What’s on WPRB today during the Membership Drive? Check the schedule! Love this programming? Support WPRB today!

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10/12/09 06:00:00 – 11:00:00
Monday Classical with Tiffany

Five hours of variety classical programming. Tiffany will be giving away tickets for the upcoming Princeton University Orchestra and Princeton Glee Club performances.

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10/12/09 11:00:00 – 13:00:00
Jazz with Dan Buskirk

Join Dan Buskirk for an exclusive interview with saxophone legend Sonny Rollins. He’ll discuss his experiences growing up in Harlem and making music with Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and those “punkers” the Rolling Stones.

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10/12/09 13:00:00-15:00:00
Naive Melodies with Chloe (Rock)

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10/12/09 15:00:00-15:30:00
In-studio performance by Blues Control

Queens, NY boogie rock duo who journey into the miasmic core of psychedelia and billowing fog of ambient space on their new release, Local Flavor (Siltbreeze Records). Blues Control might just be the missing link between Van Halen and legendary experimentalist Henry Flynt.

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10/12/09 15:00:00 – 17:00:00
The Ghetto Blaster aka The People’s Radio with Hi-Res (Hip-Hop/Funk/Reggae/Breaks)

The Ghetto Blaster will feature special guest and fellow crate digger Paul Lewis who will be spinning selections from his collection of classic reggae 45s.

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10/12/09 19:00:00 – 22:00:00
xClean Yr Roomx with Art & Julia (Rock)

Art & Julia will host live performances from Philadelphia’s own Kurt Vile (Matador Records; pictured left) and Clakamas, Oregon’s Pierced Arrows (ex-Dead Moon, The Rats). They’ll be playing some of their favorite new music from the past year and rolling out the fast n’ foul sounds of teenage dumbwave. XClean Yr Roomx will be giving away premiums from Siltbreeze Records, Richie Records and much more!

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10/12/09 22:00:00 – 00:00:00
Purehand with Chomps & JohnnyBeans (Rock)

Eclectic selection of rock, hip-hop, house, electronic, and more from WPRB’s bottomless box of wonders.

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10/13/09 0:00:00-02:00:00
Sam’s Storytime Castle with Sam (Rock)

From new releases to classics to LPs rotting away in our archives, join Sam as he highlights his favorite music from the WPRB stacks, both new and old. He’s almost definitely going to play “After the Goldrush” by Neil Young. Because he can.

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10/12/09 02:00:00 – 04:00:00
Majestic Jams with Gabe (Rock)

An exploration of all things majestic. Why can’t Sam Cooke, Ennio Morricone, and Husker Du fit all into the same show?

What’s on WPRB today during the Membership Drive? Check the schedule! Love this programming? Support WPRB today!

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10/11/09 06:00:00 – 10:00:00
Sunday Morning Opera with Sandy

Join Sandy for a program highlighting some fantastic opera singers: Jon Vickers, Franco Corelli, Tito Schipa, Jussi Bjoerling, Risë Stevens, Montserrat Caballé, and many more.

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10/11/09 10:00:00 – 12:00:00
Sunday Jazz with Jeannie Becker

Jeannie will present highlights from her recent amazing interview with pianist and vocalist Ray Brown Jr., the adopted son of vocalist Ella Fitzgerald and bassist Ray Brown, plus a couple of giveaways from Ray’s latest release, Friends and Family (SRI Records).

Sunday Jazz with Jeannie emphasizes traditional jazz, American standards, as well as be-bop. Several packets of 5 CDs to be offered throughout the show which will include music by some fantastic jazz notables.

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10/11/09 12:00:00 – 13:00:00
News and Culture on WPRB

Join us for selections from interviews with Paul Muldoon, Jon Greenwald, Charlie Gibson, and more. News Director Nikki Leon sits down with Nick Tagher and Aaron Smargon to discuss their new WPRB program, “Taking On.”

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10/11/09 13:00:00 – 15:00:00
Musical Odyssey with Bonnie (Greek Music)

Musical Odyssey is a weekly Greek music show heard every Sunday on WPRB. We play the full spectrum of Greek music from Ancient music to today’s hits.

