Join DJ Hummingbird Feeder for two hours of short-attention-span madness and long-attention-span excursions. This Night Train makes regular stops everywhere from Soulsville, post-Punk University, and the South Bronx, to the heaviest Drones of the deep sea, the far reaches of the Krautrock universe, and the bedrooms of Computer Nerds everywhere. Allowances will be made for anything else that happens to get caught in the cow-catcher or flattened on the rails.

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Start the work week on a classical note with Dawn's Early Light. Dawn awakens with Bach then moves through an array of periods and styles, never forgetting the musicality of the human voice.

A good improvised solo can make even a Monday morning anything but dreary. Nick looks for the soloists and bands, including lots of contemporary big bands that touch the soul: melodic, swinging and fun.
New Month, New Music: Nick Page and a special guest play the month's new jazz releases from nine 'til noon on the first Monday of every month.

Enter the Funhouse to get your blood flowing and your groove going with a cornucopia of high energy tunes. Maybe even get a good dose of funk to put a hitch in your giddyup.

Culture Currents brings listeners a nugget of cultural insight each week - highlighting cutting-edge cultural events, projects, and developments occurring in and around the Charlottesville area. Stories are often situated within the larger national context and feature commentary from Charlottesville community members, providing an intriguing mixture of national and local news currents.

From the Dixie-fried sounds of the Southern soul centers of Muscle Shoals, Memphis, New Orleans and Shreveport to the Uptown Rhythm and Blues shots from the Northern cities of Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia, Robin puts you in a Situation that is Sooo Soulful!

Coming to you from the top of the Tower, the Broadcasting System draws upon hundreds of years of toil, joy, drone and jangle to bring to you favorites and the unheard. Any interference heard on your receivers is intentional as tribute to the medium. Maggie "The Showstopper" Ortiz and Tyler are your Announcers. This is... Broadcasting from the Heart.

Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and co-hosted by Juan Gonzalez, is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program. Tune in as independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, and independent analysts discuss breaking news and timely issues.

Tune in every weekday at 5pm as news director Emma Potter and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. You'll get all the good stuff from this student-run program---from UVA news to what's happening in Charlottesville and Albemarle as well as coverage of statewide issues from Virginia Public Radio. This combination of original reporting and important local stories is just what you need for the ride home! Wtjunews@virginia.edu

Journey back through eight centuries before the time of J. S. Bach with the first-millennium troubadours and the meditative, sacred music of Hildegard; the sublime motets of Josquin and the foot-tapping dances of Praetorius; the rich English anthems of William Byrd, and much more.

Ear training, with fine archival and contemporary performances of time-honored repertoire...

The broad range of that modern music we call jazz is all subject to exploration. Expect a sampling of classic jazz, post-bop, standards, contemporary jazz, and new releases with a smattering of avant-garde and even electronica. Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue may all be found on Anything Goes.

Being liked makes people happy, and here at Being liked makes people happy, and here at Please Like Me, OK if you promise to like our radio show we promise to make you happy. Matt and Liz hope that you like their blend of indie rock, crazed folk, and post punk, but if that isn't your thing, don't write the show off yet, OK? Because the next week, Liv serves up a medley of pop-sensitive tunes from the past and present.

Tune in! That will make us like you.

DJ Sanitize keeps it germ free from 1-3 with a mix of bangin' electro house, disco, hip hop remixes, and smooth grooves guranteed to make you move. Served with clean hands and 99.9% dancefloor ready.

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Always great performances of the finest in classical music, together with reports of weather and events from town and gown, help start your day with uplifted spirits.

An eclectic mix that showcases the best in piano jazz from WTJU's current and archival collections... Latin and 50's bop always included.

Post-war Pop featuring vocal and instrumental recordings from a time of optimism and opportunity... Ella, Sarah, Tony, Mel, Rosemary and Frank...

Walk Right In and sit right down to a musical lunch. On the menu you'll find plenty of acoustic staples: folk, old time, country blues and bluegrass. The offerings range from vintage to fresh, exotic to local. Find out who's coming to town and sample their sounds. Let your hair hang down and your mind roll on.

