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ROCK
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Monday
with Smash
Monday 7-8am
The Language of Listening returns to ZBC for the first time since 2012 and investigates the corners of ZBC rock to knit together instrumentals, foreign languages, and your favorite ZBC bands in the name of listening to new, different, and fun sounds.
with DJ Simon
Monday 8-10am
At last – a reason to look forward to Monday! DJ Simon puts together a high-decibel mix of garage, punk, psychedelia, indie rock, and other weird stuff to jump-start your week. It's a balanced breakfast for your ears, fortified with new finds, old favorites, and under-the-radar gems. Tune in and freak out!
with DJ Teech
Monday 10-11am
Welcome to Math Class students, where we're eternally integral, never derivative. I'm your host, DJ Teech, and class is now in session! Join me every Monday at 10AM for a deep dive into some strange tunes. Our "syllabus" will mainly consist of math rock, psychedelic rock, and really anything else off the beaten path. If you're into strange, fresh, funky tunes from obscure artists that few have ever heard of, then be sure to tune into Math Class!
with Andrew
Monday 11-12pm
Your weekly infusion of groovy, toe-tapping tunes. With a wide-ranging selection of funk, psychedelic rock, and jazz, you can be sure you will find something that will get you on your feet.
with DJ Marcel
Monday 1-2pm
with Josie
Monday 2-3pm
with DJ TM
Monday 3-4pm
i play it all - post punk, post rock, post hardcore… just no post malone :/
Tuesday
with Erika
Tuesday 7-8am
It's a vitamin C happy hour. Music for thirsty people.
with MC McKane
Tuesday 8-9am
Where prog, hard rock, shoegaze, and blues come together
with Connor
Tuesday 9-10am
Old classic rock songs are amazing national treasures, but they can get stale. After scouring the world for new songs with the same classic vibe, Not Your Average Rock will bring that nostalgia back while also highlighting new undiscovered artists who work hard to get their music in the spotlight
with Erik
Tuesday 10-11am
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THE radio show for tracks that will certainly make you want to go back. Every week, tune in from your favorite music-exuding device and discover songs that you simply can't help but replay.
with Corinne
Tuesday 11-12pm
Daily dose of alt rock and pop
with Ediggity
Tuesday 1-2pm
Ediggity and Friends is a show where DJ Ediggity creates a new playlist each week with a recurring group of friends that explores each week's playlist
with Germ and Mac
Tuesday 2-3pm
Your two cool aunts showing you music!
with Lily and Josh
Tuesday 3-5pm
Wednesday
with Faith and Maggie
Wednesday 7-8am
Join roomies Maggie and Faith as they share a variety of tunes making you feel as though you are frolicking through fields while jamming to indie folk one week and floating through space with a shoegaze soundtrack the next
with DJ Ouroboros
Wednesday 8-10am
Welcome to Low End Theory. If I were to describe the aesthetics of Low End Theory as a musical territory or space, its borders would be provided by doom/stoner/psych metal on one side, contemporary prog and prog metal on another, experimental/electronic/folk on a third, and enclosed finally by the long arc of classic and contemporary post-punk that bends towards dub. The mission of this radio show is to conjure a farrago of heavy sonic fictions of sound, words, and music appropriate and fitting to the heaviness of the times. But fear not, this Low End Theory is not dour or depressing; on the contrary, we seek out the joyful and ecstatic in the acoustic depths of the low end’s vibrating, pulsing heart. And who among us does not need some joy anchored in the deep sonority of the low end, especially now?
with Sweewi
Wednesday 10-11am
Rock Time Capsule transports listeners to the most obscure sounds of the mid 60s and 70s while layering intriguing and historic facts and information about the artists and rock history as a whole. Tune in to the Time Capsule to continually expand your horizons and take a trip back to the golden age of rock.
with Thomas H
Wednesday 11-12pm
From forgotten gems to the latest arrivals, The Holtz Effect is about music that starts a conversation. A cornucopia of alternative and hard rock, jazz, electronica, folk, hip-hop and more provides the soundtrack to song trivia and cultural discussion.
with Halyna
Wednesday 1-2pm
Whether you’re walking around campus, studying in Bapst, or procrastinating, let this music whisk you into a dreamlike state and encourage your creativity to flow.
with DJ Le
Wednesday 2-3pm
Now for some easy listening... This show is all about embracing the fall atmosphere, and really leaning into the relaxation that comes with the seasons changing. Tune in for those perfect songs to help you fight off your stress and fall into bliss.
