Shows: Rock

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

Start Stop Show DJ  
12:00am 3:00am

House of Brutal

Voiceless altars of flesh nailed in unholy misery centuries in decomposition spawn of Azagthoth scathophagous goatfather epoch of disfigured unlight fluorescent bleeding chaos pneumatic slaughter exhausted organic stench feculent crucifeast sodomythical frost goats herpetiform filthgrinder inverted putrid mass cthonophagic hunger. Hail Satan. Gore.
Leonid
& Joe
& Alex
3:00am 6:00am

Love in the Time of Baller-a

Hold on to your Huevos! This is going to be a wild ride.
Rishard
6:00am 9:00am

Dilation Station

Cuts from the past, present and future annals of anal rock, every Monday from 6-9AM.
Nick
9:00am 12:00pm

Metal Machine Radio

Rick

Tuesday

12:00am 3:00am

And Now for Something Completely Different!

And now for something completely different! Tune in to hear hosts Ron Marek & Gary Sheputis unleash rockin' cuts that will burrow into your skull and explode! Classic rock n' roll, acid jazz, space pop, deep funk, country western television themes, and, on at least one occasion, the sound of an oncoming locomotive! And that's not all, folks! That's why the show is called "And Now For Something Completely Different!" Tune in to hear something completely, wildly, strangely, and excitingly different right here on WHPK 88.5 FM Chicago!
Ron M.
3:00am 6:00am

Down the Rabbit Hole Music

Tune in to hear an exploration of electronic music genres from the 80's to now, featuring electronica, jungle, electropop and more. Find more at http://downtherabbitholemusic.blogspot.com.
Alice
6:00am 9:00am

And in the News...

Join local writer and broadcaster Michael Sweeney as he takes a look at politics, pop-culture, a tiny dollop of sports, all-around modern city living, and whatever other random thoughts pop into his often-careening brain on his "And, in the News..." program. And it's all broken and spiced up with interesting selections from the last 45 years of non-overplayed, post-modern rock music. Remember, if it's news to Michael, he hopes it's news to you, too...
Michael Sweeney
9:00am 12:00pm

National Public Rumpus (NPR)

Hello, friends! Do you love to groove? Do you like glitter glue? Do you have positive feelings towards songs that rip it up and/or kick it out? Are you curious about what "it" is? How do you feel about llamas? Then and join Moira for her MAGICAL ROCK N ROLL PARTY-PARADE!<3!!<3!
Moira

Wednesday

1:00am 3:00am

Allegedly Estlin

Tune in every Tuesday night from midnight to 3AM to commune with WHPK's own Metaphysical Medium, E S T L I N "Zoroaster" U S H E R.
Estlin
3:00am 6:00am

100 Years of Ball-itude

Hold on to your Huevos! This is going to be a wild ride.
Rishard
6:00am 9:00am

OR R SHART FOR SHORT

Operationally Redundant Real Spherical Harmonic Augmented Reduced Transformations For Optimally Representing Simple Histograms Of Radio Transmissions: Do you know how deep Lake Michigan is? 281 meters! I know, that's not really all that deep, but do you know how awesome Stereolab sounds down there? Really awesome. So join us every week as we broadcast remotely from the bottom of the lake, playing the best songs by Stereolab and bands that aren't Stereolab.
Dugan
& Jay
9:00am 12:00pm

Uppers+Downers

Jordan Ups

Thursday

12:00am 3:00am

re: re: Blood

Is Event Horizon your favorite movie? Do you yearn to be trapped aboard an aural spacecraft and forced to face every nightmare you never had, until your brain meat is strung like bunting from the solar panels of your Tie-Fighter? Tune in to re: re: blood for a re-imagining of what it means to be haunted in the Space Age.
Ainsley
3:00am 6:00am

Ex Mixtape Boyfriend

Show to be announced.
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6:00am 9:00am

D-Funked C-Train

We play the manifestation of the concept of rock music for all you insomniac dudes out there.
Diana
& Caitlin
& Jason
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.
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Mike O’F

Friday

12:00am 3:00am

Refuge, Mandala Offering

Inner-space calm , shifting patterns, new inflections. Jade tones reach into expanse. The mind encounters digital futures, light. Drifting, chiming.
Eric H.
3:00am 6:00am

Adrienne

Adrienne
6:00am 10:00am

Underground Groove

House 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 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 they play on-air in our record library.
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