WFMU Recent Airplay + News, December 2025

Kick Out the Jams - Best of 2025 Part 2
Tuesday, January 6th, 7pm - 8pm
on Kick Out The Jams with Joey D (on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Joey D spins more of his favorite garage /indie / punk / rock 'n roll jams of 2025!

Elvis Presley Birthday Clambake
Thursday, January 8th, 9pm - Midnight
on Music To Spazz By with Dave the Spazz
Scatter the Chimp, along with a cavalcade of WFMU disc jockeys, drop by to spin their favorite Elvis sides on The King’s 91st birthday!

Anika
Friday, January 9th, 3pm - 6pm
on Mona's show
This Friday at 3pm, Mona welcomes Anika to the studio to discuss her soundtrack for the Jim Jarmusch film Father Mother Sister Brother. They'll also revisit Anika's discography and a selection of tracks that currently inspire her.

Put The Needle On DJ Pnutz's 45th Birthday 45 Record Release - Good Bye San Diego
Friday, January 9th, 7pm - 8pm
on Put The Needle On The Record with Billy Jam
For her upcoming 45th birthday on January 14th, 2026 DJ Pnutz will celebrate by releasing a 45 RPM 7" record featuring two of the tracks off her new album "Good Bye San Diego" that marks her departure from the West Coast at this turning point in the ever talented DJ / producer / multi instrumentalist ponders what path to her music career in next - Put The Needle On The Record Friday Jan 9th 7pm.

Wally
Saturday, January 10th, 9am - 11am
on Everybody's Songs with Cricket
The Connecticut-based dream pop ensemble Wally is helmed by brothers Lucas and Teo Hernandez alongside their lifelong friend Alex Blair, all three of whom write, sing, and play numerous instruments. On Saturday, January 10, the trio joins Everybody’s Songs to present a stripped back, all-acoustic live set highlighting their impeccable harmonies.

Tonight’s Guest: Jodie Foster (A PRIVATE LIFE)
Saturday, January 10th, 5pm - 9pm
on Bob Barth's One Night Stand (on Sheena's Jungle Room Stream)
LIVE from Los Angeles: We’re honored to welcome the incomparable Jodie Foster for a conversation about her powerful new film A PRIVATE LIFE. In the film, Foster delivers a deeply interior performance that explores identity, autonomy, and the invisible emotional lives we carry beneath carefully constructed exteriors. Thoughtful, restrained, and provocative, A Private Life continues Foster’s long tradition of choosing complex, challenging material that invites audiences into morally and psychologically rich territory.
We’ll talk about what drew her to the project, the themes that resonated most, and how the film fits into her remarkable career as both an actor and filmmaker.
All that & more! January 10th | 2pm–6pm PT / 5pm–9pm ET

Drop In Presents Sonic Research Laboratories, with Doc Sonic
Saturday, January 10th, 6pm - 7pm
on Drop-In (on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Doc Sonic and Sonic Research Labs have been a fixture on upstate college radio for over two decades. Tune in for experiments in dirty blues, punk, surf, garage and fuzz with a twang. It’s a distortion pedal fueled hour of lowbrow nonsense and noise. Double your money back if your mom doesn’t tell you to turn it off!

Tucson Tour Report: Bitchin Bajas Interview
Saturday, January 10th, 7pm - 10pm
on Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Indie underground synth-legends Bitchin Bajas are currently on tour supporting their latest album for Drag City Records, Inland See. The BBs recently thrilled Tucson, AZ, fans with their sonic prowess. Before their performance, Tucson based OoD host David Mittleman interviewed the group about their new album and working with Jazz musicians such as Mike Reed (The Separatist Party) and Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society); the interview will highlight a three-hour special devoted to their supreme synth synergy.

Outta Sight at the BBC Part 6
Saturday, January 10th, 7pm - 9pm
on We're Outta Sight!!! with Stu (on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
It's time for another semi-annual trip through the BBC vaults! DJ Stu Rutherford brings you 2 hours of (mostly) British beat, pop & psych recorded for broadcast on BBC radio in the '60s!

Nadia Now hosts Radio Row
Sunday, January 18th, 5pm - 6pm
on Radio Row

Öppet Archives: Swedish Free Jazz Round Table
Saturday, January 24th, 7pm - 10pm
on Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman (on Give the Drummer Radio stream)
Öppet is a fascinating and historically important series of albums focused on Swedish creative improvised music of the 1960s and 1970s, produced by Caprice Records (Anders Cangemark) in conjunction with the Centre for Swedish Folk Music and Jazz Research (Roger Bergner) and curator and musician Mats Gustafsson. The collection includes previously unreleased recordings by Swedish Jazz musicians such as Lars-Göran Ulander, Roland Keijser Kvartett and the Nisse Sandström Group. For a three-hour special, OoD host David Mittleman conduced a virtual round table with Cangemark, Bergner, Gustafsson and Ulander where they discussed Öppet and the history of Free Jazz in Sweden.

Drop In Presents Mishegoss with Myron!
Saturday, January 31st, 6pm - 7pm
on Drop-In (on Rock'n'Soul Radio stream)
Mishegoss: craziness or idiosyncrasy. The mature and the dewy. With a beat.