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10/11/09 15:00:00 – 17:00:00
Jamrock Radio with Selecta Bam Bam (Caribbean/Reggae)

Live DJ mix show featuring live performances by Ras Asia & Tara Cortney, Hustle Man, and Intalect.

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10/11/09 17:00:00 – 19:00:00
Underwater is Dinosaurs in Outerspace with Andrea (World/Folk)

A delicious blend of pre-historic and progressive blues and folk, aquatically smooth indie soul and cosmic electro-funk from around the world.

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10/11/09 19:00:00 – 22:00:00
Music You Can’t Hear On The Radio with John Weingart (Folk/Bluegrass/Eclectic)

New Jersey’s oldest folk music radio show and WPRB’s longest-running program! Music You Can’t Hear On The Radio will present in its entirety a concert given by Pete Seeger at Carnegie Hall on June 8, 1963. This recording shows Seeger at the height of his powers as he holds the audience in the palm of his hand with a mix of old folk songs. music of political struggle, and the introduction of songs by newcomers like Tom Paxton and Bob Dylan. It it also captures an amazing moment in American history. As you listen to Seeger talk and sing and to the audience response, you can feel the optimism in the air that the civil rights movement was going to be triumphant and that a new generation was about to change the world politically and musically.

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10/11/09 22:00:00 – 01:00:00
The Worried Waltz with Mister Various

“An Endless Day At The Negativity Cabaret” edition of The Worried Waltz. Many creepy crooners & dissonant waltzes. The Worried Waltz will be giving away a one-of-a-kind creepy crooner photo book with creepy crooner sound collage CD.

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10/11/09 01:00:00 – 03:00:00
Rock with Aaron

Tune in for a range of exploratory soundscapes, from ambient electronica to art punk to lo-fi.

What’s on WPRB today during the Membership Drive? Check the schedule! Love this programming? Support WPRB today!

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10/10/09 07:00:00 – 09:00:00
Saturday Morning Classical with Greg Smith

A very eclectic mix of classical music of several periods and styles with a few surprises and something for everyone to enjoy. Not to be missed.

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10/10/09 07:00:00 – 09:00:00
Indian Classical with Sangeet (Classical/World)

Classical and folk music from the Indian subcontinent.

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10/10/09 12:00:05 – 13:00:00
The All-Ages Show with Paddy & Edap (Children’s)

Music that’s not just for grownups: a mix of family music, storytime with original background score and song and other general episodes of abashed silliness.

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10/10/09 13:00:00 – 14:00:00
World’s Fare with Pangeo (World)

A mix of music from around the globe, where every song played will come from a CD that will be available as an extra premium.

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10/10/09 14:00:00 – 15:00:00
Scarlet Pumpernickel with Pato (Rock)

An eclectic mix of rock.

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10/10/09 15:00:00-15:30:00
Live performance of “The Gonzales Cantata”

You heard about it on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” and Fox News, or read about it in the Wall Street Journal, now experience it for yourself! Melissa Dunphy’s “The Gonzales Cantata” is a gender-bending 40-minute choral work whose libretto comes directly from the 2007 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in which disgraced former U.S. Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales famously said “I don’t recall” more than 71 times. This performance was recorded live in Philadelphia at the Rotunda on September 2, 2009.

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10/10/09 15:30:00 – 17:00:00
Recherché with Readie Righteous (Eclectic)

I’ll be featuring the usual — carefully sought-out fare, hence extremely choice or rare. Along the way, I’ll also celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the birth of Thelonious Monk.

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10/10/09 17:00:00 – 19:00:00
The Death of Tango with Pablo (World)

Join Pablo for an in-studio performance featuring the Oscuro Quintet, as well as his weekly journey through the time capsule of tango music from the 20s to the present.

The Oscuro Quintet is an international group of 5 accomplished musicians of diverse disciplines pursuing their collective passion for tango and contemporary music. As Philadelphia’s first tango music ensemble, the quintet evokes the passion and the grace of tango from dance floors to concert halls with a mind toward both the music of the past and the vanguard of progression.

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10/10/09 19:00:00 – 21:00:00
Daydream Nation with Sam (Rock)

New indie rock and classics from the 80′s and early 90′s, mixed in with hip-hop, folk and world music.

