This Week on KUPR - the details

August 17-23, 2026:
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MONDAY:

• NOTE: Our Monday morning set aside for system maintenance is scheduled for midnight Sunday night, some nights requiring more than hour. Otto will fill the remainder of the time with music. Mystery Music's encore now begins at 2 am.
• Beginning Monday at 7 am, enjoy two hours of music exclusively by New Mexico artists each weekday - Today it's all about Biscuits and Gravy - mostly western, folk, bluegrass. Americana - all part of our commitment to the great musical talent in New Mexico now and in the past. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; mail cds marked "local" to PO Box 888, Placitas, NM 87043 or email tracks here. All other musicians, read instructions here.
• Tune in at 9 am weekdays for three hours of Musica Nuevo Mexico y Mas with DJ Kelly Esparsen - Rancheros, Cumbias, Boleros, Nortenos, Corridos and more. Kelly is a long-time New Mexico DJ, lover of the music you love, and now a Placitan. We are happy he is continuing KUPR's commitment to its New Mexico music listeners. 
• At noon Indigenous Brilliance with host Lyle Toledo Yazzie brings you both traditional and contemporary native music. 
• At 2 pm Indigenous in Music: Today we welcome back our good friend Blair Bellerose of Midnight Sparrows. Tribal member of Fort McKay First Nation. On his third visit to our Spotlight, he brings along a brand-new collection titled Arrows Arrows Arrows. Written and produced by Blair, the album travels from country-leaning melodies to high-energy hard rock stories.
  
• 3:00 pm tune in for John McNerney's Early Daze will be playing classic Rock and Roll from the 60s through the 80s.
• Today at 5:00 pm Marty Tippens brings you his weekly Music of the Space Age and Beyond. Now on the air for two hours with an encore at midnight Saturdays.
• George Koinis hosts The Jazz Groove now from 7 pm until 9 pm. Enjoy a wide variety of jazz styles and genres including traditional, big band, be-bop, gypsy and modern. 
• Then at 9 pm it's Bioneers with Nature’s Phoenix: Fire As Medicine: Contemporary Western fire science is integrating what Indigenous Peoples discovered over thousands of years of observation, and trial and error: fire is key to optimizing forest vitality and biodiversity. The merging of these two ways of knowing could signal the end to our misguided policy of fire suppression, and the beginning of fire-resilient communities with a new relationship to one of nature’s most elemental and fearful forces. With fire ecologists Chad Hanson and Frank Kanawha Lake. Bioneers is brought to you by Las Placitas Association.
• From 10 pm to midnight, catch the encore of Electric Bosque, hosted by Sasquatch on Saturday mornings at 7 am. 

TUESDAY:

• Beginning Monday at 7 am, enjoy two hours of music exclusively by New Mexico artists each week day - Today it's New Mexico Gumbo - a musical stew with your favorites like Felix y los Gatos and Max Baca - all part of our commitment to the great musical talent in New Mexico now and in the past. You'll be hearing some genuine.  Things that will remind you why you love living in New Mexico. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; mail cds marked "local" to PO Box 888, Placitas, NM 87043 or email tracks here. All other musicians, read instructions here.
• At 8 am, before New Mexico Gumbo continues, catch a quick health tip from Dr. Jessica Sweet of the Jemez Wellness Center. Our interview with her and the work they do in the community is in the archives.
• Tune in at 9 am weekdays for three hours of Musica Nuevo Mexico y Mas with DJ Kelly Esparsen - Rancheros, Cumbias, Boleros, Nortenos, Corridos and more. Kelly is a lover of the music you love, and a recent Placitan. We are happy he is continuing KUPR's commitment to its New Mexico music listeners. 
• At noon join us for three hours of Blues from the Roadhouse with host Alan Ball with the best of vintage and new blues.
• At 3 pm, another locally produced hour of great music - Shiftless Radio Hour with DJ Linda playing country, folk, and genre-defying tunes to enjoy on a Tuesday afternoon.
• At 4 pm, the popular Pearls with host Sarah Lawndart. Eclectic doesn't begin to describe Sarah's taste in poetry, music and more. Good stuff.
• At 5 pm, long-time favorite Let's Get Creative airs. Larry Goodell starts the hour with some featured poetry. 
• At 6 pm join us for an all new locally-produced show: Dinner Jazz and More with host Glenn Aparicio Parry. Enjoy jazz from the cool era of Miles Davis (50s and early 60s) the first hour gently moving to crossover artists like Bonnie Raitt in the second hour. Nothing loud - just enjoyable dinner music.
• At 8 pm we encore last week's Community Voices - an encore of last Friday's interviews focused on Placitas Garden Tour and Placitas Appreciation Day.
• At 9 pm enjoy an hour of Global Village. This time in the Global Village, it’s music from Japan. We’ll hear traditional sounds and instruments, ‘70s prog and psychedelic rock, Okinawan folk rock, contemporary Japanese folk-reggae, and taiko drumming. 
• Now at At 10 pm, enjoy an encore of Thursday morning's Mike's House.
• At 11 pm enjoy the encore of Anna Rudolph's Sunday Chasing the Muse.

