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Alternating Currents features new and experimental music from the 20th century into the present: from electronic to acoustic, from composed to improvised, from high tech to ad hoc, from analog to digital, from local to global. Alternating Currents is...

A longtime volunteer at WMSE, Jeff D., now has his own on-air slot spinning new and old alternative, post punk, and some 70’s punk and glam, along with 80’s retro.The show features new music off of Erin’s (WMSE Music Director) top 30 play list.”

It’s not really true. We’ve seen him. He really has eyes.What happens when you play Polyphonic Spree, Magma and then have the nerve to smash it into Tom Waits and They Might Be Giants, then try to whimsically take the edge off with some Sleepytime...

Dewey features the best in big band swing and jazz and even the occasional Dixieland piece

BTS.WRKNG has hosted a weekly exploration of electronic music in all its forms, a celebration of synths, samplers and studio-as-instrument. Eschewing trends and engaged in a non-stop chase after the newest in new while only occasionally looking back...

Spinning punk by the young lions and the old masters, garage rock old and new, protopunk lunkheads and new generation trash rockers, surf instros and various musical outcasts from the 50′s to modern day.

Mars:The City Rock Showgram, simply stated, is a show and it is a program that has little or nothing — or perhaps everything — to do with the city of music. Best summary is alternative for geezers. I play old-geezer acts like Reed and Richman and...

Scott Lucey still hasn’t warmed up to love the name of his show, but he will admit that it’s an accurate way to describe the satisfying mix of digital origins and acoustic plateaus you’ll hear each Wednesday morning. Tune in for specific selections...

Been at WMSE for over 30 years. Andre blends a format of eclectic, obscure alternative music (most of which is dissonant and super spacey) and has a pure wall of sound production value.Anything from the danciest of electronica to old school hip-hop...

A showcase of music by female artists and female-fronted bands. We play rock, blues, R&B, world music, jazz, gospel, alternative country and singer/songwriter. We not only play national & international artists, but we also focus on local area female...

Dr. Sushi’s Free Jazz BBQ features three hours of hard-hitting, cutting-edge jazz. You might hear something new that you’ve never heard before or you might hear something classic from Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sun Ra or another historical jazz...

Sounds of the Golden Age of Radio from 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. The best comedy, drama, adventure, mystery, and science fiction from the 20th century’s salad days of radio.

Asche is a longtime Milwaukee club DJ. Mixes every Saturday morning on WMSE. The best EBM and IDM. Asche also mixes in his favorite industrial music, gothic and darkwave favorites.

Mary has been with WMSE for over 30 years. Her award-winning show features new age, ambient, Celtic and some trance music. Mary is also a staunch supporter of Milwaukee’s instrumental music scene as well and regularly conducts in-depth interviews with...

Old-school blues, rock & roots music on alternating Friday evenings, 6-9 pm. Every 1st (and possibly 5th) Friday features a full 3 hour look-back to the glorious days of 60′s & 70′s fm rock radio but not with the usual suspects. On the 3rd Friday,...

Intelligent hip-hop and trip-hop and a healthy dose of indie-pop. Occasional sounds of Bjork, Magnetic Fields and Saul Williams mixed in with what is new and good in music with a -hop suffix. This, of course, is just an example of what gets mixed on...

One of WMSE’s and Milwaukee’s best DJ shows. Techno up and down. All styles. Steven and Paul often feature area DJ’s in one-hour sets during the show. Any show could have as many as three DJs spinning three completely different sets. All live from...

Every Tuesday at 8PM since February of 2005, WMSE has welcomed a Milwaukee-area artist into the Bob and Genie Friedman Live Performance Studio to perform a full set live on the airwaves, made possible by our amazing sound engineer Billy Cicerelli. The...

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