Something new and hot? He’s got just what you are looking for. Express your love to a special someone with a live dedication. It’s easy. Come aboard and enjoy this love affair called Mellow Madness. Feel the heat!!!!!
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BreAkFAsT oF chAmPions | 8-10a | Roman, Theodric, Becca, Keith, & Jon | Start your morning off right with a bowl full of sugary sweet pop goodness, sprinkle on some tasty punk influences, and help yourself to the buffet of sumptuous soundscapes, melancholy melodies, quirky cadences, and raucous rock. [s]
LATe risers’ cLuB | 10a-12p | Angela, Mateo, Olga, Mark Francis, Jeff Breeze, Tim R, Joanie, Mully, with F-Bomb Allen, Ben, & Ron | The ONLY show on the planet that’s been playing punk rock every weekday since 1977. Wake up, tune in, rock out! [s]
LosT & Found | 12-2p | Mark Francis, Eli Polonsky, Brother Wayne, Christopher Vyce, & Alex McNeil Rock, pop, and soul from the ’60s and early ’70s, but not the same old songs you hear every day on commercial radio.
wmBr nighTLy news | 5:30-6p | WMBR News Department | Independent national journalism emphasizing timely issues and in-depth analysis. Plus the biweekly Local Edition, with reporting from the WMBR News Department and Open Media Boston.
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comPAs sur Fm | 6-8a | Emmanuel René The show’s goal is to present compas music to WMBR’s audience.
hAiTi Focus | 8-10a | Jacques-Antoine Jean | Dedi-cated to the Haitian community, featuring communi-ty information, interviews, and reports on issues related to women, immigration law, health care, edu-cation, politics, development, and the current situa-tion in Haiti and the diaspora. Lastly, a little music.
rAdio wiTh A View | 10a-12p | Marc Stern & Dave Goodman | Economic democracy, human rights, and other idealistic visions of the world. Truth and reconciliation and music to get your mind and body in sync.
worLdBeAT | 12-2p | Brutus Leaderson | The show’s goal is to present world cultures through music to WMBR’s audience.
jAm session | 2-4p | Pam Spencer | Awesome reggae program with soca, calypso, and gospel music segments, plus interviews on many varied topics including passports, citizenship, lobbying,
medicine, education, and entertainment. “Forward always, backwards never.”
AFrikA kABisA | 4-6p [alternates weekly] | Muna Kangsen & Julia Mongo Africa Absolutely! Boston’s African music radio show. Classic and contemporary African and Afro-Caribbean music. Soukous, ndombolo, rumba, zouk, kompa, coupé décalé, makossa, highlife, and more. Plus an African music concert report and interviews with guests on a variety of African-related topics. We welcome on board our new host, Muna!
si no hAy mATeriAL | 4-6p [alternates weekly] | Amy Battisti-Ashe | Celebrating the African diaspora in Latin America: son and mambo from Cuba; palenque, malembe, and champeta from Colombia; lando and festejo from Perú; axé and manguebit from Brazil; and, always, salsa con conciencia!
r&B jukeBox | 6-8p | Captain Al Franklyn We play R&B, blues, soul, and funk of the ’60s, ’70s, and early ’80s. Our weekly features are anniversary tunes, the James Brown jam of the week, Temptations jam of the week, and the newly added “stuck in my head song of the week.” You’ll also hear me babble endlessly between tracks about what was going on at the time of a certain song’s release.
PremATure AnTiciPATion | 8-9p | Elaine, Sebastian, & Santi | The recipe called for shortening, but ended in anything but shortcomings. Quixotic experimental, folkie yolkie, alternative indie vending machine. [s]
PoeddicTions | 9-10p | Valentina Chamorr Listen for an hour. Soothe your mental stagnation with our poetry. [s]
For your PLeAsure | 10p-12a | Ré Antoine | Deliv-ering musical love to you and those so important in your life. FYP keeps you heated with the best R&B, love ballads, and jazz to put you into a great sensual, sexual state of mind! Ease back, relax, and enjoy the “eargasmic” effects. Call in, email, or Facebook mes-sage your requests and dedications for The Rollcall. For the “purrrfect” Sunday night, dim the lights, get a libation, ease into something comfortable, and en-joy love’s vibes. Satisfaction guaranteed!!!
