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ARTxFM PROGRAMS

ABOVE GROUND SOUNDS
Professor Dodge
Your lesson is in session! Grungy garage punk, filthy rock ‘n’ roll, retro electronic, dusty delta blues, discordant noise, stoner jams, yacht rock, raging hardcore, toothless honky tonk, shredding metal, old school funk and everything else cool in the musical metaverse. Be cool and get schooled!
Thursdays 11 AM - Noon


ACENTOS
Luis de Leon
Acentos is a radio program that explores the arts through the eyes and perspectives of Spanish speakers. Hosted by Luis de Leon of Appalatin and YAPA! .  /  Acentos es un programa de radio que explora las artes a través de los ojos y las perspectivas de los hispanohablantes. Organizado por Luis de León de Appalatin y YAPA!.  En español.
Wednesdays 11 AM - 1 PM


   

           
ALL THAT JAZZ
Juan Leone
A collection of jazz, blues and gospel from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. This includes the beginnings of Free Jazz, the records produced by Impulse, ESP records and Columbia records. It also includes the discovery of some of the early blues masters and their work recorded during these same years. Finally, it includes the beginnings of the modern gospel revival.
Saturdays 8 - 10 AM


ARCADE AUTOMATIC
DJ Maully
The beeps and bumps for your leaps and jumps.  Enjoy the perfect soundtrack for the game of life.  Have fun automatically!.
Tuesdays 7 - 8 PM


ARTISTS TALK WITH LVA

Keith Waits of Louisville Visual Art
Join Keith Waits as he interviews local visual artists and discuss their work, inspiration, and the current state of Louisville's artistic community on LVA's weekly community radio show. Artebella brings greater awareness of the visual arts as a whole, while promoting local artists and their endeavors.
Thursdays 10 - 11 AM


          
 

       
AT THE HELM
Ben Helm
Tune in for some of Ben Helm's favorite rock tunes from a wide range of decades.  Ben gives listeners brief insight into the music played by these rock legends.
Mondays 1 - 2 PM


BANTUNAUTS RAYDIO
DJ Charles Ray & Bibi
DJ Charles Ray mixes music by artists from South Africa, Ghana, The United Kingdom, Nigeria, The United States, and more. Bibi shares interesting facts related to the music played.  The name of the show is a combination of the words Bantu (people) and Nauts (sailors).  BantuNauts are travelers who explore the world through music, arts, and traditions.
Times Vary


BASES LOADED RADIO
Antonio de América
Tune in at the tail end of the week for hit after hit from a wide selection of R&B, hip hop, jazz, and indie music.  Host Antonio de América keeps the line moving with a mix of the latest singles, out of left field deep cuts, and everything in between.
Sundays 8 PM - Midnight


   
        THE BIG SCORE
Doctor K
High and low, by hook or crook, The Big Score Show with Doctor K brings you unearthed gems and forgotten classics of soul, blues, R&B, and more.
Tuesdays 5 - 6 PM


          
             



   


CARDWELL'S COVE
Adrian Cardwell
Hey, you hip & cool jetset cats! Join the Space Age luau at Cardwell's Cove with your host, Adrian Cardwell. A tour through time and around the world where palm trees sway on this upbeat, eclectic, global program, breaking the old tiki music mold! More than a little campy, never sleepy. 
Fridays 5 - 6 PM


CHIAROSCURIA
Aaron Hartley
An exploration of light, dark and in between soundscapes.  Chiaroscuria pits the experimental, noisy, and weird against the beautiful and ethereal.
Sundays Noon - 1PM


   





THE DEEP END
Joey Mudd
The Deep End with host Joey Mudd, features an interesting mix of all Louisville and Kentucky related music from the 1950’s to the present day.  The show occasionally has special guests, interviews, and live music from the WXOX studio.  Jump into The Deep End every Wednesday night at 8 PM eastern.
Wednesdays 8 - 10 PM


DEMOCRACY NOW!
Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.  Democracy Now!’s War and Peace Report provides the audience with access to people and perspectives rarely heard in the U.S.corporate-sponsored media, including independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics and independent analysts.
Monday thru Friday 8 - 9 AM


          
 

       
DERBY CITY HILLBILLY HIGHWAY
Billy T and Charlie Lee
Grab yourself a sarsaparilla or libation of your choice and join us for a TAWDRY hour of throwback honky-tonk music. All vinyl classic country, western, and bluegrass music. Dust off those boots, rhinestone shirts, and Nudie suits, and enjoy some pedal steel guitars, stand-up bass, horns, and occasional yodeling – fusing blues, rock and roll, and country. You can almost smell the sawdust on the floor.
SATURDAYS 3 - 4 PM