WEDNESDAY:

• Beginning Monday at 7 am, enjoy two hours of music exclusively by New Mexico artists each week day - Today it's all about Vintage New Mexico bands - step back in time with us for some bands you will remember along with some you probably never heard of - all part of our commitment to the great musical talent in New Mexico now and in the past. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; mail cds marked "vintage" to PO Box 888, Placitas, NM 87043 or email tracks here. All other musicians, read instructions here.
• At 9am Alonzo Lucero is live in the studio today with his selection of Rancheros, Cumbias, Boleros, Nortenos, Corridos and more. After 55 years on the air, Alonzo is moving toward retirement but loves his listening audience so much he just can't say goodbye. He will be live on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week.
• At noon enjoy another hour of music archives with host Paul Ingles. Dave Mason: Feelin' Alright (An Appreciation). On this music special, host Paul Ingles continues the celebration of the music of British singer/songwriter/and guitarist Dave Mason, who passed away April 19, 2026, at the age of 79. Mason was a 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee as a founding member of the group TRAFFIC, for whom he wrote many memorable tunes. "Feelin' Alright", "Only You Know and I Know", "We Just Disagree", and more. After his stints with TRAFFIC, Dave Mason was putting out well received solo albums and collaborating with some of the greats in rock music. 
• At 1 pm enjoy Sounds from the Mother Road from Public Radio Exchange.  On this edition of The Mother Road paying tribute to the Kings of Western Swing, Milton Brown and Bob Wills from The Great Recession Orchestra and The Hot Club of Cowtown, along with more swing from The Red Stick Ramblers and Willie and Asleep at the Wheel. Also a few honky tonk favorites. Sounds from the Mother Road is a weekly exploration of the last 70 years of American Roots Music, featuring western swing, country, rockabilly, cowboy tunes and the artists who continue those traditions today.
  
• At 2 pm DJ Sal Treppiedi hosts Sounds from the Superhighway for three hours. 
• Today at 5 pm join us for hours 1 and 2 of The Main Stream from Native Voice One. Host Brett Maybee (Seneca) curates a program that explores the best recorded music of yesterday and today. Brett draws upon his love of all music to create the very best listening experience.
• At 7 pm, tune in for Hindsight with Johnny Lawndart - music underplayed and overlooked. The best of overlooked music with weekly themes.
• Then at 9 pm, from 2003 it's Tony Trischka in performance at the Fur Peace Ranch. 
• At 10 pm is our exclusively aired series "Stolen Moments" from the late Simon Barley. You will be treated to the best in acoustic modern jazz recorded between 1944 and 1969. Check out our talent page on the website to learn more about the amazing Simon Barley.

