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WMBR Spring 2026 Program Schedule:    Return to Main Schedule
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Friday Programs:
4-7am Second Fiddle
Hosted by: Rick Biskit Roth
One hundred years of country music in every form, from bluegrass to Bakersfield and more. If some hillbilly picked up a stringed instrument and it was recorded, I might play it.

Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 4:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 13 4:00 am Playlist
7-8am Leaves Turn Inside You
Hosted by: lochness monster
Embrace the eclectic in life! Sugar-coated pop, heartfelt distortion, flowstate rhythms, prismatic melodies. Life-affirming underground (and rarely sky-high) music from all over the map. Senescense to frondescence: the leaves are changing, so are we.
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 7:00 am  
Fri Feb 13 7:00 am  
8-10am Breakfast of Champions
Hosted by: Mateo, Abby, Ted, Becca, Jeremy, Fred, Erik, and Jon
Start your morning off right with a bowl full of sugary sweet pop goodness, sprinkle on some tasty punk influences, and help yourself to the buffet of sumptuous soundscapes, melancholy melodies, quirky cadences and raucous rock.

Twitter Feed: @bocwmbr
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 8:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 13 8:00 am Playlist
10am-Noon Late Risers' Club
Hosted by: Joanie, Mark, Mook, Nick, Brandon, Tapedeck Tommy, & the Tuesday Rotation
Your punk rock alarm clock since 1977.

Twitter Feed: @laterisersclub
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 10:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 13 10:00 am Playlist
Noon-2pm Lost and Found
Hosted by: Larry Azrin, Mark Francis, Bob Dubrow, Rick Roth, Christopher Vyce, Alex McNeil
Rock, pop, soul, psych, prog, girl groups -- from the 50s into the 70s and beyond, but not the same old songs you hear every day on commercial radio.

Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 12:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 13 12:00 pm Playlist
2-4pm Coffeetime
Hosted by: Angelynn Grant
Hard bop, bebop, west coast and cool, early and vocal jazz. Plus, every so often, jazz from the movies or TV. And, at the end of the show, a little bit of gospel, a little bit of soul. Baby.

Twitter Feed: @angelynng
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 2:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 13 2:00 pm Playlist
4-5:30pm The Big Beat
Hosted by: JM
The Big Beat provides a mish mosh of eclectic music & sounds every week from the '50's to current latest albums from all over the globe.
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 4:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 13 4:00 pm Playlist
5:30-6pm WMBR Nightly News
Hosted by: WMBR News Department
News and analysis focusing on under-reported issues, marginalized communities, and struggles for social change. Our weekly lineup includes a variety of national programs, and on Mondays we present the Local News, reporting on the Cambridge-Boston area.

Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 5:30 pm  
Fri Feb 13 5:30 pm  
6-7pm Mindblown
Hosted by: Linda Pinkow
A weekly mix of psychedelic, neo-psychedelic, avant-garde, experimental, and related musics from many eras and genres. Carefully curated to blow your mind. Because that's how the light gets in.
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 6:00 pm Playlist
Fri Feb 13 6:00 pm Playlist
7-8pm
Alternates Weekly
Meraviglioso!
Hosted by: Leonardo Corsaro
Take a trip to Italy, right from Cambridge. “Meraviglioso!” brings you the soundscape of the Bel Paese, from chart-topping pop, rock, and rap, to classic cantautori, with a sprinkle of culture and language along the way.
Upcoming shows: Feb 27, Mar 13, Mar 27
none available
7-8pm
Alternates Weekly
Under the Sun
Hosted by: Becky Masline
"Ain’t nothing new under the sun"... see why that’s true in the world of music. Tune in for curated tracks and commentary that reveal how recurring sonic elements shape the sound of music history and connect songs across eras and genres.
Upcoming shows: Mar 6, Mar 20
Listen to past shows: Sat Feb 14 10:00 pm Playlist
8-9pm
Alternates Weekly
DJ Jambo's Audio Newsletter
Hosted by: Jamie Jiang
Catch up on the latest in science journalism and community news with DJ Jambo, science writing master’s student and journalist at MIT. Tune in every second Friday for a story and a song.
Upcoming shows: Feb 27, Mar 13, Mar 27
8-9pm
Alternates Weekly
The Surf Report
Hosted by: Surf Rock Warlock
Join the mystical Surf Rock Warlock as he spins the grooviest selection of surf rock, indie pop, jazz fusion, and everything in between. Tune in and hang loose! (Warning: program contains large amounts of reverb-soaked riffs, tropic birds, and good vibes)
Upcoming shows: Mar 6, Mar 20
9-10pm
Alternates Weekly
Parallax
Hosted by: Andromeda
Songs that feel alive and emotional, that feel angsty and reckless. Songs that capture the human experience.
Upcoming shows: Feb 27, Mar 13, Mar 27
9-10pm
Alternates Weekly
running with scissors
Hosted by: Matthew Lui
(Indie rock) with a side of (shoegaze, r&b, bossa, jazz). Occasionally, we instead provide (vgm) or (jungle) for your listening enjoyment.
Upcoming shows: Mar 6, Mar 20
10-11pm AIR Waves
Hosted by: Aiden Rouhani
A taste of everything on the AIR Waves, both popular and those not so much -- ranging from that of new and old R&B to hyperpop, alongside shoegaze, alternative and sprinkles of everything else.
11pm-Midnight Vitamin Sneve
Hosted by: Sneve
The juiciest in pop and electronic music, straight from my brain to your soul. The kind of music that makes your head explode into a bright pink sludge. Your weekly dose of Vitamin Sneve.
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 12:00 am Playlist
Fri Feb 13 12:00 am Playlist
Midnight-1am The Spin Cycle
Hosted by: Akshay
Underground dance and electronic music. We bring our filthiest tunes and rinse them all semester long. Come dance yourself clean.
Listen to past shows: Sat Feb 21 12:00 am  
Sat Feb 14 12:00 am  
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