DONNE DEL MONDO
Madame B
Donne del Mondo features DJ Madame B spinning global music by women, celebrating musical women of the world.
Tuesdays 2-3 PM


DRIFTLESS TURMOIL
Brian Manley
A chaotic tumble into a haphazard and irregular tank of sounds, including underground rock, noise, metal, crust, punk, hip-hop, forgotten pop, modern composition, Louisville music and other records recovered from the catacombs.  Plus, occasional interviews and ideas about music, society, events, and other brass tacks from the American gloam and beyond.
Mondays 6 - 8 PM


EAR TO EAR
Gregory Acker
Ear to Ear...music from here to there, as far as the ear can hear, everywhere there's recorded sound...world music, jazz, archival and field recordings, interviews with local artists who are globally connected...hear, hear, on ear to ear!
Alternating Sundays 11 AM - Noon


EARTH TONES
DJ Bones
What if "oldies" radio wasn't boring? Tune in for an hour of power pop, soft rock, vintage psychedelia, and 70's cheese, where forgotten hits rub elbows with private press oddities.
Tuesdays 8 - 9 PM


ERRATIC WAVES
Ricky Erratic
Grab your cosmic surfboard and ride the Erratic Waves with your host Ricky Erratic as he transmits the newest releases and most proto-retro gems featuring sci-fi surf, post-punk slop pop, bubblegum garage, synth grunge, cuddlecore, neo-psychedelia and other genres that may or may not actually exist. Life is short and it's a big universe...embrace the weirdness!
Saturdays 2-3 PM


THE EXPLODED VIEW
Creighton Beryl & Dunnaree Ree
Each week on The Exploded View, Creighton Beryl & Dunnaree present records, tapes, CDs, Zeros and Ones, Useless Information, and Real Humans based around a particular theme.  Genres range from the Sublimely Ridiculous to the Ridiculously Sublime, and points in between.  So tune in at WXOX 97.1 FM or artxfm.com on Wednesdays from 2 to 5 pm Eastern Time!
Wednesdays 1 - 4 PM


FLANGER MAGAZINE
Ben Zoëller

Home recording, regional studios, the private press, the sound library, tape, necessity, innovation, tunnel vision, discovery.  Flanger Magazine is a chronicle of brave technique, idiosyncratic design, and an extended editorial on "going it alone."
Sundays 2 - 4 PM


4 TO THE FLOOR RADIO SHOW
Wildbill
4 to the Floor brings you the timeless rhythm of the 4/4 beat in pure electronic form.  It's all things House: It's Soulful.  It's Deep.  It's Tech.  It's NuDisco.  It's Indie Dance, and everything in between. 
Fridays 8 - 10 PM


FREAK & SWING AND ROCK & ROLL
Don Dean
Freak and Swing and Rock and Roll,
up to your mind & down to your soul.
Have a blast from first to last,
til the cows come home and the die is caste.
Fridays from 6 to 8 with Don Dean.
Fridays 6 - 8 PM


          
    FREEDOM HOUR
Shirin
The Freedom Hour is a talk show about the Iranian Revolution and culture, including Iranian music.  
Tuesdays @ 6 PM


GLOBAL GROOVE
DJ Body & Soul
Supplying Funk, Soul, Disco, Dub, and dance music from beyond the 'Western' world, DJ Body & Soul spins the globe at 33 revolutions per minute.
Tuesdays 11 AM - 1 PM


THE GOLD ROOM
Jakey T. Jackson
Late night radio show hosted by Jakey T. Jackson, baby you are on the list.
Sundays Midnight - 2AM


GOOD NIGHT, LOCKER
Shutaro Nogouchi
Adult Contemporary for Kids.
(Hang the locker from the Moon)
Mondays 11 PM - Midnight


   

       


HUMBLE OFFERINGS
Elijah Humble
Come on in and help yourself to some HUMBLE OFFERINGS. We got everything from scalp-tingling fuzzed-out feedback freakouts, to hot and sweet southern pickin', to chilly euro new wave pop and a healthy helpin' of meaty dirtbag 70s rock jams. Side items include medium rare live versions and covers, random themes and amateur rock history nuggets. Grab a plate, fill up...but keep the TUMS handy.
Thursdays 9 - 10 PM


          
 

       
HUNDRED PROOF FOUNTAIN
Madame Greeneyes & Captain Scratch
Hundred Proof Fountain is keeping old sounds alive.  Cajun, Kentucky old-time, songs of the sea, Irish, live performance, interviews and other timeless tunes pour forth and hearken back to a day of revelry long forgot.  Yes.  Madame Green Eyes and Captain Scratch provide historical context and psychodrama's for meditation.
Thursdays 4 - 6 PM


       



   
       


I AND EYE
RMLLW2LLZ, DJ DS, and W.I.P.

