Acoustic Music Radio - Live from North America With many stations now also streaming on the web, it is possible to listen to contemporary & traditional acoustic roots radio shows live from North America, as they are broadcast, with reasonable reception from anywhere in the World and at virtually any time of the day or night. However, the problem is always knowing the time difference and remembering where and when to click on! For UK (GMT) listeners, here is a suggested 24-hour schedule for: Sundays Midnight - 5am 5am - Midday Midday - 6pm 6pm - 8pm 8pm - Midnight After Midnight From other countries check local time differences World Clock - Time Zones 12 midnight - 5am GMT - Sunday morning WUNC (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) Host: Freddy Jenkins Show: "Back Porch Music" Local times: Saturdays 8pm - 11pm EST UK times: Sundays 1am - 4am GMT Streaming on the Web @ http://wunc.org/ "From music recorded more than 80 years ago to new releases by the top folk and traditional artists...a wide range of the old with the new." KUMD 103.3 FM (Duluth, Minnesota) Host: Bryan French Show: "Folk Migrations" Local times: Saturdays 7pm - Midnight CST UK times: Sundays 1am - 6am GMT Streaming on the web @ http://www.kumd.org/index.html "Acoustic music of all styles - from Bluegrass groups to Celtic; from traditional Folk to today's best songwriters." WETA 90.9 FM (Washington, DC) Host: Mary Cliff Show: "Traditions" Local times: Saturdays 8pm - 1am EST UK times: Sundays 1am - 6am GMT Streaming on the web @ www.weta.org/fm "Mary Cliff has been host/producer since March 1973. Music includes traditional American songs and dance tunes, blues and bluegrass, contemporary song in folk traditions, ethnic and world music, the broadside/ topical tradition, stories and more." WFCR 88.5fm (Amherst, MA) Host: Susan Forbes Hansen Show: "Valley Folk" Local times: Saturdays 9pm - Midnight EST UK times: Sundays 2am - 5am GMT Streaming on the web at http://www.wfcr.org/ "Celebrate the wonderful variety found under, around and squeezing out the sides of the music labeled “folk”. Guest performances, recorded concerts and selections from local, national and international musicians on CD, cassette and even LP's." KTEP-FM (El Paso, Texas) Host: Dan Alloway & Gregg Carthy Show: "Folk Fury" Local times: Saturdays 7pm -10pm MST UK times: Sundays 2am - 5am GMT Streaming on the web @ www.ktep.org/listen.ssd "Unique blends of bluegrass, blues, western swing, progressive country and of course, folk music." Back to time slots

5am - midday GMT - Sunday mornings WVBR-FM (Ithaca, New York) Hosts: Brad Edmondson, Peter Fraissinet, Michael Cook, Armin Heurich and Kai Schafft Show: "Salt Creek Show" Local times:Sundays 6am - 10 am EST UK times: Sundays 11am - 3pm GMT Streaming on the web at http://wvbr.com/live.html Comin' at you since 1963 with more old-time down home music than you can shake a stick at....the finest hand-picked gems of bluegrass, string bands, Southern gospel, blues, country, honky-tonk, rockabilly, Western Swing, Alt. Country, early R&B/soul/Black gospel and more, spanning a century of timeless Americana." Back to time slots

Midday - 6pm GMT - Sunday afternoons WYEP 91.3 FM (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Host: Kenneth Batista Show: "An American Sampler" Local times: Sundays 7am - 11am EST UK times: Sundays 12pm - 4pm GMT Streaming on the web @ http://www.wyep.org/ "Kenneth Batista began producing and hosting his current show, 'An American Sampler' in 1994 to develop a strong Folk presence on Pittsburgh airwaves. Includes in-studio interviews and performances by legendary and 'up and coming' musicians, alike." WSPN 91.1FM (Skidmore College, New York, USA) Host: Chris McGill Show: "Simpatico" Local times: Sundays 9am - Midday EST UK times: Sundays 2pm - 5pm GMT Streaming on the Web @ www.skidmore.edu/~wspn/ WUSB (Stony Brook, New York) Host: Charlie Backfish Show: "Sunday Street" Local times: Sundays 9am - 11:30am EST UK times: Sundays 2pm - 4.30pm GMT Streaming on the web at www.wusb.org "Sunday Street features both new and established folk performers. A weekly Dylan segment, frequent conversations with and in-studio performances by artists, as well as concert news and listings, are highlights of this program, now celebrating its twenty-fifth year on WUSB." KCSN 88.5 FM (Northridge, California) Host: Frank P. Hoppe Show: "Bluegrass, Etc." Local times: Sundays 6am - 10am PST UK times: Sundays 2pm - 6pm GMT Streaming at on the web at www.kcsn.org "From the Banks of the Ohio to the Blue Moon of Kentucky. Host Frank Hoppe features traditional bluegrass, old-time and early country music to move your heart and your feet. Legendary artists, from early stars of country music like Hoyt Ming & His Pepsteppers and the Carter Family to contemporary performers like Ralph Stanley and Alison Krauss, are brought to you each week." KOOP (Austin, Texas) Host: Tom Pittman Show: "Strictly Bluegrass" Local times: Sundays 9am - 10.30am CST UK times: Sundays 3pm - 4.30pm GMT Streaming on the net at www.koop.org/?page=streaming "Strictly Bluegrass host Tom Pittman is one of Austin's best known and loved musicians. He's played with the Austin Lounge Lizards for many years." Back to time slots

