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THIS BETTER BE GOODA level tablespoon ofcrunchy chipotle -flavored methridatium to attenuate the Mon-day morning blahs. With Michael.

GROOVEYARD SHIFTWorldly jazzy stuff with Brother John.

REASONABLE MUSICStan Getz to StanleyTurrentine to Stand by Your Man, an all-request show that is 90% from the DJ. With Jim.

HUKKIN’ A CHAINEKSteve plays popular music from the 2nd half of the 20th cen-tury, and newer stuff, too; and speaks with guests on subjects of current interest.

MORNING STREETA panoply of jazz, classical, and tradi-tional music, with an emphasis on women composers and musi-cians. With Deb.

ANYTHING GOESAn eclectic mix of music, with Bobbie.

SUNDAY SIMCHAAn eclectic blend of Jewish music, news and announcementsfor the Southern Maine Jewish community, humor, interviews. With Gail.

SOUTH BY SOUTHWESTBringing you the very best in honky-tonk, Western swing,and straight ahead country music. With Lincoln.

EXPLODING JUKEBOXTransmitting the music... Transcend-ing the energy... With Katzie Louise.

THE BLUE COUNTRYBluegrass and country music to ride the rails of life by. With Blizzard Bob, the Lonesome Traveller.

RADIO ROADHOUSEAmericana, blues, jazz, western swing, folk, bluegrass, rock, and r&b. Includes “Back-stage at the Road-house,” a weekly artist profile. With Fritz.

US FOLKUs, as in “you and me.” Roots, folk messages woven into the ballads keeping regular folk tuned in. Live and live-recorded. With Chris.

CHICKENS R PEOPLE 2WMPG’s long-running chil-drens’ show. MAINE GOSPEL

TRAINThe praise and worship of God through tradi-tional and contemporaryAfrican-American gospel music. With Sister Milka.

THE TWEENLIGHT ZONE (see description at right)

DESERT ISLAND DISKSJeff Wax welcomes a new guest each week to talk about their top eight songs of all time.

SOUNDSCAPEMusic styles from past and present blend to suit the mood. With John Dennison.

CROSSFADEThe Music of commonpeople around the planet. With Barb.

KITCHEN PARTY Rooted in Americana, everything from outlaw country to blues, folk and more is featured. With Ceci.

SHAKEN & STIRREDBombastic mix of music to shake & stir you up. Grooves & tunes rang-ing from bellydance to tango, and more! With DJ Adira

THE LOCALSActs, singers, bands, and producers who are somehow, some way local. With Isaac.

VOICE OF CAMBO-DIAN AMERICANSTraditional and modernKhmer music, local and Cambodian news. With Pirun.

DEMOCRACY NOW!A national, daily, award winning news/public affairs program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.

CRUZ DEL SURMusic, art, history, news and traditions of Hispanic America. Plus local community issues. With Victoria.

CARIBBEAN FLAVAFeatures the sounds of the Caribbean, including reggae, calypso, and soca. With Dany and Ice.

COMMUNITY UPDATE

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TRANS.MISSIONSLT

LESBIAN RADIO RADIO DRAMA REVIVAL

DVD CLASSICSCORNER

SPEAK FREELYDiscussion and debate of local and national news, and funky music from the 80s to today. W/ Mike and Ray.

PRODUCERS’ SHOWCASE

JUKE, JIVE & JAZZJazz masters and new musicians. Classic, bop, cool, free, beat poetry, and offbeat humor. With Dave.

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ZVUKI RUSSIA celebration of differ-ent styles of music from Mother Russia and her neighboring countries. With Artur.

THE NIGHT TRAIN SHOWEvery week the show explores a chapter from the first 25 years of the history of rock & roll. With Bill.

LATINOSPulsating radio nerve-center of the Latin-American community. With Rosita.

HIP HOP IS ALIVEA rap-heavy tour of the hip hop nation from old to new, local to national.With Ben.

SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSEA show devoted to rock-ing out and having fun while exploring music in exciting ways. With Heather.

RELEVANT ROCKNew music, music news, a few classics,multiple genres, both local and national. Rock is not dead; it has just evolved. With Ben.

LAND OF THE LOSTA twisted world of psych and punk songs from the 30s to the sounds of Nowww. With Jim.

ACHING SPIRALS OF BLACK VINYLFollow the threads and themes of this eclectic mix. Weekly musical journeys stopping everywhere from Nashville to Soweto. With Win.

GET HOT OR GO HOMEThe swingin’-est, rockin’-est, rockabilly roots show ever! Go Daddy-O!! With Matt.

