Alternative Lately

07/27/2025

Tonight on Alternative Lately, we’ll be giving all of these lovely tracks a play by .logan .grace and more!

Tune in from 9-11pmEST on WXOJ-LP Northampton 103.3FM, or stream anywhere at the link in our bio!

07/13/2025

📻Tonight on we'll be playing these new releases and undiscovered gems by these incredible artists, and many many more!!

Tune in from 9-11pm(EST) on WXOJ-LP Northampton or 103.3 FM locally, or stream anywhere at valleyfreeradio.org/Listen


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07/08/2025

We're Turning 𝟐𝟎 🎉 and You're Invited!

Valley Free Radio is throwing a birthday bash two decades in the making - and everyone is welcome!

Join us Saturday, August 9th from 4-8 PM at the Northampton Elks Lodge (17 Spring St, Florence, MA) for an all-ages celebration of 20 years on the air at WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM!

🎶Live music by:
Kalliope Jones + Shokazoba

Tasty eats from local faves:

Crooked Stick Pops unique fruit ice pops!

Crêpes Nanou (sweet, savory & kid-friendly!)

Caravan Kitchen paninis!

Complimentary mini-cupcakes from Carefree Cakery

Thanks to our event sponsor Greenfield Northampton Cooperative Bank

📻 Chill inside the AC'ed main hall, dance to the bands, grab a drink at the bar, and soak up the vibes with your community!

Free & open to all! Suggested $5 donation supports non-profit community radio in Western Mass

🗣️ Tell your friends, tune in for updates, and come celebrate 20 years of local voices, great music, and community connection with Valley Free Radio!

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06/30/2024

Tonight! Join us for our annual special pride edition of Alternative Lately as we feature these incredible LGBTQIA+ voices on the rise! 🌈 MORGXN SuperKnova Blush Wilson LucyVivor Tommi Aura Grant Knoche Lili-Violet Sunshyne + the Foxx and many more!

Tune in from 9-11pmEST on WXOJ-LP Northampton 103.3FM, or stream at valleyfreeradio.org/listen

04/21/2024

Tonight on Alternative Lately, we are so excited to be featuring these amazing new releases by artists on the rise!

Plus! We had the honor of getting to chat with the lovely BANNERS in celebration of his brand new album All Back to Mine!

Tune in from 9-11pmEST on WXOJ-LP Northampton 103.3FM, or stream at valleyfreeradio.org/listen!

04/02/2024

In case you missed our Artist of the Month for March 2024, we sat down with Chaz Cardigan for a breakdown of his debut album "A Year In Glassland". To listen back to the whole interview and to support Chaz's music, click the link below🎶

Alternative Lately's: Artist of the Month -- Chaz Cardigan and "A Year in Glassland"

01/22/2024

Local Northampton friends! The incredible Brendan Abernathy and Dylan Owen Music are playing live at The Parlor Room this coming Sunday, January 28th! We’ll be there, and hope to see all of you lovely folks there as well! It isn’t very often amazing up-and-coming talent that we’ve regularly featured on the show graces our little local city, and we are so beyond excited to support these amazing songwriters. Spread the word, tell your friends, get some tickets, and save the date!!! 💙

01/16/2024

Happy January! ✨ That’s right! We're predicting the future, or at least manifesting it, with our blog exclusive 24 Artists to Watch in 2024. These artists made waves in the industry this past year, and whether they have official plans or not, we anticipate major things for them this year. Check out the link below to read the full article!

Featuring: BANNERS, Grant Knoche, Belle Mt., Society of Villains, Chaz Cardigan, Capital Soirée, Flawes, Jillian Dawn, Tafari Anthony, Taylor Acorn, Chris Pierce, Songbird Music and many more!

https://www.alternativelately.com/post/24-artists-to-watch-in-2024

12/31/2023

Celebrate New Years Eve with us tonight for our first ever 3 hour broadcast from 9pm-12am(EST)! 🥳 Tune in at valleyfreeradio.org/listen or locally at WXOJ-LP Northampton 103.3FM! There is LOTS going on tonight:

At 9pmEST we’ll be featuring a new batch of tracks by Chavon Rodgers, chillhum, Way Scared, MORGXN, Noah Sties, Skyler Day, and FORTS!

Taking over our 10pmEST hour is the one, the only Chris Pierce! We’ll be chatting about all of his incredible accomplishments in 2023, dancing to some of his best releases of the year, and also hearing some of his favorite artists on the rise!

At 11pmEST- we’ll be playing some of our personal favorites of 2023 by Catie Turner, ill peach, Chaz Cardigan, Taylor Acorn, Sam Tinnesz, Melody Federer Music, BANNERS, LOWBORN and more!

Let the party begin and wishing everyone the happiest of new years! 💙

11/26/2023

Tonight on Alternative Lately, we have a jam packed show planned full of new releases and incredible undiscovered gems by these amazing artists! Chaz Cardigan, Chris Pierce, Taylor Acorn, Noah Vernon, Capital Soirée, Iona Sky, Eighty Ninety, Lovpune, BUZA and many more!

Tune in from 9-11pmEST on WXOJ-LP Northampton 103.3FM, or stream anywhere at valleyfreeradio.org/listen

11/17/2023

Hi friends! If you didn’t know- we are in the midst of our annual Fall Fund Drive at our home station- Valley Free Radio! As a non-profit and 100% volunteer run station, VFR is a vital piece of our local community and prioritizes free speech with dozens of amazing independent talk shows and music shows (like us!). Without this kind of special community station, we would not be able to air all of the insanely talented undiscovered, up and coming voices on FM Radio like VFR allows us. This fund drive, our goal is to purchase a new transmitter to keep our signal strong, along with other upgrades and station upkeep.

We have two days left until Saturday, November 18th to reach our goal of $10,000, but MOST importantly- any and all donations are being matched dollar per dollar with a very generous grant- PLUS a separate $10 match for each donor. Any little bit will go a long way to preserve our little station and even just a share to spread the word means the world to us as well!

To donate, please head over to http://valleyfreeradio.org/donate ❤️

10/29/2023

Tonight on Alternative Lately, we’ll be featuring tracks by: beforefrancis, Kyler Slater, Mehlani, Johan Lenox, DEADSIREN, Ewan Sim, Outer League, PHNX, magenta, forgetmyname, Kale, Porsh Bets, and more!

Plus, our exclusive interview with the lovely Jake Brewer in celebration of his new EP “for her eyes only”!

Tune in from 9-11pmEST on WXOJ-LP Northampton 103.3FM, or stream at valleyfreeradio.org/listen