YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE CHICAGO BLUES SCENE
RADIO SHOWS
CHICAGO RADIO
WDCB
90.9 FM / 90.7 FM or listen online
Blues Time
Host: Tom Marker
Saturday, 7 – 9 p.m.
Blues from the Red Rooster Lounge
Host: The Red Rooster, a.k.a. Cary Wolfson
Saturday, 9 – 10 p.m.
Blacks & Blues
Host: Doug Curry
Saturday, 10 - 11 p.m.
Night Train
Host: Sammie Jay
Saturday 11 p.m. - 12 midnight
Blues Before Sunrise
Host: Steve Cushing
Sat. night - Sun. morning, midnight – 5 a.m.
Bluesday Tuesday
Host: Tom Marker
first Tuesday of the month, 7-8 p.m.
Live broadcast from FitzGerald's nightclub
American Routes
Thursday, 7 - 8 p.m.
(rootsy Americana)
American Backroads
Host: Greg Easterling
Thursday 9-10 p.m.
(rootsy Americana, blues)
Hambone’s Blues Party
Host: Hambone
Thursday, 10 pm – midnight
WGVE
88.7 FM
www.blueswebradio.com
Blues You Can Use
Host: Clarence Stevens
Thursday, 7 - 10 p.m.
Use above link to hear the show live on the Net
WHPK
88.5 FM
www.whpk.org
The Evil Show
Host: Dave Waldman
Monday, 9 p.m. - midnight
The Blues Excursion
Host: Arkansas Red
Saturday, 7 p.m. - midnight
WLTH
1370 AM
Brothers of the Blues
Hosts: Dr. J and Dr. Blues
Saturday, 8-12 mid
Note: station is in Gary, IN
WNIJ
89.5 FM
www.wnij.com
Broadcasting from NIU campus in DeKalb, IL
9 p.m. - 12 mid: Friday Night Blues w/ Harold Brown
1 - 4 p.m.: Saturday Blues w/ David Rosik
9 p.m. - 12 mid: Saturday Night Blues w/ David James
WNUR
89.3 FM
WNUR Blues Show
Hosts: Liz Mandeville, Lynn Orman, Shortstack Steve Temkin,
Terry Abrahamson
Sundays 2 - 4 p.m. (pre-empted during sports games)
Check the website for current timeslots or to
listen on the internet.
WPNA
1490 AM
Blue Midnight
Host: John Gorny
Sun. night - Mon. morning, midnight – 5 a.m.
WRLR
98.3 FM
www.wrlr.fm
Listen online
Chicago Gumbo
Host: Dave Ramey
Tuesday, 9- 11 p.m.
WVON
1450 AM
Classic Blues and R&B with Pervis Spann
Host: Pervis Spann
Sun., 12 a.m. - 2 a.m.
WXRT
93.1 FM
Bluesbreakers
Host: Tom Marker
Sunday, 9 – 10 p.m.
BEYOND CHICAGO RADIO
Blues & News
Host: Brother Jacob
Sunday: 6-8 p.m.
UIC Radio live stream
Thursday Blues
Hosts: Chris & Fozzie
Thursday, 6 - 8 p.m. ET
Northern Indiana
www.xersradio.com
WLPR 89.1 FM & Internet
The Lakeshore Public Media
NW Indiana
The Blues Hour
Host: Tom Maloney
Friday, 11 p.m.
Beale Street Caravan
Friday, 12 a.m.
Blues Before Sunrise
Friday, 1 a.m. - 6 a.m.
WGLT Blues Radio
Illinois State University
Normal, IL
Listen 24/7 at:
www.wglt.org
WBSD 89.1 FM
Burlington, WI
listen online:
http://www.wbsdfm.com/
New Blues Host: Doug Jackson