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Classical & New Music
.A Musical Offering with Mary Berg
Sundays 5 am-9 am
Bach and more.

.Ears Wide Open with Carl Stone
Sundays 9 pm-11 pm
Eclectic new and experimental music outside the commercial mainstream.
http://www.sukothai.com/index2.html

Discreet Music
with Dean Suzuki
Sundays 11 pm-1 am

Electronica
.Off The Beaten Path with DJ Sep
Mondays 10 pm-midnight
Breaks, beats, and frequencies.


Experimental

No Other Radio Network
with Elden, Russ, and Steve
Tuesdays midnight-1:30 am
New, experimental music.
www.kpfa.org/nootherradionetwork

Crack O'Dawn
with Barbara Golden
1st Thursday midnight-3 am
Experimental computer music.


.Over The Edge with Don Joyce
2nd, 3rd , 4th and 5th Thursdays midnight-3 am
Live-mix radio. "Life makes radio successful because of the particular sensibilities involved and developed ability to organize chaos and cultivate coincidence."
http://negativland.com/nmol/ote/text/index.html

Puzzling Evidence
with Doug Wellman
Fridays 3 am-5 am

Folk, Rock, & Pop

.Pitch-A-Fit with PVC
Mondays midnight-2:00 am
Rock, blues, techno, R&B, punk, soul, standards, soundtracks, indie, spoken word, world, unclassifiable. Raising hell and committing strange acts of sonic experimentation.

http://www.zoka.com/pvc/

.Dead To The World with David Gans
Wednesdays 8 pm-10 pm
Grateful Dead related music.

http://www.trufun.com

Sing Out
with Larry Kelp
Wednesdays 10 pm- midnight
Folk & not-so acoustic music.


.The Bonnie Simmons Show
with Bonnie Simmons
Thursdays 8 pm-10 pm
Mix of singer-songwriter, folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B
.
http://www.bonzilla.com


.The Hear & Now with Derk Richardson
Thursdays 10 pm-midnight
Free form music mix, new releases and familiar songs.
http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/music/derk/

Across The Great Divide
with Robbie Osman
Sundays 11am-1pm
Acoustic and folk.

America's Back 40
with Mary Tilson
Sundays 1 pm-3 pm
"the hicks from Coast to Coast"


Pig In A Pen
with Ray Edlund or

Panhandle Country
with Tom Diamant
Sundays 3 pm-5 pm
Bluegrass, country, and more
.

Funk

.The History of Funk with Rickey Vincent
Fridays 10 pm - midnight
"...two hours of the strongest, stankiest, uncut fonk anywhere on the airwaves."
http://www.kalilight.com/nsites/funkshow.html

.Live from Aztlan with Gary Baca, The G-Spot
Sundays 1 am-5 am
A funk oriented musical serving of hip hop, oldies, soul and Latino sounds deeply fried in East Bay grease.

Gospel, Blues, R&B

.La Onda Bajita with Miguel Molina "El Gavilan," Citlali Saenz, Ventura "Mr. Chuch" Longoria, and Jose Gutierrez "El Alacran"
Fridays 8 pm - 10 pm
Lowrider soul music. This long running lowrider cruising show continues to creep along with a mix of barrio oldies and raza knowledge.


.The Gospel Experience with Emmit Powell
Saturdays 6 am-9 am
One of the longest running gospel music shows in the Bay Area.


.The Johnny Otis Show with R&B legend Johnny Otis Saturdays 11 am-noon Classic R&B.

.Blues by the Bay with Tom Mazzolini
Saturdays noon-2 pm
Blues music, highlights Afro-American roots art form from its rural country roots to the urban manifestations and regional flavors.

Hip Hop

The Late Night Hype
with Mack B-Dog
Wednesdays 1:30 am-5 am

Friday Night Vibe
with Davey D
Fridays midnight - 2 am Saturday
http://www.daveyd.com

Jazz

Early Morning Jazz
with Arthur Martin
Mondays 1 am-5 am
Straight-ahead jazz.

Transitions on Traditions
with Greg Bridges
Mondays 8 pm-10 pm
Jazz, blues, spoken word and then some.

Musical Colors
with Raquel Aguirre
Tuesdays 8 pm-10 pm
A jazz world experience. Explores a variety of textures with a cross pollination of jazz, world and Latin influences.

No Other Radio Network
with Russ Kent, Scott Arford, and Das
Tuesdays 12 midnight - 2am
Smooth overnight colors of jazz and soul.

.Forms & Feelings with Jim Bennett
Saturdays 2 pm-4 pm
Timeless music "sometimes conveniently described as jazz." Exposing new artists and artists deserving recognition that "push the envelope."

.In Your Ear with Art Sato
Saturdays 4 pm-6 pm
A cool fusion of jazz and Latin music, giving voice to musicians deserving wider recognition, and showing that jazz and Afro-Caribbean music are separate, but "branches of the same tree."

Ear Thyme
with Doug Edwards
Saturdays 11 pm-1 am
Straight ahead jazz.

Latin American

.Ritmo De Las Americas with Jose Ruiz
Saturdays 7 pm-9 pm
Drawing from the musical richness of Latin America and the Caribbean, a weekly sonic tapestry filled with heart, feeling and the rhythms of the Americas.

La Onda Bajita with Miguel Molina "El Gavilan," Citlali Saenz, Ventura "Mr. Chuch" Longoria, and Jose Gutierrez "El Alacran"
Fridays 8 pm - 10 pm
Lowrider soul music. This long running lowrider cruising show continues to creep along with a mix of barrio oldies and raza knowledge.

Reggae

.The Reggae Express with Spiff Skankin' and Javier
Tuesdays 10 pm-midnight
"Go with the flow reggae music mix."

Roots Kommunikations
with Bruddah Klay-Kayumanggi
Saturdays 2 am-6 am

Salsa - Latin Jazz

.Con Sabor with Luis Medina
Saturdays 9 pm-11 pm
A mix of salsa, Afro-Cuban, and Latin jazz.

http://www.salsasf.com

.In Your Ear with Art Sato
Saturdays 4 pm-6 pm
A cool fusion of jazz and Latin music, giving voice to musicians deserving wider recognition, and showing that jazz and Afro-Caribbean music are separate, but "branches of the same tree."

World Music

Earth Songs
with Gregg McVicar
Sundays 5pm-6 pm
Modern music from Native America
http://www.earthsongs.net


Early Morning Music
A refreshing pan-world musical mix to wake up to
Monday-Friday 5 - 6am
Guest Hosts, Mondays
Lewis Sawyer, Tuesdays
Peja Peja, Wednesdays
Kevin Vance, Thursdays
Sally Phillips
, Friday

Music of the World
Monday-Friday 10 am-noon
A global romp through diverse musical fields.
.Kutay Derin Kugay, Mondays
http://www.come.to/7-8music
and cutting edge with innovative dance textures.
.Victoria, Tuesdays, a mix of folkloric, electronic, urban, and spiritual.
.Avotcja or Doug Edwards, Wednesdays
.Stephen Kent, Thursdays
http://www.didjeridu.com/skent.html
.David McBurnie, Fridays, a layered mix that is unpredictable

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