POP Goes The World

POP Goes The World Puking aural sunshine every Friday afternoon from 3-5p.m. on 97.3 WRIR Richmond Independent Radio, and streaming live at www.wrir.org

Enzo is a veteran dj of 40 years in clubs and radio. He's played everything from hole-in-the-wall punk clubs, to European style techno clubs, and everything in between. He's also done Top 40, Hot A.C., and Modern Rock commercial radio. Disillusioned by the homogenous wasteland the medium had become, he walked away from radio at the turn of the millennium, and never looked back. One night in 2006,

while walking home from the grocery store, quite by accident, he dropped his keys in front of 1621 W.Broad St. As he picked them back up, he noticed the small, hand written paper sign on the door that read "WRIR Richmond Independent Radio". He fondly likens that moment to being akin to discovering the holy grail. He immediately pulled out his phone, and called the number to see what he had to do to get a show, and remembers weeping openly when told he would have NO restrictions on what he could play. He giddily tested that freedom on one of his first shows by playing The Replacements "Kiss Me On The Bus", and following it up with Little Tony Defranco and The Defrano Family's "Heartbeat, It's A Love Beat". He claims he felt the knees of every radio programmer in the country buckle that morning. He has now made it his mission to use his acutely fine tuned pop aesthetic to save the world from mediocrity, and to bring joy and happiness to all the little boys and girls, and is happiest doing his show POP Goes The World! He equally enjoys talking about himself in the third person.

Yesterday afternoons POP Goes The World show podcast will not only have you feeling POWERFUL, it also doubles as the per...
05/30/2026

Yesterday afternoons POP Goes The World show podcast will not only have you feeling POWERFUL, it also doubles as the perfect mixtape for a gorgeous weekend!
Salute!

Voodoo Glow Skulls "Insubordination" from Who Is, This Is? (1994) Wreckless Eric "Rags and Tatters" from Wreckless Eric (1978) Sylvain Sylvain "Just One Kiss" from Syl Sylvain and the Teardrops (1981) The Riptides "Tomorrows Tears" from Relics (2014) =================================================...

Wanna feel powerful?Listen to this afternoons POP Goes The World show!3-5p.m.WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio97.3 on...
05/29/2026

Wanna feel powerful?
Listen to this afternoons POP Goes The World show!

3-5p.m.
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio
97.3 on your FM dial in RVA
Streaming in stereo at wrir.org
Or command Alexa to play WRIR See less

Yesterday afternoons POP Goes The World show podcast for your spiritual well being.
05/16/2026

Yesterday afternoons POP Goes The World show podcast for your spiritual well being.

I’ve been sitting on the songs for this afternoons POP Goes The World show for about 2 and a half months now waiting for them to reach their peak ripening so you can get the maximum joy and spiritual sustenance from their consumption.Well, today is the day!Got some new indie pop, post pop, power p...

I've been sitting on the songs for this afternoons POP Goes The World show for about 2 and a half months now waiting for...
05/15/2026

I've been sitting on the songs for this afternoons POP Goes The World show for about 2 and a half months now waiting for them to reach their peak ripening so you can get the maximum joy and spiritual sustenance from their consumption.
Well, today is the day!
Got some new indie pop, post pop, power pop, and jangle pop, with a few older tracks sprinkled in for some perfect seasoning!
3-5p.m.
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio
97.3 on your FM dial in RVA
Streaming in stereo at wrir.org
Or command Alexa to play WRIR

Two out. Bottom of the ninth. Bases loaded. God, I love a good cliché! This afternoons POP Goes The World show will be b...
05/01/2026

Two out. Bottom of the ninth. Bases loaded. God, I love a good cliché!
This afternoons POP Goes The World show will be bringing in the grizzled veteran, Charles Graybeard Williams, to join me and take us home so we can hit our $50,000 goal!
It’s the last day of our 2 week long fund drive, and we’re still a little over $5,000 away from our $50,000 goal.
If you’ve had it in the back of your mind to donate the last two weeks, NOW IS THE TIME!
Be our Kirk Gibson!
IYKYK!
Go to wrir.org and click that donate button!

3-5p.m.
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio
97.3 on your FM dial in RVA
Streaming in stereo at wrir.org
Or command Alexa to play WRIR

This afternoons POP Goes The World! show will be kicking off our first fund drive in our brand new building!That means w...
04/17/2026

This afternoons POP Goes The World! show will be kicking off our first fund drive in our brand new building!

That means we got a mortgage now!
Help a brother/sister out!

Click the donate button at wrir.org and grab the WRIR Spring 2026 t-shirt designed by RVA artist Silly Genius. This is the second t-shirt Silly Genius has designed for us, and I believe is a distinction no other artist has!
Kudos Silly!

Of course I'll also have a bunch of songs to throw at you to make sure your weekend starts off on the right foot!
3-5p.m.
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio
97.3 on your FM dial in RVA
Steaming in stereo at wrir.org
Or command Alexa to play WRIR

This afternoons POP Goes The World show gonna get Zen AF!3-5p.m.WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio97.3 on your FM dial...
04/03/2026

This afternoons POP Goes The World show gonna get Zen AF!

3-5p.m.
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio
97.3 on your FM dial in RVA
Streaming in stereo at wrir.org
Or command Alexa to play WRIR

The struggle continues on this afternoons POP Goes The World show.3-5p.m.WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio97.3 on you...
03/20/2026

The struggle continues on this afternoons POP Goes The World show.

3-5p.m.
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio
97.3 on your FM dial in RVA
Streaming in stereo at wrir.org
Or command Alexa to play WRIR

Friday afternoons POP Goes The World show podcast , because you need some righteous music in your life.
03/08/2026

Friday afternoons POP Goes The World show podcast , because you need some righteous music in your life.

….all your favorite dj’s too. Spiritual Cramp "At My Funeral" from RUDE (2025) La Peste "Better Off Dead" from Better Off Dead - Single (2014) Them in Uniform "Curran St" from Curran St (2026) The Sha La La's "(Baby You're A) Scene Freak" from Wild Hearted Losers - EP (2026) ====================...

FYI.....all your favorite dj's, too.POP Goes The WorldThis afternoon 3-5p.m.WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio97.3 on ...
03/06/2026

FYI.....all your favorite dj's, too.

POP Goes The World
This afternoon 3-5p.m.
WRIR 97.3FM Richmond Community Radio
97.3 on your FM dial in RVA
Streaming in stereo at wrir.org
Or command Alexa to play WRIR

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Richmond, VA

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