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WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/12/26, 3:01 AM

Want to listen to a diverse collection of songs and styles and learn about the musicians who make them? Tune in to DJ Microwave and friends as they try their best to put you on to some of the best music ever released and share the stories behind the songs.

# of Episodes

61232

Host

DJ Microwave

First Aired

March 22nd, 2005

Last Episode

April 12th, 2026

Previous broadcasts

Khan Academy

Portishead, Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Charlie Rouse, and more.

The Old School Zone/Midnight Love Zone

Remote Broadcast Saturday 4/11/26

The Old School Zone/Midnight Love Zone

Bert Jansch, Spain, The Temptations, and more.

srpinging into april randomness

spring april randomness

WRBB SYNDICATED PROGRAMMING

Beach House, Acetone, Flotation Toy Warning, The Red Thread, and more.

abandon the rule

Marvin Gaye, The Cure, Sly & The Family Stone, The Blackbyrds, and more.

Super Stupid

Pale Saints, Vegyn, Niños Del Cerro, Massive Attack, and more.

slop 8

Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Racing Mount Pleasant, Smino, Koffee, and more.

Back Bay Blues

Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, and more.

Little sunflower

Yo La Tengo, Donald Byrd, Dorothy Ashby, Four Tet, and more.

De Música Ligera

Fleeting Joys, John Coltrane Quartet, Built To Spill, Piotr Kurek, and more.

Financial Fitness

Special Guest Marcus CEO of the NextGen Summit from the New England Innovation Academy.

Gospel Connection International

Naomi Almonte Music, PJ Morton, Jarell Smalls & Company, Solomon Lange, and more.

Daughters of Lillith

Sisters of Mercy, The Field Mice, Nothing, Sufjan Stevens, and more.

Raised on Rock

The Beach Boys, Duster, The Microphones, Flotation Toy Warning, and more.

Punk's Dead Tired

Unwound, Cap'n Jazz, Pinback, Sparklehorse, and more.

Episode 9

Misfits, Pulp, Charli xcx, Manic Street Preachers, and more.

Season 3, Episode 7

The Prince of Egypt

Huntington Hip-Hop

Militia Rashad, ETHEREAL VISIONS, Dean Blunt, New Order, and more.

Weird Science

Aphex Twin, Burrrn, Piotr Kurek, AdriAnne Lenker, and more.

Episode 8

Second to last show of semester wooooooo! DJ Tara went to symphony!!!

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/10/26, 9:04 PM

Built To Spill, Andy Stott, Arcade Fire, Lil Ugly Mane, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/10/26, 8:04 PM

James Holden, Dove Ellis, Nick Drake, The Durutti Column, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/10/26, 7:02 PM

Alex G, Mineral, American Football, Cocteau Twins, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/10/26, 6:02 PM

The Radio Dept., The Crying Nudes, Alex G, Morphine, and more.

back2back

Pale Saints, Cocteau Twins, Helvetia, Smog, and more.

whiplash

The Rolling Stones, Wilco, Amy Winehouse, Bob Dylan, and more.

Ra Ra Radio

Origin Unknown, Bob Dylan, The Custodian of Records, Stefan Buchberger, and more.

The Common Room

Alex G, Yusef Lateef, Nina Simone, Aventura, and more.

season 3, episode 6

ft DJ smurf!

Sassybug Theater 9000

David Kauffman, Sweet Trip, The Jackson 5, Four Tet, and more.

g1rlpl4y

Robert Miles, Hedchef, Varg²™, Telepopmusik, and more.

g1rlpl4y

ATB, Wes Montgomery, and more.

Almost Famous

10cc, Air, The Cars, This Mortal Coil, and more.

Almost Famous

Billy Idol, and more.

The Piano Mastery of Maurizio Pollini

Maurizio Pollini, who passed away recently in 2024, was regarded as one of the greatest Italian pianists of the 20th century. The sheer precision of his interpretations is truly incredible. In this broadcast, listen to his grand performance of Chopin's first two Polonaises (Op. 26), as well as a magnificent rendering of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, with the Vienna Philharmonic and Karl Böhm accompanying.

The Kitchen

SEES00000, Charli xcx, Bassvictim, Flume, and more.

Detaux

Four Tet, Dean Blunt, Fairuz, Bill Evans Trio, and more.

Branch Out

U2, Stevie Nicks, The Cars, Cocteau Twins, and more.

guest episode

Songs picked out by my mom!

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/10/26, 4:02 AM

bar italia, Weatherday, The Frowning Clouds, Dove Ellis, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/10/26, 3:06 AM

Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Whitney, Boards of Canada, and more.

alternative realities

Magnolia Electric Co., Working for a Nuclear Free City, Ichiko Aoba, Massive Attack, and more.

Laughs and Loops

2hollis, Flotation Toy Warning, Bassvictim, Cece Natalie, and more.

Laughs and Loops

Morphine, and more.

Did you hear about Pluto?

Hole, The Cure, Third Eye Blind, Deftones, and more.

PET ROCK

LCD Soundsystem, New Order, MGMT, Elliott Smith, and more.

Sip o Sunshine

Tortoise, Aswad, Welker, Billy Strings, and more.

vol. 30- ATLiens

twin peaks but for rappers: ATLANTA pt. 2

Earworms

Tune in to E.T.'s Golden Record this week to hear some of the most terribly catchy earworms you've ever heard, and join us as we teach ⍙⍜⍀⋔ about music that's so good it's dangerous! Eeek!

TAXI TO NEW BEGINNINGS

Sufjan Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, Black Country, New Road, The Velvet Underground, and more.

Doble Vida

Marilina Bertoldi, Korea, Los Enanitos Verdes, Almendra, and more.

WRBB Sports

LTJ Bukem, and more.

Farewell Transmission

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Hiding Places, Horsegirl, Total Wife, and more.

Grit & Grooves

Incubus, ZZ Top, Disturbed, Queen, and more.

Grit & Grooves

Black Label Society, and more.

cornerstone

Yves Tumor, Sufjan Stevens, Wet Leg, Inhaler, and more.

PLAYBACK

Tame Impala, Fleetwood Mac, Eyedress, Wallows, and more.

PLAYBACK

The Shivas, and more.

4x09

ok we’re back to normal today

Death Club

BAKGROUND, Massive Attack, Cocteau Twins, Johnny Cash, and more.

All Dogs go to Heaven

ISIS, Mogwai, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and more.

Just Playing 7.10

Taylor Swift, Remi Wolf, Magdalena Bay, Acetone, and more.

Just Playing

Olivia Rodrigo, COIN, Alvvays, BETWEEN FRIENDS, and more.

Misc.

No theme, just music!

Sunny Side Up Next

Weezer, Simon & Garfunkel, Twin Peaks, HAIM, and more.

Regions of Rhythym

Anyasa, Giles Corey, Ibu Selva, Malfnktion, and more.

episode 9

Peter, Joni Mitchell, Judee Sill, Vashti Bunyan, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/9/26, 4:02 AM

Sparklehorse, Portishead, The Mamas & The Papas, Atlas Sound, and more.

WRBB 104.9FM Boston 4/9/26, 3:05 AM

Suicide, Sade, Alex G, Andy Stott, and more.

karakoram

Alice Phoebe Lou, The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up, Pet Symmetry, Duster, and more.