6pm - 8pm GMT - Sunday evenings WUMB (Boston, Massachusetts) Hosts: Roz & Howard Larman Show: "Folkscene" Local times: Sundays 1pm - 3pm EST UK times: Sundays 6pm - 8pm GMT Streaming on the web at www.wumb.org "Traditional and contemporary music featuring live music, interviews, remote recordings, and the finest in recorded music." WLRN 91.3 FM (Miami, Florida) Host: Michael Stock Show: "Folk & Acoustic Music" Local times: Sundays 2pm - 5pm EST UK times: Sundays 7pm - 10pm GMT Streaming on the Web @ www.wlrn.org/ "A mainstay of the South Florida air waves since 1981, bringing listeners the best of traditional and contemporary folk music every Sunday.  The “Acoustic” in Folk & Acoustic Music accounts for all contemporary music that has roots in folk music. Included in this broad definition is blues and gospel music, contemporary singer/songwriters, bluegrass, old time music, and music from around the world. Good music that deserves to be heard." KDHX 88.1 FM (St. Louis, Missouri) Host: Pablo Meshugi Show: "No Time to Tarry Here" Local times: Sundays 2pm - 4pm CST UK times: Sundays 8pm - 10pm GMT Streaming on the web @ http://www.kdhx.org "An entertaining lesson on folk music and things related as Pablo Meshugi (aka Paul Stamler) brings you 'No Time to Tarry Here'. It's a broad spectrum of music, and some insights to put things in perspective." KPSU (Portland, Oregon, USA) Host: Judith Gennett Show: "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy - Euro Roots" Local times: Sundays 11am - 1pm PST UK times: Sundays 7pm - 9pm GMT Streaming on the net @ http://www.kpsu.org/listen "Music with European ethnic roots. Raggle Taggle features Icelandic field recordings, Turkish metal, Seattle folk-dance Balkan, Estonian technorune, Child ballads from Kentucky, Austrian polka punk, Scottish bagpipes, Eurofolk gurdies...and more!!!!" WAER-FM 88.3 (Syracuse, New York) Host: Larry Hoyt Show: "Common Threads" Local times: Sundays 2pm - 5 pm EST UK times: Sundays 7pm - 10pm GMT Streaming on the Web @ http://waer.org/webcast.html "An entertaining mix of traditional folk music and selections from the growing field of acoustically- based singer songwriters." Back to time slots

8pm - Midnight GMT - Sunday nights WNCW (Spindale, North Carolina) Hosts: Joe Cline alt/w John Fowler Show: This Old Porch Local times: Sundays 3pm - 6pm EST UK times: Sundays 8pm -11pm GMT Streaming on the web @ http://publicbroadcast.net/wncw/ppr/index.shtml "The old time music tradition of the mountains is alive and well for three hours each week. From Vernon Dalhart to Uncle Dave Macon, the Skillet Lickers to Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers, the Highwoods Stringband to the Reeltime Travelers, the Carter Family to Clarence Ashley; Ernest Tubb to Randy Travis; the New Lost City Ramblers to the Seldom Scene -- all of this covers the diversity of This Old Porch." WFDU Radio, 89.1FM (Teaneck, New Jersey, USA) Host: Ron Olesko alt/w Bill Hahn Show: "Traditions" Local times: Sundays 3pm - 6pm EST UK times: Sundays 8pm - 11pm GMT Streaming on the Web @ http://alpha.fdu.edu/wfdu/wfdufm/index2.html 'Traditions' was conceived and started by Ron Olesko in 1980. The idea has always been to share the unique and expansive world of folk music. The longest running program on WFDU, 'Traditions' offers a diverse playlist...Traditional music - folk, blues, bluegrass, and ethnic music." WKAR Radio (East Lansing, Michigan) Host: Bob Blackman Show: "The Folk Tradition" Local times: Sunday 6pm -7pm EST UK times: Sundays 11pm - Midnight GMT Streaming on the web @ http://www.wkar.org "Traditional folk songs, Celtic tunes, bluegrass, acoustic blues, gospel, Cajun and zydeco, and much more." Back to time slots After Midnight - into Monday morning WXPN 88.5 FM (Philadelphia, PA) Host: Gene Shay Show: "Folk Show" Local times: Sundays 8pm -11pm EST UK times: Mondays 1am - 4pm GMT Streaming on the web at http://www.xpn.org For over 40 years Gene Shay has been the Philadelphia folk scene’s most visible representative, producing folk radio shows every Sunday since 1962, (now on 88.5, WXPN). A founder of the Philadelphia Folk Festival and Festival emcee since its inception, he has been called the “Grandfather of Philadelphia Folk Music” by the Philadelphia Inquirer. His early interviews with Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, John Denver, Tom Waits, Phil Ochs, Bonnie Raitt and Judy Collins are almost legendary and he was the first one to bring Bob Dylan to Philadelphia for his debut concert. more... THE ShayList Back to time slots Please add your comments/playlists etc to the new Message Board Compiled by Paul Castle email back to Acoustic Music Across the Pond back to PDC Music back to The Rosinators back to top