All air-times fall under the Eastern Standard Time Zone.

MONDAY

12 – 2 AM
Souvlaki Space Station with The Animosity Child
Playing all of the most lustrous, noisy music; from shoegaze to post-rock, goa-trance to harsh noise, and beyond. Encompassed by the idea of the ‘wall of sound,’ taking the tragic and making it beautiful…
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2 – 4 AM
WIDR Variety

4 – 7 AM
WIDR Overnight!
Keeping those funky tunes going all night for your listening pleasure.

7 – 9 AM
New public affairs programming coming soon…

9 AM – Noon
WIDR Variety

12 – 1 PM
New talk program coming soon…

1 – 3 PM
WIDR Variety

3 – 5 PM
WIDR Variety

5 – 7 PM
Twist A Go Go with Napoleon Solo
A swingin’ show that plays go go music, music that was played in the go go clubs, and all points before, after and in between the stratosphere. Dance ravers, teenage pounders, knockout stompers, and a few oddities…we do it all here on the Twist A Go Go!
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7 – 8 PM
The Basement Show with Grand Mixer/DJ Don Campbell
Live local music direct from the WIDR studios.
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8 – 10 PM
Arctic Paradise with DJ Polar Bear
A journey through some of the less explored regions of music and an attempt to show the common ground between them all. Post Punk, No Wave, Free Jazz, Spazz Core, Krautrock, Delta Blues, Lo-Fi Pop, Noise & American Folk.
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10 PM – Midnight
The Hot Spot with DJ Quailman
A mix of hip hop, jazz, funk, R&B, and reggae, sure to help get your mind right on Monday Night!
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TUESDAY

12 – 2 AM

Galaxy News Radio with HisNameIsNightMoves and Uncle John

Join DJ’s Uncle John and HisNameIsNightMoves on Monday night/ Tuesday morning from 12am-2am for some strange news with even stranger commentary.

2 – 4 AM
WIDR Variety

4 – 7 AM
WIDR Overnight!
Our staff may be sleeping, but WIDR keeps the music rocking all night…

7 – 9 AM
Mug of Genius Morning Show with Dr. Dave and Ghost Dog!

9 AM – 12 PM
WIDR Variety

12 – 1 PM
Thrash It Or Trash It with John and Michelle
WIDR’s sassiest duo spin the latest records, thrashing the good and trashing the bad! Call in to give your opinions.
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1 – 3 PM
WIDR Variety 

3 – 5 PM
WIDR Variety

5 – 7 PM
Classic Rot with Lonesome DJ George & Possibly Trish
Classic Rot is a guitars, bass and drums  and deep cuts from established artists brought to you by your sometimes cranky, always eccentric hosts. Glam‑rock, proto‑punk, garage, and rawk!
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7 – 8 PM
The Audio Bijou with Zack, Jaakan, and Ben
WIDR’s weekly movie news, reviews, and music show. Bringing a look at the official box office tallies, previews of the new releases coming to theaters, a round up of the latest DVD’s to hit the shelves, challenging and entertaining movie trivia, insightful, expert and accessable reviews, and music from the movies that you won’t hear anywhere else.
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8 – 10 PM
Blues Power with Mike Irelan
One of the oldest Blues shows in the Kalamazoo area and the only one where you can hear acoustic and electric blues from the 1920s to today. Bluespower is proud to support local Blues by playing CDs by local acts, bringing live in-studio performances, and announcing upcoming shows. Keeping the Blues alive is the message, and as Professor Longhair once said, “ If You Don’t Like The Blues You Got A Hole In Your Soul!”

10 PM – 12 AM
Reggae Revolution with Jonathan
Reggae and culture culminate as Jonathan brings you roots, reggae, dub, nyahbinghi, rock steady, and the occasional non-reggae African-based music. The Revolution also provides reggae/African music concert listings in the Kalamazoo area and revolutionary tidbits, pieces of important news relating to Africa and the African diaspora, and regular ticket giveaways to reggae concerts in the area.
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WEDNESDAY

12 – 2 AM
The LAN Party with DJ Starscream
So nerdy, it’s cool! Tune in for everything from the theme to Cowboy Beboy and the Fresh Prince of Belaire to Viking warrior metal and quirky soundbytes!
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2 – 4 AM
WIDR Variety

4 – 7 AM
WIDR Overnight!
WIDR, not unlike New York City, never sleeps…

7 – 9 AM
9 AM – 12 PM
WIDR Variety

12 – 3 PM
WIDR Variety

3 – 5 PM
WIDR Variety

5 – 7 PM

The Audio Zine is a radio program showcasing local music news, releases, and events in the city of Kalamazoo. The program features interviews, performances, and music from musicians within Kalamazoo and musicians scheduled to perform in Kalamazoo.