I and Eye Radio - Louisville’s home for Classic and Underground Hip Hop!
Tuesdays 10 PM - Midnight

          
 

       
IN ORBIT
Nathan Simmons
An active listening session, emphasizing new music from the fringes of all genres.
Saturdays 1 - 2 PM


IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING
Sean Selby
From Colonel Sanders to Sun Ra . . It's Always Something with DJ Selby.
Saturdays 10 'till when?


KIND OF BIRD
Justin Brown
A jazz journey taking you from the recordings of Charlie "Bird" Parker through the year 1959; which saw the deaths of Billie Holiday and Lester "Prez" Young and the release of the best selling jazz album of all time, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. The show will travel from bebop to cool jazz to hard bop and everywhere in between. Tune in, tap your foot and enjoy. BIRD LIVES!!!
Fridays 7 - 8 AM


          
 
       
LADY JAM'S JUICE BOX
Mary Yates

Spinning succulent treats to the most seductive beats in a diverse array of sound, The Juice Box will present beautiful chaos with a mix of tracks from Nick Cave to Goldfrapp.  This is an invitation to juice up your world and nourish your brain with a healthy elixir of sounds.
Fridays 3 - 5 PM


L.A.M. Radio Hour
Colleen Mahoney and Lila Hayden

The Louisville Academy of Music is a non-profit music school that nurtures the growth and development of students, not solely as musicians, but as creative, inspired people.  Tune in for an hour of music featuring home recordings from L.A.M. students and faculty plus vinyl selected from the extensive record collection of the Academy's founder, Robert French.  Be a part of the joy of music making with all ages, levels, and time periods broadcasted directly from the ART FM studio with your hosts and LAM Musicians Colleen Mahoney and Lila Hayden.
Sundays 1 - 2 PM


A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY, A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY CLUB
Willie MacLean
Corralling various and sundry audio pleasures from classic honky-tonk, to top 40 pop, to obscure vinyl treasures, this virtual sonic barnyard considers the bray of the donkey equivalent to the song of the nightingale.  From the swine to the sublime.   And...like the host...its just a little bit country, and a little bit country club.
Tuesdays 9 AM - 11 AM


LIVE FROM THE ADDITION
Dirty Ol' Ambusher
Dirty Old Ambusher performs live from his addition, frequently with talented and interesting guests.  Every Wednesday night at midnight.
Wednesdays @ Midnight


LOVE ALWAYS RADIO
DJ ALWAYS

Love Always Radio is a tapestry of sound, selected, carefully woven together, and intended to bring people together.  Love Always Radio shows the possibilities of a better world through the listening, internalization, and implementation of the lyrics and intent of the music played.  Join DJ Always every Monday from 9-10am.
Mondays 9 - 10 AM


THE MEDICINE SHOW
Johnny SeaGull
The Medicine Show is an ethereal,sitar-laden deep dive through the “medicinal stash” of Johnny SeaGull’s vinyl collection.  Exotic, Psychedelic supermarket music for the masses.  It’s mid century mod.  It’s the Medicine Show
Saturdays 4-6 PM


MORNING ROUNDS WITH SUNDROP TOM
Sundrop Tom

Join the Morning Rounds with SundropTom, the show where soul meets country, rock, Latin, jazz and the blues.  Genres cross, mix and meld into grooves designed to get you up and stimulate the mind, body and soul!
Wednesdays 9 - 11 AM


MR. EVENING Radio Show
Mr. Evening
A mixtape for the people.
Saturdays 10 AM - Noon


MUDDLE INSTEAD OF MUSIC
Matt Ertz
Avant-garde, new music, contemporary classical, utterly unbearable cacophony -- scrambling your brain and senses with the best in modern composition.
Mondays 10 AM - Noon


