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Shows (listed alphabetically)Genre
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Black Lodge Radio
Thursday night or Friday morning? Up late or up early? Mid-century psychedelia or contemporary dream-pop? Why not both? Black Lodge Radio brings you both ends… read more -
The Essence
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A Feast of Irish Folk
Mary and Erik play traditional Irish music from the oldest recordings to the newest releases. -
Algoriddim
Heavy rhythms, soulful harmonies, driving horn lines and serious dubbing. It all comes together on algoriddim in a two hour mix every other friday afternoon… read more -
Alice in Jazzland
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Audio Almanac
Folk music, culture, agriculture. Light on the agriculture. -
Beelzeclub
Upon mead-hazed eagles' wings, carried are we to despoil the camps of the iniquitous, the debased, the untrue. With thunderous unsheathing of timeless steel,… read more -
Belizean Melody Music Show
Explore the diverse music, lifestyles, and cultures that Belize has to offer. The country of Belize is bordered to the north by Mexico, south by Spanish… read more -
Boppin’ with Bob
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Calypso Cavalcade
Calypso Cavalcade, Music of Trinidad & Tobago West Indies, is Chicago's only and longest to date Soca/Calypso radio show. A blend of… read more -
Caustic Acrostic
Josh reveals to you some of the deep hidden secrets of the WHPK record library and the contemporary DIY scene. Obscure and forgotten gems of 90's punk,… read more -
Chi City Funk
Check out TP Corleone as he explores that sticky substance which connects soul, R&B, rock, hip-hop and dance music together. From the past to the future. We… read more -
Chicago Is the World
Chicago is the World is a global music radio program showcasing traditional & contemporary world music, with special attention given to local world music… read more -
Chicago Tessitura : Music and Musings from the Opera Canon
Aria ready for some vocal high C’s? ...Well, aria? Tune in for Opera Seria, Opera Buffa, verisimo... and more. -
Chicago This Week
Jonah Nemec is the host of Chicago This Week. Tune in to WHPK 88.5 FM to listen to informative talk radio presenting news, events and entertainment. "Start your… read more -
Community Cultivations On The Air
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Crossroads: Where Jazz Meets Blues
You’ll hear everything from bebop to boogie woogie, from acid jazz to West Coast cool, featuring the greats and the up and comers who know how to swing.… read more -
CTA Radio
CTA Radio started eleven years ago on a trial basis as a collaboration between KMax, Thaione Davis, & Pugs. After a few months of devoted listenership and… read more -
Das Geheimnis des Nü Ages
Glaubst Du eigentlich, daß dereinst an dem Hause auf einer Marmortafel zu lesen sein wird?: "Hier enthüllte sich am 24. Juli 1895 dem Dr. Sigm. Freud das… read more -
depravity cavity
'Everything you see is oozing down and out and about, into your peripheral excess. You try to focus onto one tunnel of a frame, but that very locus of… read more -
Derrick's Zone
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Dixie Slide
Take a ride down south, raise some hell, catch the blues, and sip moonshine with girl of your dreams. All before 6 am. -
Forest County Stoplights
For the nocturnal or those pulling an all nighter, Forest County Stoplights will keep you jamming' until dawn with an eclectic array folk, rap and rock of the… read more -
Friday Focus Show
Tune in to hear rock DJs kick some knowledge about a single band, theme, or musical style.
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From the Canyons to the Stars...
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From the Subway to the Street Corner
Dangerous doo-wop. -
Gateway to Brazil
Steve and Marcos take you to South America’s largest country on the wings of its many kinds of songs. -
Gospel In the Streets of Chicago
"Gospel In the Streets of Chicago" a Community/Family based show, a fresh approach to the community; Enjoy Gospel/Christian music and discuss Youth issues,… read more -
House of Brutal
Voiceless altars of flesh nailed in unholy misery centuries in decomposition spawn of Azagthoth scathophagous goatfather epoch of disfigured unlight fluorescent… read more -
Hyde Parkour
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i don't k[no]w sé
Los que saben, saben. Pop, dance, cumbia, disco, noise, dark regaeton, and more from all over Latin America. -
In the Yellow Bulb Light
Full illumination or The Impenetrable Glare shape what you know surrounds you. -
Incoherent Ramblings
A complete waste of perfectly good air-time. -
Industry Shakedown
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Inner Nation Sound
Listen in for a contemporary union of deep rhythms and exotic harmonies as DreadRock mixes a live studio set. Electro, traditional musics, and heavy beats come… read more -
iRock Jazz Radio
iRock Jazz Radio features a progressive blend of innovative classics and music by today's NEW traditional jazz pioneers. -
Jammin John's Merri-Go-Round
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Jazz for Dessert
Jazz for Dessert serves up beautiful jazz, from Third Stream classically-influenced, to blues-influenced, to be-bop, to traditional, to… read more -
Jazz Gumbo
Hot and cool, familiar and new. Like a good gumbo, this show blends flavors from sources around the world of jazz. From the classic and modern masters to the… read more -
Jazz Kicker's Den
Jazz Kicker's Den features Mainstream/Straight Ahead and other forms of America's musical gift to the world known as Jazz. -
