MUSIC SHOWS

Self-produced shows sharing unique styles, local artists, and all genres.

Ambient, Eclectic

Adventures on the Dragonfly Pinky Toe
11 PM Sundays, Encores 10 PM Wednesdays
A variety hour lead by Captain GalexC. The Dragonfly Pinky Toe is a sentient magical spaceship that has saved her crew from peril countless times. Her crew: Captain GalexC, Chief Engineer Xander, Head of Security Leon Wenrul, Loader Master Ray Qualaila, The Vagabond Tiny Ursus, and Pinky P The Ship. Go with us on wondrous excursions through time and sound.

A.M. Ambient
Daily, 6-8 AM
Mellow, ambient, and meditative music to start the day with.

All Cows Eat Grass
Sundays 8 PM, Encores Wednesdays 8 PM
A freeform show from DJ BB consisting of Indie rock, psych/space rock, Moog love, folk, electronic, as well as occasional bits of poetry, science, and nature

Framework
7 PM Sundays, Encores 5 AM Tuesdays
Taking you on sonic voyages with field recordings. Sound maps, phonography and sound hunting from sound artists from all around the world. Framework began in London and now broadcasts on many stations, including KORC! Learn more at https://frameworkradio.net/info/

Hit Hard to Left Field
8 PM Saturdays, Encores 10 PM Tuesdays
HHTL is an anything-goes program focused within lesser-known music and sound, hosted by JNortz. One could potentially hear jazz, world music, psychedelic soundscapes, soundtrack and library music, experimental and field recording episodes, and much more. There are no limits to what qualifies for airplay, and listeners are encouraged to come with an open mind and enthusiastic spirit for discovery and learning. The point is to enjoy expanding your tastes and come face-to-face with how you interpret our collective experience.

The Lonesome Mellow Hour
5 AM Daily (Except Mondays)
A dusty, lonely mix of jazz, fusion, outsider music, vaporwave, and other 5 AM mellow tidings.

The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn
9 AM Tuesdays
Broadcasting from The Relay Shack, Ben Vaughn surrounds himself with boxes of CDs, cassettes, 7″ records, and even 8-tracks to present an hour of eclectic music, including rarities of rock, jazz, blues, folk, soul, bossa nova, country, and more – all peppered with his twisted musicological slant.

Minimalism
3 AM Mondays
Dark ambient/minimal mix by Chad.

KORC MixTape
3 PM Wednesdays, Encores 3 PM Saturdays
KORC MixTape offers a broad mix of genres and songs, plus various ramblings, from program director Dan Crall.

Sound Experiment
8 PM Mondays
The Sound Experiment features an array of experimental music. Each episode provides a diverse mix of several sub-genres within experimental music, including sound collage, dark ambient, musique concrete, noise, minimal electronics, IDM, and more. Produced by program director Dan Crall in his college days.

Classical, Jazz

Classical Hour
1 PM Fridays, Encores 11 PM Wednesdays
Wesley Myers is the host of the KORC Classical Hour. Film music, world music, and modern works from diverse composers are featured alongside favorite classical works, including symphonies, concertos, cantatas, and more from Bach to Tchaikovsky.

Hit Hard to Left Field
8 PM Saturdays, Encores 10 PM Tuesdays
HHTL is an anything-goes program focused within lesser-known music and sound, hosted by JNortz. One could potentially hear jazz, world music, psychedelic soundscapes, soundtrack and library music, experimental and field recording episodes, and much more. There are no limits to what qualifies for airplay, and listeners are encouraged to come with an open mind and enthusiastic spirit for discovery and learning. The point is to enjoy expanding your tastes and come face-to-face with how you interpret our collective experience.

Lonesome Mellow Hour
5 AM Daily (Except Mondays)
A dusty, lonely mix of jazz, fusion, outsider music, vaporwave, and other 5 AM mellow tidings.

The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn
9 AM Tuesdays
Broadcasting from The Relay Shack, Ben Vaughn surrounds himself with boxes of CDs, cassettes, 7″ records, and even 8-tracks to present an hour of eclectic music, including rarities of rock, jazz, blues, folk, soul, bossa nova, country, and more – all peppered with his twisted musicological slant.

Retro Cocktail Hour
4 PM Fridays
The Retro Cocktail Hour serves up the music that’s “shaken, not stirred”. Exotica, crime jazz, bossa nova, now sound, space age pop, soundtracks and Bollywood. Hosted by Darrell Brogdon of Kansas Public Radio.

EDM, Hip-Hop

Blinx
7 PM Fridays
Blinx is a dance music show focused on the margins of electronic music and club culture with a curated, eclectic touch by KORC resident Brandon Richardson aka MOS FET. Play loud!

