VFR SHOWS
* indicates VFR origins + bold indicates locally produced shows
News Shows
- Between the Lines – half hour news magazine
- Counterspin – critical exam of current news stories
- The David Pakman Show* – news and politics with interview
- Democracy Now! – the largest community media collaboration in the US
- On the Ground – alternative news from DC
- Sojourner Truth Radio – news and art from women, community of color
- This Way Out – award winning LGBT radio
- WINGS – by and about women around the world
Politics & Economics
- Civic Cipher – empowering black and brown voices
- Civil Politics – discussion of politics without the bombast
- Against the Grain – politics, society, and ideas
- Alternative Radio – views that are ignored or distorted in media
- Codepink Radio – building a peace economy
- Economic Update – current state of the economy, local and global
- Grading the World – discussions of a wide variety of issues and guest interviews
- Law and Disorder – legal perspectives on civil liberties and the police state
- Making Contact – critical analysis of civic participation
- Occupy the Airwaves – covering the movements for social change
- Sea Change * – the shifting of social, environment, and economic sustainability
- TUC Radio – the impact of big corporations on society
- Voices of the Middle East and North Africa – feminism, gender, grassroots democracy
Arts, Science, Health & Culture
- A Baha’i Perspective – interviews with people in the Baha’i faith
- Bike Talk – to promote biking as a solution
- The Enviro Show – tree hugging dirt worshippers
- Evidence Based Radio – science news and information
- Farm to Fork – history and progression of local food
- Haunted Hampshires – folklore and spooky happenings in New England
- Out There – stories from the streets of Northampton
- Tibetan Healing – Tibetan wisdom through a modern lens
- The Word with Levi Armstrong – youth-based talk, music, and interviews
- Twilite’s Poetry Pub – poetry and music
- Unscripted – conversations with change makers
- Sports…Plus (renamed Grading the World) – sports discussion
- Big Picture Science – science and technology
- First Voices Radio – issues, concerns, culture, customs
- Food Sleuth Radio – think beyond our plates to find “food truth”
- Madness Radio * – voices and visions from outside mental health
- Song of the Soul – music that has charted the steps of spiritual journey
- Sprouts – content across community radio and indie media
- Writer’s Voice – author interviews, readings, reviews
Music (Locally Produced Shows)
- Adventure Rocketship – psych pop, C68, shoegaze, indie pop…
- Alternative Lately – new and current alternative pop/rock
- An die Musik – classical music for the morning
- Arts Electronica – downtempo, electronic, house, techno, trance
- Blame It On The Blues – Welcome to the mind of a blues DJ…
- The Blues Preservation Society – all-vinyl blues from 1920s-60s.
- Darkwave – EDM, gothic, industrial
- Drum and Bass – fast electronic dance music
- Hilltown Family Variety Hour – music for the whole family
- Hot Paradox – Once-weekly aural transmission. Ambient, pop, etc
- I Heart JRock – Japanese rock! plus band interviews
- Jubilation Jazz – creative improvised music of today
- Kickin’ It Worldwide for Peace, Culture, and Education – community and global
- Metal Education – outer edges to classic, glam to death
- The Morning Roll – music, monologues, news, guests
- New Music Alliance Radio Hour – local artists big and small
- Nine Volt Heart – American roots music, newgrass, folk
- OK Asia – Asian artists, rock, pop, dance
- Open Field – New and old music from around town and across the world
- Planet Emo – full exploration of the genre
- Poison Ivy of the Mind – punk, mambo, rockabilly, kabuki
- Press Start to Continue – nerdcore, video game remix, geek oriented music
- R&B Jukebox – blues, R&B, soul, and jazz
- Radio Liquidator – mod anthems, rocksteady/ska, northern soul, and dub
- Reggae Down – reggae music from all over the world
- Remastered – behind the scenes of rock and roll
- Roots and More – Americana, roots, blues, zydeco, cajun…
- Shore Leave – Global music of all styles and rhythms
- Soul Patrol – classic soul and funk, 1960s-80s
- Subculture – explore electronica from the 1970s to today
- Straight to the Music – classic and timeless R&B
- Table of Contents – a mix of music from western Mass .. and from ALL around
- The Town Crier – listen to keep up-to-date about arts and music events
- Trash Talks – rock and roll, punk
- Uneasy Listening * – different lyrical themes every week
- Warm Heart of Africa – funky sinuous rhythms of Afrobeat
- Words N’ Music – pop poets and literary lyrics from all genres
Music (Syndicated Shows) * indicates VFR origins
- All Mixed Up – eclectic mix of arts and information
- The Chenango Sessions – world class musicians playing in intimate spaces
- The Children’s Hour – kids on our crew and in our content
- Donne del Mondo – global music by women
- Indigenous in Music – new and original music
- Kid’s Block – 6-9am on Saturday — songs and stories
- Latin Explosion – 1970s NY Jazz, Latin, and Cuban
- Martian Gardens – contemporary classical and experimental
- Moptops and the King – Elvis and the Beatles
- Music of the People – political folk & music for social change
- Music of the World – musical journey around the globe with Karen
- Oldies Time Machine – 50s-70s, rare tracks and b-sides
- Radio Free Albany Blues Show – The bluesmen and blueswomen of Albany, NY
- Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child * – kids’ music that won’t make parents cringe
- Tonos Clasicos/Classical Tones – rarely heard bilingual classical
- UpFront Soul – funk, soul, and jazz
- Woodsong’s Old Time Radio Hour – music from the historic Kentucky Theater in Lexington, Ky.