Bopst Show

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Amadou Balaké, Céu, Fred Van Zegveld, Jamie Lidell, Plastics, Matt Conner, The Revolution and Norman Cook, The Seeds, Little Roy, Can, Kronos Quartet, Dave Dudley, Buzzcocks, and Nagisa Ni Te. BUY OR DIE! Torso Tommy Flashes His Digits, a pen and ink drawing by Chris Bopst, is now available on shirts and hoodies. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Phylipe Nunes, La Vie En Rose, Tony Joe White, Lou Donaldson, David Carroll and His Orchestra, Kable Drummond and the Cables, Chocolate Milk, Ramones, Village Sounds, Vivian Girls, Boards of Canada, William S. Burroughs, Héctor Lavoe and Willie Colón, Willie Nelson, and Fany Mpfumo. BUY OR DIE! Torso Tommy Flashes His Digits, a pen and ink drawing by Chris Bopst, is now available on shirts and hoodies. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Luciano, Syl Johnson, David Carroll and His Orchestra, O'Luge and Kornerstone All Stars, Ring-A-Dings, Tabukah X, The Golliwogs, Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood, Suzi Quatro, Jean Jacques Perrey and Harry Breuer, Watoo Watoo, BT Express, Buba and the Shop Assistants, and Djaaka. BUY OR DIE! Torso Tommy Flashes His Digits, a pen and ink drawing by Chris Bopst, is now available on shirts and hoodies. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Verres Militares, Gnod, Steve Clayton, Alton Ellis, Nick Drake, The Dirtbombs, Esquivel, Hefner, Hasil Adkins, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Heart Beats, Basement Jaxx, and Hanan Abdu. BUY OR DIE! Torso Tommy Flashes His Digits, a pen and ink drawing by Chris Bopst, is now available on shirts and hoodies. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Kobo Town, Alter Natives, Bucky and The Dales, Eddie Hooper, Kate Bush, King Stitt, Claudja Barry, Wet Leg, Doc Pomus with the Curley Russell All Stars, Public Enemy, Moulay Ahmed El Hassani, Melt Yourself Down, and Bruce Springsteen. BUY OR DIE! Torso Tommy Flashes His Digits, a pen and ink drawing by Chris Bopst, is now available on shirts and hoodies. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

This is an 2-hour block of music programming I produced for WCLM 1450 AM in Richmond, Virginia at 10PM on Friday June 30, 2017. The first hour is the Bopst Show and the second is Good To Your Earhole by DJ Greybeard (Charles is still involved with music as a programming committee member of the Richmond Folk Festival as well as hosting his long-running shows on WRIR, "The Motherland Influence" and, "The Other Black Music") This was an early attempt to fill the 10PM-6AM slot for station when nobody was in the building on the corner of 32nd and Hull Street. It repeated 4 times before the morning shift arrived at 6AM. I eventually programmed no-repeat, 8-hours blocks (you can check out those shows here and here) after listeners called in to complain about the repetition. We were kind of surprised by that, but were happy that people listened to the station all night long. It's the type of complaint radio station's like to have. As was true then as it is now, I hope you enjoy the shows. Thanks for listening. BOPST SHOW ROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Behroze Chatterjee & Chorus, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry, The Sparks, Aimee Mann, Esther Phillips, Wrongtom Meets Rockers, The Raincoats, Television Personalities, Onie Wheeler, Perry Como, Moon Duo, Silver Jews, and Gaby Moreno. BUY OR DIE! Torso Tommy Flashes His Digits, a pen and ink drawing by Chris Bopst, is now available on shirts and hoodies. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

A 2-hour, all music episode of the Bopst Show (with hilarious commercial breaks) that originally aired Friday April 14, 2017, 12-2pm (EST-USA), on WCLM 1450 AM in Richmond, Virginia, USA. This show was recorded, hosted, mixed and produced by Chris Bopst and it features music by Lee Scratch Perry, Gil Scott-Heron, Sun City Girls, NOMEANSNO, Nina Simone, Ennio Morricone, and others. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

This is an 8-hour block of music programming I produced for the 10PM-6AM slot on WCLM 1450 AM in Richmond, Virginia for Friday September 1, 2017. Bopst Show: 2 Hours Rat Ward Radio: 2 Hours Bopst Show: 2 Hours Good To Your Earhole: 2 Hours Produced and mixed by Chris Bopst 8/31/6/2017 Like my previous post of WCLM 1450 AM programing, I put together this overnight programming to come on after Sweet Lou's, "Latin Jazz & Salsa Show" (check out his radio station here).. After he signed off at 10PM, all he had to do was hit the play button on the station's computer to keep the music programming going until 6AM. There was no need to sequence, shows, drops, spots, PSAs, or commercials; I had mixed all that together in this one file. This spared Preston Brown, the station's forever hustling manager, from the tedious task of sequencing individual files to play until the morning when the station went live again. It also allowed me to sequence and pace commercial blocks (which I spent an inordinate amount of time putting together) and programming seamlessly as the computer program we used would sometime freeze up if there were too many individual files running back-to-back. This block of programming has 4 hours of the Bopst Show with 2 hours of Rat Ward Radio sandwiched in between. Rounding out the 8-hour block is, Good to Your Earhole, a show hosted by music enthusiast and former bass player for Richmond legends the Good Guys, Charles "Graybeard" Williams. He named his show after the Funkadelic song, and he plays a variety of black music from different eras and genres. Charles is still involved with music as a programming committee member of the Richmond Folk Festival as well as hosting his long-running shows on WRIR, "The Motherland Influence" and, "The Other Black Music". At the time, I was pushing Preston hard to give him more airtime, but, as things usually happen in the radio business, the station was sold acrimoniously before we could make that happen. The new owner revamped the format and got rid of everybody that had been part of WCLM. Of well, it was fun while it lasted. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did putting it all together. Chris Bopst 1/19/2026

