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WMBR Spring 2025 Program Schedule:    Return to Main Schedule
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Friday Programs:
4-7am Second Fiddle
Hosted by: Rick Biskit Roth
One hundred years of country music in every form, from bluegrass to Bakersfield and more. If some hillbilly picked up a stringed instrument and it was recorded, I might play it.

Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 4:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 28 4:00 am Playlist
7-8am The Cosmic Deadbeat Radio Hour
Hosted by: Peyton Beyer
The Cosmic Deadbeat Radio Hour explores the underground, lesser knowns, B-Sides, and previously unreleaseds of the psychedelia-immersed 1960s and 1970s.
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 7:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 28 7:00 am Playlist
8-10am Breakfast of Champions
Hosted by: Rebecca, Ted, Becca, Abby, Erik, Fred, and 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.

Twitter Feed: @bocwmbr
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 8:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 28 8:00 am Playlist
10am-Noon Late Risers' Club
Hosted by: Joanie, Mark, Mook, Nick, Tapedeck Tommy, and the Tuesday Rotation
It's like sewing your ear to a vacuum cleaner.

Twitter Feed: @laterisersclub
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 10:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 28 10:00 am Playlist
Noon-2pm Lost and Found
Hosted by: Lawrence Azrin, Mark Francis, Bob Dubrow, Brother Wayne, Christopher Vyce, Alex McNeil, Rick Roth
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: Fri Mar 07 12:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 12:00 pm Playlist
2-4pm Coffeetime
Hosted by: 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. Baby.

Twitter Feed: @angelynng
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 2:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 2:00 pm Playlist
4-5:30pm Gorilla Got Me
Hosted by: Sister Sara J.
The kids just want to dance! Blasting rough, raw and ready sounds created by the rejects, rebels and assorted losers of rock & roll! Take a stroll into the wild with the ape and I!
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 4:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 4:00 pm Playlist
5:30-6pm WMBR Nightly News
Hosted by: WMBR News Department
News and analysis from independent national journalists as well as local news and events in Cambridge and Greater Boston. Our weekly line-up of programs focuses on under-reported issues, marginalized communities, and struggles for social change.

Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 5:30 pm  
Fri Feb 28 5:30 pm  
6-7pm Mindblown
Hosted by: Linda Pinkow
An audio collage of psychedelic, neo-psychedelic, avant-garde, and experimental music of many eras and genres, and related sounds. All carefully chosen and creatively arranged for your musical stimulation.
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 6:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 6:00 pm Playlist
7-8pm The Big Beat
Hosted by: JM
The Big Beat provides a mish mosh of eclectic music & sounds every week from the '50's to current latest albums from all over the globe.
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 7:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 7:00 pm Playlist
8-9pm
Alternates Weekly
sunnymoon <3
Hosted by: Ellie Lei, Michelle Mo
the sun to her moon, the fork to her spoon... two besties, one wedding, zero legal documents <3 join us, your favorite next house 'newlyweds', as we take on a ridiculous honeymoon bucket list - proving commitment is temporary, but chaos is forever.
Upcoming shows: Mar 14, Mar 28
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 28 8:00 pm  
8-9pm
Alternates Weekly
Bleeps + Bloops
Hosted by: Rowan Wergeland
Let's explore the vast valleys and mountain ranges of music made by machines. Electronic, hip-hop, pop, and indie; the eclectic, the beautiful, the goofy, the serene: it's all just a bunch of bleeps and bloops.
Upcoming shows: Mar 21, Apr 4
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 8:00 pm Playlist
Sun Feb 23 12:00 am Playlist
9-10pm Zero Monthly Listeners
Hosted by: Numeric Entry DJs
A credible theory of judgment (Margolis, 1987) holds that all cognition is pattern recognition. Some logicians evidently explain why modus ponens is a valid rule by saying you can "just see it." There is a method here, but it's better not to talk about it.
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 9:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 9:00 pm Playlist
10-11pm what just happened
Hosted by: Sam Natarajan
The show name is exactly what you'll be thinking after you listen to whatever I decide has been the soundtrack to my week of suffering— *ahem* I mean psets— featuring darkwave, indie, pop-rock, electronic, and much more!
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 10:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 10:00 pm Playlist
11pm-Midnight This Musical Life
Hosted by: Alexander Kuptel
Every week, this show chooses a theme and presents songs from that theme. The theme can can be non-English songs, songs about the Sun, or solo-project songs-- you never know what it'll be, so be sure to tune in every week!
Listen to past shows: Fri Mar 07 11:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 28 11:00 pm Playlist
Midnight-1am Mayan Mix Masters
Hosted by: Will Wake
Enjoy the sonic traditions of Mayan music of all genres and ages. Mayan mixes are also paired with commentary on Mayan traditions, way of life, and archeological and linguistic research primarily in Kaqchikel and K'iche' Maya.
Listen to past shows: Sat Mar 08 12:00 am  
Sat Mar 01 12:00 am  
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