WEFT related sites around the Web
Some WEFT programs have their own websites located elsewhere on the web. Clicking on a show's title in the list below will take you to that program's web site.
Decayed Lace - Sunday 10:00 pm to Midnight
Hosted by Kristin: Rock, Goth, Industrial music: Put on your black eyeliner and fishnets, everybody: It’s A Goth Party!
Disability Beat - Monday 5:00 to 5:30 pm
Disability Beat is about and for people with all types of disabilities with a slant toward social justice, community supports, inclusion, accessibility, freedom and choice.
East Of Zero - Tuesday 10:00 pm to Midnight
World beat, electronica: East of Zero brings you music from all lands east of zero degree longitude. That's the Eastern hemisphere of our dear planet. Music uplifting and upbeat, eclectic and electric. Only some of us have been to those lands, but all of us can fly through and listen to East of Zero. So tune in! Facebook - Facebook.com/eastofzero
From The Joshua Tree Inn - Tuesday 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Listening to music From the Joshua Tree Inn is like attending an acoustic music festival each week. This show brings you the best in contemporary folk, country, and bluegrass, not to mention all those regions in between. So unpack your bags for Newport or Telluride ... and enjoy the finest in acoustic sounds from the comfort of your own radio. Hosted by Kevin Elliott - Singer, Songwriter, DJ - kevinelliottmusic.com
Night Moves - 1st & 3rd Fridays of each month 10:00 pm to midnight
Live mixed house and electronic music with splashes of nu disco, 80s new wave, and funk. Deep House | Chicago House | Weird Techno | Afrobeat | Eclectic Electronic Sounds ----- Ian began djing with radio shows on WRUV-Burlington (Univ of Vermont radio), and WMEB (Univ of Maine radio). Ian has held dj residencies in New York City, Boston, and Nantucket, and has dj'd parties, clubs and bars in New York, Lithuania, Boston, Portland (Maine), Los Angeles, Chicago, Lake Tahoe, Oregon, Montana, all over New England, and Tulum, Mexico. Mixcloud - www.mixcloud.com/ian-hammond/
Radio Free Labor - Saturday 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
A Corporate-Free, Community Operated political education program for all working people. We provide an alternative, progressive perspective and vision for the struggles of working class politics, activism, and culture, nationally and across the world.
Roots Rock Reggae - Thursday 8:00 to 10:00 pm
Straight from Ganja Mountain, this show seeks to connect the Cross-cultural Revolution with reggae music coming straight from Jamaica. Chef Ra started Roots, Rock, Reggae with a song by Bob Marley and The Wailers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMBlMMGxfpw) back in the days when WEFT broadcast on cable TV prior to hitting the FM airwaves on September 26, 1981. Ra single-handedly brought Reggae music to the cornfields and prairies of East Central Illinois, playing roots, rock steady, dance hall, dub, Bob and Rita Marley and The Wailers, Peter Tosh, Steel Pulse, Third World, The Gladiators, Lee Scratch Perry, and more. Through the longest running show on WEFT 90.1FM, his legacy lives on after his earthly passing to the Spirit of Jah and the Liberated Zone on December 26, 2006.
WEFT Sessions - Monday 10:00 to 11:00 pm
WEFT Sessions bring you the best in Live local music. Every week we have a guest artist perform live in the WEFT Studios for our listeners pleasure. WEFT Sessions Facebook page
WEFT Weekender - Friday 6:00 to 9:00 am
Hosted by Vicki & Mark Niswander, WEFT Weekender airs from WEFT Community Radio in Champaign Illinois every Friday morning from 6-9 AM, with a focus on local music, people and events.
Womyn Making Waves - Sunday 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Started in 1981, Womyn Making Waves is one of the oldest programs on WEFT. The show is hosted by a collective; a group of women dedicated to bringing independent music, news, poetry, and performance to women in East Central Illinois via 90.1 FM and elsewhere in the world via our live internet streaming service. The show features live interviews and performances by local women as well recordings from women around the world.
Feature on WMW Airshifter Cope Cumpston - mp3 audio created by Connor Cieko part of Artists Next Door - Cope Cumpston - YouTube video
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