Asheville FM delivers a freeform listening experience that entertains and educates, expands cultural understanding, celebrates underrepresented voices, pushes boundaries, connects us to an Asheville perspective beyond our own personal experience or identity, and inspires you to want to learn more about what you’re hearing.
The music department encourages diversity & equity with a unique mélange of well-researched music not heard on mainstream radio. Our DJs are dedicated to unearthing musical gems of the past and present. Inspired by local artists, bands, music stores, and venues; Asheville FM is driven to give our musical culture and community a more prominent voice in the world via our radio airwaves and online.
The news department strives to highlight and amplify the voices and interests of the people of Asheville. We are committed to keeping Asheville residents updated on local politics and current events across the city, the state of North Carolina, and beyond while centering marginalized voices and youth.
Learn more about each of our 75+ on-air shows, each hosted by Asheville FM volunteers who have complete freedom over what they play. Connect with our DJs and hosts on social media and find playlists for recent airings of each show. Click a show title for more!
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…And the Address, a program of strange, yet compelling music in a free-form setting. Entertaining and informative chatter, occasional guests and lots of surprises.
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Music is all about making you feel something, so get all up in your feels every Sunday from 1-3 pm! Hear some Midwest emo, East Coast hardcore, ska, maybe even some old country, just depending […] -
The Asheville FM News Hour features news and interviews on issues affecting people in Asheville and WNC. We seek to highlight the voices of the community of Asheville and share relevant stories from across the state. […] -
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In-studio, Live, and Pre-recorded live shows from Asheville musicians and bands.
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Buffalo Mike hosts a hybrid music/talk radio show featuring most genres of music that ended up on the “B” sides of albums and 45s, but could have easily been “A” side material, discusses the art […]
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Free-form Musical Trips Saturday 11am-1pm join Andy for an exploration to the bluesy bottoms & freaky peaks of audible expression. We ride in the psychedelic easy chair and jam songs that resonate our world, history […] -
hip-hop NECESSARY that stupid punk rock NECESSARY new, exciting jazz sounds all over the world BY ALL MEANS -
Start your week off feelin’ alright with AshevilleFM’s newest show, California Dreamin’, with host, Dr. Bob. Wake up to a freeform delight of groovy, folksy, jazzy, funky, rockin’ and heartfelt songs with plenty of sunshine, palm […] -
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Cesspool of Sin is a freeform radio show curated by your host Minx, with a focus on upbeat and heartfelt tunes composed by underrepresented groups, and across all genres. Minx is always finding new music […] -
Professors JD and TED present a “Prog Variety Show” every Thursday where they spin the finest classic and modern Progressive Rock and related music from around the world! Progressive Rock (now called Prog to encompass […] -
Dawn Carol ( AKA: Mouse), is an Artist, an Activist, an Amateur Anthropologist, a Writer, a Worker, a Performer, a Behavioral Health Professional, a Progressive Person of Faith, a Teacher and Trainer, a Student and […] -
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Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. -
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Enchantingly building connection, inspiring contemplation through conversation, while listening to themed music and voices of people of color including those who love them. -
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Tune into a world of day-glo adventure and electric dreams as you dance with the Ghosts of of the Neon Arcade – Thursdays at 5:00pm. Grab a stack of quarters and team up with DJ […] -
100% chance of Hissy Fits. Post-punk, hardcore, punk, emo, screamo, nostalgia, darkwave, and freeform/much more. Tuesdays at 6pm.
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In the Box is (mostly) a show about 7″ 45 RPM records, the little records with a big hole and even bigger sound. Every Friday at 11am. From rhythm and blues and soul to punk, […] -
Mondays 6-8 pm freeform with a dash of community music mostly of the loud and experimental variety -
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Tuesdays 2-4 pm!! Punk, Undergound and obscure classic rock
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Live transmission seeks to bring listeners a variety of new and old music that is not on your average Fm dial. There is so much great music out there! Lets find it together. My goal […]
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Let the subconscious take you on a trip around the world. All genres melt into one. High priority on powerful female artists worldwide. -
Free-form mix. Day & Time TBD -
Freeform, Folk, Americana & Rock
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My So-Called Radio Show plays mostly punk, rock, and pop, with an emphasis on new releases. My So-Called Radio Show keeps an eye and ear on local happenings as well as milestones (birthdays, memorials, landmark […] -
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Mostly 20th and 21st Century “classical” composers and whatever that entails – sometimes electronics, sometimes soundtracks. NOT background music. NO powdered wigs, waltzes or chandeliers. Music that really rewards close listening… Previous shows for your […] -
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Political Alchemy is hosted by Russell Johnson, The Political Alchemist 7 or TPA7. The focus is about becoming and embracing the human self. Breaking down the politics of life and creating a new way of […]
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“What Make I Feel Good Today” Positive Vibes is all about music that makes you feel good… djsmittymon -
Radio Active Kids is a program for kids. But not just for kids—for EVERYONE! We play intelligent kids’ music for the young and the young at heart. It’s awesome. Join host Sagan and the gang […] -
Sundays 10pm-Midnight Freeform, Punk, Oldies and Beyond
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In Love With Lo-Fi Scum. Sundays 2:-4:pm. -
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“Short Circuits” aims to curate highly reactive combinations of the unique ideas, questions, music, and art happening throughout Asheville and the world. It intends to put in conversation all of these aspects which too often […]
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Slay the Mic is hitting the airwaves to bring you your daily dosage of dysfunction, every Saturday at 5PM. Slay the Mic is comprised of Hip-Hop, RnB, entertainment news, and social issues.
