Our rock DJs lose sleep staying up all night to bring you the finest rock and roll on the planet. You’ll hear every genre, sub-genre, and passing fancy spun by our rock DJs—from punk, hardcore, pop, prog-rock, krautrock, acid-folk, psych, and goth to space rock, new wave, no wave, noise rock, art rock, glam rock, metal, power electronics, and just plain old classic rock.
Be sure to check out our Live In-Studio show: Pure Hype.
Monday |
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| Start | Stop | Show | DJ |
| 12:00am | 3:00am | House of BrutalThe House of Brutal: like Dee Snider’s show, only less spandex and more jun juns. Tune in and hear Metal Rob presents the most appropriate tracks for the next mass extinction event. |
Metal Rob |
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| 3:00am | 6:00am | Must Not Sleep/Must Warn Others |
Tom & Nick |
| 6:00am | 9:00am | Strange Stew |
Kim Scarborough & Stacey |
| 9:00am | 12:00pm | Metal Machine Radio |
Rick |
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The Freeform Show |
Rishard | ||
Tuesday |
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| 12:00am | 3:00am | A Nice Young ManTwo hours of acoustic and electronic jams from the trippy to the sobering. |
Julian |
| 3:00am | 6:00am | Hyde Parkour |
Hannah |
| 6:00am | 9:00am | Indiesomnia |
Susan |
| 9:00am | 12:00pm | National Public Rumpus (NPR)National Public Rumpus was born in a great explosion of crushed velvet and dreamed its way to the top. It possesses a softness and sheen that bores into your warm, gooey innards like something you have long forgotten. It will soothe the fetid blackness of your capitalist heart. Clamorous, clangorous, cantankerous—let the musical intoxication begin. |
Moira |
Wednesday |
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| 12:00am | 3:00am | Becoming -Intense, Becoming-Animal, Becoming-Imperceptible |
Margaret Inglosolunbe |
| 3:00am | 6:00am | Orange You Glad I Didn't Say Punk |
Stevie |
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The Dérive |
Petey | ||
| 6:00am | 9:00am | ArrythmiaThrow out your metronomes and pacemakers! Tune in to Arrhythmia, where Colin and Jenn will make your heart jump with the sounds of frantic drumming, creepy odes to Jacoby Ellsbury, and anarchist clatter.» Web site |
Colin & Jenn |
| 9:00am | 12:00pm | Qwee!Qwee—where the music is cuter than both the boys and the squirrels—focuses on twee and indie pop with frequent references to kittens, sunny days, and broken hearts.» Web site |
Chris Aque |
Thursday |
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| 12:00am | 2:00am | Robots! Pirates! Ninjas!The new music show! WHPK’s music director takes you through the week’s new independent releases from bands both big and small, the überhyped and unheard, to bring you the toe-tappin’est, be-boppin’est rock ’n’ roll being made today. Special attention will be paid to bands from Chicago... Robots! Pirates! Ninjas! You have found a home! |
JJ! |
| 2:00am | 4:00am | What the Punk? |
Jon S. |
| 4:00am | 6:00am | Kicks in Stereo |
Troy |
| 6:00am | 9:00am | Mansion of Brutal |
Daniel S. |
| 9:00am | 12:00pm | 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.” Does this describe you? If so, we’re very sorry. Maybe you ought to listen to Radio Zero. Your hosts play the best in Transgressive Pop and Gestalt Rock.» Web site |
Mike O’F & J. Niimi |
Friday |
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| 12:00am | 3:00am | Pop ’n’ Fresh |
Krista |
| 3:00am | 6:00am | WanderlustExploring the intersection of musical cultures from around the world and the limits of melodic music and tonal systems, all with a generous smattering of new and recent indie.» Web site |
Michael C. |
| 6:00am | 8:00am | Teleological MeltdownThe postmodern condition is one of questioning and uncertainty, of the breakdown of stable narratives and traditions. Don’t despair! Instead, celebrate with Teleological Meltdown’s anarchic mix of noise and new wave, psych and post-punk, microhouse and minimalism, and quite a bit more... |
Will Stahl & Aaron |
| 8:00am | 10:00am | Underground GrooveHouse music is a Chicago creation that has become a global phenomenon. Clubs across the globe are banging to the house sound and WHPK is keeping time with the world on Underground Groove. Join Chicago mix DJ Beryl Turner, as he plays single House and Disco tracks and mixes from the hottest local and international DJs, as well as his own powerhouse mix sets. |
Beryl |
| 9:00pm | 10:30pm | Pure HypeLive 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 they play on-air in our record library.» See schedule |
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