Classical Comfort

Ease into your Friday morning with soulful, comforting, classical music. From long ago to yesterday, be surprised and taken by the beauty of classical sound.

Stef-o-Scope

With an ear for the beat - singers who swing and swingers who sing with their instruments - from blues to big bands to bop and Latin - past, present and the young lions and lionesses of the future.

No Name

TBA

Dreamland

Eclectic mix of wide variety

Breakfast on Broadway 25th Reunion Show

Broadway tunes

What the Future Holds

Freeform current releases with an emphasis on minor keys and darker themes

Big Band Calvacade

Big Band Music

Return of the Tadpole Queen

Favorite golden oldies and newer alt rock

Rocket Theater

Mid 70s alt rock, Lou Reed, Bowie, Numan, Kraftwerk, Mott the Hoople. I'd play stuff most people probably don't hear much. If you have too much 70s stuff, I can switch it up to play pretty much any kind of rock from the late 60s on.

The Eclectic Woman -- 20 Years of Catching Up

Rising stars, fallen stars, red giants, white dwarfs and pulsars of the women's music scene for the last 20 years.

POPKRAZY

Lost sounds of the '60s and '70s. Disposable trash from the gutters of your mind. Future soundtracks for hipster TV and web ads. Some of these songs may make you puke, but, hey, you ain't never gonna forget 'em!

No Name

Electrons Spinning Around a Nucleus of Improvisation

Exploration of the ways that jazz and other improvised music have been influenced by, and have influenced, technology.

A Guitar Supreme

Join your host Cody Wright for an hour of over-the-top guitar playing, in genres ranging from rock to jazz fusion. Fusion fans will take interest. These guys can play!

R'n'B of 1957

Screaming Jay's "Frenzy", Little Richard's "Ooh! My Soul", Fats Domino's "I'm Walking", Howlin' Wolf's "Sittin' on Top of the World", Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" - Explore 1957, one of the golden years of Rhythm and Blues, just as it was being discovered by cross-over audiences and being redefined as Rock 'n' Roll.

Professor Bebop

Rhythm & Blues: Take a weekly trip into Heptown. Professor Bebop ankles down Swing Street, slips into Blues Alley, checks out the Museum of the Rhythm and the Blues, catches the service at the Cathedral of the Broken Heart and slips down Palpitation Boulevard to Soulville

HEAVY METAL for HOUSEWIVES

Staged recreations of infamous Honor Council Trials from yesteryear set to sitar versions of 60s bubble-gum hits.

No Delayin Radio Show

Classic Hip-hop music from the youngest rap radio DJ's in the 80's. DJ ROB A is also an independent hip-hop artist and label President for Rugged Soul Records.

Old Vinyl

Old Vinyl, there's nothing like it! So tune in to the Melody Man as he digs through his collection and brings you any of hundreds of old vinyl recordings collected from the '50s to the '80s. Albums not spun for maybe two decades that may surprise you, if not the DJ. Could be cabaret, folk, jazz, rock or who knows what from many storage boxes.

Sunrise Magazine

A penetrating and irreverent look at events in pond, forest and cobweb. Our resident naturalist, the Crank of Dawn, focuses on all aspects of nature and the environment with regard to understanding our surroundings and treating them more respectfully.

Leftover Biscuits

Roots of country music with a smattering of recent stuff that stays true to the roots. Heavy on string bands, early country artists, and traditional ballads, but anything that eventually became or influenced country music is fair game. Listen long enough and you will hear 17th century dance music, Hawaiian guitars, and prison chants with ax accompaniment.

Atlantic Weekly, Part I

Atlantic Weekly delivers a fresh, eclectic mix of folk music that focuses on sounds from this side of the Atlantic. The show presents contemporary artists alongside old favorites, featuring American singer/songwriters, bluegrass, Americana, roots, and more.

Mercy

Texas, North Carolina and Twin-Oaks, Baker, Holcombe and Schmidt. Singer-songwriters that take a licking, keep on ticking. Ticking ticking ticking toward discovery or death. Doesn't matter which, the truth is in the ticking.

International Odyssey

Lively music from around the world!

The Eclectic Baboon

Tune in and hear some of the stuff Aaron's gotten into since he left the station.

That Girl

The wild swans at Coole

No Name

Hey! Not much new here! If you're stuck in the past like me, you might hear something you haven't heard in a while. I know I'll be dancing around the studio!

Rock n' Ruin

Whiz Bang Radio rides again - scaring cats and heathens alike

The Fabulous Fandango Hotel

Broadcasting live from the Plum Lounge, high atop the fabulous fandango hotel, in scenic Hogwaller, Virginia. There's always a vacancy, so take your shoes off and set a spell. Serving a smorgasbord of aural delights featuring a tasty selection of new and vintage finds fresh from the sweet town garbage dump.

Jumpin' on the Bed

Join us for 90 minutes of one of life's grand and truly guilty pleasures. We'll bring you the best of Americana and roots music along with timely artist interviews, in-studio appearances and a focus on new releases. Tune in and start jumpin'!