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A variety talk show with your hosts, Michele Scheve, Jake Frankel, Ali McGhee and their guests. Topics include entertainment, current events, the Asheville community and much more. Regularly features live music in the studio. To […] -
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A show about history, books, and current events. Sounds like medicine that’s good for you. Music by John Bartmann https://johnbartmann.com/ -
A freazoid stream of jams from today and long ago….. heavy on the experimental/ eclectic vibes -
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Do you like listening to some washed up hipster on a nostalgia trip talk about a place he hasn’t lived in nearly four years all the while playing songs that sound like someone yelling through […] -
A weekly freeform excursion that may or may not include sublime instrumentals, plucky interludes, double-tracked a cappella mumbling, prepared and unprepared pianos, and indigenous sounds from all eras and all areas.
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An exploration of the vast trove of music from the 20th century, from 1999 back to 1928, across multiple genres, generally tied together by a theme of sorts. Lots of the various styles of rock, […]
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The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, we’ve been broadcasting from occupied Cherokee land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). […] -
Freeform Fun From Bollywood to Dollywood: folk, psychedelia, psych-folk, avant-garde, country, jazz, and always international music. Blake hosts The Gilded Cauldron radio show which features music that traverses the globe, time, and space. From 1920’s […]
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A schizophrenic mix tape, a sonic gumbo, an improvised tune wreck years in the making. Buckle up, friends. Let’s see where the music takes us….let’s go, with the Go-Go Show. -
Freeform, chasing the sublime with an undying attraction to art punk, African grooves, global underground rock, world music weirdness, honky-tonk, garage rock, avant-garde jazz, bluegrass, belly-dance records, flamenco, early music, and traditional folk forms. In search of […] -
Join DJ Jeff Andrews on The Infinite Fretboard every Monday Monday at 11:00 am for a deep dive into incredible guitar playing and the limitless sounds of fretted instruments from around the world. Free-form and genre-bending, […]
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The Infinite Fretboard is a deep dive into incredible guitar playing and the limitless sounds of fretted instruments from around the world. Free-form and genre-bending, the show travels through rock, jazz, fusion, folk, bluegrass, prog, […]
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All aboard for two hours of African-rooted music and news from around the world! This is a show where we track the footprints left by African people and their descendants on the music they touched […] -
The New Wave is a radio show produced by and for queer and trans youth and their allies. We strive for inclusivity, acceptance and self-expression. The New Wave trains new hosts and producers on broadcast, […]
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The Sandbox Hour is a place for DJs to play! Every week it’s something different. Sometimes it’s a DJ in training. Other times it’s an AFM DJ just having fun. Tune in and enjoy the […]
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Every Tuesday at 8 PM est, we play Forgotten Pop from the last 50 years. You may hear a Horn Rock Blast, a WestCoast Breeze, an Un-Cover, a Forgotten Top 40, or an UnSung Hero. […] -
Every Thursday morning from 5-6, Sarah B. explores philosophical and spiritual ideas that thrill her, usually from one or more of the books she’s currently reading, with the occasional interview episode, and always with some […] -
A supersonic stew, from deep dusty gems to present-day ditties. There is a theme to each episode, whether it be super subtle or hit you over the head obvious. Guests and interviews from time to […] -
Deep in an abandoned mall in the Midwest, under the dim light Vaporwave is materializing from mist into solid matter. Every week DJ SPIN plays dreamy riffs, gnarly hooks and heartbreaking melodies into the wind…….. -
Wordplay every week features poets and writers of creative prose, sometimes in performance, and sometimes in conversation about their craft and ideas. Our guests have included Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners and high […]