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ceAngAL ceiLTeAch | 6-8a | Kit Kelt | Come explore the diaspora in Celtic music with Ceangal Ceilteach, a Celtic Connection. Hear hip hop, rap, jazz, and more in Celtic languages.
reseArch & deVeLoPmenT | 2-4p | Charlie Kohlhase | Forward-looking jazz from every decade with a special emphasis on overlooked masters. Birthday specials, jazz calendar highights, and the classic tenor corner. Also, fun with records!
deALer’s choice | 4-5:30p | New Members | Tune in to the tastes of the latest additions to the WMBR DJ community! Every week a new DJ, a new genre, a new adventure. [s, n]
Punk-ALT-deL | 6-7p | Kayla S | Punk and alternative from the ’90s to now [s, n]
BAckground music | 7-8p | DJ Lipika Electronic listening music: downbeat electronic, jazz, funk, hip hop, and dub. An hour of interesting but subtle music. Literally background music. The soundtrack to your week.
BATs in The BeLFry | 8-10p | Mistress Laura Enter the sanctuary… gothic and ethereal music from all over the world, USA, and Boston. Dark, moody, atmospheric – beginning with ancient music and chant to the newest gothic rock, darkwave, gothic neo-classical, goth-industrial, and dark ambient.
AVAnT-gArden | 10-11p | DDoss | Come walk with me on these paths of tranquility. Post-rock, shoe-gaze, symphonic, and progressive are in full bloom tonight, so come visit the Avant-Garden. [s, m]
hisToriogrAPhone | 11p-12a | Jon Sellon & Friends | We track the path to contemporary genres of electronic music by exploring the decades of music that inspired them. [s, n]
no_dAnA | 12-1a | Varun Ramaswamy Incorporating electronic music, hip hop, industrial, ambience, minimalism, drone, and noise to generate an hour of edible atmosphere. [n]
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iF 6 wAs 9 | 6-7a | Biskit | A totally eclectic wake- up mix inspired by Hendrix, who influenced rock, jazz, pop, soul, blues, psychedelia, metal and more. Experimental music guy and seminal punk rocker Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) points to seeing Hendrix inspiring his musical journeys. Inspired as well, we’ll play it all and more. [n]
BoomerAng | 7-8a | Erik | From Parquet Courts to Velvet Underground and back again, indie rock fifth cousins twice removed. [n]
The new edge | 2-4p | Ken Field | Creative and innovative cross-genre instrumental music from the past, present, and future.
The jAzz TrAin | 4-5:30p | Jon Pollack | A weekly journey through the jazz legacy and related musical styles, often featuring an underlying theme.
dj Awesome & The wonderFriends | 6-7p | Keri I play what I want and pretend it has a theme.
BooTs And cATs | 7-8p | Boots & Katz | All genres all the time (actually just one hour a week, but you get what we mean). [s, m]
PiPeLine! | 8-10p | Jeff Breeze & Mike Reed | 25 years of bringing the best local sounds from New England to the airwaves with a live performance each week.
PAisAnos en un mundo exTrAño | 10-11p Ana y Andres | Un programa en español… puro español. [s, n]
eArshowers | 11p-12a | Sara Sinback | Woofing tweets and soothing shrieks. Bathe in beats and scrub til you squeak. [s, n]
generoso’s BoVine skA & rocksTeAdy | 12-2a Generoso Fierro | “So save a bread, mister, save it for the future. Save a bread, sister, because things will be better. You know not the minute nor the hour man shall come.” – “Save A Bread” by Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
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French ToAsT | 6-8a | Brian & Yves | Bonjour Boston! Wake up to new and old Francophone music, the Millefeuille literary magazine, and our weekly calendar of local events.
goriLLA goT me | 2-4p | Sister Sara J. | Crazed sounds created by the rejects, rebels, and assorted losers of rock ‘n’ roll!
in The mArgin | 4-5:30p | Sue Schardt, Chuck U, & Bob Roffi [hosts alternate weekly] | Ramble formlessly along an expansive aural landscape. There are few boundaries here. Be patient. Curious. Anticipate surprise.
sound PrinciPLes | 6-8p | Fred Allen | Avant garde jazz on the radio? Free jazz and post-bop, too? Yes. From America and around the world, all recorded in the 21st century.
sLow And unsTeAdy | 8-9p | Tim Gilman Eeyore’s favorite radio show.
