SHOWS
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Music from familiar to bizarre; hand-crafted on site
Host: Joe Puleo
Showtimes: Wednesday 2:00pm–5:00pm, Saturday 6:00pm–9:00pm
Re-Airs: Thursday 12:00am–3:00am, Sunday 12:00am–3:00am
Link: Archived Shows
ALL OVER THE PLANET
All Over The Planet is aired live on Friday nights playing some of the greatest music ever! Listen to Edgar and Dylan the tell you little "tidbits" called Planetoids, about the music, the songs, the artists, the secrets… the stories!!!
Hosts: Edgar Willbury and Dylan The Dude
Showtimes: Friday 6:30pm–8:30pm
Re-Airs: Tuesday 3:00pm–5:00pm
Link: Facebook Page
Breaking Bread
Breaking Bread explores religious topics in a conversational format. Questions of interest will be posed, e.g. the commonly heard “I’m spiritual but not religious”, or “Churches should stay out of politics”, or “God is dead”… What do these statements really mean?
Host: Steve Shimek
Showtime: Sunday 9:00pm–9:30am
Re-Airs: Tuesday 10:00am–10:30am
Chando Radio
A celebration of underground electronic and progressive dance music.
Host: The Chandeliers
Showtime: Monday 10:00pm–12:00am
Link: Archived Shows
Cheaper Than a Shrink
What is "Cheaper Than A Shrink?" It's a surreal sandwich, a giggling ride in the Wonka-mobile. It's humor and absurdity, a new essay every week, an occasional absurd play and music... from Brazilian, to Sondheim, the American songbook starring Bobby Short to Noel Coward. And jazz... lots of jazz.
Host: Gail Isaacson
Showtime: Sunday 6:00pm–6:30pm
Re-Airs: Monday 4:00pm–4:30pm
Choose To Change
Choose to Change is the nation’s only radio show that allows listeners to read the lyrics as songs play. Youth suggest songs that either inspire positive self-esteem, equality, a healthy planet, peace, diversity or never giving up. Then host and guest DJs discuss the lyrics and how these songs can help youth choose to change aspects of their lives that make them feel “not good enough.”
Host: Betty Hoeffner
Showtime: Wednesday 6:00pm–6:30pm
DEMOCRACY NOW!
National syndicated news show
Host: Amy Goodman
Showtimes: Monday through Friday 5:00pm–6:00pm
Link: Website
DJ EVADSIVAD
Etherial, country, pop, all of it!
Host: Dave Davis
Showtime: Saturday 10:00pm–12:00am
Re-Airs: Wednesday 12:00pm–2:00am
ENID LIVE!
"Enid Live!" Full-Frontal talk radio!
Host: Enid Goldstein
Showtime: Friday 4:00pm–5:00pm
FONTANELLE UMBRELLA
Layers of DJ mixes plus live jam sessions that travel
Host: Squirm Orchestra
Showtime: Thursday 10:00pm–12:00am
From the Banks of the Galien River
Listen to Peg's segments about the beautiful nature of Harbor Country.
Host: Peg Kohring
Showtimes: Periodically throughout each day
HARBOR COUNTRY ARTS SCENE
Preview the upcoming artists and cultural events / shows
Host: Dave Knoebber
Showtime: Friday 11:00am–12:00pm
Re-Airs: Saturday 9:00am–10:00am
The Happy Music Kids Show
Kids music from the past 50 years along with a poem and a story. Curated sing-a-longs with a theme each week.
Hosts: Gina Pellouchoud and Karina Hamann
Showtime: Mondays 4:30pm–5:00pm
HELIOCENTRIC WORLDS
Music that orbits the stratosphere of Sun Ra and beyond
Showtime: Sunday 1:00pm–2:00pm
Archive: iTunes Podcast / Website
JEML MIXES
This show is all about the "gems" of the American Songbook. At least, that is as Jim L. sees it. He calls it "a little bit of everything" from the 20's to new releases, you'll hear big stars and lessor known players as well.
Host: Jim Lastovich
Showtimes: Friday 9:00pm–10:30pm
Link: Website
Jonny's Secret Stash
Jonny’s Secret Stash is a one hour radio show featuring interviews and music of local musicians, musicians passing through Harbor Country, and those in the music industry.
