Elm City Radio

01/07/2026

Good morning dear listeners,

I bring a bit of bad news this morning. After several months of deliberation, I have decided to cancel Elm City Radio's broadcasts on the Live365 (Official) platform and cease broadcast of the Internet radio station side of things for Elm City Radio.

With tightening belts and bills that are attached to the broadcasting side, paying for the service has become untenable. We simply do not have the advertising dollars to support the platform to stay in operation. The broadcast of the station will cease at the end of the billing cycle on January 21. With a lack of listeners (we were averaging 10-15 listeners a day in a good month) and a lack of sponsors, moving forward was just unmanageable.

Elm City Radio as an entity, though, is not going away. Our podcasting side has been extremely successful and has some decent engagement from listeners at large. Elm City Radio will shift its focus towards those two podcast platforms in 2026. The Artists Spotlight and the Crime Stoppers podcasts will continue in full force. We will have a new Morgan, Scott & Cass Crime Stoppers coming up in just a few days so stay tuned for the announcement. I am currently working on some national and local artists to feature in the coming months on the Artists Spotlight.

Not to mention, our new website is up and running in full force, too. There is lots of great music content, especially for locals in the West Central Illinois area to go and enjoy.

We appreciate all of the prior support we had bringing you all of the latest in new blues, soul, roots rock, alternative rock and pop as well as some of your classic favorites. In the golden age of streaming, it is definitely a hard sell to people to invest time into what may be a song they don't like next on the radio - Internet or otherwise. I appreciate those who took the time to invest their hours and bet on something different during our 1 year and 4 months on the air. Maybe it will return. For now, finances and time have dictated that we shift our efforts to things that keep us solvent and operating in ways that are manageable.

Again, thank you for those that took the time to listen. Thank you to those who are willing to adjust with us as we fine tune and move forward.

Musically yours,

Ben Cox, Owner & Operator

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01/05/2026

More jams coming your way!

Remember only can prevent empty music venues. Support live music!

Live music is set to heat up Jacksonville and surrounding communities during the first half of January as a full slate of shows featuring local favorites, regional acts, tributes, and debut performances fill up the calendar. One of the busiest nights of the stretch is Friday, January 17, when multip...

01/01/2026

As we say goodbye to 2025, we at Elm City Radio also have to say goodbye to some music. In our efforts to stay current and modern, we will be removing songs from our rotation from the year 2000. Here's some of the 25-year old music that will be removed from the rotation this week:

Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte
Goldfinger - Stomping Ground
Fuel - Something Like Human
OutKast - Stankonia
Nelly Furtado - Whoa Nelly
Matchbox 20 - Mad Season
Johnny Cash - The American Recordings III - Solitary Man
Evanescence - Fallen
Disturbed - The Sickness
Deftones - White Pony
Deborah Coleman - Soft Place to Fall
Cat Power - The Covers Record
Candye Kane - The Toughest Girl Alive
Bernard Allison - Love Is Free
A New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo
Various - The Mission Impossible 2 Soundtrack
Lostprophets - The Fake Sound of Progress
Poe - Haunted
T-Model Ford - She Ain't None of Your'n
The White Stripes - Hello Operator EP
The Offspring - Conspiracy of One
Sister Hazel - Fortress
Shelby Lynne - I Am Shelby Lynne
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
R.L. Burnside - I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
Oasis - Standing On the Shoulder of Giants
North Mississippi Allstars - Shake Hands With Shorty
Joe Bonamassa - A New Day Yesterday
Various - The Crow: Salvation Soundtrack
Blue October - Consent to Treatment
AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Eve 6 - Horrorscope
Pearl Jam - Binaural
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Green Day - Warning
Lifehouse - No Name Face
O**y - V***r Transmission
The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
The Hives - Veni, Vidi, Vicious
Alkaline Trio - Alkaline Trio
Dexter Freebish - A Life of Saturdays
The White Stripes - De Stijl
Collective Soul - 7even Year Itch: Greatest Hits 1994-2001

Feel old yet? I sure do. Junior year of high school for me. Don't worry. There's plenty of great music coming in 2026. I'll also continue combing through my archives for songs from 2001 to today.

