In The Groove

For 35 years Russ has worked as a professional musician playing many different styles of music including Jazz, Rock, Country, Gospel, Blues, R&B, Broadway shows and Symphonic music.

Twice 5 Miles

James Navé is a native of Asheville who has made a giant reputation for himself in the world of spoken word, storytelling and poetry.

RockStone Radio

“I have been collecting reggae lp’s for about 30 years. it has become a passion of mine my entire life. I now get to share it with others who love the vibes as much as I do. I am not trying to “teach” people about reggae music but, to share the many styles and unknown artist’s that have gone overlooked.

Lester the Nightfly

According to program host, PJ Ewing, your new favorite songs are awaiting you on Lester the Nightfly. All the way from Manhattan, NYC this is the show for the music aficionado.

Land of the Sky

Brody Hunt brings his incredible knowledge and unstoppable enthusiasm for the great recordings of a grand age in the U.S. to this wonderfully entertaining show.

A Better World

Host McNair Ezzard provides an in-depth look into the people and organizations, locally, nationally and internationally, who are creating a world that works for all.

A Better World

Bossa Brazil

Bossa Brazil presents a showcase of the wide and infectious varieties of A música do Brasil, from samba and Chôro to MPB, Forró, Jazz and more, including an occasional historic example…..

The Empowered Whistleblower

Dawn Westmoreland believes that employees and employers deserve to work in safe and respectful work environments.

Gospel Boogie is a program that presents uptempo gospel music from the golden age of gospel, 1945-1965.

Listen & Be Heard

The Listen & Be Heard Radio Show, is primarily for readers and writers, and in general to promote local culture everywhere.

Free Form Music Hour

Random selections of free form music – from classic rock, new wave, jazz, country, americana, and more…you never know what you’re gonignto hear.

Stu Helm – Food Fan

Catching A Wave

The Magpie

Based out of Rome, Italy, and Asheville, North Carolina, host Charlotte works to bring listeners a jumble of glittering stories from her collection. Calling on artists, authors, entrepreneurs, and scientists,

Asheville Grooves

WPVM’s daily show of local and regional music. There is a reason Asheville’s music vibes have gotten national and international attention. Rolling Stone’s article on the Asheville vibe…“Asheville is becoming one of the country’s most vital music hubs.”

Jazz w/ David Basse

Explore jazz’s rich living history on community and public radio stations around the country.

https://wpvmfm.org/jazz-with-dave-basse/

That Record Guy

Classic Rock and Pop from the 50’s through the 80’s with a REAL living, breathing DJ.

Jazz Hybrid

Sebastian is the author of a half dozen books and loves working on collages and collaborating with book artists. He has lived with his family in Asheville since 2000 and teaches for the Great Smokies Writing Program out of UNC-Asheville.

All the music that didn’t follow the genera or formulas because it was coming from that early muse that created rock and roll, that muse still works. Today’s musical culture still searches for that muse (and we prove it every week).

View show playlists here.

First Wave

First Wave host, Peter spins classic to contemporary Punk and New Wave music and the garage and surf genres that influenced it. You’ll hear familiar tracks and artists, as well as others you did not know existed!

The Martha Bassett Show

The Martha Bassett Show is recorded live at the historic Reeves Theater in Elkin, NC. This weekly one-hour music program blends the fabric of the national roots and Americana scene with the rich artistry, history, and flair of North Carolina’s Piedmont region.

Adventures in Listening

Musician and former curatorial assistant at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Gary Parky is a New Orleans ex-pat who moved to Asheville in 2020. Gary has produced an eclectic music show for WHIV for several years and joined the family of volunteer DJs for WPVM in 2023.

Spin Class

Cycling through the latest and greatest tracks from Alternative, Indie, New Wave, Shoegaze, and Electronic artists, and their influences. Spin Class Host- VA- brings you featured albums from her collection…

Choose To Be Curious

“Try to be one of those on whom nothing is lost,” wrote Henry James.  His advice from The Art of Fiction sums up the spirit of choosing to be curious. It’s a decision we can make about how we live our lives and do our work.

Backtracking

Backtracking is a return to the great days of FM radio heard decades ago: short breaks, long songs, and DJs who knew more about the music they were playing than I did.

Retro Cocktail Hour

The Retro Cocktail Hour with host Darrell Brogdon serves up music that’s “shaken, not stirred” every week from the Underground Martini Bunker

Friday 8:00-10:00PM

Carolina Bop Society Radio Show

Jazz music program featuring music hailing from Carolina.
With Host Still Bill

1:00 – 3:00 PM Sunday

Dave Rogers’ Magic Mix

Looking for a real mix of oldies, including R&B, blue-eyed soul, pop, crossover country, and maybe even classic beach music?