THURSDAY:

• At 7 am, enjoy an hour of music exclusively by New Mexico artists.
• At 8 am, enjoy Mike's House with host Michael Stovall will continue our Thursday morning tribute to New Mexico artists with interviews and live music. Mike returns with a 9-midnight time slot with more music and interviews with New Mexicans in the music business. 
• At 9am KUPR tune in for Alonzo Lucero for more Musica Nuevo Mexico y Mas.
• Join us at noon for another KUPR exclusive, all new half hour show produced by Dan White: Deep Thoughts with Ed McCool. Ed McCool served as a tribal attorney for the Navajo Nation Council for ten years.  He holds a Master of law (LL.M) in Indigenous Law and Policy from the University of Arizona Rogers School of Law and a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) in law and Masters in Political Science from Temple University. He was the state director for New Jersey Common Cause. Ed has been a baby, kid, husband, father, grandfather, an improv comedian, character actor in films, all around lover of the Southwest, and he likes to quote Zorba the Greek’s famous line, “I’ve had a wife, kids and the whole catastrophe.”
• Following Deep Thoughts enjoy the first episode of a series from Public Radio Exchange Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story, a radio documentary about the influence of the "Mother Road" on America's literary and artistic culture. Follow America's Main Street from Chicago to Los Angeles, travelling through history or literature, meeting the people, or following the show's producers as they explore America's Main Street. 
• At 1 pm enjoy 10,000 Good Songs - Music Documentarian Paul Ingles shares some of the best from his multi-genre collection of tunes. Music you won't hear on commercial radio.  
• At 3pm join Spinning Kenny G and the Mystery Hour.
• Dr. David Hoekenga's Harmonies from the Sandias airs at 6 pm, tonight's feature TBA.
• ​Join us at 8 pm for an encore of Tim Trujillo's popular Straight No Chaser.
• At 10 pm: Searching for the First Rock and Roll Song where you will hear music from that time when rhythm and blues and rock and roll were emerging but hadn’t yet become a predictable formula. A time when musicians were listening to and incorporating these music’s exciting emergence into their own style of music – music that is difficult to categorize. Not a hits, oldies, or “history of” radio show. it’s all the songs that influenced our now-legendary musicians who are regularly featured in all those hits, oldies, and “history of” radio shows.

FRIDAY:

• At 7 am, enjoy an hour of free form music exclusively by New Mexico artists - It's part of our commitment to the great musical talent in New Mexico now and in the past. Submissions from NM musicians encouraged; mail cds marked "local" to PO Box 888, Placitas, NM 87043 or email tracks here. All other musicians, read instructions here.
• At 8 am we continue Community Voices: Today host Jerry Di interviews John Bullock about the upcoming Placitas Artist Series 40th season.
• At 9am, tune in for Fridays' Musica Nuevo Mexico y Mas with Otto in charge - selections from our library of your favorite New Mexico tunes.
• At noon, Tim Trujillo leads off at noon with Straight No Chaser, for two hours with an encore at 8 pm Thursdays. Check out Tim's sidekick Richard Warren on our Talent Page and on the air. He knows a lot about the music he selects.
• At 2 pm we are excited to introduce Michael Garcia of Santa Ana Pueblo and the Life of a Dog on the Rez Radio Show. Michael is a natural storyteller, bringing a new and engaging voice to KUPR. Read more about him on our talent page. 
• At 3 pm join us for Peace Talks Radio, a series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. Today we will air Walking for Peace: Inner Peace and Compassion. Inspired by the Walk for Peace, a 2,300-mile pilgrimage across the United States, this Peace Talks Radio program explores how different faith traditions understand peace, compassion, and spiritual practice. Through conversations with Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, and Christian leaders, listeners are invited to consider how inner transformation can shape the way we live and relate to others.
  
• ​​At 4 pm enjoy KUPR's Happy Hour with Lyle Toledo Yazzie, host of Monday's Indigenous Brillance.
• At 9 pm - Michael Stovall with Mike on the Mike is live late Fridays at KUPR. 

SATURDAY:

