SOMEBODY ELSE'S TROUBLES 
            FOLK - COUNTRY - BLUES - ROCKABILLY - GOSPEL - BLUEGRASS 
            New CD Releases - LIVE IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCES - Historical
            Recordings 
   SOMEBODY ELSE'S TROUBLES is a two-hour show that airs every
   Saturday from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.  Each week's show features a wide
   range of musical styles that can be loosely grouped under the Folk music banner.
   Traditional & Contemporary Folk, Bluegrass Singer/Songwriters, Blues, Country,
   Gospel, Celtic, Rockabilly, Alternative Country, Cajun, Zydeco and all styles of 
   acoustic music can be heard every Saturday morning and afternoon.  A weekly 
   feature of SOMEBODY ELSE'S TROUBLES is live performance and interviews in the 
   studio with local, national and international touring musicians.
SOMEBODY ELSE'S TROUBLES is hosted on a rotating basis by Tom Jackson,
Billy J. Ivers and John Wright, with help from David Bragman and Ray & Di Kulka.

The New Orleans Music Hour
   The New Orleans Music Hour, which airs at 1:00 pm on Saturdays, has been called 
   "Chicago's Weekly Mardi Gras Party".  Each week host/producer, Tom Jackson 
    plays music from all over New Orleans and Louisiana. In addition to Cajun, 
    Zydeco, Jazz and Rhythm & Blues, the show features music that comes straight 
    from the unique street traditions of New Orleans.  Mardi Gras Indians, Brass Bands      
    and the up and coming young Funk bands all receive airplay on a regular basis.  "Chicago's  
    Weekly Mardi Gras Party" also features the great Swamp Pop, Blues and New Orleans R&B   
    artists from years past.
"The New Orleans Music Hour" is a show that is truly unique to the Chicago radio market. In addition to great music, the show also features interviews with musicians, concert ticket and CD giveaways and the weekly New Orleans music calendar.

Something Else
    Since 1995 Something Else has presented works under aired on the radio. The show focuses    
    on  sound/radio art, new music, electronic/ electroacoustic/ experimental music and works  
   of long duration. Something Else features live performances by local, national and
    international artists weekly. For more information: please visit
    stopgostop.com/somethingelse or e-mail somethingelse@wluw.org

OPEN BOOKS
Open Books is an hour-long program devoted to outstanding books, remarkable
writers, and the fine art of reading. Host Donna Seaman interviews novelists,
poets, and writers of creative nonfiction. Her guests include T. C. Boyle,
Lynda Barry, Madison Smartt Bell, Barry Lopez, Chang-rae Lee, Fern Schumer
Chapman, Jane Smiley, Ana Castillo, Wade Davis, Richard Jones, and many more.
Seaman is an editor for BOOKLIST and a critic who frequently contributes book
reviews and essays to the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, NEWSDAY, and the RUMINATOR REVIEW,
among others. Seaman is also on the board of the National Book Critics
Circle, and the editor of a new short story anthology, IN OUR  NATURE:
STORIES OF WILDNESS.
OPEN BOOKS airs on the second Sunday of the month at 9:00 pm.

Everything Off-Beat
"Everything Off-Beat" is the world's premier ska oriented radio show,
launched in 1988 by DJ Chuck Wren. The show debuted on college station
WNUR, and through the course of the past decade has moved to three
different commercial stations.....most recently WCKG-FM 105.9. Archiving
one of the world's top collections, we're glad to have Chuck present his
critically acclaimed program to the airwaves of WLUW-FM, which will also
the first time "Everything Off-Beat" is heard on the world wide web!
Playing material from all three waves of ska (with an extensive collection
of orignal Jamiacan vinyl), Chuck likes to throw in dashes of soul, mod,
rockabilly, power-pop and punk to the show's already tasty stew. Make
"Eveything Off-Beat" a part of your weekend routine (Sundays from 6pm to
7pm).