Hosts: Jonathan Goldman (and sometimes Adam Conley)
Showtime: Thursday 6:00pm–7:00pm
Re-Airs: Fridays 2:00pm–3:00pm
Link: Instagram @secretstashpodcast
Kavanagh - Tomassi LIVE
Live Talk! National & local topics! Surprise guests too!
Host: Donna Kavanagh
Showtime: Thursday 9:00am–10:00am
Re-Airs: Sunday 7:00pm–8:00pm
MASHED POTATO TIME
Mashed Potato Time is all about the glory days of the recording culture that left us with stacks and stacks of forgotten 45s. Karin dusts off her favorite ‘50s & ‘60s singles for an all-vinyl show filled with carefree soul grooves, early R&B movers, dance crazes that never were, and scuzzy garage gems.
Host: DJ Karin
Showtime: Tuesday 1:00pm–3:00pm
Links: Archived Shows / Website
Melodies of India
Melodies of India is about its versatility. It is not just limited to music from the films but also a wide variety of regional folk, popular and classical music. Indian classical music has a history of spanning over a millennia and has developed over several eras. In the new millennium, American Rock & Pop has influenced Indian film music and popular songs, with mainstream Western artists collaborating with Indian artists to create music with global appeal.
Host: Bidisha Bagchi
Showtime: Friday 11:00pm–12:00am
MEOW MIX
Do you like boy/girl vocals, jangly guitars, and handclaps? do you like lyrics about riding your bicycle to the library? from sarah to slumberland, parasol to postcard, the meow mix is your purrfect indiepop show.
Host: Janice Headley
Showtime: Thursday 8:00pm–10:00pm
MILLER'S CAVE
Sonic Spelunking in the murky backwaters and crevices of roots music. We'll dip our toes into the healing and heady waters of country, blues, soul, rockabilly, R&B, rock N roll and the weird and wonderful things in between, all guaranteed sequencer, sampler and synthesizer free.
Host: Rob Miller
Showtime: Saturday 5:00pm–6:00pm
Sunday 9:00pm-10:00pm
Monkey vs. Robot
American music—early 1900's recordings to present!
Host: Dennis Snow
Showtime: Wednesday 7:00pm–10:00pm
Re-Airs: Thursday 2:00pm–5:00pm
Mutant Hit Parade
Classic power-pop and rock that should have been big hits
Host: Lawrence Peters
Showtime: Sunday 10:00pm–12:00am
Ol' VINYL JANE
We present Archive Shows in memoriam of our Jane, which dug through her record collection.
Host: Jane Pellochoud
Showtime: Wednesday 12:00pm–2:00pm
People on the River
Poetry and Stories based on a River themed song. Ted May is a singer/songwriter and (of course) a poet.
Host: Ted May
Showtime: Monday 6:00pm–7:00pm
Re-Airs: Sunday 8:00pm–9:00pm
Website: tedmay.net
RARE GROOVES
Spanning the globe to bring you a wide assortment of funk, jazz, dub, hip hop and other obscurities
Host: Jon Darbyshire
Showtime: Monday 9:00pm–10:00pm
ROBIN's ROOST
Experience the best in Jazz with a man who lived it!
Host: Robin McBride
Showtime: Sunday 2:00pm–3:00pm
Re-Airs: Thursday 8:00pm–9:00pm
Sonorama
Vintage Latin Sounds past and present
Showtime: Thursday 12:00pm–2:00pm
STORIES FROM GRACELAND POND
Stories, interviews, and improv-on-air with local area story tellers, writers, actors, and other creative folks.
Host: Gregg Fraley
Showtime: Tuesday 9:30pm–11:30pm
Link: Website
THE AIMEE RHEA SHOW
Sharpen your knives & your memory! Health & beauty tips
Host: Aimee Rhea
Showtime: Wednesday 10:00am–11:00am
THE BREAK-A-WAY SHOW
Music from around the world, both old and new
Host: Michael Slaboch
Showtime: Monday 7:00pm–9:00pm
Re-Airs: Saturday 12:00pm–2:00pm
Links: iTunes Podcast / Website / Twitter
UNDER THE RADAR
New music which might fall under the casual fan’s radar.