Thanks for listening to Elm City Radio! Happy New Year

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12/30/2025

Local artist's album coming in March

Happy to reveal Side A track listing and credits from our new album “Homeaid” out everywhere 3/6/26 via LoHi Records!

1. Tina Hart’s Mustang
2. Peshtigo
3. Mile Marker 25
4. Mattress
5. Battlecry

Chicago Farmer & The Fieldnotes
Chicago Farmer - Guitar, Vox, Harp
Charlie Harris - Bass, Vox
Cody Jensen - Keys, Vox, Percussion
Frank Kurtz - Drums, Vox
Jaik Willis - Guitars, Vox

With special guests
Joel Paterson - Pedal Steel on Mile Marker 25
Carrie Chandler - Vocals on Mattress

Artwork - Half Hazard Press

Preorder the new record or cd here - https://lohirecords.com/shop/chicago-farmer-homeaid/

Stream the first single Peshtigo here - https://orcd.co/peshtigo

Find tour dates here - chicagofarmer.com/tour

Stay tuned for the next single in early 2026!

12/30/2025

In case you haven't listened yet, there's still a chance to catch the Artists Spotlight for this month with Angelique Francis!

Step inside the soulful, magnetic world of one of Canada’s most extraordinary musical talents in this month’s episode of The Artists Spotligh. We’re diving deep into the story of Angelique Francis — the Juno-winning multi-instrumentalist whose voice, spirit, and artistry have earned her the ...

12/30/2025

Hey y'all listen up. We love new music. We hope you do, too. 2025 is about to close and the Elm City Radio website has launched. Visit elmcityradio.com and read up on some great stuff.

For example, this new piece I hope to put together for you ahead of each month about all the cool new releases coming out each month.

https://elmcityradio.com/2025/12/29/new-album-releases-for-january-2026/

Hello and welcome to a new segment here on Elm City Radio’s website where I will attempt to gather and release information on all the upcoming record releases for the month. If you like something you see, if you want to have it on vinyl/CD – head down to our friends and sponsors Pizza Records [....

12/10/2025

Final episode of The Artist's Spotlight for 2025 drops in 5 minutes on Elm City Radio!

Canadian blues, soul and roots artists Angelique Francis has a great new album out called Not Defeated. We chatted about that and more. She was a brand new artist to me so this was a fun interview and some great music!

Listen to it directly:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2434558/episodes/18328286

or go listen on Elm City Radio right now!

https://streaming.live365.com/a30110

11/05/2025

This is incredibly sad for the Taylor Family, the Alligator Records family and fans worldwide. I hope something can be done.

A treasure trove of her items were put on sale for dirt cheap after a junk dealer's random purchase of the contents of Taylor's storage locker in Orland Park.

11/02/2025

Okay, some special fun to announce...

We're doing another 80s 45 spin show for the 2nd Ever Adult Prom at Pizza Records on Saturday, November 8. Come dress in all of your best thrift store prom finds. Cost to get in is $5...but I'll drop a $1 off of your admission if you bring in a nonperishable food item(s) to go to the Jacksonville Area Food Center.

Also, I'll have a jar out on the dj booth. Drop a $1 in the bucket and you get 1 song request (80s only and if I can find it) for the night. All the money collected will go directly to the Food Center.

I want everyone to have something to eat over the holidays! So dance the night away. Bring some canned goods and non perishable items or just bring a bunch of $1 bills for song requests and let's kill the streaming giants with this analog throwback party!

10/28/2025

Get in the show for free by pretending to be a roadie.

OUR OFFICIAL RESPONSE: Our Bass Player can go Wireless, We have 3 Drummers, Merch Mama wasn’t born Yesterday, We Dig Feedback, and I’m always down for Drinking in the Parking Lot. Appreciate The Support. Seeya’s at these Local Band Shows!

11/15 Evanston, IL Evanston SPACE
11/28 Peoria, IL Kenny's Westside
11/29 Urbana, IL Rose Bowl Tavern

10/20/2025

It's returning...45s and dance the night way

10/19/2025

Interesting take on today's music industry. We have great partners both independent and signed that provide us great music to bring to you. We will always fall on the side of the artist. Pay them. Sign them. Buy their music in physical form. Buy merch. Go to shows. It's really that simple. Use the algorithm only for suggestions and not as a tunnel of curated echo chamber nonsense.