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WMBR Fall/Winter 2009 Program Schedule:    Return to Main Schedule
See what's on:   Sunday   Monday   Tuesday   Wednesday   Thursday   Friday   Saturday   Weekdays  
Thursday Programs:
6-8am The Pontoon Palace
Hosted by: 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.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 06:00 am
Thu Oct 29 06:00 am
8-10am Breakfast of Champions
Hosted by: Zoë, Ted, Becky, Keith, Jon
Heaping hot helping of deliciously sweet pop, served with a short stack of pretentiously introspective indie-rock and a side of crispy punk hits. All washed down with a unique blend of self-deprecation and joie-de-vivre, aged 25 years.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 08:00 am
Thu Oct 29 08:00 am
10am-Noon Late Risers' Club
Hosted by: Chrissy Victims, Ben Kochan, Mark Francis, Joanie Lindstrom, Nick Wang
Punk, garage, hardcore, psych, metal, etc.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 10:00 am
Thu Oct 29 10:00 am
Noon-2pm Lost and Found
Hosted by: 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.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 12:00 pm
Thu Oct 29 12:00 pm
2-4pm Troubadour
Hosted by: 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.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 02:00 pm
Thu Oct 29 02:00 pm
4-5:30pm Droppin' Knowledge
Hosted by: Joeg
The Wire, and Guests, and Themes, ....Oh My! The Wire, and Guests, and Themes. Oh My!
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 04:00 pm
Thu Oct 29 04:00 pm
5:30-6pm WMBR Nightly News
Hosted by: WMBR News Dept.
Free Speech Radio News, a progressive national newscast from the Pacifica Radio Network.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 05:30 pm
Thu Oct 29 05:30 pm
6-7pm
Alternates Weekly
Books on the Radio
Hosted by: Cady and Jessie
Cady and Jessie guide you through songs relevant - or not - to your favorite book each week. Indie, goth, reggae, classic rock, trance, latin, showtunes, and whatever else makes sense - or doesn't.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Oct 29 06:00 pm
6-7pm
Alternates Weekly
Strangers with Candy
Hosted by: Juan Carlos Ybarra
Protopunk, punk, grunge, post-modern-grunge, post-hardcore, proper-hardcore, post-punk, incoherent rabble, rabbble, rabble. JUST LISTEN! Pretty much everything I like I just want to please you--by you I mean myself. But seriously, listen in and find out.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 06:00 pm
7-8pm
Alternates Weekly
Paradigm Shifts
Hosted by: Rohit Sakhuja
Paradigm Shifts: Ideas that could change the way we work, live and play in the 21st century.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Oct 29 07:00 pm
7-8pm
Alternates Weekly
The Neighborhood
Hosted by: Emily Corwin
The Neighborhood brings you stories, ideas, events, and issues in and around Boston.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 07:00 pm
8-10pm Nonstop Ecstatic Screaming
Hosted by: 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.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 08:00 pm
Thu Oct 29 08:00 pm
10pm-Midnight House Therapy
Hosted by: Mike LaRosa and Teep
Feed your soul with the finest in foot-tapping, body-moving house music. Continuous mixes from top-notch local and international DJs.
Listen to past shows:  Thu Nov 05 10:00 pm
Thu Oct 29 10:00 pm
Midnight-1am All Look Same
Hosted by: Charles & Shen
Music made on laptops and music not made on laptops.
Listen to past shows:  Fri Nov 06 12:00 am
Fri Oct 30 12:00 am
1-2am Xiphias Radio Theater
Hosted by: Steve Herbst & Cody Daniel
Brand new productions of hard-boiled detective stories from the 30s and 40s, broadcast live from our studio. "Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."
Listen to past shows:  Fri Nov 06 01:00 am
Fri Oct 30 01:00 am
2-4am Culture Shock
Hosted by: Zack
"I might not climb the social ladder, but I can climb the schoolyard fence." Punk and Hardcore, Thrash and Grind.
Listen to past shows:  Fri Nov 06 02:00 am
Fri Oct 30 02:00 am
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