7 – 9 PM
The Cosmic Beyond with DJ Socket
Take a trip to the Cosmic Beyond with DJ Socket, sculpting hypnotic and challenging soundscapes through rock-based instrumentation and psychedelia. From Can and Explosions In The Sky to Gong and Spacemen 3, your Monday nights just got a bit cloudier…
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9 PM – 12 AM
SwaG! with Bat Guano
Finally, a Radio Program You Can LISTEN To! When Bat Guano created SwaG!, he used ingredients specially blended for listenability. All of the notes created by the finest musicians are in most of the songs he broadcasts. Genres are mixed and matched, compared and contrasted, hitting all the seasons that make it lively for the ears’ tongue. Then it is all lightly breaded and personally dipt in Ranch Dressing by your server, Bat Guano. “How’s everything tastin’ tonight? Everything’s tastin’ like SwaG!
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THURSDAY

12 – 2 AM
Rock And/Or Roll with The Doctor
The Best In Good Times Bottle Smashing Rock And Roll (1950′s/60′s/70′s To The Present).
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2 – 4 AM
WIDR Variety

4 – 7 AM
WIDR Overnight!
Settle in, relax, and enjoy the soothing sounds of WIDR Overnight…

7 – 9 AM
Mug of Genius Morning Show with Dr. Dave and Ghost Dog

9 AM – 12 PM
WIDR Variety

12 – 3 PM
WIDR Variety

3 – 5 PM
WIDR Variety

5 – 7 PM
DONTBESQUARE JAMZ! with DJ Bosco
Explore the sonic universe of live improvisational music and jam culture with DJ Bosco. Each week hear recordings from an extensive archive of hundreds of live concert recordings and the scene’s best studio albums. You’d be hard pressed to hear this music anywhere else. Expect classic rock’s funky riffs & shredding guitar solos, the jam-tronica scene’s tightest electronic grooves, jam grass’ foot stompin’ vibes and everything else in between. If it jams you can find it on DONTBESQUARE JAMZ! Along the way experience thought provoking artist and industry insider interviews, live on-air in-studio performances and much more. Think of DONTBESQUARE JAMZ! as your source for the pulse of the local, regional and national music scenes. Start your Thursday night off right; be in the know, discover the music that permeates all around you!
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7 – 8PM
Air Justice

8PM-10PM
Coconut Grove with DJ Nazzo
Take a trip back to the psychedelic vibes of the 1960’s in the Coconut Grove, hosted by DJ Nazzo. Explore the decade shrouded with myth and legend though the changing songs and sounds which reverberated throughout the world’s many cultures. Mersey beat and paisley pop to psychedelic rock and anything in or outside the garage, from LA to Laos, goes on display for your sonic enjoyment. Turn on, tune in and freak out!

10 PM – 12 AM
Low Fidelity with Moldy Pie
Playing a mix of beat tapes and ambient music with all that lovely hiss intact.
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FRIDAY

12 – 2 AM
Obscuro! with Bizarro Jerry
Albums recorded in basements, ‘outsider’ musicians, and general weirdness with Bizarro Jerry who may or may not be a creep.
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2 – 4 AM
WIDR Variety with DJ Runcible

4 – 7 PM
WIDR Overnight!
That’s right…WIDR never stops bringing you music. Never!

7 – 9 AM
The Message
What is the message? Tune in to find out, as the hosts bring you the best R&B, Funk, Soul, and Folk in town…a joyous block party for those hip kids over in the student ghetto!

9 AM – 12 PM
WIDR Variety

12 – 1 PM
The Nonchalant Cafe Hour with The Captain
Your center of the optional entertainment universe! Join your host, the Captain, for mid-to-end of the week events and entertainment listing and interviews with bands, community members, and traveling acts. WIDR’s most complete source for news and local entertainment!
www.nonchalantcafe.com
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1 – 3 PM
WIDR Variety

3 – 5 PM
The Hammock District with Blackhands
WIDR’s new low-fidelity show! Two hours of music recorded on jank equipment, as well as live performances recorded using equally jank equipment. This show embodies the DIY ethos of many underground musicians, and it’s also fun to make a bunch of musicians sing into one microphone.
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5 – 6 PM
Radio Free Kalamazoo with Dr. Staticoy
Your weekly source for fair and somewhat-balanced news to abuse and amuse.
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6 – 7 PM
Bottoms & Tops with Uncle Paul and The Sizzler
A new album played in its entirety each week. Get the big picture as rugged brigand The Sizzler and wizened coot Uncle Paul slice off a thicker chunk of your favorite artists’ sounds.
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7 – 9 PM
The Spirit Of Albion with Brenden and Charles
A cornucopia of content from the British Isles, seamlessly drawing from the past and present — and sometimes even the future.
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9 – 11 PM
Down In Flames with Useless Eater
WIDR’s punk rock extravaganza.
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11 PM – 2 AM
Forte with A.J.K.
WIDR’s sole metal show, bringing you three hours of music to listen to when you’re away from the kiddies and the grandparents…
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SATURDAY

4 – 7 AM
WIDR Overnight
Go to bed with WIDR…it’s the surest bet you’ve ever taken.