Jazz Port
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Jazz Rapp with the Impressario Al Carter-Bey
The impressario - the musical host of over 30 years of jazz radio experience. The host with a musical library of 30,000 recordings; keeping the musical history… read more -
Jazzwalk
If Big Band Jazz is what you want to hear, or music from legendary local musicians—especially from DuSable… read more -
Journey Into Jazz
Journey into Jazz focuses on the popular sounds of jazz and the journey that the current local musicians take to personalize… read more -
Keegan
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Lest We Forget
Songs and music that you either don't know at all or that you know so well that sometimes you forget it's there. Deep cuts that never got a chance and… read more -
Letting off the Happiness
Learn how to feel every Tuesday Morning with Tahoe as you explore the darkest recesses of life, pain, and perpetual solitude. Midwestern emo revival and 90's… read more -
Live Talk
Darian Esco invites you to discuss issues that affect humans at community as well as global levels, while attempting to transition thinking from ill to well. -
Lo-Fo
Sunday nights from 9:00-10:00 tune into Lo-Fo, with Zoe, the show where lo-fi garage and folk music come together sweet as garage-y apple pie. From Mountain… read more -
Love in the Time of Baller-a
Hold on to your Huevos! This is going to be a wild ride. -
Moonshine
"The blues ain't nothin' but a hurtin' and a feelin' sad." -
Morning Jazz
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Music Around the World
Marta's meandering musical magical-mystery mind weaves together the sounds of (and interesting facts about) all sorts of music from all over the globe -- from… read more -
Music from the South Side of the World
From the Golden Gate to the Golden Horn, reggae to ragas, voodoo drums to Vee-Jay records, Javanese Gamelan to Garifuna grooves to Gnawa drones, from the… read more -
New City America
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News from the Service Entrance
The word on the street hits the airwaves: News from the frontline, music from the WHPK library, and interviews with the famous and infamous, nationally known… read more -
No Stairway
Loud noise$ and $tuff to li$ten to in your ear$ -
Party from Damascus
A wide variety of music and special guests from the Arab world. Pop music from Lebanon, contemporary radio hits from Egypt, traditional music from Syria—and… read more -
Philip & Kevin's Super Underwater Adventure Time
Join two young explorers as they traverse the aquatic depths in pursuit of quality music, knowledge of the abyss, and, of course, the nefarious Dr. Glooper. -
Phyrexian Obliterator
Behold blessed perfection. -
Puppy, PhD
Perspicacious presentation of popular and unpopular music for the patient, powerful puppy painlessly playing in pretty poppy pastures of the psyche. -
Pure Hype
Live rock ’n’ roll! Listen to some of today's best fresh bands from the Chicago area and beyond before they get swallowed up in the mainstream, as… read more -
Radical Minds
Radical Minds explores the intersection between politics and economics in the modern world. It is an ongoing discussion among activists, intellectuals and… read more -
Radio Dada
'Radio Dada is an experimental format that features an extremely wide array of sounds, challenging the listener's preconceptions. Tune in to hear live remixes,… read more -
Radio Frownland
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Radio Salsa Clásica / El Tornado Tropical
“El Caobo” spins the very best of danceable salsa and cha-cha-chá; both classic and contemporary, with periodic interviews of renowned artists, dancers and… read more -
Radio Waiting
Pop songs you can bring home to mom hosted by everyone's favorite ex-girlfriend. -
Radio Zero
“There’s a guitar leaning on a Marshall stack / Used to sound like the sun on the horizon / Now I think we’ve been had.”… read more -
Radio, Live Transmission
Do you enjoy sad men lamenting their lack of a girlfriend? How about Adam Sandler's grandma wailing about eating Twinkies? Are you someone who considers the… read more -
Reggae Gold Radio
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Relentless Reggae
Running the roughest cuts from yard. With a moral obligation to raise the consciousness with a groove, Microphone Bill runs cuts from Studio One to… read more -
Renaissance Radio
Renaissance Radio is a program designed to encompass the multifaceted nature of Chicago's burgeoning artistic scene and diverse community perspectives. The… read more -
Rendezvous Afrika
A whirlwind tour of the continent—East, West, South, and Central—with musical guides Isaac of Ghana, Silvia of Kenya, and Kenyi of Uganda. You won’t be… read more -
Schnitzel Boogie
Sit back picture yourself swooping up a shell of purple with foam crests of crystal drops soft nigh they fall unto the sea of morning… read more -
Semantic Insatiation
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Sitting in the Park
Chicago soul and group soul, mainly from the ’60s through the the early ’70s. You’ll also hear interviews with soul groups. Check… read more -
Souled and New
Do you need more soul in your life? Here, we believe the answer is always yes, bringing you a balanced diet of soul, Stax,Motown, girl group, Wall of Sound,… read more -
Spaceshjip Earth
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Stereo Sanctity
Spinning sonic pop tunes of the dreamy, noisy, and freaky variety. Tune in or stay noided! -
Straight Ahead Jazz
Yamaide plays principally acoustic jazz, based on the hard bop tradition and sensibilities. Straight Ahead Jazz has a few characteristic… read more -