MYTHIC BEAT
DJ Mythos
An audio collage of rhythm heavy tracks -- laced with psychedelic funk, trip-hop, experimental pop, future garage, drum & bass, synthwave & other electronic discoveries.  Each transmission is explored with film samples, video games, spoken word, and lost cultural treasures.
Fridays 10 PM - Midnight

          
               NIGHT TRAIN COCKTAIL LOUNGE
Brian Manley
The lounge rides into the past, featuring music and lost sounds from the 1860s to the 1970s.  The show follows the rails amid a mix of directions, including surf, soundtracks, garage, proto-punk, pop, No Wave, jazz, composed, blues, comedy, cylinder and 78 recordings, rock n roll, old country, field recordings from around the world and whatever is scratched onto warped vinyl hidden in the the bottom of those boxes tucked away in your grandmother's attic.
Mondays 8 - 9 PM


ON AIR WITH ANNA
Anna Burzynski
Join Anna and all her random thoughts over the past week. Also enjoy whatever music she is enjoying (there will be repeats).
Tuesdays 2 - 3 PM


THE OPERA HOUR
George Fox

Spend your Monday afternoons with World War II Veteran George Fox as he takes you thorugh a fascinating journey through timeless Opera classics.
Mondays 2-3 PM


PANHANDLE FOR SOUNDS
Clay Davidson
Musical Exploration without boundaries spawns the purest of aural experiences.  Without deciation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Thursdays @ Midnight


PARALLEL UNIVERSE
Kara
Composing a new playlist every week from her collection as a tribute to sound and expression.  This show will play heavy bass music mixed by internationally known artists of the underground, including the contrast of groovy folk music and stories.  The delivery of Kara's mixes draws parallels throughout the set, consisting of thought provoking vibration and lyrics.
Tuesdays @ Midnight


PARTY PANTS
Jaxon Lee Swain
This just in- the weekend starts on Wednesday!  Take it sleazy with Jaxon & co. as we fix up for a weeknight rage with a soundtrack of rock & roll, punk, garage, and glam from around the world.
Wednesdays 1O PM - Midnight


   

       


POWER TRASH
Shawn
A weekly dig through the Power Trash archives promises classic punk, power pop, sad dad jams, the fuzziest garage rock, a high dosage of Harry Nilsson, and whatever else Shawn feels like hauling to the station in her trusty record box. Tune in every Wednesday from 6 - 8 PM to feel the power!
Wednesdays 6 - 8 PM


PRIMITIVE FUTURE
DJ Bones
A weekly mix of new and classic punk, synth-wave, underground rock, and related sounds. Restless music for restless times.
Tuesdays 9 - 1O PM


RADIO GLOSS
Glossy Goblin
Midnight Music for Midday Magic
Saturdays Noon - 1 PM


   
    REALLY SORRY RADIO HOUR
Al Hauser
A weekly program that features at least one song taken from a skateboarding video per show. Listen closely for pole jams and occasional nose bonks.  
Fridays 2-3 PM


RIGHT ON RADIO
Josh Sandlin
Tune in weekly for discoveries and classics. You’ll hear folk, indie rock, psychedelia, and much more.
Sundays 4 - 5 PM

           
           


ROCK SEXY
Wild guitars, Rock & roll, fuzzy garage, punk & soul, movers, shakers & girls galore, rockers, heartbreakers & a whole lot more...ROCK SEXY with Blythe of the Ball Thursdays 10-midnight.
Thursdays 10 PM - Midnight


ROCKSTAR FEVER
DJ BeatriX
ROCKSTAR FEVER invites you to tune in to the BeatriX frequency where you can hear ANY and EVERYTHING. BeatriX will talk about everything under the sun, including her struggles with Rockstar Fever, and play a fresh mix of tunes each week! All genres are subject to play :-)
Times VaryM


ROUGH DRAFT
Aron Conaway
Playing a blend of music seldom heard by the masses.  Everything from punk to hip hop to free form jazz and whatever else may present itself, as well as trying to pay homage to all the great music that comes out of Louisville.
Saturdays 6 - 8 PM


SAD GODDESS
Jaxon Lee Swain
Minor chords, major lifts, minimal comps, and melodic drifts. Mesmerize to the melancholy and the magnificent with Jaxon Lee Swain every Tuesday afternoon from 1-2pm.
Tuesdays 1 - 2 PM


SIR BASIL OUTERNATIONAL
Sir Basil Bromley
Covering all aspects of Reggae music from ska roots to dub. Classic to contemporary.
Mondays 9-10 PM


