Use this guide to keep your radio tuned to area Bluegrass
Radio Shows. If you find any information in error, or have additions or
changes, email
calendar@bbu.org. Don’t forget to give the DJ’s
a call and tell ’em you heard about their show from the BBU.
All stations are FM unless indicated otherwise
Boston Area
- WUMB 91.9, “WUMB Music Mix” (includes bluegrass, folk, Americana and other roots music,) Monday-Friday 6 AM to 7 PM, “Traditional
Folk” Saturday 9 PM to Midnight with Sandy Sheehan, , UMass Boston.
- WHRB 95.3, “Hillbilly at Harvard”, Saturday 9 AM to 1 PM, with
Cousin Lynn 617-495-4818, Harvard University
- WZBC 90.3, “Sunday Morning Country”, Sunday 10 AM to 2 PM, with Cousin Kate 617-552-4686, Boston College; Playlists at www.spinitron.com
- WMBR 88.1, “Lost Highway” Saturday 8 AM to 10 AM with Doug Gesler, “Troubadour”,
Thursday 2 PM to 4 PM, with Bruce Sylvester 617-253-8810; MIT
- WBRS 100.1 "Black Jack Davy", celtic and folk with Andy Nagy, Mondays,
now 8:30PM-10:30PM; "Watch City Coffeehouse", folk and bluegrass,
with Bob Weiser, Tuesdays, now 8PM-10PM; "Off the Beaten Path", folk bluegrass and country with Michael Kane, Sundays 9am-12pm. 781-736-5277, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
- WXBR-AM 1460 Country "Oldies
with Ed the Detective" 2 - 4 PM on Sundays
South of Boston
- WUMD 89.3 “Root & Branch” Saturday 5 PM to 9PM with Scott
MacKinnon, Paul Wanner and Kevin Mach.
- WOMR 92.1, “Bradford Street Bluegrass” with Various Hosts, Wednesday
5 PM to 8 PM, Provincetown, MA
- WRIU 90.3, Folk and Roots music Monday-Friday 6 PM to 9 PM; “Bluegrass
Breakdown”, Friday 6 PM to 9 PM, with Mike Fishman, URI Kingston,
RI
West of Boston
- WICN 90.5, “Bluegrass Junction”,
Tuesdays 7-11 PM, with Tom Banyai; “Americana” Friday 7PM
to 11 PM with David Ritchie, Worcester, MA 508-752-0700. Both also stream
live over the internet.
- WCUW 91.3 FM. "In the Tradition" - Mondays-Wednesdays 5-8pm and "The Folk Spot", Sundays 11am-2pm.
Also streaming at http://www.wcuw.org/ 910 Main Street, Worcester MA 01610. 508-753-2284(studio).
- WTCC 90.7, Saturday 1 PM to 3 PM, with Dave Helman, Springfield, MA 413-736-2781
- WMUA 91.1, Sunday 2 PM to 5 PM, Bluegrass and Country, UMass Amherst, MA
- WRSI 95.3, Sun. 8 AM to Noon, with Jim Olsen, Northampton, MA,
North of Boston
- WUML 91.5, “Almost Acoustic”,
Saturday Noon to 3 PM, with Tracey Milton, University of Massachusetts,
Lowell, Lowell, MA
- WUNH 91.3, “Pickin Parlor”,
Sunday 8 AM to 10 AM, with Scott Donnolly and Bob Knight (alternating
weeks), Durham, NH
- WKBK 1220 AM, “Monadnock
Roundup”, Sunday 5 AM to 9 AM, with Isaac Page, Keene, NH 603-357-1220
- WKNH 91.3, “Bluegrass
Billboard”, Tuesday 3 PM to 5 PM, with Isaac Page, Keene, NH 603-358-8863
- WMWV 91.7, 93.5, “Great Acoustics" Monday nights from 7 PM to
9 PM with Annie Provenzano, Conway, NH 603-447-5166
- WNCS 104.7 Montpelier, VT; WRJT 103.1 White
River Junction, VT; and WSHX 95.7 St. Johnsbury, VT “Traditional
Ties” Sunday 6 AM to noon with Tim Downey, 877-367-6468
- WRUV Burlington, VT - 90.1 FM. Sunday evenings friom 6 - 8:00 - Blue Mountain Greengrass with host Duncan Fletcher. Also worldwide at wruv.org, where it is available for streaming and/or downloading for up to a week after each show.
- WERU 89.9, "Bronzewound" Thursday
8 PM to 10 PM, with David Manski and Darwin Davidson, 207-469-0500,
East Orland, Maine,
- WBOR 91.1, "Bluegrass 101",
Sunday 6 PM to 8 PM, with Bernie Coombs and Gene Groves, Brunswick,
ME
- WMPG 90.9, Thursday 9 AM to 11
AM, Portland, ME
- WRBC 91.5, “Folk Beat”
Saturday 10 AM to Noon, with Skip Mowry, Bates College, Lewiston, ME
207-777-7915.
- Blue Yodel Show on Portsmouth Community Radio. It's
a low power radio station out of Portsmouth NH but
you can pick it up streaming through www.wirenh.com or through the PCR website www.portsmouthcommunityradio.org.
The call number is 106.1 for those living in or around Portsmouth. The
Blue Yodel plays lots of bluegrass, vintage country, blues, folk and
swing. Thanks so much.
- WMHB 89.7, Waterville, ME. "Bubba's
Corner" Tuesday.10am until 1pm. J. & Mrs. J play bluegrass
music, old time country, and bluegrass gospel.
Connecticut Region
- WWUH 91.3, “U-H Radio Bluegrass”
Saturday 9 AM to 1 PM, with Kevin Lynch, West Hartford, CT 860-768-4701
- WHUS 91.7, Red Rooster Party with Jim &
Marti on Sunday 2-4pm EST, Bluegrass Cafe with Amy & Jim, Sunday
4-7pm EST. Storrs, CT 860-429-9487
- WCNI 91.1, Thursday 3 PM to 6
PM, with Gary Davis, New London, CT
- WVOF 88.5, Friday 6 PM to 9 PM, Fairfield,
CT
Other Regions
- WFDU 89.1, NYC Thursday and
Saturday 6 AM to 9 AM “Bluegrass Express”
- WFUV 90.7, New York City Saturday 1 PM to
3 PM “Shady Grove”
- Upstate NY: Bill Knowlton’s
“Bluegrass Ramble”, Sunday 9 PM to midnight, WXNY 91.3 Syracuse; WUNY 89.5 Utica; WJNY 90.9, Watertown
- WRPI 91.5, Troy, NY Saturday 7 AM to 10 AM
Bluegrass Show with Andy Hawley
- WUSB 90.1, “Bluegrass Time,”
Stony Brook, NY, Wednesday 6:30 – 8 PM with Buddy Merriam, 631-632-9872
- WAMC, "WAMC Bluegrass Time"
with Nick Barr, 2-3pm Sundays, Albany, NY (800) 323-WAMC (9262)
- WKCR, The Moonshine
Show on , Sundays, 10am-12pm. DJ: Matt Winters.
- WAMU, Bluegrass Country, online around the world on: www.bluegrasscountry.org, on FM in Reston, Virgnia:
on 105.5-FM, and HD Radio on WAMU 88-5 Channel Two in Washington, D.C. Program Guide: http://bluegrasscountry.org/d/program-guide.pdf