Church In The Woods
7 PM Saturdays, Encores 3 AM Tuesdays 
Every Saturday night, Saint Francis brings you electronic music from both this millennium and the last. Church in the Woods celebrates the true histories of house and techno, beginning with their beating-heart Black American origins in the Holy Cities of Chicago and Detroit, to their current hegemony over the world entire. From Argentina to Angola, Britain to Botswana, Canada to China; tune in every week to Church in the Woods, your sonic sanctuary on community radio.

Cool McDog’s Super Fun Hour
10 PM Mondays
Cool McDog is a Willamette Valley cryptid whose background comes from the nether regions of the net. You’ll usually find them drooling over synths and guitar pedals, eating old food off the ground, and generally wherever you hear bizarre sounds. Super Fun Hour flies aimlessly through the void between electronic, punk, krautrock, and lots of other strange territories. 

Glowcat’s Scratchbox
10 PM Thursdays, Encores 11 PM Saturdays
Glowcat’s Scratchbox showcases EDM and hip-hop mixes from herself and guest DJs from all over Oregon. To submit a mix, contact korc@djglowcat.com.

Luni Tunes
7 PM Tuesdays, Encores 2 PM Thursdays
Hosted by DJ Lunitin, Luni Tunes is a variety mostly-vinyl, mostly-electronic music show with a collection of rotating themes including, but not limited to, ambient, breakbeats, drum and bass, and hip-hop, as well as a few surprises thrown in every now and then.

Nerdmode: Engage!
8 PM Thursdays
What kind of music can you expect to hear on Nerdmode: Engage? Guess. I honestly don’t know. I can guarantee that I genuinely like all the music that is selected. But it’ll include electronic, rock, and metal. As I have time and energy, I’m also working in some human-interest content here and there. – Trevor Heald

Folk, Country

The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn
9 AM Tuesdays
Broadcasting from The Relay Shack, Ben Vaughn surrounds himself with boxes of CDs, cassettes, 7″ records, and even 8-tracks to present an hour of eclectic music, including rarities of rock, jazz, blues, folk, soul, Bossanova, country, and more – all peppered with his twisted musicological slant.

Retro Lounge
12 PM Saturdays, Encores 6 PM Mondays
The Retro Lounge takes you back…back….way back to the early days of real rock. It’s a heady brew of iconic bands and singers who produced the great rock, soul, classic country and progressive rock we still love today, all curated by Lava Lamp Larry. Mr. Lamp was a radio DJ in the 70s and gives you a special blend from back in the day.

Indie, Punk

All Cows Eat Grass
Sundays 8 PM, Encores Wednesdays 8 PM
A freeform show from DJ BB consisting of Indie rock, psych/space rock, Moog love, folk, electronic, as well as occasional bits of poetry, science, and nature.

Chasing My Tail
4 PM Mondays, Encores 11 AM Saturdays
Chasing My Tail with your humble host Augie West is an hour of music designed to turn listeners on to underplayed, hand-picked tunes from the past, present, and future. Cuts you don’t always hear, alternate takes, live tracks, cool covers, and more. Mr. West’s goal is to give back what all the cool DJs in his life have given him through the miracle of modern FM radio.

Cool McDog’s Super Fun Hour
10 PM Mondays
Cool McDog is a Willamette Valley cryptid whose background comes from the nether regions of the net. You’ll usually find them drooling over synths and guitar pedals, eating old food off the ground, and generally wherever you hear bizarre sounds. Super Fun Hour flies aimlessly through the void between electronic, punk, krautrock, and lots of other strange territories. 

Emil Amos’ Drifters Sympathy
12 AM Thursdays
Emil Amos, the leader of bands Grails, Holy Sons, Lilacs and Champagne, and drummer for Om, hosts his own podcast Drifter’s Sympathy. Diving deep into his past, Emil recounts honest stories from his youth as an outsider in the 80s/90s LoFi and Punk scenes of Chapel Hill, NC. The show explores themes on the role of a guru, becoming an artist, finding your way, hope, philosophy, drug use, being an outsider, existentialism, depression, humor, and much more. Every other episode zooms in on a particular genre or era of music history and its importance.

Live on KEXP | Under the Needle
10 AM Sundays | 12:30 PM Tuesdays
Syndication from our friends at KEXP, a Seattle-based, non-commercial radio station sharing one-of-a-kind live performances. Each week, they’ll bring you a new live session, from emerging artists to well-established acts, spanning styles, genres and cultures. Under the Needle is the same format but just past episodes of these performances.

KORC MixTape
3 PM Wednesdays, Encores 3 PM Saturdays
KORC MixTape offers a broad mix of genres and songs, plus various ramblings, from program director Dan Crall.

Racing Turtles
9 PM Fridays, Encores 3 PM Mondays
Playing all the indiest of indies, bump’n some beats, and even play’n some 60’s gold for your mama. Hosted by Sean. Contact the show at: RacingTurtles.KORC@gmail.com

What Have You
12 PM Fridays
Radio knickknackery at its worst! Noisy stuff plus melodious weird ditties slapped together with assorted samples of ridiculousness. Heavy on the R. Stevie Moore. Hosted by Kitschy Mama.

