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Program Directory

  • 204 Rise

    204 Rise aims to doc­u­ment the ris­ing tal­ent hid­den with­in the streets of Winnipeg. 

    We want to reveal the tal­ents of the city, whether that be through music, art, or busi­ness, in an enter­tain­ing, knowl­edge-based expe­ri­ence! Check us on youtube and insta­gram to see exclu­sive video con­tent of some of the great guests we feature!

  • 52nd Street Jazz

    An eclec­tic jazz show ded­i­cat­ed to play­ing the jazz mas­ters and pro­mot­ing jazz for new­com­ers and sea­soned lis­ten­ers alike.

  • A Sordid Hour

    A week­ly broad­cast ded­i­cat­ed to Rock ​’n’ Roll, spe­cial­iz­ing in noise rock, garage, punk, sleaze, stoner/​sludge & hard rock. A Sor­did Hour gives refuge to the aspir­ing, the unfa­mil­iar, under-rat­ed and unsung bas­tions of rock and roll.

  • After 8 Radio

    Fun break­beat­’y music, mixed live on air. Bumpy UKG and bassy house too! With guests some­times ;D

  • Alternative Radio

    Estab­lished in 1986, Alter­na­tive Radio is a week­ly one-hour pub­lic affairs pro­gram offered free to all pub­lic radio sta­tions in the U.S., Cana­da, Europe, South Africa, Aus­tralia, and on short-wave on Radio for Peace Inter­na­tion­al. AR pro­vides infor­ma­tion, analy­ses and views that are fre­quent­ly ignored or dis­tort­ed in oth­er media. AR is ded­i­cat­ed to the found­ing prin­ci­ples of pub­lic broad­cast­ing, which urge that pro­gram­ming serve as ​“a forum for con­tro­ver­sy and debate,” be diverse and ​“pro­vide a voice for groups that may oth­er­wise be unheard.”

  • Amplified Radio Presents...

    Ampli­fied Radio Presents is the 5th gen­er­a­tion of Ampli­fied Radio, a Cana­di­an elec­tron­ic radio show air­ing since 1999. Host­ed by Bar­ry Rooke, Ampli­fied Radio Presents: fea­tures 7 dif­fer­ent ​“styles” of show, all mixed live, released twice a week for your lis­ten­ing pleasure.

  • Art World Innovators

    Explor­ing inno­va­tors in the art world.

  • At Large

    The focus of the show is on music that has been record­ed over the last 50 years. It will include music that is loud or qui­et, soft or hard, local or dis­tant, pop­u­lar or obscure, elec­tric or acoustic, com­plex or sim­ple. The string that will tie it all togeth­er could be instru­men­ta­tion, lyrics, tim­ing, song­writ­ing, genre, feel.

    Enjoy.

    • Wednesday, 4:00pm–5:30pm
    • Tom Woodward
    • Indie Rock

  • Bang & Whisper

    Each week we go from loud to soft, from rau­cous to a mur­mur, and yes…from a bang to a whisper.

    • Thursday, 1:00pm–2:00pm
    • John Guttormson
    • Indie Rock

  • Beer For Breakfast

    **cur­rent­ly on a COVID-induced hia­tus, enjoy some ​“clas­sic” episodes until we even­tu­al­ly return**

    Tasti­er than toast, Beer For Break­fast is a full-serv­ing of home­grown artists, with a side order of vis­it­ing musi­cians.

    Span­ning all gen­res with the sweet sounds of Peg City since 1999, Broose deliv­ers direct to your radio; news, show list­ings, inter­views, per­for­mances, and tons of tunes; live, baby, live, every Sat­ur­day morn­ing at 8am.

    Plus, we end every show with the Near­ly Sci­en­tif­ic Six Pack — the six hottest songs from Peg City.

    Thank you for sup­port­ing local music.

  • Big Picture Science

    Could there be life-forms on worlds far beyond the bounds of Earth? The search for life as we don’t know it begins with under­stand­ing life as we do. From amoe­bas to androids to anti­mat­ter, Are We Alone? weaves togeth­er humor and com­pelling inter­views into themed pro­grams about the biggest ideas in evo­lu­tion­ary biol­o­gy, genet­ics, pale­on­tol­ogy, tech­nol­o­gy, and physics – as well as cos­mol­o­gy and astron­o­my. Are you a doubt­ing Thomas? You’ll have plen­ty of com­pa­ny as we sep­a­rate sci­ence from pseu­do­science and the facts from the pho­ny in Skep­tic Check, our month­ly look at crit­i­cal think­ing. Are We Alone? is a one-hour pro­gram, pro­duced by the SETI Insti­tute and broad­cast­ed each and every week.

  • Bonjour Chanson

    Cel­e­brate the mag­ic of French Lan­guage Pop­u­lar Music with con­tem­po­rary hits and time­less clas­sics from Que­bec, France and Bel­gium, spe­cial­ly pre­sent­ed for an Eng­lish speak­ing audience.

    • Tuesday, 10:30am–11:00am
    • Charles Spira

  • Buckle-Up Radio

    **Mr. Buck­les is cur­rent­ly on hia­tus, but while he’s away, please enjoy some of the finest selec­tions from the Buck­le-Up vault!**

    Buck­le-Up Radio, is like the Hodge Podge cat­e­go­ry in JEOPARDY!

    Any­thing and every­thing is game here. Whether it’s Jazz, Psy­che­del­lic, Folk, Coun­try, or strange Kitsch, you’ll get it on Buck­le-Up. I plan to keep you enter­tained and on the edge of your seat, won­der­ing what might be next!

  • Canadaland

    CANADA­LAND is a week­ly pod­cast host­ed by Jesse Brown.

    Sub­scribe at http://​canada​land​show​.com

  • Canadiana Suite

    A radio pro­gram with a pri­ma­ry focus on high­light­ing Cana­di­an jazz artists.

  • Cheap Tuesdays

    Loud rock, psy­che­del­ic, punk, world and soundtracks.

  • Chops Talks

    In the lead-up to the 2022 TD Win­nipeg Inter­na­tion­al Jazz Fes­ti­val, let some of UMFM’s pro­gram­mers intro­duce you to per­form­ers com­ing to town.

  • Coalescence

    **cur­rent­ly on a COVID-induced hia­tus, enjoy some ​“clas­sic” episodes until we even­tu­al­ly return**

    A sat­is­fy­ing mix of indie, alter­na­tive, and beyond, fea­tured in lan­guages from around the globe.

    Expect yodel­ing from time to time.

  • Cole's Notes

    Tunes for yr ears to snack on

    • Friday, 5:30pm–6:30pm
    • Cole Neustaedter
    • Indie Rock

  • Comfort Cafe

    **cur­rent­ly on a COVID-induced hia­tus, enjoy some ​“clas­sic” episodes until we even­tu­al­ly return**

    Gail loves Win­nipeg music!