This Week in Radio News: 20130216: Feb 16, 2013: 6pm - 6:15 pm

After the Weekly Presidential Radio Address, tune in for news about the pirated Emergency Alert System warning about a zombie attack that aired on U.S. television stations this month. Another report a...

Saturday Morning Serial: Pirate Television: Feb 16, 2013: 7am - 8am

In early February, 2013, a Montana television station was overtaken by some sort of pirate signal, that triggered an Emergency Alert System announcement of a zombie attack. The station released this s...

Radio Stew: Asteroid DA14: Feb 15, 2013: 4am - 5am

Space.com reports asteroid DA14 nearest approach today will be 17,200 miles. It is about half the size of a football field and similar in size to the asteroid that leveled 100 square miles of forest i...

Radio Stew: Slow Ride: Feb 11, 2013: 4am - 5am

Slowed-down songs are featured. Rebroadcast from Jan. 15, 2013.

Saturday Afternoon Show: 20130209: Feb 09, 2013: 4pm - 6pm

Latest radio art, and radio news. Hosted by Tom Roe live from the Wave Farm Study Center in Acra, NY.

Saturday Afternoon Show: Groundhog's Day: Feb 02, 2013: 4pm - 6pm

Tune in for the same thing over and over again. Plus, record reviews of The Knife and Buke & Gase from Dan Seward's "Battlefield Earth" program with Shannekia McIntosh. Also, zine reviews, solar weath...

Baseball Radio: Jan 26, 2013: 11pm - 11:59 pm

An after-hours tribute to the legendary Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver, including a rarely-heard version of his weekly radio show, and clips of him arguing with umpires, and more. Weaver died J...

Saturday Afternoon Show: 20130126: Jan 26, 2013: 4pm - 6pm

Lies from Lance Armstrong, and songs that sound dubiously like one another. Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" vs. The Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA." The Chiffons "He's So Fine" vs. George Harrison's "M...

Open Air: CB Radio Network: Jan 26, 2013: 8am - 10am

Matt Bua hosts live from the Catskill Community Center. This is a live transmission art show about local transmissions. As many local frequencies, signals, and transmissions will be mixed in. Check in...

Saturday Morning Serial: January Songs: Jan 26, 2013: 7am - 8am

A tour of the songs, and sounds, and radio history from the first month of the year. Tune in January from Julie London ("June in January"), Max Roach ("January V"), Elton John ("January"), Pilot ("Jan...

Radio Stew: Rip Offs: Jan 24, 2013: 12:02 am - 1am

Some artists take more inspiration from others for their work, and here, we listen to a few comparisons. Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" vs. The Beach Boys' "Surfin' USA." The Chiffons "He's So F...

Radio Stew: Earl Weaver: Jan 23, 2013: 12:02 am - 1am

An after-hours tribute to the legendary Baltimore Orioles manager, including a rarely-heard version of his weekly radio show, and clips of him arguing with umpires, and more. Weaver died Jan. 18, 2013...

This Week in Radio News: 20130119: Jan 19, 2013: 6pm - 6:23 pm

This week, reports about how internet and cable companies are trying to put a cap on how much internet you can use. Also, a report back on the suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz from Free Speec...

Saturday Morning Serial: DJ Appreciation Day: Jan 19, 2013: 7am - 8am

Some call Jan. 20 "DJ Appreciation Day" for the day in 1965 when Alan Freed died. This show tunes in clips of famous DJs, amid songs by Sam Cooke ("Having a Party"), Indeep ("Last Night a DJ saved My...

Radio Stew: More January 2013 New Music: Jan 18, 2013: 12:02 am - 1am

New tracks from Wether, Bunnybrains, Carlos Giffoni, Kristen Roos, Annie Gosfield, Radiosonde, Endless Boogie, and others.

Radio Stew: Shortwavemusic: Jan 13, 2013: 4am - 5am

Following 2012′s reissue of “The Disintegration Loops,” now Auris Apothecary has reissued William Basinski’s debut album, “Shortwavemusic.” The record was recorded in New York in 1982, and first relea...

Radio Stew: January 2013 New Music: Jan 13, 2013: 3am - 4am

New sounds from Wooden Wand ("Southern Colorado Song" from "Blood Oaths Of The New Blues"); Neptune ("The Feedback Organ"); Scanner, "Elemental Force (excerpt);" Devendra Banhart ("Für Hildegard von B...