EASTERN SANDS RADIOInsights into Near andMiddle Eastern cul-ture. With Jackie.

HARP AND BARDAn Irish show featur-ing traditional and contemporary Irish music and news of Irish events in the Portland area. With Paul O’Neil.

EVENIN’ SUNRed Hot and Blues edition. Using a variety of blues artists, old and new, blending some rock and soul with it. Lots of theme shows. With Suzanne.

EVENIN’ SUNBlues and zydeco to cure your ills. With the Blues Doctor.

EVENIN’ SUNA helping of finger-lick-in’ blues every week, in particular celebrating the birthdays of various blues musicians. With Myron.

EVENIN’ SUNThe Gumbo Shop edi-tion. Blues with heavy doses of Southern souland funk, plus zydeco and cajun for spice. With Daddy G.

EVENIN’ SUNRuby starts off your Friday night with toe-tappin’, hip-shaking, humming, get up and dance, can’t get it out of your head tunes. Join me, won’t you?

EVENIN’ SUNMore of the best the blues has to offer. Liquid Al and Bill alternate hosting.

FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS SOUL MATESSteve and Chris play soul music that will move you.

STUCK IN THE ‘80SBringing you a lexicon of the great 80s music you remember and much more. With Ron.

BLUNT(see description at right)

DINING WITH THE DULEYS

SAFE SPACE

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TUESDAY NIGHT TALK RADIO

CINEMA HITS & MISSES

3-PIECE GABAR-DINE SAXOPHONEDesigned to strike terror into the hearts of purists everywhere. With Bob.

JUMP TIMEMusic to swing danceto from the 30s, 40s, and 50s, and modern-day styles too. With DJPJ and Paul.

SOUND CONTRAPOSITIVEA weekly show featuring bits of jazz, folk, and jam. With Eric.

BETWEEN THE NOTESCool music you can’t live without, or wouldn’t want to. With Justine.

STAY RUDEThe SKA show! Skinhead reggae, bluebeat, traditional,even ska-punk, ska, ska, ska. With Rob.

GET DOWN, SATUR-DAY NIGHTJoining the dots be-tween pop, funk, soul, rock, reggae, jazz, disco and blues with an eye on the dance floor. With Ben.

YOU’LL DANCE TO ANYTHINGLooking for the beat week after week, you’ll dance to: acid jazz, funk, trip-hop, trance, techno, and global beats, mixed withlove. With Lars.

RANDOM THOUGHT CRIME GENERATOR Everything from soundtracks and novel-ties to instrumentals from multiple genres. With DanK.

SONGS TO BE MURDERED BYMusic so loud, obnxious, in your face and raw, you’ll think you’ve died and gone to heaven. W/ Anne.

THE FRANK ZAPPA SHOWFrank Zappa’s uniquemusic is an inspira-tion to anyone. With Buddy B. POP ATTACK!

Fiercely intelligent pop music. Sugarpop, Folkpop, Dreampop, Britpop, Electronica, Techno--music that will get you dancing!With RJ

MINOR CHORD MAYHEMAll the ear-splittingheavy metal you’ll need to drive your neighbors crazy and scare off the Scripture freaks. Crank it up and blow out the speakers. With Theo.

GIMME THAT BEAT, FOOLA hip-hop centered mix from classic 90’s gang-sta rap to experimental music of the future. With Steven Trillberg.

RSSD UUL MAANGAvant garde, experi-mental, found sound, sound collage, freeimprov, absurdist, lowercase, noise, and other genreless sonic wonderment.With Skot.

ED’S GRINDHOUSEFor the Young, the Evil, and the Savage.

HIT PARADEMetal is the Hit Parade.Take a ride on the wild side with the best loud rock/metal in the greater Portland area. With Steve.

DA BLOCK RADIORaw underground hip hop, smooth R&B, and the hottest upcoming MC’s live! With Super SD the Mad Bomber.

THE BLUES HIGH-WAYExploring the high-ways and byways, the alleyways and bars of the many sounds of the blues. With Mike Halmo.

IT IS TO SLACKComedy, babaloney, mashup, sound collage... and the Subgenius Radio Ministry “Hour of Slack” at Midnight. With Michael.

URBANCZYK-NESS MUSIC THERAPYAn eclectic mix of old and new music of all genres, including signed and unsigned musicians.With Jason.

INTO THE MONO-LITHAn exploration of 20th Century classical music from Richard Strauss and Gustav Mahler to Phillip Glass and John Cage, with everything in between: Harry Partch, George Crumb, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Alban Berg, etc., etc., etc. With Chris.

