SHOWS

 

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
• Democracy Now! – the largest community media collaboration in the US
• On the Ground – alternative news from DC
• Prison Pipeline – educating the public about the criminal justice system
• This Way Out – award winning LGBTQ radio program
• 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
• Labor Heritage Power Hour – celebrating the cultural heritage of the worker
• 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 Radio * – the shifting of social, environment, and economic sustainability
• Understanding Israel Palestine – multiple perspectives through interviews with journalists, scholars, policy experts and activists

Arts, Science, Health & Culture

• A Baha’i Perspective – interviews with people in the Baha’i faith 
• Bike Talk – to promote biking as a solution
• Care Talk – two medical doctors discussing the health care systems
• Choose To Be Curious – conversations about how curiosity shows up in work & in life
• Earth Riot Radio – exploration of humanity’s most urgent issue
• The Enviro Show – tree hugging dirt worshippers w/ Glen and d.o. 
• Out There – stories from the streets of Northampton 
• PUA413.COM’s Spotlight – providing the 413 community a place to share 
• Big Picture Science – science and technology
• Food Sleuth Radio – think beyond our plates to find “food truth”
• Madness Radio * – voices and visions from outside mental health
• It’s All Happening – delivering an inspired reinvention of how we inform ourselves
• Moccasin Tracks – inclusive community radio show made by Indigenous Peoples
• 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)

• Alphabet Soup – songs from artists and genres A to Z with host James Sullivan
• Alternative Lately – new and current alternative pop/rock with Jacklyn & Mari
• An die Musik – classical music for the morning with host Lary Grossman
• Artistry of Jazz – host Ben Young presents major and minor themes, figures, trends, in the music
• conversion therapy – showcasing LGBTQIA+ musicians, poets, and lyricists
• Darkwave – EDM, gothic, industrial with host Viking Woman
• The Downbeat – presents classic and modern jazz music with host Jack Frisch
• Drum and Bass – fast electronic dance music with DJ Pfeif
• Fresh Sounds – older jazz, newer jazz, & so-called jazz with host Ron Freshley
• Good Sound Playground – a show for families that celebrates music and fun
• Hilltown Family Variety Hour – music for the whole family
• I Heart JRock – Japanese rock! plus band interviews with DJ Sakura
• Jazz in Silhouette – romp through the history of jazz with host Glenn Siegel
• Kickin’ It Worldwide – new music drops in all genres, with Rick Haggerty
• Know Your Product – punk that ventures out into its closely (or not so closely) related sub genres
• Left Turn – playing indie, folk music, and alternative rock
• Metal Education – outer edges to classic, glam to death with Adam on-the-air
• Mystra Radio Show – expect the unexpected with host Joshua Burkett from Mystery Train Records 
• New Music Alliance Radio Hour – local artists big and small from western N.E.
• Nine Volt Heart – American roots music, newgrass, folk with Ed Malachowski
• OK Asia – Asian artists, rock, pop, dance with host DJ Panic
• Open Field – New and old music from around town and across the world
• Planetary HiFi – Global Soulful Sounds…Modern, Traditional, Futuristic
• Poison Ivy of the Mind – punk, mambo, rockabilly … with DJ Slack Kerouac
• Reggae Down – reggae music from all over the world with Rasta Paul
• Remastered – behind the scenes of rock and roll with Kevin Boucher
• Roots and More – Americana, roots, blues, zydeco, Cajun with host Bill Madden
• Seasonal Work – selections from the international underground and beyond 
• Shore Leave – Global music of all styles and rhythms with Micah Winston
• Soul Patrol – classic soul and funk, 1960s-80s with host Dave Keating
• Spirit Ditch – experimental music from the fringes of time and space
• Subculture – explore electronica from the 1970s to today
• 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
• The Wishing Well – cosmic blend of music, astrology, and storytelling
• Throughlines – tracing sonic throughlines across genres, geographies, time
• Twilite’s Poetry Pub – poetry and music with host Tommy Twilite
• Uneasy Listening * – different lyrical themes every week with Commie Francis
• Unscripted – conversations with change makers with host Chris Fournier
• Warm Heart of Africa – funky rhythms of Afrobeat with DJ Vinyl Scratch
• Wave Machine – electronic and hardcore pushing the boundaries of sound waves
• Words N’ Music – pop poets & literary lyrics from all genres w/ Dave Madeloni
• Your Tour – live recordings and concert anecdotes and reviews w/ Dave Madeloni

Music (Syndicated Shows) * indicates VFR origins

• 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
• Julian Taylor’s Juke Box – soul, folk, hip hop, pop, rock, country, blues, R&B and more
• Martian Gardens – contemporary classical and experimental
• Moptops and the King – the music of Elvis and the Beatles
• Oldies Time Machine – 50s-70s, rare tracks and b-sides
• 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.