Host: Steve Horowitz
Showtime: Tuesday 7:00 - 8:00pm
With Respect
Interviews with respect for the interviewee and the listeners!
With Respect is underwritten in part by the law firm of Smietanka, Steffes and Gezon located in St. Joseph and Grandville, MI. and the Michiana Arts Foundation, a newly-formed charitable organization with a mission to make fine music accessible in the region.
Host: John Smietanka
Showtime: Sunday 11:00am–12:00pm
Re-Airs: Thursday 10:00am–11:00am
HOSTS
Bidisha Bagchi
Bidisha is a lifestyle writer-editor for major newspapers around the World. She loves to read and travel around the World. Bidisha is also a diploma holder in Hindustani Classical music from a reputed music institute in India. She has been a music lover from a very young age. Her association with the Radio started when she regularly started performing on All India Radio (AIR) as a child artist. She has also been a Radio Show host for an Internet Radio based in MD and interviewed celebrities from all over India. Her love for music and radio still continues.
Penny Duff
Penny is an arts administrator community organizer, educator, quilter, and amateur homesteader living in Galien, Michigan.
Gregg Frahley
Gregg Fraley is a published author and a creativity & innovation consultant. He’s also a public speaker and storyteller. He’s performed stories or keynote speeches to audiences around the world on the topics of creativity and innovation, and told stories for Michiana audiences as part of the Indigan Storyteller group. Gregg lives in Three Oaks, Michigan. His book, Jack’s Notebook, a business novel about creative problem solving, is used at various schools, including Berkeley, Cambridge, and St. John’s. Gregg performed as a stand up comedian, working regionally in the Midwest in the 80’s. Later after moving to Chicago, he did improvisational training and performances with Players Workshop of Second City and iO Theater. Gregg was a booth announcer and on-air host of several live programs in Cincinnati, Ohio for Warner Amex Cable’s experimental QUBE system. While there he won an Emmy for his producing work on “Cincinnati Alive,” and a cable ACE award for Innovation for his work on an interactive fantasy game show called “Swordquest.” His segment “Music and the Vet” honoring Vietnam War Veterans won an Ohio Governors Award. He was the summer host for a live game show, “Screen Test,” and he contributed segments for news programs, documentaries, sports, community, and entertainment programming at the station. Prior to his work at QUBE, Gregg was a camera operator at WLWT-TV5 in Cincinnati and a photography stringer for the Associated Press.
Enid Goldstein
Enid Goldstein began her talk radio career at San Francisco's legendary KGO Radio. She has hosted talk shows at top stations in top markets including: KFI, Los Angeles; WGN, Chicago; WRKO, Boston; WABC, New York; KFBK, KSTE & KCTC, Sacramento; KNRC, Denver; KIRO & KOMO, Seattle; WMAL, Washington DC; Air America Radio, New York.
Her highly-rated programs and incisive, witty commentary have been featured nationally on CBS(TV) News, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, and in San Francisco, on KTVU-TV and KQED-TV. In addition to her success in radio and television, Enid is a widely published essayist, critic and journalist whose work appears nationally in newspapers and magazines, including The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle and 200 newspapers via the former Knight-Ridder News Service.
Her international reporting includes the funeral of Princess Di in London, the Cannes Film Festival and from Los Angeles, the Academy Awards. Over her career, Enid has interviewed everyone from heads of state, celebrities and royalty to legal prostitutes. Her interview with President Clinton made breaking news and was carried by the Associated Press. Enid now resides full time in Harbor Country.
AMY GOODMAN
Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!. She is co-author of the national best-seller The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them written with her brother David Goodman. The book was chosen by independent bookstores as the #1 political title of the 2004 election season. The book was also chosen as one of the top 50 nonfiction books of 2004 by the editors of Publishers Weekly.
Janice Headley
Janice is a Digital Content Producer for a fellow listener-powered radio station, a lapsed zinester, thrift shop addict, and yes, roommate of four cats in Benton Harbor, MI.