This Week in Radio News: 20130112: Jan 12, 2013: 6pm - Jan 13, 2013: 6am

One-hour look at the week in radio news, new radio art, experimental sounds, and more. This week, from Free Speech Radio News: "In Texas, a public school district has been allowed to continue to requi...

Radio Stew: Rush Limbaugh vs. Howard Stern: Jan 12, 2013: 12:02 am - 1am

January 12 is the birthday of both Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was born in 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Howard Stern was born in 1954 in Roosevelt, New York. We will tune in these great radio voi...

Radio Stew: Lontano: Jan 07, 2013: 12:02 am - 1am

After the news and weather at the top of the hour, new music from Scanner, KK Null, Yo La Tengo, Lawrence English, Alvin Curran, and others. The Premio Internazionale Arti Sonore (International Sonic...

This Week in Radio News: 20130106: Jan 06, 2013: 5am - 6am

Preview of events in radio art in 2013, plus radio-controlled drones, pirates, open calls, and more. New music from Mike Shiflet, others.

Saturday Afternoon Show: 2013 Radio Preview: Jan 05, 2013: 4pm - 6pm

A survey of the year ahead in radio, including the low-power FM application window in October, and the FCC's current consideration of lowering prison phone call rates, and increasing minority ownershi...

Radia: Sound Effects: Jan 05, 2013: 10am - 10:30 am

From free103point9 in upstate New York, a story of sound effects, subverting a documentary-style radio with bits of radio theatre created entirely of sound effects. Music from Spike Jones, Rufe Davis,...

Saturday Morning Serial: Western Union: Dec 29, 2012: 7am - 8am

Telegrams will be sent on this listen to the songs and sounds of Western Union. Grover from "Sesame Street" delivers a singing telegram. Songs by The Five Americans ("Western Union"), T. Rex ("Telegra...

The Week in Radio News: 20121216: Dec 16, 2012: 5:30 am - 6am

The week in radio newsincludes drones, meteor showers, FCC meetings, and more. An interview with Joseph Torres, Senior External Affairs Director of the non-partisan advocacy group Free Press and co-au...

Saturday Afternoon Show: Week in Radio News: Dec 08, 2012: 4pm - 6pm

Tune in as host Tom Roe recounts important radio-related news. Plus a few Free Speech Radio News reports from this week about the Federal Communications Commission and radio-controlled drones being us...

Radio Stew: 20121128: Nov 28, 2012: 12:02 am - 1am

Cell phone failures in horror movies, Angus Jones calls his own TV show "filfth;" Christian Marclay's "Telephones," and more.

Radio Theatre: Media Election Theatre: Nov 08, 2012: 3pm - 3:30 pm

Karl Rove, Diane Swayer, Rush Limbaugh, The Replacements ("Election Day"), Matt Mikas ("Silent Weapon Technology") and The Five Stairsteps ("Ooh Child") star in this week's election night drama.

The War of the War of the Worlds: Oct 31, 2012: 12:02 am - 1am

Tom Roe's annual Halloween remixing of Orson Welles' radio play with audio from current world wars mixed in.

Radio Stew: New Music 20121024: Oct 24, 2012: 12:02 am - 1am

Tune in to Faust improvising to the second U.S. presidential debate Oct. 16, 2012, plus new music (in this order) from Steinski ("Mitt vs. The Truth"); Vladislav Delay ("Kuopio [Preview Mix]"); Decimu...

Radio Stew: New Music 20121020: Oct 20, 2012: 7pm - 8pm

New recordings (in this order) from Bunnybrains ("Live at John Doe Jr., Oct. 12, 2012"); Matmos ("Waves"), Nicolas Bernier ("Frequencies (a)"); Christian Marclay, Toshio Kajiwara, DJ Olive ("djTRIO");...

Saturday Afternoon Show: Live from free103point9's Transmission Arts Colloquium: Oct 13, 2012: 4pm - 6pm

Participants in this international gathering of critics, curators, scholars, and artists will speak with free103point9's Tom Roe live on WGXC 90.7-FM about their work and the discussions happening at...

Saturday Morning Serial: Pirate Radio: Oct 13, 2012: 7am - 8am

Pirate radio is the subject considered here with interview of Kids Discover Radio, WFAT, Steal This Radio, WJMZ, and others. Also, Secret Agent K7's radio play "Illegal Use of Radio" is included. Plus...

John Tchicai Memorial: Oct 13, 2012: 3am - 4am

A tribute to free jazz musician John Tchicai, who died Sun., Oct. 7. From Wikipedia: "John Martin Tchicai (April 28, 1936-October 7, 2012) was a Danish jazz saxophonist and composer. He was one of...