7 – 9 AM
Public Affairs show coming soon!

9 – 11 AM
The Saturday Morning Cartoon Show with DJ Muppet and DJ Beta
Do you like falling anvils, flying banana cream pies, and the non-fatal explosions of your enemy’s secret lair? Sure, we all do, which is why every Saturday morning DJ Beta and DJ Muppet bring you an aural adventure in animation spanning more than seven decades. If it’s been animated or turned into a giant puppet, it has a home on The Saturday Morning Cartoon Show. Each week we bring you two full hours of cartoon episodes, incidental music, theme songs, and covers of all three!
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11 AM – 1 PM
Slip Back Soul with DJ Disobedience
This retrospective show includes Soul, R&B, Funk, Jazz and Blues from the 50s to the 80s. On occasion, DJ Disobedience plays cuts from present artists that borrow heavily of hooks, bass lines, samples and refrains from the songs produced in the Slip Back period. On second Saturdays, the show, features interviews with individuals involved in the history of radio and entertainment.
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1 – 3 PM
The Heritage Hour with JERS.
Explores the various forms of music that have created a unique and distinctly American culture. Forged in the mills, reaped from the fields, and dug from the hills of this great land, we as Americans share an unparalleled musical legacy. This program reveals the past while looking towards the future of American culture.
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3 – 5 PM
Grrlville! with DJ Boone.

5 – 7 PM
The Deuce Project with J-Unit 1
The Deuce Project is a science fiction themed radio show that has been running on 89.1fm in Kalamazoo for about 7 years. We play music that involves references to science fiction, science, mathematics, or anything in that generally dorky flavor. The songs relate either via lyrics, band name, song name, album name, or sometimes just the general aesthetic of the song. Please enjoy.
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7 – 10 PM
Hip Hop Ethics with DJ Bringham Young
Underground hip hop spun live every saturday night from 7-10 pm. Controversial, non-commercial music.
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10 PM – 12 AM
The Conscience Block with DJ Cab0
Featuring underground hip hop from Michigan and the Midwest. Oldies, newbies, and classic cuts. If hip hop was ever made for the culture, it will find its home within the Conscience Block.
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SUNDAY

12 – 2 AM
Ron Rock
Bringing in the best of the blogosphere. The custodian of the Internet. A show of the newest, hand picked tracks from emerging and established genre definers. Ron fashions a potent grab bag of unique hits that span the indie, electronic, psych-rock and dream worlds. Giving birth to a select sound, “Ron Rock” is fresh and dynamic. Check the website for related news and found recordings
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2 – 4 AM
TBA

4 – 8 AM
WIDR Overnight!
It’s dark outside…let WIDR brighten your morning…

8 – 10 AM
Grass For Breakfast with DJ Tater and The Juice
A sound buffet of acoustically-driven music from the evolutionary world of bluegrass & beyond.
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10 AM – 12 PM
The Outhouse with The Dimmer and Wichita
Your hosts take turns bringing you a wide variety of new and classic country spanning numerous sub-genres and styles. From Waylon to Greensky to the loudest in alt country…no one show is alike!
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12 – 3 PM
Birdland with DJ Verve
Experience three solid hours every Sunday of the best in jazz and similar music. Expand your mind with cutting‑edge, progressive jazzartists, and bask in the glory of the classic recordings of the masters before. From Miles Davis, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, and Ornette Coleman, to The Bad Plus, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Douglas, Stefon Harris, and more, Birdland provides you with the BEST selection of jazz recordings on the radio.
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3 – 6 PM
WIDR World with Jason J Hall
Featuring traditional and contemporary music from every continent – except Antarctica.
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6 – 8 PM
Sounds in Space: A Revolution in High Fidelity with Richard Bowser
Two uninterrupted hours devoted to the phonograph record. An eclectic variety of sounds from the 1940s to the present, all on vinyl.
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8 – 10 PM
In Fear Of Abstractions with Brad Miller
Otherworldly sounds from Earth – avant-garde compositions across all musical genres and styles.
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10 PM – 12 AM
The Future with DJ Out Of Control
The Future is an auditory donkey and pony show put on by DJ Out Of Control Bringing you lots of sickly sweet electronicdance music with a bass drum that *booms* and some of that synthesizer *tinkle*tinkle*wowie*zoom* stuff. In the two hours you spend a week listening to The Future your booty will vibrate 5,000,000,002 times and burn off the contents of 5 milkshakes.
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