music By deAd PeoPLe | 9-10p | Brian Sennett Whether you love classical music or are a newcomer to the art, this show can guide you through centuries and across the globe! [s]
FermAT’s LAsT ALBum | 10-11p | Stephen Face An adventure through music, math, and probably some other things too. [s, m]
BeTTer oFF deAd | 11p-12a | Anna The best in underground hardcore punk, past and present. Showcasing local music and featuring live sets from Boston bands and touring punks. [n]
The BeAVer BAckwoods | 12-1a | Dirk Stahlecker From the backwoods to Boston – discover country music in a whole new light! [s, n]
BLuegrAss wiTh BuBBA And dusTy AL | 1-2a Ben Eck & Alan Diaz-Romero | A rip-roarin’ hour of banjo pickin’, fiddlin’, and all around general good time havin’. A wide range of styles and time periods carefully selected to help get your yeehaw on. [s, n]
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The PonToon PALAce | 6-8a | Rich Pontius A good-natured but incorrigible bin-digger becomes embroiled in an early-morning plot to present a rich panoply of deep folk, heavy rock, psych, country, jazz, and pop, all the while indulging his boundless zeal for mischief and romance.
TrouBAdour | 2-4p | Bruce Sylvester | An eclectic journey through traditional and contemporary roots music reaching back to the 1920s: American, British, and Irish folk. Blues, bluegrass, and classic ’50s rockabilly, R&B, and country. Roots music without bounds or barriers.
The jAzz VoLcAno | 4-5:30p | Kennedy Compound Serving up a seismic eruption of fiery jazz vocals. Jazz greats and those amazing jazz divas all take center stage! Toe-tappin’ and finger-snappin’! [m]
rAdio ninjA | 6-8p [6-7p alternating weeks] L-Train | Downtempo, midtempo, trip hop, turntablism, and straight-up car commercial music. Radio Ninja gives a nod to all things Ninja Tune and beyond.
eATer’s digesT | 7-8p [alternating weeks] | Tiffany We talk about food, music, and everything in between. With guests. [s, n]
nonsToP ecsTATic screAming | 8-10p | Thao Two hours of sound designed to split your skull open, break your brain, and pop your funk. Bloopity bits
and bobs, plinkety plonk, drone, skronk, assorted noise, a bumping beat here and there, etc.
mixed TAPe | 10-11p | Manuel Castro | A mixed tape for your Thursday nights, pulling music from indie rock/pop/folk and singer-songwriter/acoustic. [s, n]
hoLLie’s hiPsTer hour | 11p-12a | Hollie | Come listen to fantastic indie bands. You’ll love it and will come back for more. [s, n]
cAjun sTyLe: A drucking Funk summer | 12-1a Jake Isenhart, Valentina Chamorro, Will Livernois, & Max Justicz | “Why does the DJ keep playing ‘Summertime Sadness’?” Because it’s summer now, and Drucking Funk is back, now with 100% more DJs, haiku, and political rap! [s, r]
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Bird LisTening | 6:30-7a | Kristen Sunter Birdwatching involves not only our eyes but also our ears. We’ll learn how to identify songs and calls and discuss all things avian. [s, n]
The scene | 7-8a | Nick Saloman & Paul Simmons Psychedelia, soul, surf, blues, rock, beat, mod, prog, easy, rock ‘n’ roll, and a whole lot more fed through the distinctly British mincer that is The Bevis Frond’s Nick Saloman & The Alchemysts’ Paul Simmons’ Scene radio show.
coFFeeTime | 2-4p | Angelynn Grant | Hard bop, bebop, west coast and cool, early and vocal jazz. Plus, every so often, jazz from the movies or TV. And, at the end of the show, a little bit of gospel, a little bit of soul. Knock loudly :: happy face.
i LoVe A PArAde | 4-5:30p | Lindsay Ellison Who doesn’t love a parade? You never know wha’cher gonna get when the local conversation and roots music float by. Throwin’ ear candy atcha…. Catch it!
whAT’s LeFT | 6-7p | Linda Pinkow | A mix of live interviews, pre-recorded talk, music of all genres, art and culture, poetry and humor, from a left perspective.
excommunicATed By The cAThoLic church 7-8p | Elizabeth Rider & Ana Neri | We’re like the dessert menu at a fancy restaurant: delicious and decadent, but leaving a bitter aftertaste of “Was it really worth the money?” [s, n]
AnALogue BuBBLeBATh | 8-9p | plasmön Bleak waveforms coax you towards slow-wave sleep. Classic electronic, acid, ambient, IDM, trip-hop, and post-rock. [s]
s: student shown: new showm: moved show
r: show returning after an abscence of a season or more
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