Echolocation: Monster Mash-up: Oct 31, 2024

On this broadcast we're going to hunker down and listen in to excerpts from past shows that explore animal communication that happens beyond the realm of human perception. We'll eavesdrop on treehoppe...

Echolocation: Bat Signals: Aug 29, 2024

On this Summer 2024 broadcast, we’re getting back to basics and honoring one of the worlds most essential echolocators - bats! We’ll share some of the newest information that bioacoustic researchers a...

Echolocation: Sounds of the Sky: May 30, 2024

Explore the surprising aural aspect of three celestial events that happened during the spring of 2024 — the vernal equinox, total solar eclipse, and aurora borealis. Featuring music and sound art by M...

Echolocation: Take the Leap! Lucky 13 Broadcast: Feb 27, 2024

Listen to 13 reasons to support WGXC during the Lucky 13 pledge drive, celebrating the station’s 13th anniversary. We hope you'll be inspired to take the leap from listener to supporter during this Le...

Echolocation: River Listening: Nov 30, 2023

On this broadcast we’ll hear songs inspired by rivers, and field recordings of riparian soundscapes from around the world. The show features songs by Allison Miller, Lester Seven Star Greenwood & Mich...

Echolocation: Natural Muses: Aug 31, 2023

On this broadcast, we listen to the work of musicians and sound artists who meld their musicality with devotion to the natural world. The show features works on cello, piano, electronics and percussio...

Echolocation: Songs of the Humpback Whale: Jun 29, 2023

The groundbreaking 1970 album Songs of the Humpback Whale inspired a global movement to protect whales from hunting. Roger and Katy Payne were the bioacoustics researchers who recorded and analyzed th...

Echolocation: Polar Sounds: Mar 30, 2023

This broadcast of Echolocation features an initiative called Polar Sounds, which is described as “a unique project re-imagining some of the little-heard sounds of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, ref...

Echolocation: Bridge Music: Dec 29, 2022

During this winter 2022 broadcast, we listen to the 2009 release Bridge Music, an album composed with sounds recorded by playing an iconic landmark in our region: the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hud...

Echolocation: Ringing Rocks: Sep 29, 2022

Take a sonic field trip to the Ringing Rocks County Park in Upper Black Eddy, PA to hear boulders that sound like bells when struck. Featuring music made with and inspired by these sonorous stones by...

Echolocation: Hudson River Sounds: Jun 30, 2022

On this broadcast, we explore scientific research on the Hudson River that uses soundscape recordings and acoustic technologies such as side-scan sonar, a tool inspired by echolocation. The show featu...

Echolocation: Music of the Spheres: Mar 31, 2022

On this early spring broadcast, we’ll explore the Pythagorean notion of the ‘music of the spheres’, catch the vibe of string theory from theoretical physics, listen to sound art from Adriene Lilly and...

Echolocation: A Hoot & A Holler: Dec 30, 2021

The Winter 2021 broadcast features a sonic exploration of the owls of the Hudson Valley, their extraordinary hearing and their silent flight. We revisit vibrational communicators with music made in c...

Echolocation: Deluge: Sep 30, 2021

This broadcast of Echolocation features music, musings, and sound art inspired by and made from water. We share an excerpt of Live Streaming, the sound work created by artist sTo Len as part of his 20...

Echolocation: Echolocation!: Jul 29, 2021

On this broadcast of Echolocation, we’ll listen to music and sound inspired by echolocation. Selections include the 2020 album and video dance piece EchoLocation by Jasmine Hearn & slowdanger; composi...

Echolocation: Eco Sonic Pioneers: Apr 29, 2021

In celebration of WGXC's 10th anniversary, we'll take a look back at ecological sound artists that we've featured on Echolocation. We share pieces by Pauline Oliveros, Annea Lockwood, Hildergard Weste...

Echolocation: Talking Trees: Dec 30, 2020

Talking Trees. Take an aural woodsy walk to explore the underground networks of plant roots and fungi that facilitate forest communication and resource sharing. We'll check out the Sounds of the Fore...

Echolocation: Sounds We Cannot Hear: Sep 30, 2020

Sounds We Cannot Hear is the theme on this edition of "Echolocation" from Elizabeth LoGiudice. Explore musical performances inspired by plagues and take a trip down the rabbit hole to discover spider...

Echolocation: Broken Silence: Feb 29, 2020

On this Leap Day, we’ll ponder the question “Is silence broken?” on several different levels as we tune in to the late winter soundscape, go deep underground to study biotremulation and explore the...

Echolocation: Deep Dark Silence: Nov 30, 2019

Embrace the quiet of the natural soundscape during this darkest part of the year. Go beyond listening to explore animals that communicate through silent waves of vibrations. Experience this vibrationa...

Echolocation: katy-didn’t: Aug 31, 2019

This late summer broadcast features an evening soundwalk, immersed in the sonic communication of insects, including crickets and katydids. We’ll hear news from the world of plants, and investigate t...

Echolocation: Music to Move You: Jun 29, 2019

Eavesdrop on the glorious cacophony of summer sounds in Hudson Valley hills and hollers. Learn about the Climate Music Project from its founder, Stephan Crawford, and listen to excerpts from the piec...

Echolocation: Natural Radio Part 1: Dec 29, 2018

Encounter the aural aura of the Aurora. Tune in to the messages bound in the sound of the Polar Lights. Experience the sonic symphony of space weather. Spend a few hours deep in the long night of th...