Betty hoeffner
Betty Hoeffner knows both sides of the bullying equation and understands what it takes to stand up for yourself and others. She was bullied in school and was also a bully at school, in relationships and the workplace. Hoeffner is the author of the Stop Bullying Handbook - A Guide for Students And Their Friends; Hue-Man Being - A Book To End Racism; and DEAL FEEL HEAL - Keys to Understanding and Healing Emotional Pain She is the founder of Prevent Bullying Now and co-founder/President of Hey U.G.L.Y. - Unique Gifted Lovable You, the international nonprofit organization that empowers youth to be part of the solution to bullying, substance abuse and suicide. She develops content for the HeyUGLY.org website and in-school assemblies, both of which have been saving the lives of youth who are suicidal because of being bullied. Hoeffner is a keynote speaker at anti-bullying conferences and teacher trainings. She facilitates Hey U.G.L.Y.'s Stop Bullying Boot Camps and the powerful, DEAL FEEL HEAL Program for youth and adults. Having been a workplace bully, her insights at Corporate workshops brings a unique perspective that helps employees recognize their bullying behaviors. The tools she shares helps change that behavior to create an office and LIFEatmosphere of acceptance and great team work. Hoeffner hosts a weekly radio show on Radio Harbor Country called Choose To Change™. Together with teen DJ's the show features songs and singer/songwriters whose lyrics inspire positive self-esteem, diversity, a healthy planet, peace and, most importantly, never giving up.
Steve Horowitz
An avid scholar of popular music with a special interest in rock’n’roll, rhythm and blues, and Americana, Steve Horowitz lives in Iowa City, Iowa. He holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa and has developed and taught classes in the history of rock and roll. Dr. Horowitz is currently a staff writer for popmatters.com, for which he writes weekly reviews of recent releases, and a regular contributor of feature stories on music and popular culture for the Iowa Source. Dr. Horowitz has written about popular music for both academic and popular audiences. For him, music is more than just a hobby—"it’s a passion that runs through my veins and consumes most of my time, money, and attention.”
Gail isAacson
Gail has been a professional writer since 1980, writing everything from corporate meetings to speeches to training videos. She has also been an essayist. Her pieces have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Lake Magazine, WGN radio, and National Public Radio.
PEG kohring
Peg has 35 years expertise in nonprofit management, land protection and stewardship. Recent project development includes forest interior bird mitigation in 10 states and Green Infrastructure implementation. Her vast experience includes 14 years building the Milwaukee Greenseams Program, 10 years purchasing easements for the Ann Arbor Greenbelt and 10 years with the Michigan Department of Agriculture’s Purchase of Development Program. Previously, she worked for the Agency for International Development in Guatemala and as The Nature Conservancy’s Minnesota State Director.
dave knoebber
Dave is a resident watercolorist who currently is a part time teacher at Columbia College Chicago. He is an art educator of forty plus years who varied interests run the gamet of art teacher, film producer, watercolorist, lecturer, gardner, and radio host.
Jim lastovich
Jim Lastovich is a music listener/collector of over 50 years. Jim is a practicing artist and an avid naturalist who has collected music his entire life. He has studied commercial and fine art as well as art education. He holds a bachelor of art education degree from Northeastern Illinois State. Jim also has a Masters Degree in Social Work from the Jane Adams School University of Illinois-Chicago. As a caseworker and administrator he provided treatment, benefits, and referrals to the citizens of Chicago's South and West sides. Now retired, He has been happily married over 40yrs. with two children and two grandchildren.
TED MAY
Ted May is an award-winning playwright, librettist, screenwriter and novelist. His latest play, “No Witness”, performed at the Open Door Theater in Oak Park, IL, was initially a musical entitled “Mafia Princess”, and was slated for a Las Vegas revue at the Tropicana. His plays have been produced overseas and in the U.S., including “The Puppet’s Yawn” at Stage Left Theater, and “The Jazz Parts (Improv with the Beast)” at the Hungry Brain, a vintage Riverview bar in Chicago, and the Crane River Workshop in Tokyo, where it was translated and performed in Japanese. He started his stage play “Blue Movie” during the three months of his Writer-in-Residence time at the historic Jack Kerouac House in Orlando, FL, where he also composed many of its thirteen original blues songs. He co-founded A Red Orchid Theatre and was music director for its inaugural production of “The Connection”, by Jack Gelber. A program of his poetry set to music “The Isolate Garden of Prairie” was performed by a classical trio and soprano at the Frank Lloyd Wright Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, IL. Ted was the poet-playwright for the Cliff Dwellers Club inaugural class of resident artists, and has received screenwriting awards from Laughing Horse Films and Cyclone Productions, as well as the Moondance International Film Festival for libretto. A singer-songwriter, Ted’s self-titled album was released in May, 2020. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild.