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10/10/09 21:00:00 – 00:00:00
Idiot Control with Brian Eff (Rock)

Imagine a go-go boot stamping on a human face – forever. Now imagine it with a soundtrack of bowl-cutted sullen and snarling teenagers thrashing out two chords, supersaturated fuzz guitars, flailing four-armed drummers and sitar abuse. Some favorites from the past year, some stuff you’ve never heard – from beat to garage to heavy acid sounds.

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10/11/09 00:00:00 – 03:00:00
Ill-Gotten Gains with Steve Gonzalez (Rock)

Ill-Gotten Gains will play your requests… and then talk about how much it sucked. Or just yell at you. For a donation of $103.3, Ill-Gotten Gains will give away a Manchester City soccer jersey.

What’s on WPRB today during the Membership Drive? Check the schedule! Love this programming? Support WPRB today!

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10/09/09 06:00:00-08:00:00
Classical with Nathan

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10/09/09 08:00:00-10:00:00
Classical with Julie

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10/09/09 10:00:00-13:00:00
Classical meets Rock with Andrew & Dave (Classical/Rock)

Nope, not “classic rock” – it’s classical-meets-rock!

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10/09/09 13:00:00 – 16:00:00
Las Fantasmas with Zoe & Gracie (Rock)
In-studio performance by Brown Recluse

Las Fantasmas will be gracing the airwaves with their signature mix of indie rock and far-reaching eclecticism, plus an in-studio performance by Philadelphia’s Brown Recluse (Slumberland Records) at 3 p.m. ET!

Formed in 2006, Brown Recluse take influences from the psych pop of The Zombies and Margo Guryan, the tropicalia of Os Mutantes, and 60s producers like Curt Boettcher, Joe Meek and Phil Spector, and create something very modern. A pastoral, psychedelic vibe permeates the group’s new EP, The Soft Skin, bringing to mind the sunshine pop of Curt Boettcher’s The Millennium/Sagittarius projects, and such familiar touchstones as Brian Wilson, Belle & Sebastian, The Clientele and the Elephant 6 collective.

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10/09/09 16:00:00-16:30:00
Timeout with WPRB Sports

Sports interview and discussion with the WPRB Sports department.

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10/09/09 16:30:00-17:00:00
State of the Station with Ned

Join WPRB Station Manager Edwin Bennett as he brings listeners up to speed with the station’s activities, and answer your burning questions about us!

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10/09/09 17:00:00-18:00:00
Top Ten Countdown with DJ Day

Count down WPRB’s top releases of the week!

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10/09/09 18:00:00 – 20:00:00
Her Jazz with Maria T (Rock)

Food, glorious food! Join Maria Tesla Pizzeria for “Songs About Eating,” a program featuring music morsels so tasty you’ll want to gnaw on the radio. A rare live performance of a “pizza crust” punk band may or may not happen. Each donation pledged during this show will receive a copy of Maria T’s “piz’zine,” a ‘zine all about pizza. You look a little hungry. Eat something.

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10/09/09 20:00:00-22:00:00
Slot Time with SG (Rap/Hip-Hop)

Nothing but the illest hip hop and rap from the Surgeon General.

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10/09/09 22:00:00-01:00:00
Nocturnal Transmissions with Dr. Cosmo (Rock)

Nocturnal Transmissions features live music each week followed by a challenging maze of audio architecture. From the obscure to the commonplace, Dr. Cosmo offers WPRB listeners the opportunity to exercise their listening muscles in new and interesting ways.

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10/10/09 01:00:00-04:00:00
Music With Space with Mike Hunter (Ambient/ Electronic/Avant Garde)

Music for the space between your left and right ears. Ambient, electronic and avant garde music. Music to dream to!

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10/08/09 04:00:00 – 11:00:00
Towe on Thursday with Teri Noel Towe (Classical)

The 2nd installment in the series of programmes devoted to the pupils of the harpsichordist and pianist, Wanda Landowska, the 50th anniversary of whose death we commemorate in 2009. The pupils to be featured on this programme: Alice Ehlers, Sylvia Marlowe, Rafael Puyana, Denise Restout, Irma Rogell, and Alexis Weissenberg.