Reggae, Funk, Soul

Pau Hana Time
4 PM Wednesdays, Encores 4 PM Sundays
Pau Hana Time with DJ Mermaid Hair serves up a mixed plate of reggae music from all around the world, with a garnish of funk, soul, R&B, tropicalia and more.

Racing Turtles
9 PM Fridays, Encores 3 PM Mondays
Playing all the indiest of indies, bump’n some beats, and even play’n some 60’s gold for your mama. Hosted by Sean. Contact the show at: RacingTurtles.KORC@gmail.com

Retro Cocktail Hour
4 PM Fridays
The Retro Cocktail Hour serves up the music that’s “shaken, not stirred”. Exotica, crime jazz, bossa nova, now sound, space age pop, soundtracks and Bollywood. Hosted by Darrell Brogdon of Kansas Public Radio.

Retro Lounge
12 PM Saturdays, Encores 7 PM Mondays
The Retro Lounge takes you back…back….way back to the early days of real rock. It’s a heady brew of iconic bands and singers who produced the great rock, soul, classic country and progressive rock we still love today, all curated by Lava Lamp Larry. Mr. Lamp was a radio DJ in the 70s and gives you a special blend from back in the day.

Rock, Prog, Metal

All Cows Eat Grass
Sundays 8 PM, Encores Wednesdays 8 PM
A freeform show from DJ BB consisting of Indie rock, psych/space rock, Moog love, folk, electronic, as well as occasional bits of poetry, science, and nature.

Chasing My Tail
4 PM Mondays, Encores 11 AM Saturdays
Chasing My Tail with your humble host Augie West is an hour of music designed to turn listeners on to underplayed, hand-picked tunes from the past, present, and future. Cuts you don’t always hear, alternate takes, live tracks, cool covers, and more. Mr. West’s goal is to give back what all the cool DJs in his life have given him through the miracle of modern FM radio.

Epic Prog
9 PM Sundays
A collective effort of the KORC community featuring all things prog: prog jazz, prog rock, prog metal, prog house, and beyond.

Goose Bumps
8 PM Fridays, Encores 4 AM Mondays
The best live jams featuring the band, Goose. Hosted by MWCK (Monkey With Car Keys). Follow him on Insta @Monkeywck

Live on KEXP | Under the Needle
10 AM Sundays | 12:30 PM Tuesdays
Syndication from our friends at KEXP, a Seattle-based, non-commercial radio station sharing one-of-a-kind live performances. Each week, they’ll bring you a new live session, from emerging artists to well-established acts, spanning styles, genres and cultures. Under the Needle is the same format but just past episodes of these performances.

The Lost KORC
5 PM Thursdays, Encores 5 PM Saturdays
The Lost KORC, hosted by JC, is packed with music from various artists and genres with a rock n roll slant.

The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn
9 AM Tuesdays
Broadcasting from The Relay Shack, Ben Vaughn surrounds himself with boxes of CDs, cassettes, 7″ records, and even 8-tracks to present an hour of eclectic music, including rarities of rock, jazz, blues, folk, soul, bossa nova, country, and more – all peppered with his twisted musicological slant.

MixTape
3 PM Wednesdays, Encores 3 PM Saturdays
KORC MixTape offers a broad mix of genres and songs, plus various ramblings, from program director Dan Crall.

Nerdmode: Engage!
8 PM Thursdays
What kind of music can you expect to hear on Nerdmode: Engage? Guess. I honestly don’t know. I can guarantee that I genuinely like all the music that is selected. But it’ll include electronic, rock, and metal. As I have time and energy, I’m also working in some human-interest content here and there. – Trevor Heald

Prog Wild
5 PM Wednesdays, Encores 10 AM Sundays
Progressive music from all times and places. While you’ll hear plenty of “classic” prog-rock of the 1970s, Prog Wild is not limited to this genre. There are many innovative styles of music that have fused genres to create new sounds and dynamics – to “progress” the music beyond the popular or acceptable forms of the time! Hosted by Loren, who plays with Corvallis bands Strange Rotation and Distinguished Gentlemen.

Retro Lounge
12 PM Saturdays, Encores 7 PM Mondays
The Retro Lounge takes you back…back….way back to the early days of real rock. It’s a heady brew of iconic bands and singers who produced the great rock, soul, classic country and progressive rock we still love today, all curated by Lava Lamp Larry. Mr. Lamp was a radio DJ in the 70s and gives you a special blend from back in the day.

Return From Chaos
9 PM Thursdays, Encores 10 PM Saturdays
Metal. So much brutal metal of all kinds humbly provided to you by DJ Old Man Winther.

Saturday Lost and Found KORC
10 AM Saturdays
A compilation curated by JC for enjoying the morning at (or near) the Corvallis Saturday Market. This set is mainstream music but with JC’s unique spin.