Lake Ripley Radio

01/05/2026

Cloudy today but not "cold," with highs in the upper 30s. Luke Marren has the complete forecast every hour on Lake Ripley Radio.

12/31/2025

We wanted to say "Thank You" to the multiple thousands of people who have sampled this station since its launch on Labor Day. We believe we have set the modern template for album rock radio: a big library of songs, tuned so that each song following the one before it "makes sense." The corporate overlords who own Madison stations have deleted the staffs, homogenized the playlists, and have taken zero risks. It is BORING. The more I listen, the more I am convinced we have found the secret sauce. My life's dream is realized. This station is the truth. Curious? https://lakeripleyradio.com - Brought to you by VisitCambridgeWI.com. Happy 2026! -John and Cyndi

Lake Ripley Radio is Southcentral Wisconsin's Finest Rock!

12/01/2025

🎧 Cambridge Winter Mixer is this Saturday! The party starts at the Cambridge Taphouse (4pm) and moves to The Keystone Grill (7pm)!

🍕 Enjoy great food, prizes, DJ dancing, live music, and a guaranteed good time!

👚 Don't forget your Ugly Holiday Sweater for the contest!

📢 LIVE ON LOCATION! We're thrilled to announce that Lake Ripley Radio will be broadcasting live from the Cambridge Taphouse during the early part of the Winter Mixer! Come say hello and listen to great music, handpicked by humans! Get your tickets here:

Your admission ticket to the Cambridge Winter Mixer features prizes, pizza, a complimentary cocktail, a drink coupon for the Cambridge Area Lions Clubhouse, DJ DP, and live music from The Wild Heathens! Starts at 4pm at the Cambridge Taphouse and moves to The Keystone Grill at 7pm!

11/27/2025

At 3pm tomorrow (Thursday) we will honor a tradition that many rock radio stations have kept alive since 1967. We will play "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie in its entirety. 18 minutes!

Super fast history lesson:

Most of the lyrics are true stories. Alice is a real person. Arlo Guthrie recorded lots of things back in the day. The song is less an anti-war song (Vietnam era) and more of a "anti-stupidity" song, according to the artist.

And why Thanksgiving?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Restaurant

Enjoy.

11/26/2025

Someone asked me the other day what my favorite song is. I heard it right now, and I found it. "Save It For Later" by the English Beat, is the perfect pop song. I can listen to it a million times and never tire of it. A few bands I have been in played it. The vocals are so perfect, the harmonies...same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0PUXt4-q80 Thoughts?

11/22/2025

Salisbury steak needs to reappear in our lives. It's one of the stars of HOT LUNCH, a fundraiser by Cash & Olive's Pub which raised four digits for Everyone Eats, feeding CHS students who deserve a hot meal. Thanks to Jen and Courtney for having us for our live broadcast and a great hot lunch :)

11/21/2025

After a slew of new acts got in this weekend, we want to know ...

11/21/2025

Who are they?

Featured in Record Mirror on this day in 1982, NAME THE BAND.

11/20/2025

Starting now: your local weather forecast, mornings and middays on Lake Ripley Radio! Thanks to future meteorologist Luke Marren for helping us start our day. Hear his reports hourly from 5am-3pm every weekday, and on weekends when there's a blizzard :(

11/18/2025

Legends.

Long before their reign as one of the most erudite bands in rock, Squeeze founding members Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook wrote a bunch of early songs as 1970s teenagers that have never seen the light of day. That will change on March 6th, when BMG releases Trixies, the group’s first new album in eight years.

In 1974, Difford was 19 and Tilbrook 16 as they began writing tracks such as “Don’t Go Out in the Dark,” “You Get the Feeling” and “The Place We Call Mars,” which were set in a fictional club named Trixies. “We fully committed ourselves to songwriting, but this was three or four years before we even got to make our first record,” says Difford. “Long story short, these were songs that we just didn’t have enough musical experience to record properly.”

The “Pulling Mussels From the Shell”/”Tempted” hitmakers revisited the material with its latter-day touring band, including former Roots bassist Owen Biddle, who produced. “The songs that we wrote then astound me. I’m proud of them now, and I’m particularly proud that it was young us that did that. These are very much the same songs that we wrote then,” Tilbrook offers. “The only difference is that now I can teach the songs to the rest of the band. Back then, I didn’t even know what the names of the chords were!”

“The act of revisiting the Trixies songs had me in tears, partly because they’re so good, but also because I’m aware of all the stuff that I’ve still yet to hear and write,” Tilbrook goes on to say. Adds Difford, “It really fills me with joy that at my age we can discover that we wrote such great songs when we were teenagers. I’m very proud of that.”

What’s more, an album of entirely new Squeeze material was tracked alongside Trixies and will be released at some point in the future.

11/12/2025

When it's morning in Wisconsin, Lake Ripley Radio has a special blend created for this special time of the day. Think of it as a warm knitted sweater keeping you cozy as you get the day started. Check it out, 6-10am:

Lake Ripley Radio is Southcentral Wisconsin's Finest Rock!