Thursday
with Emma
Thursday 7-8am
colorful nostalgia is all about that yearning for a time that never existed. a love that's slipped by, a euphoric feeling that is better in hindsight, and a life you could've known. at it's most energetic, it's pumped up indie pop that makes you feel alive, and at its most sad girl, it's crying on the bathroom floor. it's filled with all the big emotions that make it all worth it.
with Dean Moriarity
Thursday 8-9am
There is very little evidence to support the idea that the TSA prevents any contraband from making its way onto flights. Simply put, screening does not prevent shenanigans. An auditory visit to the stacks of the WZBC library!
with Carolyn
Thursday 9-10am
A mélange of the mania that is the powerful punks, the grit of grunge, and the nostalgia of 00s pop punk anthems.
with PeterC
Thursday 10-12pm
Industrial Dadaism, Situational bacchanalia Surrealistic Minimalism
with Sarah
Thursday 1-2pm
This show is dedicated to those who never win the dreaded battle for the aux cord. With shows themed around varying moods and genre jumps from japanese screamo, girl group jams, and video game tunes, all those who have been banished from the aux may find solace here.
with Megan
Thursday 2-3pm
"Up in the Clouds" is the show you can come to if you need to escape the real world for a while. I play chill, euphoric, indie music that makes you want to bop your head, close, your eyes, and imagine.
with Moo
Thursday 3-4pm
Moo's Mixtape is a weekly compilation of anything that falls under the punk umbrella—especially post-punk. The bands are small, the bass is strong, the vocals are punchy, and almost every song sounds like it's coming straight outta the '80s and '90s. Tune in
with Spinnster Quinnster
Thursday 4-5pm
Mix of punk-rock, sad-rock, and psych-rock. Music that makes you feel!!!
Friday
with Eurojames
Friday 7-8am
WZBC's Eurojams is the Western Hemisphere broadcast home of the Eurovision Song Contest, the most exciting, fun, and competitive annual event Europe has to offer! Your host James focuses on a different theme every week and delivers full coverage of the entire Eurovision season, including national final qualifying competitions and related songs and artists! #JoinUs, dare to dream, and just enjoy!
with Nick
Friday 8-9am
with James
Friday 9-12pm
In these confused times isn't it nice to find some relief? Every week, James will try to bring some sense into this crazy world via the radio waves. Look back. Look forward. Seek the truth. Never dull. Always irreverent. Fight the good fight by just sitting back and listening.
with DJ Joe Philly
Friday 1-2pm
On Successive Syncopations you can find all sorts of songs, but all of them are sure to have soul. Genres range from experimental pop to the blues, and each show always includes a distinct blend of genres. Despite the diversity of each show, there is always continuity within each segment and each setlist tells a story. Tune in if you are looking for some calming vibes and fun facts about each emerging artist that gets played.
with Andrew and djstricky
Friday 2-3pm
The boys
with Sarah
Friday 3-4pm
The world can wait! Come listen to some tracks that make the rest of life slow down and seem simple. An hour of alternative and dreamy tunes that will make you want to soundtrack your life like it's an indie movie.
Saturday
with Charlie Sedaka
Saturday 5-7am
with Murph
Saturday 1-2pm
We're two sides of the same coin bringing you two hours of salty & sweet, loud & soft, rock & electronic and everything in between.
with David DK
Saturday 2-3pm
All things pass, but some are remembered. Others sit still in relief, settled over time. Bronze Statues explores the recent past with a gauzy lens of ambient and post rock, experimental pop, and shoegaze, with particular attention paid to Japanese rock and electronic music from the last 20 years.
with Bradley Jay
Saturday 3-5pm
with Charlie Sedaka
Saturday 10-11pm
Music from years ago and music from the future. Rock and all sorts of other genres will crop up randomly. Just because something did not get played years ago does not mean it should be overlooked. And there is so much music out there that really needs, deserves to be heard, and that's what I do. I am not a great one for The Latest Thing, but I listen to anything and I hope you will too. Open your ears, make your own decisions, don't just listen to what everyone else is because of a brief "fashion".