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Los Van Van, Junior Byles, The Raincoats, Drumbo, “Doble R” Super Special Stars, Jackie Wilson, The Hoosier Hot Shots, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Velvet Underground, Special AKA, Walter Gavitt Ferguson, Paul Nabor, and Curtis Mayfield. Original Cover Photo: Ian Howorth Cover Manipulation: Chris Bopst BUY OR DIE! Torso Tommy Flashes His Digits, a pen and ink drawing by Chris Bopst, is now available on shirts and hoodies. This Week's Top 5 Diversions: 1. The Demise of Planet X 2. Rather than taking advantage of that second chance, prosecutors said, Ms. Camberos returned to crime. She and her brother were convicted in 2024 in an unrelated fraud. This week, Mr. Trump pardoned both siblings, marking the second time he had opened the prison gates for Ms. Camberos. 3. No Lives Matter. 4. Famous Actors From Out of Town 5. Can you hear me now? BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Bopst Show: 2 Hours Rat Ward Radio: 2 Hours The Hustle Season: 2 Hours Rat Ward Radio: 2 Hours Produced and mixed by Chris Bopst 9/6/2017 This is an 8-hour block of music programming I produced for the 10PM-6AM slot on WCLM 1450 AM in Richmond, Virginia for Friday September 8, 2017. The station manager, Preston Brown, wanted to fill the overnight slot with programming and he gave me complete autonomy to choose the music and DJs for this broadcast. I asked two Richmond musicians I knew to make shows for this block of programming. Hosted by local deviant, noise-making advocate, and sound obsessive Gary Stevens, Rat Ward Radio is dedicated to rare, underground, and forgotten music, with a focus on DIY obscurities, home tapers, hidden gems, and private press releases. The Hustle Season, hosted by longtime Richmond musician Kelli Strawbridge, is a survey of funk, soul, jazz, and disco told and mixed from a player’s perspective. Along with my show, I wanted this block of programming to showcase the diversity of the city’s music selectors unified by each of our passion for audio expression in its myriad of forms and guises. I must forever thank Preston Brown for allowing me to be myself on the Richmond airwaves over the years as his stewardship and the importance of the only non-segregated, commercial radio station in this former capital of the confederacy cannot be overstated. While low power radio stations such as Richmond’s own WRIR 97. 3 carries on the tradition of great American FM radio freeform music programming, WCLM reached audiences and represented communities that tied the diverse fabric of Richmond, Virginia together long before low power community radio stations were in existence. I am forever grateful and honored to be part of the station's history. Each DJ mixed and edited their respective shows. Chris Bopst 1/18/26 BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

A special 3-hour, Christmas-themed mixtape to play at any and all Yuletide gatherings featuring a wide assortment of seasonal cheers suitable for the naughty and nice of all ages.

