Specialty Shows/Schedule
All air-times fall under the Eastern Standard Time Zone.
MONDAY
12 – 2 AM
TBA…very soon!
2 – 4 AM
WIDR Variety
4 – 7 AM
WIDR Overnight!
Keeping those funky tunes going all night for your listening pleasure.
7 – 9 AM
Radio Revolution
Hip hop morning show.
9 AM – Noon
WIDR Variety
Noon – 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
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
Dr. Dave and Ghost Dog keep you awake every Tuesday and Thursday morning with a special blend of genius, banter, music, and news! Tune in from 7-9 am!
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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 and Trish
Classic Rot is “2 guitars, bass and drums” and deep cuts from established artists, brought to you by your eccentric hosts, George Crow and Tricia Hennessy. 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
The LAN Party show plays every Tuesday night/Wednesday mornings from midnight to 2 a.m. Our playlists focus on the auditory aspects of movies, video games, and TV shows along with everything that could be considered nerdy and/or geeky. We also feature many 8-bit artists, laptop musicians and artists signed to internet record labels that are not normally highlighted over radio waves.
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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
The Mike Siegel Show with Mike, Gloyd, and Vinny
Get pumped for Vinny Caldano & the WIDRmaniacs Band as they join announcer Gloyd & host Mike Siegel for two hours of nonsense & banter every Wednesday morning with talk segments featuring today’s most interesting topics, great music, & news stories from all over the world, and all this delivered within two hours while featuring absolutely no run-on sentences. BE THERE.
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9 AM – 12 PM
WIDR Variety
12 – 3 PM
WIDR Variety
3 – 5 PM
WIDR Variety
5 – 7 PM
The Audio Zine with DJ Orange and DJ Boyscout
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.
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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 Wednesday 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
Some Kind of Jam with DJ Pretentious
Tired of dancing barefoot in the mud with hundreds of other concert goers loving every second of a thirty minute jam? Yeah, me either. That’s why every installment of Some Kind of Jam is dedicated to giving you a wide variety of the jam culture and the eclectic sounds it has to offer varying from downhome funkgrass to sock-rocking guitar solos and nearly everything in between. With regular interviews and in-studio performances, it’s everything you need to get Thursday night started.
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7 – 10 PM
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!
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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
4 – 7 PM
WIDR Overnight!
That’s right…WIDR never stops bringing you music. Never!
7 – 9 AM
TBA
9 AM – 12 PM
No Mercy Morning with Sticky Bob
12 – 1 PM
TBA
1 – 3 PM
WIDR Variety
3 – 5 PM
Society’s Faultwith Jake and Rotweiler
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5 – 6 PM
Radio Free Kalamazoo with Dr. Staticoy and DJ Muppet
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
2AM -4AM
ADPAPAM
After Hours ADPAPAM is “Audio Distortion Pots and Pans Anti-Music”, Kalamazoo’s one and only source for industrial, rivet, cybergoth, power noise, EBM, and subgenres everywhere between. Playing a variety of tunes from the 1970s up to current contemporary, ADPAPAM keeps your rivet boots stomping long after the clubs have closed
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4 – 9 AM
WIDR Overnight
Go to bed with WIDR…it’s the surest bet you’ve ever taken.
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
Two hours a week of a variety of female artists. Requests are always welcome!
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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
In Steps The Beat with DJ HeavySet
BUMP BUMP BUMP! The Beat just stepped in your car, your home, your walkman, any set of speakers you own. Every Sunday morning, DJ HeavySet knocks down the doors of mainstream radio with that true Hip Hop. That gum stuck to your shoe, glad you found a quarter outside the arcade Hip Hop. The kind of music Kool Herc would appreciate. The second part of the Hip Hop evolution on WIDR every saturday night, spilling over into Sunday Morning.
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2 – 4 AM
WIDR Variety
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 jazz artists, 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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