Echolocation: Natural Radio Part 2: Dec 29, 2018

Encounter the aural aura of the Aurora. Tune in to the messages bound in the sound of the Polar Lights. Experience the sonic symphony of space weather. Spend a few hours deep in the long night of th...

Echolocation: Storm Surge Sounding Part 1: Sep 29, 2018

We’ll eavesdrop on tornados and hurricanes, as well as more obscure weather phenomena like frost quakes, katabatic winds and non-aqueous rain. Explore cricket thermometers and echolocating shrews! I...

Echolocation: Storm Surge Sounding Part 2: Sep 29, 2018

We’ll eavesdrop on tornados and hurricanes, as well as more obscure weather phenomena like frost quakes, katabatic winds and non-aqueous rain. Explore cricket thermometers and echolocating shrews! I...

Echolocation: Dawn Chorus Part I: Jun 30, 2018

Dawn Chorus n. early morning birdsong n. radio interference sometimes experienced at sunrise In this early summer broadcast, wake to the dawn chorus in all of its mag...

Echolocation: Dawn Chorus Part II: Jun 30, 2018

Dawn Chorus n. early morning birdsong n. radio interference sometimes experienced at sunrise In this early summer broadcast, wake to the dawn chorus in all of its mag...

Echolocation: Fledgling Spring? Part I: Mar 31, 2018

The calendar may say that Spring’s a’comin’, but many of us in the Northeast feel like a cricket stuck in a snowbank. So tune in to Echolocation as we search for sounds of sping, and listen for any i...

Echolocation: Fledgling Spring? Part II: Mar 31, 2018

The calendar may say that Spring’s a’comin’, but many of us in the Northeast feel like a cricket stuck in a snowbank. So tune in to Echolocation as we search for sounds of sping, and listen for any i...

Echolocation: Earstone Epiphanies Part I: Dec 30, 2017

We’ll learn about strange and wondrous things that can be learned by gazing deeply into a fish’s ear. Then, we’ll dive into BioMusic, exploring compositions that incorporate wildlife sounds (we might...

Echolocation: Earstone Epiphanies Part II: Dec 30, 2017

We’ll learn about strange and wondrous things that can be learned by gazing deeply into a fish’s ear. Then, we’ll dive into BioMusic, exploring compositions that incorporate wildlife sounds (we might...

Echolocation: Soniferous Aquatic Cacophony Part I: Jul 29, 2017

Hang out near the water and enjoy the summertime sounds that abound both above and below the surface. The Earth’s soniferous aquatic symphony includes the calls of echolocating electric eels, amorou...

Echolocation: Soniferous Aquatic Cacophony Part II: Jul 29, 2017

Hang out near the water and enjoy the summertime sounds that abound both above and below the surface. The Earth’s soniferous aquatic symphony includes the calls of echolocating electric eels, amorou...

Echolocation: Animal Magnetism Part I: May 13, 2017

Magnetic vibration ~ listen to the calls of amorous frogs that fill the night soundscape with song. Magnetic migration ~ investigate intrepid animal migrants that use the Earth’s magnetic field to f...

Echolocation: Animal Magnetism Part II: May 13, 2017

Magnetic vibration ~ listen to the calls of amorous frogs that fill the night soundscape with song. Magnetic migration ~ investigate intrepid animal migrants that use the Earth’s magnetic field to f...

Echolocation: Long Night Part 2: Feb 25, 2017

We’ll eavesdrop on winter’s silence, and absorb the twilight vibe of long nights and dark days. We’ll explore human use of echolocation in both scientific and artistic endeavors, and investigate work...

Echolocation: Long Night Part I: Feb 25, 2017

We’ll eavesdrop on winter’s silence, and absorb the twilight vibe of long nights and dark days. We’ll explore human use of echolocation in both scientific and artistic endeavors, and investigate work...

Echolocation: Does Fall Make A Sound? Part I: Dec 10, 2016

On this autumn broadcast of Echolocation, we'll contemplate the age-old question "when a tree falls in the woods and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?" We'll feature little brown...

Echolocation: Does Fall Make A Sound? Part II: Dec 10, 2016

We'll celebrate this season of harvest and death with a remembrance of three great artists who passed beyond the veil this Autumn - musician and composer, Pauline Oliveros; soul singer for the band th...

Echolocation: Catch the Wave Part I: Aug 20, 2016

Beat the heat with the summer broadcast of Echolocation. We’ll keep it cool by immersing ourselves in waves that are so pervasive, we may as well surf them. The undulations of ocean waves are a remi...

Echolocation: Catch the Wave Part II: Aug 20, 2016

Beat the heat with the summer broadcast of Echolocation. We’ll keep it cool by immersing ourselves in waves that are so pervasive, we may as well surf them. The undulations of ocean waves are a remi...

Echolocation: Nothing but an Echo of the Past Part 1: May 14, 2016

On this first edition of Echolocation, we’ll plumb the depths of natural sound recording, and expose the roots of bioacoustics and soundscape studies. During the first hour of the show, we’ll investig...

Echolocation: Nothing but an Echo of the Past Part 2: May 14, 2016

On this first edition of Echolocation, we’ll plumb the depths of natural sound recording, and expose the roots of bioacoustics and soundscape studies. During the first hour of the show, we’ll investig...