• At 7 am we kick off Saturday morning with Electric Bosque. DJ Sasquatch returns to the radio at KUPR, after a decade on the college radio station KCPR in San Luis Obispo, California, where he hosted a range of shows. He's excited to be back on the airwaves, sharing the music that tickles his ears in "Electric Bosque," a two-hour-long wander through electronic music new and old. 
• Saturday morning at 9 am join us for a two-hour KUPR unique venture into the world of music. Patrick Vander Wyden hosts Hidden Gems of the 21st Century: Great music missing from commercial radio. Patrick harvests rain water for the station, installed and manages on our solar power backup and is a member of the managing council. On Saturday mornings he introduces you to music he enjoys, but is missing from the playlists of most radio stations. 
• Join us at 11 for Whiskey in the Jar, old time fiddle and traditional Irish music with host Marc Robert. Marc has been a fixture on the Placitas music scene for years, playing banjo, guitar and acoustic bass. He’s part of the Virginia Creepers, a local old time band, and also plays with his son Michel as Littlefoot (also old time) and with fiddler Eileen Sullivan as Far From Home (traditional Irish music).  Whiskey in the Jar is two hours now.
• At noon Bill Honker returns with Home Again, recorded in Colorado for KUPR.
• At 1 pm host Beyond Words with Blaze Defiant airs in a new time slot. Enjoy music, poetry and all sorts of spoken word.
• Next up at 2 pm is Saturday Afternoon Freeform with Jerry D featuring Americana, Bluegrass, and Jambands, just to name a few. 
• Bobbi Bell's OutWest Hour comes on at 4 PM- music, poetry, prose, Western, Western Swing, Cowboy Country and more. 
• At 5 pm is an exotica jazz show - The Enchanted Tiki Hut with hosts Kitty and Mr. C. This show is another unique KUPR offering!
• At 7 pm we are excited to bring you another unique, locally produced show - The Lounge with host Nick Upton. Nick joined KUPR after a 45-year career in radio.
• Then at 8 pm, enjoy an encore of Music of the Space Age hosted by Marty Tippens (the Martian), a great show airing live on Mondays. 
• Hours 4 and 5 of The Main Stream run from 8 to 10 pm.

SUNDAY:

• At 7 am, another new show - Classical Guitar Alive!  This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features music by Vivaldi, Bach, Silvius Leopold Weiss, Konstantin Vassiliev, and Sergio Assad’s film score to the Japanese film “Natsu No Niwa” (The Summer Garden).
  
• Sunday Morning with Ken Grimes and Lynn Kaskela begins at 9am for a Morning Blend of mostly mellow music to begin your Sunday.
• Ken is followed by Mandolin Magic with host George Koinis at 11, one hour of music featuring some of the world's finest mandolinists playing solo, in duets, with ensembles, and with orchestras.
• At Noon enjoy The Children's Hour. This week it's all about Exoplanets. Everyone wonders if there’s life outside of Earth, but for life. to exist, it has to live somewhere. NASA is looking for these extra-terrestrial homes around other stars. These are called exoplanets: planets that are found outside our solar system. The Kids Crew visit with exoplanetologist Dr. Diana Dragomir from the University of New Mexico. We discover what an exoplanet is, and how astronomers find them in a vast sea of stars. Learn if there’s life outside our solar system, and how you can help in the search. Telescopes mounted on satellites provide images that make it possible to see an exoplanet transiting its star. A transit of a planet means it seems to pass in front of the star from our point of view. Detailed photos can reveal these transits, and help scientists discover exoplanets. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, called TESS, has been one of the tools NASA uses to document every part of space. TESS images have revealed thousands of exoplanets in many colors. Everyday people can join the hunt for exoplanets, too! There is training involved, but the more eyes studying the sky the better.
  
• From 1-4 pm. DJ Ken Ward is on the air with “Tombstone Every Mile” for vintage honky-tonk and bluegrass, truckin’ songs, western swing and cowboy classics, gospel quartets, and the occasional old-time string band tune.  Ken is on for three hours now.
• ​​At 4 pm we air a three-hour KUPR exclusive: Women's Voices - Hour 1 is The Voice with Pam D, featuring a different theme each show. At 5 PM is singer/songwriter Anna Rudolph and Chasing the Muse. Then, at 6 pm, Women in Jazz joins the Women's Voices lineup, hosted by George Koinis. 
• At 7 pm we introduce the another edition of REZ Rhythms: from the Plaza to the Powwow. Host Yaschay will be on the air for three hours every Sunday night bringing traditional beats and rhythms from the Pueblos and Turtle Island.
• At 10 pm to midnight we run an encore of Thursday's 10,000 Good Songs from music Documentarian Paul Ingles with a weekly mix of music from his multi-genre personal collection - mostly stuff you only get from public radio.