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10/08/09 11:00:00 – 13:00:00
Blues, Bop and Beyond with Will Constantine (Jazz)

Classic and new recordings from a variety of jazz composers.

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10/08/09 13:00:00 – 15:00:00
The Clothesline with Wilbo (Rock)

“Music about radio” features selections about all aspects of this wonderfully addictive, organic, living thing that feeds the music junkie in all of us who either listen and/or spin. You’ll be standing on your couch, pumping your fists in the air, and screaming “WPRB!!!” at the top of your lungs. We promise.

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10/08/09 15:00:00-15:30:00
In-studio performance by Sian Alice Group

Join us for an in-studio set featuring UK band Sian Alice Group, currently on tour supporting their new release, Troubled, Shaken Etc. (The Social Registry Records). Pitchfork writes, “Sian Alice Group chart transformations from psychedelic rock, pastoral folk, and piano-lounge balladry into analog-synthtronica, free-jazz breakdowns, pounding Afro-tech grooves, and avant-classical composition. The beauty of Sian Alice Group is that the band is capable of creating highly effective music even when they stray far from traditional torch-song territory.”

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10/08/09 15:30:00 – 18:30:00
Doubleplusgood with Lizbot (Rock)

This edition of Doubleplusgood will feature the panting, snarling, scurrying and generally hirsute members of our community, in other words: Beasties! In fitting with the theme, Lizbot will be offering albums by the following bands: Grizzly Bear, Art Bears, An Albatross, Deerhoof, Modest Mouse, Tyrannosaurus Rex as an incentive for listeners to support WPRB.

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ON WPRB 103.3 FM
10/08/09 18:30:00-22:00:00
Princeton Football versus Colgate University (Sports)

*** Please note: this is will be broadcast only on our FM signal! ***

Princeton Tiger football takes on the team from Colgate University.

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ON WPRB.COM
10/08/09 18:30:00-22:00:00
Doubleplusgood with Lizbot (Rock)

*** Please note: this is will be broadcast only via streaming audio! ***

Lizbot continues her monster of a show on our Internet stream, and it is devoted to the panting, snarling, scurrying and generally hirsute members of our community, in other words: Beasties! In fitting with the theme, Lizbot will be offering albums by the following bands: Grizzly Bear, Art Bears, An Albatross, Deerhoof, Modest Mouse, Tyrannosaurus Rex as an incentive for listeners to support WPRB.

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ON WPRB.COM
10/08/09 20:00:00 – 22:00:00
I Like to Dance: Shake off Your Pants! with Gildilocks & Postnatal (Rock/Dance)

*** Please note: this is will be broadcast only via streaming audio! ***

We’ll be playing our dance-making, pants-shaking grooves. New tracks and old favorites will be cut loose. We’ll be cutting the rug for the entire show!

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10/08/09 22:00:00 – 0:00:00
Best of the UK with Scott Einhorn (Rock)

From The Beatles to Coldplay, the best British artists, albums and songs from the last 50 years.

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10/09/09 02:00:00 – 06:00:00
Steppin’ Out with Ian Auzenne (Jazz/Blues/R&B)

Ian Auzenne stays up all night playing the best of jazz, blues, and R&B and telling tales of life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.

What’s on WPRB today during the Membership Drive? Check the schedule! Love this programming? Support WPRB today!

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10/07/09 19:00:00 – 00:00:00
Rock with Jon Solomon

Live in-studio with exclusive sets for the start of the 2009 Membership Drive:

Jennifer O’Connor (left, playing covers in return for your pledges), Caterpillar, Danielson (Secretly Canadian), Obits (Sub Pop), The Spinto Band (Park The Van) and Screaming Females (Don Giovanni), plus guest appearances by Bitter Bitter Weeks, Rebecca Gates and Tim Midgett!

Jon will have giveaways to The Bent Spoon and Blue Sage Grille.

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10/08/09 00:00:00 – 02:00:00
Rock with Abby & Harlan

We bring the indie jams from rock to hip hop every Wednesday night!

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10/08/09 02:00:00- 04:00:00
Deadly Tango with SKM

Random samplings focused on 2009 releases, with the inevitable nonsequiturs and sonic mayhem.