TRACESWorld music, local music, snippets of pod-casts and spoken word, poetry, interviews, your rants and mine. With Chris Miller.

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DEAD BY DAWNSam & Remy share the fruits of their nomadic travels and crate-dig-ging expeditions in a race against the coming of the light, with a focus on underground gems from the past half-century.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT2 1/2 hours dedicated to giving as much info as I can dig up on a band, album, or person, and playing any related material from them. With Chris.

WIDE OPENTunes chosen from the wide variety of music. The open minded DJ can play what the listeners want to hear.With Big X.

THE BREAKFAST BUFFETAn eclectic mix of morning music and ocassional interviews, with the upbeat personalities of Jim Ward and Becky T. to get your day off to a great start!

DOG’S BREAKFASTJazz, rock, blues, alt-country, gospel, the Great American Songbook, bluegrass, show tunes, classical, old comedy records, all stirred up together - but in a good way. With Pope Brock.

SLEEP AIDA look at life, pop culture, and all things groovy through the eyes of two different generations. With David.

JUKEBOX DEJA VUA show filled with one-hit wonders from the 70’s and fun facts about the songs and artists. With Diamond Dave.

National news from an alternative perspective.

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BLUNTCall-in talk show produced by teens. Deals with ev-erything from video games to separation of church Call-in talk show produced by teens. Deals with ev-erything from video games to separation of church Call-in talk show produced by teens. Deals with ev-

and state to teens and sex.erything from video games to separation of church and state to teens and sex.erything from video games to separation of church

CINEMA HITS & MISSESFeaturing reviews of current movie releases, and your calls. With Dawn, Gail, and Andy.

eaturing reviews of current movie releases, and your calls. With Dawn, Gail, and Andy.

eaturing reviews of current movie releases, and

COMMUNITY UPDATEA weekly rundown of what’s going on Portland’s non-profit sector, withA weekly rundown of what’s going on Portland’s non-profit sector, withA weekly rundown of what’s going on Portland’s

reports by volunteer reporters A weekly rundown of what’s going on Portland’s

reports by volunteer reporters A weekly rundown of what’s going on Portland’s

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DINING WITH THE DULEYSA couple’s commentary on international news and its impact on the local community from a positive A coupits impact on the local community from a positive A coup mentary on international news and its impact on the local community from a positive

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perspective. With Charly and Joe.

DVD CLASSICS CORNER ON THE AIRInterviews with actors from classic films, film music and movie reviews with Dick Dinman.

LESBIAN RADIOA feminist show with interviews, discussion, music and news for women and lesbians. With Virginia.

SAFE SPACEA show about subjects that are difficult to talk about because they make us feel afraid, ashamed, or un-A show about subjects that are diffibecause they make us feel afraid, ashamed, or un-A show about subjects that are diffi

comfobecause they make us feel afraid, ashamed, or un-comfobecause they make us feel afraid, ashamed, or un-

rtable. With Dr. Anne.because they make us feel afraid, ashamed, or un-

rtable. With Dr. Anne.because they make us feel afraid, ashamed, or un-

PRODUCERS’ SHOWCASECelebrating creative audio production from through-out Maine.

elebrating creative audio production from through-out Maine.

elebrating creative audio production from through-Curated by Lisa B

elebrating creative audio production from through-Curated by Lisa B

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RADIO DRAMA REVIVAL!A show dedicated to exploring contemporary radio drama, produced by Fred Greenhalgh.A show dedicated to exploring contemporary radio drama, produced by Fred Greenhalgh.A show dedicated to exploring contemporary radio

TRANS.MISSIONSA public affairs show about all things transgender. With DalA public affairs show With DalA public affairs show

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THE TWEENLIGHT ZONEThe old Chickens show grew up into this show of music, talk, and fun for middle-school age kids, The old Chickens show grew up into this show of music, talk, and fun for middle-school age kids, The old Chickens show grew up into this show of

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For an updated show schedule please visit the program grid on the WMPG website at: http://www.wmpg.org and click on programming

EARLY MORNING MADNESSMetal and loud rock to get your morning started. With Daniel.

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SOUND SYSTEM A mix-up of past, pres-ent and future sounds from a smattering of rock/pop’s subgenres. With Jenny.

HUMBLE FARMEROld fashioned music and dry social commen-tary. With humble.

LOCAL MOTIVESWMPG’s weekly showcase of local live music. Various hosts, all genres of music.