A 2-hour episode of the Bopst Show that originally aired August 8, 2017, 12-2pm (EST-USA), on WCLM 1450 AM in Richmond, Virginia, USA. This show was recorded, hosted, mixed and produced by Chris Bopst and it features music by Suicide, the Supremes, Gil Scott-Jackson & Brian Jackson, Joyce Harris, Stiff Little Fingers, the Bar Kays, and others. All commercials, trailers, and drops were written, recorded and mixed by Chris Bopst 2017. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Alter Natives, Huey Smith and the Clowns, Freedom, Les Baxter, Shalimar and His Friends, Free Blood, The Fire Engines, Dianne and Carole & The Latin Whatchamacallits, Judy Clay, Detroit Grand Pubahs, The Limiñanas, and the Oriental Mechanic Band. This Week's Top 5 News Diversions: 1. The animal had fallen through one of the ceiling tiles before going "on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything". 2. I met Santa, Kevin. 3. The only thing that bonds all Americans together is that we all are one illness or injury away from financial ruin. 4. The finance department has the most open recommendations with 28, followed by the Department of Public Utilities with 19 and the Department of Procurement Services with 15. 5. Her only vice? Bluegrass music. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Diabluma's Brass Band, The Pop Group, John Paul, Silver Convention, Elliott Smith, Jerry & Mel, Ivan Joe Jones, Iggy Pop, Kneecap, Hercules and Love Affair, Henry Threadgill Sextet, Lisa Anders and the Victory 5, and Maria Usbeck. This Week's Top 5 News Diversions: 1. Nursing wasn’t the only casualty of Trump’s spending bill. Physician assistants, physical therapists, educators, social workers, audiologists, architects and accountants were also on the list of degrees that were not classed as “professional” by the Trump administration. 2. “So where did Sister Keepers come from? Who referred them to the city? Who recommended, who okayed it? City council okayed it. Did anybody investigate this?” 3. Ary admitted to the offense and said that he was “fulfilling an ‘excitement’ that was currently missing in his ‘blah’ life.” 4. The Des Moines Public Schools forced an employee to resign or be fired after she reported a student’s use of a racial slur by using the same word while explaining the student’s conduct to disciplinary officials, according to state records. 5. They’re really just lying to you BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Aurelio, RIAA, Too Many DJs, Wax Audio, Soulwax, Dunproofin’, Rene Touzet, Serious Drinking, Public Enemy, Yoruba Singers, Glam Skanks, David Carroll and His Orchestra, Stark Reality, Chakachas, The Versatiles, and Vieux Farka Touré & Khruangbin. This Week's Top 5 Diversions: 1. Officers said he appeared to be intoxicated when they arrived. 2. The early edition Corgi Bat Boat was also available as part of a gift set together with the ‘tow-hook’ Batmobile. 3. Exhibition runs through December 20, 2025. 4. I Have No Idea What They Analyzed. 5. Fake is the new real. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Pete Seeger, Branding Iron, Dead Fingers Talk, Maynard Guy, Los Gatos, Bola Johnson, Raymond Scott, Bahamas, E.S.L., Trini Lopez, Central K Jazz Band, Drive Like Jehu, The Harlem Experiment, Paul Jones, and Katy and the Null Sets. This Week's Top 5 Diversions: 1. On May 16, 2025, Glen Casada was found guilty on 17 of 19 charges including theft, bribery, kickbacks, use of a fictitious name to carry out fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. Cothren was found guilty on all 19. 2. Dick Cheney dies on the same day Zohran Mamdani was elected Mayor of New York City. 3. This band rules. 4. "They both said you have to trust us a lot which made me not trust them," he said. 5. A woman was chained and tortured in a backyard for months by individuals described as “friends,” who decided they “didn’t like her anymore,” according to police. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Bocaraca, The Damned, Louis Armstrong, Paul Peterson, Peaking Lights, The Travellers, ĠENN, Freddie McKay, The Pogues, Randy Sharp, English Teacher, Doug Vaughn, DJ BC, Anna Ternheim, and Rowland S. Howard. This Week's Top 5 Diversions: 1. His visions for a truly reactionary party are closer than ever to being realized 2. A Richmond homeless shelter operator facing a federal fraud charge and accused of embezzlement was already on the government's radar for a failure to pay taxes prior to the city giving her organization nearly $1 million in taxpayer dollars to provide shelter services 3. A Hopkinsville woman received a shocking delivery Wednesday night 4. Mai Wanje (My Mother) 5. In Reston no one can hear you scream ROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Benny Anderssons Orkester, Augustus Pablo and Inner Circle, Blerta, The Chap, The Detroit Executives, The Dismasters, Bette Midler, Tony Allen, The Dirtbombs, The Earl Brothers, Suburban Lawns, Sheldon Allman, and Bessie Banks. This Week's Top 5 Diversions: 1. Kemp works as a sales manager at Dignity Memorial, a Tampa Bay-area funeral home chain. 2. Which is where robots come in. 3. Stevie Wonder’s penis is erect because he is blind. 4. It used to just say, ‘F*ck Nazis.’ We just clarified who the Nazis were 5. More info soon BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP

Music variety show hosted, mixed and recorded by Chris Bopst featuring words and music by Schoolhouse Rock!, Reuben Bell and the Casanovas, Amanaz, The London Funk All Stars, Beverley Jones & The Prestons, Jah Shaka, Legs, Jamie Lidell, Agnes Riley and Harry Crafton, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Duke of Iron and his Trinidad Calypso Troubadours, Lisa Knapp, Sonora Carruseles, Dick Hyman, Wganda Kenya, and Bill Hicks. This Week's Top 5 Diversions: 1. And he described himself to Trump as a “lifelong Republican and a proud believer in your America First vision” who “never wavered” in his support for the president. 2. I'm a plumber. 3. I think people are really afraid of what is coming. 4. We should all be as thoughtful as Miss Wendy! 5. It gives me hope to be out here with many, many other people. BROADCAST SCHEDULE (EST-USA): The Bopst Show airs Fridays 4 & 10 PM, Saturdays 4 & 10 AM & PM, and Sundays 4 & 10 AM on WRWK 93.9 The Work FM. The Bopst Show airs Monday-Fridays, 4-5 AM & PM, on Slack Radio. Social Media: Facebook, Bluesky, Tumblr, Pinterest, X, Linkedin Until Next Time, Stay Clean PS: FUCK TRUMP