One salt-rubbed hunk of indie rock
1 Florin, Post-Punk Gold
1/4 Cup, Whine Pop Vinegar
1/3 Mole, Brazilian Tropicalisimo
2 Bunchs, Wilted Soul and Psychedelia
2 Omicrons, Electronic Ambience
1 Candela, Forgotten Funk
1 Blessed Blast, Japanese Noise Bands
Dash of bitter insouciance
Salt-n-Pepa to taste
Braise Weekly. Cooks between 11 PM and 1 AM on Wednesday Nights on 91.1 WTJU.

Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and co-hosted by Juan Gonzalez, is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program. Tune in as independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, and independent analysts discuss breaking news and timely issues.

Tune in every weekday at 5pm as news director Emma Potter and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. You'll get all the good stuff from this student-run program---from UVA news to what's happening in Charlottesville and Albemarle as well as coverage of statewide issues from Virginia Public Radio. This combination of original reporting and important local stories is just what you need for the ride home! Wtjunews@virginia.edu

Andrew brings you a melodious mix of romantically inspired music, from symphonies and concerti to nocturnes and tone poems. Luxuriate in a lush variety of works by the masters of emotive music and experience a world where the quality of music is not strained.

Great singing is always the main feature as Ann Shaffer offers the finest in solos, duets, ensembles and choruses from the recital tradition and the world of opera.

Featuring modern and mainstream jazz, including bebop, hard bop, funk, avant-garde, and European jazz. You will hear the cutting edge of today's jazz artists while celebrating the masters of the past and the tasteful experimentation of the future.

"we are but simple travelers who seek the enchanter who lives beyond these woods--"

tune in for our musical wanderings.

Combining a love for 60s pop, classic indie hits, and modern everything else, DJ Charlie Foxtrot's "Mother Popcorn" pops out a fresh batch of tunes every other Wednesday from 1-3 AM. And the following week, you will find yourself trapped in a fire. Bludgeoned by Doom, Thrash, Sludge and Black Metal...Or you might just hear the theme from Fraggle Rock. The Anxiety Hangover will keep you hogtied.

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Join Ralph Graves (Radiostar) every Wednesday morning as he runs the gamut of music from the middle ages to the present. Since 1984, Ralph's not aired the same work twice (on purpose, that is), nor run out of great music to share with you. Wake up Wednesdays to the most wide-ranging classical program you'll hear anywhere!

Modern Jazz programming designed to give your morning a lift. Left of Cool is a place where improvising musicians of all styles can come together and see what's possible. Searching for that common thread, acoustic or electric, experimental and eclectic -- whatever sounds good!

UVA Today Radio Show is a weekly five minute show that provides news and information about the University of Virginia of interest to the greater community. Look for new editions of the show every Wednesday at 11:55 a.m. on WTJU. The program is presented by staff of the University of Virginia's Office of Public Affairs.

From the Old World to the New, from the villages to the cities where it all flows together, immerse yourself in the dance music of the world. Rhythm is the universal language on your sonic life raft, WTJU. Show frequently features guests and guest hosts from countries around the world.

Sublimating three decades of self-loathing into two hours of desultory music you may or may not enjoy.

Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and co-hosted by Juan Gonzalez, is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program. Tune in as independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, and independent analysts discuss breaking news and timely issues.

Tune in every weekday at 5pm as news director Emma Potter and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. You'll get all the good stuff from this student-run program---from UVA news to what's happening in Charlottesville and Albemarle as well as coverage of statewide issues from Virginia Public Radio. This combination of original reporting and important local stories is just what you need for the ride home! Wtjunews@virginia.edu

Each week, the announcer focuses on the work of one great soloist, ensemble, composer, orchestra or some combination thereof. Selections range from the earliest recorded music to the latest releases, with an emphasis on definitive performances.

Mitchell, With Music! John Mitchell's cheery greeting every Wednesday night invites you to join him for outstanding classical performances from every style and period: Baroque, Romantic, or Modern. American music and interviews with outstanding local artists often flavor the show.

Catch the beautiful blend of Jazz, Blues, Funk and Avant-garde. Each week promises a new journey through the sonic world of groove-oriented music.

There is such a thing as a tesseract... Lady D and DJ Law bring you an eclectic mix of indie rock, folk, noise, bluegrass, and electronic music to get you through the folds of time and space between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The Hep Imp Show: Clinical music for a diseased world.. Siren songs for the lost that only coax deeper and deeper into the fog.

