Highway of Heartaches

10/24/2025

Climb aboard Highway of Heartaches, flight 1023. TONIGHT! Join your captains Smelley Kelley and Owen Bly for a first-class ride through our favorite country and countrylike musics.

That's Highway of Heartaches, 8:30 - 10:00 Pacific Time tonight. ONLY on KWMR radio in Marin County and livestreaming worldwide at kwmr.org!

10/07/2025

We back.

Tune into an all new Highway of Heartaches this Thursday night from 8:30 - 10:00 Pacific Time. Only on KWMR - West Marin Community Radio and livestreaming worldwide at kwmr.org.

09/29/2025

Our own Owen Bly will be spinning records for happy hour at Bar 355 tonight, 355 19th Street in downtown Oakland. He’s trying to figure out what to play, if Miki will let him, but it’ll feature a little country and a lot of other stuff too.

5-8 pm. Join him for a cocktail or three if you’re in the area.

05/23/2025

If you missed the show last night, you’re in luck. The archive is right here in the link below. Come listen to Michael, Smelley, and Owen goofing off and playing some damn fine music:

05/22/2025

TONIGHT!! We in the Red Meat organization had many nicknames for our red hot Telecaster player Michael Montalto: Guitar Show, The Great Montalto (sometimes shortened to The Great One), The Rockridge Rocker, and most commonly, Monty.

But TONIGHT on Highway of Heartaches, we'll just call him GUEST DJ!

That's right, Michael Montalto will be joining forces with Smelley and Owen to play songs from his own extensive record collection. There'll be some songs you know, some obsurities, and tons of fun, the likes of which you can only experience when you travel on the Highway of Heartaches!

So join Michael, Smelley, and Owen tonight on the Highway of Heartaches, 8:30 - 10:00 Pacific Time, ONLY on KWMR radio in Marin County, and livestreaming worldwide at kwmr.org

05/09/2025

TONIGHT! Smelley and Owen will be h***y-tonkin' away. Join us at 8:30 Pacific Time for some damn good times and real country music.

That's Highway of Heartaches, tonight and ever other Thursday night from 8:30-10:00 Pacific, ONLY on KWMR in Marin County and livestreaming worldwide at kwmr.org!

04/25/2025

We sure had some fun on last night's pledge drive show, a mashup with Bakersfield and Beyond. The archive can be found here for your listening pleasure:

https://kwmr.org/shows/highway-of-heartaches

And you can still support KWMR's pledge drive, which continues through May 2! Click here to pledge some dough: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/kwmr-pledge-drive-2025/team/992225/

Can't wait to listen? CLICK HERE to listen to the archives, now. Or download the KWMR mobile app to listen anywhere. Search for "KWMR" in the app store.

04/25/2025

The famous KWMR license plate frame. It can be YOURS for a mere $50 pledge! Call during our show at (415) 663-9050 and claim yours! We’ll be on the air until 10:00 Pacific Time.

04/25/2025

Going live now! Tune in live at kwmr.org

04/24/2025

TONIGHT! Tune in at 6:30 Pacific Time for the live combined forces of Highway of Heartaches and Bakersfield and Beyond! Join Smelley, Owen, Amanda, and Mike for a 3 1/2 hour marathon of country music madness.

That’s tonight, starting at 6:30, only on KWMR - West Marin Community Radio and livestreaming worldfreakinwide at kwmr.org

It’s also KWMR’s spring pledge drive, and we will be giving out a phone number on the air that you can call and pledge support for real country music and all the great programming you can get on this terrific little station. If you can’t make the show tonight, you can pledge and give Highway of Heartaches a shoutout at this link: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/kwmr-pledge-drive-2025/team/992225/

We’ll be talking at you live tonight!

S&O

04/23/2025

If you'd like to pledge some $ to KWMR (and we'd sure appreciate it, since they've given us a radio home over the past six years), you can do so on the KWMR website or at https://secure.qgiv.com/event/kwmr-pledge-drive-2025/team/992225/

If you use that link, Highway of Heartaches gets credit, and Smelley and Owen get a pat on the head for each dollar pledged! So if you like our show, and have a few extra bucks in your pocket, please consider us in your plans! If you do, we'll dedicate three songs in your name and say what a generous, thoughtful, and attractive person you are on the air.

We'll talk at you Thursday night on our country music marathon extravaganza. 6:30-10:00, Highway of Heartaches combining forces with the Bakersfield and Beyond show for a h***y tonk extravaganza! We'll be taking pledge calls in the studio then as well, and we'll announce the phone number on the air. It'll be somethin' else!

Can't wait to listen? CLICK HERE to listen to the archives, now. Or download the KWMR mobile app to listen anywhere. Search for "KWMR" in the app store.

04/22/2025

Something big's coming to your radios this Thursday. Smelley and Owen will be LIVE in the KWMR studio, joining forces with the Bakersfield and Beyond show to create one huge, 3.5-hour, country music behemoth! So join Smelley, Owen, Mike, and Amanda for Highway of Heartaches AND Bakersfield and Beyond, combined! This Thursday night, starting at 6:30 and going til 10:00 Pacific Time. The four of us will talk at you then!