Strange Ways
Strange ways focuses on experimental 20th century music. Expect everything from minimalism and electronics to impressionism and jazz-influenced music. -
Strong Feelings
"Let us return to imperfection's school / No longer wandering after Plato's ghost, / Seeking the garden where all fruit is flawless, / We must at last renounce… read more -
Stuff From My Collection
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Syncretic Life And A Bag Of Chips
A (generally) well-composed mess of rock genres coming at you every Monday morning from 8-10. -
Teen Talk Radio Theatre
Teen Talk Radio Theatre is a dramatized talk show where listeners enter into dialogue on the right and wrong moral choices confronting characters in radio… read more -
ThaiOne Davis
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The A.L.L. Sports Hour
Chicago is a sports city and AL.L. Sports with Allen L Linton II is a Chicago sport's talk show. Tune in for engaging discussions of sports issues covering all… read more -
The Blues Excursion
Spend Saturday night with WHPK’s unofficial radio personality Arkansas Red. Arkansas sings along to his favorite blues, talks to listeners… read more -
The Body Electric
Star stuff, pondering the stars; organized assemblages of ten billion-billion-billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing that long journey by… read more -
The Dusties Party
The music that’s been widely sampled in Hip-Hop, Pop, and modern R&B, in its original form. From the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s,… read more -
The Essence
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The Evil Show
The purest blues sounds of the century from the early days of recording to today. -
The Folk Show
"The Folk Show" is some kinda weirdo paradise. I'm hearing backwoods banjos, glowing and snapping tablas, dented Mangum brass, Jamalian keyboard work, and… read more -
The Groks Science Show
The Groks Science Show investigates topics in science and technology. Each show features a roundup of current science news, interviews with scientists,… read more -
The Jazz Supreme Show
Listen to The Jazz Supreme Show with Host/DJ Vaughn Wilson Thursdays from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM on WHPK 88.5 FM. Wilson plays classic jazz (such as John Coltrane,… read more -
The Lake Shore Drive radio show
Tune in to the Lake Shore Drive radio show every other friday from 10:30pm - 3am. The show fuses old school hip hop now school hip hop and new school hip hop to… read more -
The Lake Shore Drive radio show II
Tune in to the Lake Shore Drive radio show every other friday from 10:30pm - 3am. The show fuses old school hip hop now school hip hop and new school hip hop to… read more -
The Laws of Jazz
Jazz at its best, with flavorful commentaries and insightful, thought-provoking informational tidbots. Laws is a law unto himself: relentless in… read more -
The Ministry of Truth
The Ministry of Truth is a radio show of news, opinion, and information—but it’s not as dull as that might sound. Featuring headlines from The… read more -
The People’s Radio
Join Southside Together Organizing for Power (STOP) for programs covering the latest issues in the struggle for Human Rights and racial and economic justice on… read more -
The School of Jazz
Jonathan plays classic jazz, especially those performances of note that were of great influence, extraordinary in some capacity or representative of a… read more -
The Shape I'm In
From Leeds to Los Angeles, The Shape I'm In brings you classic country, country and western, and contemporary twang with a message and an upraised fist.… read more -
The Tune-Up Show
Incorporates a variety of recordings—sometimes focusing on a particular year, sometimes a specific artist. Thomas presents historical and… read more -
THINK CHTHONIC
United Black Void Flag Mutation. Terveet Headcleaners Crazy Jerry's Spirit Kådet Kids. Minor C.I.A. Negazione Double Minutemen O Threat Negative L.S.D. F.U.'s.… read more -
Tripping at the Gates of Dawn
Join Marshall at the threshold of daybreak, where you will hear songs ranging from the psychotic to the psychedelic. Listen to soundscapes you never thought… read more -
Underground Dance Show
Hey Chicago its time to party to some music we created.. House Music!! Check out The Underground Dance show featuring interviews, mixes, new & old tracks from… read more -
Up Your Thrash-Hole
Eden brings an eclectic mix of thrash, thrash, and more thrash to wake you up the right way: bleeding from both ears. Heavy Metal has been concentrated,… read more -
Urban Aspirations
Eavesdropping with Urban Aspirations" is the home of the curious jazz enthusiast, featuring an eclection (eclectic collection) of various jazz genres from… read more -
Velvet Hours
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Voces de la Canción Mexicana
Enjoy the many sounds of our neighbor to the south: the best vocalists and instrumentalists performing a variety of regional and historic styles to present you… read more -
Votrax Express
Look out below! The Votrax Personal Speech System finally comes to Chicago's airwaves. Join Joe, Votrax, and all of their friends for music and laughs every… read more -
Vwa Lakay: The Voice from Home
Frantz brings you music and news from the diaspora as well as direct from the island. -
What Is This Thing Called Jazz?
WHPK's longest running jazz show, since 1976, with new music and guest interviews -
Women's Rugby
#Stingswag, mithril in my trick bag -
Zoundz!
Zoundz! A free, wild adventure in jazz from ragtime to the far future, and from many galaxies around the universe. Every Monday evening from 6:30 to 9, hear… read more