Presidential Debate with Sound Effects: Oct 07, 2012: 4am - 6am

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney with sound effects.

Turn On the News: 20120922: Sep 22, 2012: 8am - 10am

A radio show about radio, this week with Nam June Paik, the first video artist, and the Smithsonian retrospective coming soon. Also, new music from The Mountain Goats, Randy Newman, and others. Plus,...

Turn On the News: 20120908: Sep 08, 2012: 9am - 10:30 am

Shortened edition with transmissions from Guided by Voices (no), Talk Normal (lost), Califone (sick), Luke Vibert (controlling), Medeski, Martin, & Wood (nocturnal) in the first hour. Plus Bob Dy;an's...

After the Flood: The Storm Breaks: Aug 28, 2012: 3pm - 3:30 pm

WGXC recounts the moments before the storms surrounding Hurricane Irene tore through the Catskills. "The Storm Breaks" begins on Fri., Aug. 25, with WGXC pre-storm interviews with Greene County Emerge...

Turn On the News: Week of July, 28 2012: Jul 28, 2012: 8am - 10am

The radio show about radio tunes in "Habits of Imagination," a radio theatre work with two FM transmitters from free103point9 in Suffolk Community Garden on Manhattan's Lower East Side Sun. July 22. A...

Turn On the News: Week of June 16, 2012: Jun 16, 2012: 8am - 10am

Radio news headlines about how six cows wandering on a farmer's land led to a radio-controlled drone to be circling overhead in North Dakota, plus a look ahead to "Future of Video" and an FCC oversigh...

Turn On the News: Deep Wireless/Trans X Preview: May 25, 2012: 12:02 am - 12:30 am

A preview of the "Trans X Transmission Art Symposium" in Toronto, part of the month-long "Deep Wireless" festival. free103point9 and WGXC 90.7-FM will broadcast much of the symposium live throughout t...

Turn On the News: 20120519: May 19, 2012: 8am - 10am

Weekly news show about radio art, radio news, media news, sound art, and more. This edition features Kristen Thomsen of Future of Music Coalition interviewed by WGXC's Sara Kendall and Noah Reibel. Al...

Turn On the News: World Amateur Radio Day: Apr 18, 2012: 12:02 am - 12:30 am

Covergae of "World Amateur Radio Day." The theme for 2012 is "Amateur Radio Satellites: Celebrating 50 Years in Space" in remembrance of the launch of OSCAR 1 on December 12, 1961 and the launch of OS...

Turn On the News: Titanic Sinking: Apr 15, 2012: 12:02 am - 2am

The Saturday afternoon edition of "Turn On the News" includes segments on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic April 15, 1912. The large ship's demise was a large event in the early dev...

WGXC Saturday Afternoon Show: Global Pirate Radio Weekend: Mar 31, 2012: 4pm - 6pm

Harri Kujala, organizer of the Global Pirate Weekend, has changed the dates from the March 24-25 to the weekend of March 31-April 1, 2012. Global Pirate Weekend gives pirates from all over the world a...

Turn On the News: 20120331: Mar 31, 2012: 12:02 am - 2am

This week's show looks and listens to LRAD, the sound ray weapon being used by police and the military. Capt. Qitn even made a radio play about LRAD for free103point9 in 2004 for our coverage of the p...

Turn On the News: Sound Weapons: Mar 29, 2012: 5:30 am - 6am

LRAD, and a new military-grade version of a sound "ray gun," are not science fiction anymore, but reality. Capt. Qitn's takes on "LRAD" the sound weapon, Matt Mikas discusses "Silent Weapon Technology...

Turn On the News: 20120328: Mar 28, 2012: 5:30 am - 6am

On March 27, 1964, Radio Caroline began broadcasting offshore of England, soon becoming the most famous pirate radio station in the world. After the radio news, "Turn On the News" looks and listens to...

Turn On the News: Weekend : Mar 24, 2012: 4pm - 6pm

Weekend edition of "Turn On the News" with updates of radio news, radio art, media news, and more. We'll listen to Orson Welles outtakes, politician bloopers, Melissa Grey's "Photon Ecstasy" radio the...

Turn On the News: 20120321: Mar 21, 2012: 12:02 am - 12:30 am

This edition looks at the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. regulatory body for broadcasting in the U.S. The show will trace the FCC's history, and a history of low-power FM, and will previe...