An old riddle asked--- How far can you walk into the woods? And the answer was "halfway", because after that you are walking out of the woods.But what if the woods don't have an other side? The twisted trees get always thicker and the decaying jungle always darker? What will you sing then? And why sing at all? The Hep Imp Show...every Thursday morning from 1 to 3 am. Pretentious ghost-modern sounds for terminal times.

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A balanced blend of crisp notes freshly blended and roasted every Thursday morning. Your refined barista, Paula, skillfully mixes a well-rounded cuppa classical to smoothly get your day started. Spanning the centuries, from Ockeghem to Cowell, Boulez to Brahms, an elegant brew is waiting for you.

A trek along a Songline is a journey back and forth on the paths forged by our ancestors, with the present generation listening with reverence to songs laid down by prior generations and creating new traditions for generations to come. Trek the Jazz Songline with Tom or Grady, weekly.

Country and Americana hot off the griddle.... the newest, best releases and guest appearances from artists without Spandex, plastic surgery, pitch correction or fear of alienating key demographic markets. Pull up to the bar while your new friends pour you two hours of pure country and Americana comfort.

A listing of traditional dance activities in the WTJU listening area... New England contra dancing, square dancing, English, Scotch, Irish, and International folk dancing are a few of the many different forms of folk dance available in and around Charlottesville. Also airs Saturdays at 10am.

Veteran WTJU Rockers Danny and Matthew bring you Carry the Zero every Thursday afternoon. It's A ROCK SHOW! ...with quotients of pop, funk, psychedelic, and calculated beats. You do the math. It's enough rock to make your wave function!

Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and co-hosted by Juan Gonzalez, is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program. Tune in as independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, and independent analysts discuss breaking news and timely issues.

Tune in every weekday at 5pm as news director Emma Potter and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. You'll get all the good stuff from this student-run program---from UVA news to what's happening in Charlottesville and Albemarle as well as coverage of statewide issues from Virginia Public Radio. This combination of original reporting and important local stories is just what you need for the ride home! Wtjunews@virginia.edu

A Gumbo of Americana (Bluegrass, Blues, Dawg, Old Time, Singer/Songwriters, Swing), Folk Rock, Jazz Folk, International and more... with interviews, live music updates and often special guests in the studio. The music that can't seem to be classified finds a home here & we look to the artists to see how the limits have been stretched, varied, morphed, married, and how new amalgams have formed new horizons. The roots of folk will not be forgotten, but exploration will be the passion.

Zydecajun Conspiracy: The Gumbo gets HOT in the first hour as Aer sometimes visits the special niche of culture south of I-10 in Louisiana to keep the 'conspiracy' alive. Hei-La-Ba!

The only radio program in Central Virginia that features women's music exclusively, "Eclectic Woman" spans all musical genres and the globe with a variety of rich perspectives. Expect a fresh and tantalizing musical menu of singer-songwriters, women of color, and womyn's music, spiced liberally with traditional, blues, world, jazz, rock, avant-garde, and instrumental music. The Eclectic Woman show also features music and occasional news updates which specifically serve the gay and lesbian community.

A sonic massage of modern and classic Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, and Rhythm and Blues... intended to move, groove, and soothe the soul.

For a stripped-down, raw, throbbing rock and roll experience, tune in to Black Circle Revolution, Thursdays at 11pm.

Washed & Fried is the radio show for the bleary-eyed gypsy saint in all of us, the bohemian who does not know of bohemian, only that they had a vision wherein everything is ablaze and the high artist is gritting his teeth. Visionaries welcome, but in this home the head of the table is saved for the truly bizarre. Furry Lewis cranks your grandfather’s clock while a John Lennon dressed as Jesus scrounges for tabs. Tom Waits is at the kid's table screaming "I don't wanna grow up!" Hosted by DJ Mench and Swamp Fox.

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Ease into your Friday morning with soulful, comforting, classical music. From long ago to yesterday, be surprised and taken by the beauty of classical sound...

With an ear for the beat -- singers who swing and swingers who sing with their instruments; from blues to big bands to bop and Latin; past, present and the young lions and lionesses of the future...

The depth, diversity and often contrasting ideas of jazz & blues programming is reverently represented each Friday morning with an emphasis on hard bop, modern, soul jazz and scrapyard blues, as well as a sampling of current releases and reissues. Brian invites you to take a full, deep breath and begin your weekend early with ninety minutes of hedonic tones, jazz classics, featured artists and organized chaos.