robin mcbride
Started "Robin's Roost" on the radio as a freshman in college. Worked summers for both the Newport and New York Jazz Festivals, wrote a weekly music column for the Norwich Bulletin in Connecticut, produced 3 jazz concerts and produced my first album of "The Sixteen" a jazz orchestra formed by Fred Karlin and Jim Atlas, both from Chicago.
Joined Columbia Records in New York and assisted in the recording of "Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall" and Dave Brubeck at the same venue. At Columbia's sister label Epic produced The Remains (who toured USA on the second Beatles Tour) and other rock & folk artists. Then ran Folkways Records for Scholastic Magazines producing albums of folk music and poetry.
Mercury Records brought me to Chicago to take charge of their Limelight label with experimental rock and electronic music and also produce recordings for Mercury. At Mercury worked with many artists including David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Uriah Heep, The Ohio Players, Chuck Mangione, Buddy Miles, and The Second City.
After Mercury, as an independent producer, I recorded Gamble Rogers, a punk rock group, Bohemia and started my own label, VU Records. Concurrently, I worked in the securities business then retired to Harbor Country and returned to radio at Radio Harbor Country.
AIMEE RHEA
Aimee Rhea is a model, actress, vocalist, published poet and sells jewelry and accessories through her business. She has modeled in hundreds of print ads, magazines, TV commercials, worldwide calendars and billboards. Past clients include Mercedes Benz, Whirlpool, Hush Puppies, Coke and Buick in cities such as Las Vegas and New York City. Her movies include "My Best Friends Wedding" with Julia Roberts, and "Hoodlum" with Vanessa Williams and Lawrence Fishburn. She also appeared live on World Championship Wrestling on national TV. Aimee has been a movie stand-in with Mel Gibson and also on the set of the TV series "Early Edition".
Aimee Rhea is also a Lake Michigan College and Dale Carnegie graduate. She has won over sixteen beauty and talent titles in local, state and national competitions. She has judged, directed and emceed many pageants including Miss North Carolina and has done other live remotes commentating pageants on the radio. As a radio news correspondent she covered local public interest meetings including city commission and school board meetings. She is a professional speaker and travels to schools speaking to audiences of up to 500 teens. Aimee is a wedding vocalist, and modeling and pageant instructor. She continues to be a professional speaker and mentor for young teens, retirement homes, clubs and events.
Aimee recently completed a TV commercial with her daughter Nola. She enjoys being a radio host and a new mom.
Steve Shimek
Steve Shimek is a resident of Three Oaks. He and his wife, Lillian Lewis, retired here from the Chicago area in 2004. He has a background in ministry as a Catholic priest for 20 years, and in clinical social work for 20 years. He also has taught in university and high school. Academic credentials include three masters degrees: Philosophy, Theology, and Clinical Social Work. Since retirement Steve worked for three years as a counselor for Catholic Family Services in Benton Harbor. He has also just finished seven years as a fill-in pastor for the Sawyer United Church of Christ.
John smietanka
John Smietanka has lived in Berrien County on and off for all of his 60 +years. He has practiced law first in Chicago, then 12 years in theBerrien County Prosecutors Office (8 as Prosecuting Attorney), 12 yearsas United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, and, aftertwo runs for Michigan Attorney General, he has been 10 years in private practice with Anne Buckleitner. They have offices in St. Joseph and the Grand Rapids area. Long hours of driving around Michigan and the rest ofthe country made him a captive of talk radio shows. He now aims to cull the best formats for his one-hour discussion show on WRHC: With Respect. The name comes from his shows mantra: Respect for the guests, the subject matter and the audience.
