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Wed 2:18 AM : now playing:  Worldbeat (rebroadcast) (rebroadcast of Jan 25, 2026)
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WMBR Spring 2026 Program Schedule:    Return to Main Schedule
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Thursday Programs:
6-8am The Pontoon Palace
Hosted by: Rich Pontius
A good natured but incorrigible bin-digger becomes embroiled in an early morning plot to present a rich panoply of deep folk, heavy rock, psych, country, jazz and pop, all the while indulging his boundless zeal for mischief and romance.

Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 6:00 am Playlist
Thu Feb 12 6:00 am Playlist
8-10am Breakfast of Champions
Hosted by: Mateo, Abby, Ted, Becca, Jeremy, Fred, Erik, and Jon
Start your morning off right with a bowl full of sugary sweet pop goodness, sprinkle on some tasty punk influences, and help yourself to the buffet of sumptuous soundscapes, melancholy melodies, quirky cadences and raucous rock.

Twitter Feed: @bocwmbr
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 8:00 am Playlist
Thu Feb 12 8:00 am Playlist
10am-Noon Late Risers' Club
Hosted by: Joanie, Mark, Mook, Nick, Brandon, Tapedeck Tommy, & the Tuesday Rotation
Your punk rock alarm clock since 1977.

Twitter Feed: @laterisersclub
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 10:00 am Playlist
Thu Feb 12 10:00 am Playlist
Noon-2pm Lost and Found
Hosted by: Larry Azrin, Mark Francis, Bob Dubrow, Rick Roth, Christopher Vyce, Alex McNeil
Rock, pop, soul, psych, prog, girl groups -- from the 50s into the 70s and beyond, but not the same old songs you hear every day on commercial radio.

Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 12:00 pm Playlist
Thu Feb 12 12:00 pm  
2-4pm Troubadour
Hosted by: Bruce Sylvester, Chuck Rosina
An eclectic journey from traditional roots music right up to the present day. Folk, blues, bluegrass, rock, R&B, jazz, reggae, and beyond. Songs looking at social justice issues. Local artists, too. Roots music without bounds or barriers.
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 2:00 pm Playlist
Thu Feb 12 2:00 pm Playlist
4-5:30pm Jazz Volcano
Hosted by: Kennedy C.
The Jazz Volcano (JV) serves up a seismic eruption of fiery lava flowing right to the listeners heart. The Jazz Volcano plays vocalists-- jazz greats, legends, and the Diva's, who own center stage!
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 4:00 pm  
Thu Feb 12 4:00 pm  
5:30-6pm WMBR Nightly News
Hosted by: WMBR News Department
News and analysis focusing on under-reported issues, marginalized communities, and struggles for social change. Our weekly lineup includes a variety of national programs, and on Mondays we present the Local News, reporting on the Cambridge-Boston area.

Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 5:30 pm  
Thu Feb 12 5:30 pm  
6-8pm Radio Ninja
Hosted by: L-Train
It's not necessarily dance music and it's not necessarily not dance music. Radio Ninja has been bringing you car commercial music since 2003. #radioninjasince2003

Twitter Feed: @l_train
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 6:00 pm  
Thu Feb 12 6:00 pm Playlist
8-9pm Papaya
Hosted by: misha burger
tune in to our bedroom club set of blissful and biting dance pop. see you next tuesday, or whenever...
Upcoming shows:
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 7:00 pm Playlist
8-9pm
Alternates Weekly
RRR: Rhythm & Rhyme Radio
Hosted by: Mihir Sukhatme
No beat hits harder than a 90's beat. From the neo-soul bangers from Lauryn Hill to the lyrical, hard tunes of Mobb Deep, tune in for a journey through the Notorious, Big 90's.
Upcoming shows: Mar 5, Mar 19
Listen to past shows: Sun Feb 15 3:00 pm  
9-10pm
Alternates Weekly
Sewersounds
Hosted by: Teep
Ardently disrespecting music genres.

Upcoming shows: Feb 26, Mar 12, Mar 26
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 10:00 pm Playlist
9-10pm
Alternates Weekly
Voyage of the Bagel
Hosted by: Pablo Wentz (umberto schnecko)
Live vinyl mixes. The Bagel drifts through an ocean of rhythms and tones. And tends to end up dancing at some point. Contains ambient, jazz, salsa, techno, electro, classical, soul, jazz, bossa, disco, house, samba, breakbeat, dnb, and jazz.
Upcoming shows: Mar 5, Mar 19
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 9:00 pm Playlist
10-11pm
Alternates Weekly
Reliquia
Hosted by: alli and co
reliquia: curating vestiges of the past mixed with traces of the future. a multilingual exploration of experimental electronic, house, and avant-folk
Upcoming shows: Feb 26, Mar 12, Mar 26
10-11pm
Alternates Weekly
Bleeps + Bloops
Hosted by: Rowan Wergeland
Let's explore the vast valleys and mountain ranges of music made by machines. Electronic, hip-hop, pop, and indie; the eclectic, the beautiful, the goofy, the serene: it's all just a bunch of bleeps and bloops.
Upcoming shows: Mar 5, Mar 19
Listen to past shows: Fri Feb 20 8:00 pm Playlist
11pm-Midnight The ...
Hosted by: Fiona Daly
Tune in for the ... experience of a lifetime. You never know what you're gonna hear - because I never know what I'm gonna play. Good luck.
Listen to past shows: Tue Feb 17 11:00 pm Playlist
Midnight-1am Honey Mustard
Hosted by: Hip Hop Haley & Milli Michelle
To get that extra taste of what you need, listen to DJs Hip Hop Haley and Milli Michelle for rap, J-pop, Latino, and everything else in between.
Listen to past shows: Thu Feb 19 11:00 pm  
Thu Feb 12 11:00 pm  
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