Central Virginia Legal Aid Radio News is a program produced by Marty Wegbreit for WRIR - 97.3 FM - Richmond Independent Radio. Each week Marty produces a five minute version for WTJU. Host and legal aid attorney Marty Wegbreit explores the ins and outs of civil (non-criminal) law, with news about consumer, employment, family, housing, public benefits, and other civil law.

Is there a sinister entity conspiring to control your aural intake? Do you have nightmares about homogenous radio broadcasting? Ever had a craving for new and exciting sounds during your lunch break? If so, you might feel better under Heavy Surveillance. Join Burma Shave and DJ Gare-Bear as they scour the radar and transmit signs of rock from our planet and beyond. Trust us: you'll like what you overhear.

The tradition of Roots and Culture in the Old Dominion endures. Set upon the solid foundation of bedrock Nyabinghi chants, syncopated Ska and rumbling Rock Steady, your selectors build the framework of the positive Word, Sound and Power of Reggae. Riddim for the Next Generation...

Democracy Now! hosted by Amy Goodman and co-hosted by Juan Gonzalez, is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program. Tune in as independent and international journalists, ordinary people from around the world who are directly affected by U.S. foreign policy, grassroots leaders and peace activists, artists, academics, and independent analysts discuss breaking news and timely issues.

Tune in every weekday at 5pm as news director Emma Potter and the WTJU News Staff bring you the latest from Charlottesville and around the region. You'll get all the good stuff from this student-run program---from UVA news to what's happening in Charlottesville and Albemarle as well as coverage of statewide issues from Virginia Public Radio. This combination of original reporting and important local stories is just what you need for the ride home! Wtjunews@virginia.edu

Hear the full range of musical traditions in folk, bluegrass, new grass, celtic, old time, country, singer/songwriter, blues, world and any other roots-based music. Pete or Terry bring you the old and the new, be it local, regional, national, or international, with an emphasis on who's coming to perform around Charlottesville and Virginia.

Comienze el fin de semana escuchando danza latina cada viernes con dos horas de lo mejor del ritmo y con locucion en ingles y en español.

One of the longest running blues shows in 'TJU's history, featuring the best of Mississippi and Chicago, rural and urban, and acoustic and electric blues.

Take a weekly trip into Heptown. Professor Bebop ankles down Swing Street, slips into Blues Alley, checks out the Museum of the Rhythm and the Blues, catches the service at the Cathedral of the Broken Heart and slips down Palpitation Boulevard to Soulville.

Blending everything she can think of into two hours of pop, rock, jazz, and blues, DJ Patty Hearst works to wake you up. Ranging from 1950s bee-bop to contemporary art rock, I play songs I love, whether they be old favorites or new obsessions. Guaranteed to keep you awake when you should be sleeping.

Old Vinyl... there's nothing like it! The Melody Man digs through his collection to bring you hundreds of old vinyl recordings collected from the '50s to the '80s. Albums not spun for maybe two decades may surprise you, if not the DJ. Could be cabaret, folk, jazz, rock or who-knows-what from many storage boxes.

A penetrating and irreverent look at events in pond, forest and cobweb: Our resident naturalist, the Crank of Dawn, focuses on all aspects of nature and the environment, with regard to understanding our surroundings and treating them more respectfully.

Join Emmett or Peter on a journey back to the good old days when the women were beautiful, the men were brave, and both the music and the whiskey were home made. We'll ride the Rock Island Line, roar down Thunder Road, Take the Night Train to Memphis, follow Uncle Dave Macon's old mule, and Back Up and Push with the Monroe Bros.

For twenty years, Atlantic Weekly Part I has been providing listeners with a Saturday morning wake up call of acoustic music. From contemporary singer-songwriters and Americana to the bedrock traditions of bluegrass and old-time string bands, we will have you singing and dancing around the kitchen during your first cup of coffee. Tune in and explore the insightful lyrics and musical diversity that can be found only outside the limits of commercial radio.