SOUNDS GOOD
Morning Sun & Captain Albator
Music is healing !
Experience this sensation across never-ending genres
& live in the moment through your radio waves.
Feels Good? Sounds Good.
Sundays 5-6 PM


          
                   

STELLAR SPECTROGRAPH
John Whitney
Tune in Thursday evenings for Stellar Spectrograph, featuring two hours of full-spectrum sound. Traverse an immersive multiverse of rock, jazz, ambient, and psychedelia.
Thursdays 6 - 8 PM


STAR SOUNDS
Olivia Scott
From shoegaze to stargaze, amateur astrologist, DJ Spindigo Girl, brings you genre-fluid jams to compliment the astrological vibe and transits of the week. Learn about the stars above while enjoying all the best tunes for your celestial body and mind!
Thursdays Noon - 1 PM


STRAIGHT UP SOUL
Sun Dreezy

Some say he sounds a lot like that old dude who hosts the Morning Rounds. Others say he's trapped in a 70s era musical time warp. Still others realize he's dwelling in his own universal space and invites you, the listener to jump on it and into this world where soul in all its resplendent glory reigns supreme! Catch the groove Fridays 9-10am, it's Straight Up Soul!
Fridays 9 - 10 AM


subspace
aon brasi

A caricaturesque trip back to an era of freak show alternative radio. Think The Pistols on The Grundy Show or the first ‘Decline of Western Civilization’ in radio form.
Thursdays 9 - 10 AM


SUNDAY MORNING PROG & GROG
The Professor
Grab some hair of the dog and dive into a fluid soundscape of genres that push conventional musical boundaries. Progressive rock, Krautrock, space rock, fusion, avant garde, acid jams, experimental tunes, and a smattering of traditional classic rock.
Sundays 9 - 11 AM


          



THAT DRIVING BEAT
James & Uwe

That Driving Beat is an all-vinyl radio dance party spinning 1960s soul, rhythm & blues, garage rock, pop, and other movers and shakers from the 1960s! These tunes come from Detroit to Memphis, Muscle Shoals to London, New York to New Orleans, and anywhere else upbeat dance tunes and juke joint anthems were getting laid down and pressed on wax. You can call some of it Northern Soul, most of it Mod, but it's all got That Driving Beat!
Sundays 6 - 8 PM


        
   


   


THE VIBE
Evan Wilson
The Vibe makes an effort to spread consciousness through music.  Every week for an hour, we dive into an expansive selection of funk, soul, reggae, and world music.  Celebrating culture, life, and paying homage to amazing artists from the past and present.  It's always a diverse collection of tunes to groove to and put a smile on your face.
Wednesdays 5 - 6 PM


JOHNNY VEE'S VIRTUAL JUKEBOX
Johnny Vee
Johnny Vee's Virtual Jukebox is the home of all kinds of music - rock and roll, country and western, rhythm and blues, jazz and swing, reggae and ska, not to mention music from many distant and not-so-distant lands.  Each week we'll be popping some coins into the JVVJ to see what turns up.  It's set on "Random", so there's no telling what we'll hear.
Fridays 6 - 7 AM


WASH AWAY THE DUST
Christy Noe
It has been said that music and jazz washes away the dust of everyday life. Join in on a jazz journey that may be uptempo or downbeat, free, hard bop, fusion, or modern, but always will be groovy.
Alternating Sundays 10 AM - Noon


WAYWARD DISTRACTION
Mark Wallis
Break free from the rock cliches with an hour of punk, post-punk, and new wave on Wayward Distraction with your host Mark Wallis.
Saturdays 8 - 10 PM


WICKED WOMXN RADIO HOUR
Moxy Salone
A show for the heart breakers and jaw droppers, full of music from all decades written by, for, and all about wicked womxn.
Thursdays 2 - 3 PM


WILD DREAMS RADIO
Ethan Buckler
Set your alarm clock to Mondays at 4 PM and let Ethan transform your sweet dreams into Wild Dreams. Always groovy, funky, bluesy, sexy, surreal, dreamy and very very very very very repetitious. Let Ethan "Funk you UP" as you, "Get UP, Get Into IT, and Get Involved", and by the time you brush your teeth, you will be in a state of "Rapture." These are your Wild Dreams
Mondays 4 - 6 PM


XPANDER
DJ AK aka Frank Sriracha
A multi genre radio program that showcases music from far and wide. With music from the past, present, and future. Tune in and expand your taste in music on Xpander with DJ AK aka Frank Sriracha
Thursday 8 - 9 PM





          









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