Full Disclosure

Robin Farzad is formerly a senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, covering Wall Street, international finance and emerging markets. Reported everywhere from Mozambique and Botswana to the Mideast and Medellín, Colombia, to the Dominican Republic and the Niger Delta.

VTC Veterans Treatment Court

The Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) is an alternative pathway to the traditional carceral system, focusing on treatment and transformation as a means to promote public safety.  These are the stories of those involved and those who have been impacted.

Live from White Rock Hall

Returning to his hometown Marshall in the early 1990s after a successful musical career, musician, and poet Keith Flynn founded the Asheville Poetry Review, which has published over 1800 new and established writers. Then he looked around for something new to create.

Mental Health Matters with Todd Weatherly

Todd Weatherly lives in Western North Carolina just outside of Asheville with his family and a small fleet of mountain bikes.

WPVM SPECIALS

A collection of programs that cover Veterans, Treatment Court, mental health, and public service help centered on the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

Chicago Symphony

ailed as the number one US Orchestra by the venerable British publication Gramophone, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continues this quarter with more concerts from Symphony Center, the home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

New York Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic plays a leading cultural role in New York City, the United States, and the world.

Each season the Orchestra connects with up to 50 million music lovers through live concerts in New York and around the world; international broadcasts on television, radio, and online; recordings; and education programs.

Cruisin’ The Decades

“Cruisin’ The Decades” is a 100-year journey through recorded popular music history. It is like an audio time capsule, playing one song per decade beginning in 1920 and running through the 2020s. We cover all styles and genres: jazz, blues, folk, standards/songbook, swing, R&B, early rock & roll, country, psychedelic, modern rock, punk, new wave, and alternative.

American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans
“In the history of American radio, no series has come close to Nick Spitzer’s American Routes in exploring the many streams of this nation’s music.”
— Nat Hentoff, Wall Street Journal

The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn

Out Of The Woods

Out of the Woods is an independently-produced weekly radio program of mostly acoustic music. The show is heard internationally on a variety of great FM and online radio stations.

The programs are available free for broadcast to non-commercial stations on request at outofthewoodsradio@gmail.com

Friday 10:00 AM -12:00 PM

Blue Light Central

All aboard the blues train!

Every week, the big blue train we call the Blue Light Central rumbles out of the station for an hour-long ride through a landscape of blues, classic R&B, soul, gospel, zydeco and low-down boogie. Mark Drnek is your ticket agent, porter, engineer, brakeman and conductor on a weekly excursion through the vast music landscape.

Back Down The Bayou

I produce an eclectic program of Louisiana and roots music on WHYR every Sunday evening from 7-9pCentral. The show originates from the Banana Plantation somewhere in Mid City Baton Rouge, Louisiana, expect to hear everything from Baton Rouge Blues, Cajun, the lowlife New Orleans funk, local, regional, who knows where dat one came from and a whole lot more…..Bill Bolens

Down the Road

Down The Road airs on WPVM 103.7 every Wednesday @ 10:00 PM. The show celebrates the music and musicians of New Orleans and surrounding areas, past and present. We play traditional jazz, brass band, blues, funk, soul, rock, r&b, and more. The show originates at  WHYR 96.9 fm in Baton Rouge

Background Briefing

Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news”.

A Pew Research study finds that 67% of Americans get their news from
social media, mostly Facebook, in a form of reality-shopping where
outlooks are shared and opinions reinforced, often by political spin
or even foreign manipulation

Dr. Michio Kaku

Exploration with Michio Kaku, is an hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. It is broadcast each week on WBAI New York City (99.5 FM), and re-aired on stations across the country via the Ku National Radio Satellite.

The Laura Flanders Show

Longtime broadcaster, Laura Flanders hosts the weekly “Laura Flanders Show” which is available on TV and radio. The LF Show features in depth conversations about change and change-making with leading thinkers and doers, as well as commentaries and field reports. Flanders was the longtime host of CounterSpin and RadioNation.

Le Show / Harry Shearer

Vogue magazine describes Le Show as “wildly clever, iconoclastic stew of talk, music, political commentary, readings of inadvertently funny public documents or trade magazines and scripted skits.”

Democracy Now

A national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. Pioneering the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., Democracy Now