The Old Home Place

I ran a-way to Charlottesville, and listened to bluegrass on WTJU! Bluegrass music enthusiasts take turns at the helm of our only all-bluegrass show, from the First Generation to the last, bluegrass is alive and well on 'TJU. This show is dedicated to the memory of Ray Spears, long-time host of The Old Home Place, who passed away December 11, 2005.

Peace, Love and Radio

Acid Rock, Surf Music, Motown and Heavy Metal from 1962-1973

The Mr. Bill Show

Magical music that flows and surprises

Focus on Sanity

Mix of old and new jazz, hard bop and avant guarde styles. Range of artists - Johns Coltrane to Zorn, Ron to James Carter - playing mostly instrumental and sometimes experimental pieces. If you like grooves, slaps and honks and dislike vibes this is for you. Requests welcome.

The Green Dolphin Café

The Green Dolphin rolls down the awning, wipes off the tables, and tunes up that old stage piano for a special Charlottesville appearance. Don't miss these vintage Charlottesville jazz performances.

Night of the Living jazz

Jazz!

Transmutating Drag Racing Lactating Mamas vs. the Dead Rabbit Gang

Bachelor #1

Bachelor #1 will reprise the music he played back in his radio days, 1986 - 1988

Pure Pop for the Upwardly Mowtown

In the fine tradition of WTJU, whatever the hell I want to play, along with my two sons!

Off Air

Classical Sunrise

Sublime! Sensual! Soothing! Hear the best in classical music, a perfect accompaniment to a Sunday morning. Tune in for a diverse blend of music from all styles and periods, from JS Bach to Enrique Granados, harpsichords to brass ensembles.

No Name

Kaye Lazar's Cavalcade of Fun

Plenty of enjoyable classical music, phone call-ins and requests, plus a few rarities selected by the host!

Music of Russia

A compilation of "gems" of past and present Russian Music

Jazzmania

Jazzmania presents a diverse blend of modern and classic jazz as well as other forms of creative, improvised music..."a veritable smorgasbord of jazz". Comments and requests appreciated at 924-3418.

The Early Music Show

Choral and instrumental works from before 1750

Tell Us a Tale

Tell Us A Tale is the premiere children's radio broadcast in Central Virginia, featuring outstanding stories and music from around the globe. In addition to the fun folktales and tunes (including visits from some of their musical friends), they also sometimes do live shows around the area. Whether you are three years old or are collecting social security, gather round the radio for Tell Us A Tale!

Sunday Opera Matinee

The only non-syndicated weekly broadcast of opera in Central Virginia coming to you year round, regardless of the season! Hosts Ann Shaffer and Tim Snider share their favorite recordings, old and new. Plot synopsis and historical background are provided.

Evensong

Evensong treats you to the best in choral music, the perfect accompaniment to a summer's eve.

Just a Few Friends

Spend your evening in a salon filled with the intimate strains of fine classical chamber music, from early to modern.

Trance and Dance

Recent releases including hybrid genres with diverse ethnic influences.

No Name

Radio Wowsville

Raw Music from the 20th and 21st Centuries: Airing its genre-busting blend of progressive hootenanny, provocative commentary, and sprawling pop music history lesson on WTJU for the past eight years, Radio Wowsville is broadcast via nuclear warhead from a cave / sound lab in Grottoes, Virginia. Join our listener!

Don Ricardo's Sunday Night Lecture Series

Lessons in hip hop, indie rock, and whatever else the Don comes across

Off Air

Dawn's Early Light

Start the work week on a classical note with Dawn's Early Light. Dawn awakens with Bach then moves through an array of periods and styles, never forgetting the musicality of the human voice.

New Month, New Music

Nick Page and a special guest play the month's new jazz releases from nine 'til noon on the first Monday of every month.

Soulful Situation

Tune in to Robin Tomlin as he puts you in a Soulful Situation. From the Dixie-fried sounds of the Southern soul centers of Muscle Shoals, Alabama; Memphis Tennessee; New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana; to the Uptown Rhythm and Blues shots from the Northern cities of Chicago, Detroit, New York and Philadelphia. You can hear the best of the soul hits and obscurities right here on WTJU as Robin puts you in a Situation that is Sooo Soulful!

Songs I've Loved

Music from the late 60s and early 70s to the present: early Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, ELP, and Vangelis; some strange stuff (electronic, opera, Woodstock) Canterbury groups such as Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, Caravan, National Health, Hatfield; other alternate British groups - Julie Driscoll, Curved Air, M, Marianne Faithful; and some very different music - the Iowa Good Guys, Carl Sandburg, Hank Wangford, Brubeck's Lois Armstrong (Real Ambassadors), maybe a song from the classical music opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, etc.

Black Circle Revolution

Black Circle Revolution will take your ears for a spin with the punkest, countriest, noisiest, sludge metal pop show you'll hear. Experience two hours of aural power ranging from Dead Milkmen to the Dead C and back again.