A listing of traditional dance activities in the WTJU listening area... New England contra dancing, square dancing, English, Scotch, Irish, and International folk dancing are a few of the many different forms of folk dance available in and around Charlottesville. Also airs Thursdays at 1:57PM

The Celtic-flavored second half of Atlantic Weekly is based in Britain and Ireland but with excursions north to Scandinavia and across the channel to the Continent. Hear harps and bagpipes, slow airs and quick jigs, new songs and old ballads.

Brings you the best of the Grateful Dead and attendant offshoots, descendants, friends, influences and predecessors, from Bob Dylan, New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Jefferson Airplane and Robert Hunter to David Grisman, the Kentucky Colonels and mucho mas. In the strangest of places...

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Tune in for two hours of musical mayhem as the Monster and Matt provide you with high-energy Americana to end your Saturday afternoon and start the evening off right. New releases, timely artist appearances and interviews are a staple. You'll hear a blend of rock, folk, country, blues and rockabilly to liven up your Saturday PM. Tune in and start jumpin'!

Join our intrepid announcers Jay and David as they tramp about the globe in search of a transcendent mix of musical genres aimed at reaching that pinnacle of enlightenment early on a Saturday night - having a good time. Whether it's klezmer, bossa nova, celtic, roots rock, alt country, blues, zydeco, world, or whatever else we stumble across, we'll explore wherever our two left feet lead us.

Take a sound journey with us and reflect on the creative contributions that people all over the planet are making through music. Enjoy a world of diversity invoices and instruments--celebrate the fragile experiment that is humanity.

Step out of your musical comfort zone into the Living Time zone. We start with a set of unusual blues and vocal music, followed by selections from the best new jazz releases, mixed with highlights from the last 35 years of post-"Electric Miles". "New electric music and electrifying acoustic music..."

Put on your hip hugger suit or your brother's sloppy shirt and join us every Saturday night for two hours of rock & roll music that will make you say, "Ooooo now mercy, mercy on me." and do funny things like a clown. Your hosts Jeff & Michael will check that sausage before they put it in the waffle, check what's in the batter and make sure that candy is in the original wrapper. Admit it, you can dig it. Now go on with your bad self.

Find yourself up late, killing time on a Saturday night? Well make that time well spent with John and DJ Lovebird on Asbestos Free from 1am to 3am Sunday morning; you'll experience sounds ranging from rock, pop, hip-hop, metal, electro and any mashed up combination possible. So go ahead, live a little and give us a listen--you'll never know what you're going to get, but we can guarantee it's going to be Asbestos Free.

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Sublime! Sensual! Soothing! Hear the best in classical music, a perfect accompaniment to a Sunday morning. Tune in for a diverse blend of music from all styles and periods, from JS Bach to Enrique Granados, harpsichords to brass ensembles.

An hour of vintage and contemporary gospel music to feed your soul and lift you up

Jazzmania presents a diverse blend of modern and classic jazz as well as other forms of creative, improvised music..."a veritable smorgasbord of jazz". Comments and requests appreciated at 924-3418.

Heard on stations all over the world, Tell Us A Tale, while technically a children's program, is so much more. Offering stories, tales and tunes collected from six of the seven continents (still working on Antarctica), this show appeals to listeners of all ages. So whether you are three years old getting an allowance, waiting tables in college, drawing a pension or collecting social security, gather 'round the radio each Sunday for Tell Us A Tale!

The only non-syndicated weekly broadcast of opera in Central Virginia coming to you year round, regardless of the season! Hosts Ann Shaffer and Tim Snider share their favorite recordings, old and new. Plot synopsis and historical background are provided.

Michael pulls all the stops to present all manner of music for the monarch of musical instruments -- silvery to stentorian, sublime to bombastic, full of pomp and circumstance. From June thru September the King rests and Evensong treats you to the best in choral music, the perfect accompaniment to a summer's eve.

Penelope invites you to spend your evening in a salon filled with the intimate strains of fine classical chamber music, from early to modern.

Walk your troubles away listening to the early blues. Songsters from the '20s and '30s, field recordings from the '40s and '50s, rediscovered greats from the '60s, and modern acoustic artists who draw on the blues tradition are featured here.

Raw Music from the 20th and 21st Centuries: Airing its genre-busting blend of progressive hootenanny, provocative commentary, and sprawling pop music history lesson on WTJU since 1995 (or 1996), Radio Wowsville is broadcast via nuclear warhead from a cave / sound lab in Grottoes, Virginia.