WEXT Radio

12/27/2025

Hey! The campaign is almost done. But we haven’t reached the goal! Don’t let that happen. We need you to get off the fence and make a donation. Your support helps us discover more new music, play your next favorite Local 518 artist, and so much more!

Public radio only works when you join in. Your donation could help close the gap. And the gap is real. To keep rockin' into 2026, we need to raise at least $20,000. We are about $8500 away. How much can you do? Want a new tie-dye, or a new sweatshirt? Check 'em out!

http://www.wextradio.org/donate

Or 1.800.272.6492

12/27/2025

Your support keeps this exact hour of WEXT on the air.
The shows you love. The hosts you trust. The music that feels like home.
If you listen, you’re part of it—and your support matters.

Just five days remain! To get to $20,000, we will need your donation. Can you help, today? Help keep Local 518 music on the radio.

http://www.wextradio.org/donate

12/26/2025

WEXT isn’t a playlist—it’s people choosing music, recording sessions, and keeping the station on the air.

Live at EXT, music discovery, trusted hosts. If it were just a playlist, it would be free.

One of our friends was in DC and saw us go by on the moving billboard on NPR’s building. Cool!

Thank you for supporting the Local music scene! Donate today!

http://www.wextradio.org/donate

12/26/2025

Local 518 Marty Wendell's new album, "Telecaster Cowboy" is a great piece of Americana. Marty and Chris Wienk chat about the record, and Marty plays a couple songs, too.

Local 518 Sessions like this are the types of programming your contribution helps present on the radio, and on our website. While you listen to it, please make a donation so we can keep getting the word out about the great music of the Local 518!

Marty Wendell, even at 80, is not slowing down. He's put out his new album. It's been available at shows and online, but will be coming in physical form soon.

12/26/2025

Live at EXT sounds effortless—but it isn’t free.
Behind every session are microphones, recording gear, editing time, and people who care about getting it right.

Your support keeps live music on WEXT. Give today at www.wextradio.org/donate.

Hear Emily Scott Robinson's Live at EXT session at 12n, today.

https://youtu.be/R-711yLmiJY?si=YCW8ZxeNA5vDwGrd

Emily is working on a new album. She played a few songs for us while backstage at Caffe Lena.

12/25/2025

Supporting local music means more than playing a song. It means recording sessions, interviews, editing audio, and giving artists real exposure.

Local 518 doesn’t happen by accident—listener support makes it happen.

Today is Local 518 Thursday, and many selections in our Acoustic Christmas come from local artists. Thank you for support that effort! The campaign is over soon! Let’s make sure we meet the goal.

http://www.wextradio.org/donate

12/25/2025

Thank you for helping us toward 60% of the campaign. Whether it’s the new music discoveries, or the great classics, or Local 518, WEXT DJs work hard to find great music to present every day. Your donation has made this happen everyday for 18 and 1/2 years! Thank you for donating tonight.

One of our favorite nights of the year is Christmas Eve with Darwin's Very Retro Christmas, and the start of the Acoustic Christmas at midnight.

Check out the DJ Best of 2025 lists at our website when you’re donating. And please post some of your faves in the comments.

2025 was a great year for new music discovery. Thank you for supporting WEXT, today!

12/24/2025

If WEXT has helped you find a new favorite artist, been the soundtrack for a long drive, or helped you feel more connected to your community, this is the moment to show it with your gift.

Donating says: "I'll stand with WEXT!"

Chris and Laura are loving our brand new merch! Our new tie dye and sweatshirt designs are inspired by the bold rock n' roll shirts we loved growing up.

Grab the Home of Roots & Rock tie dye tee when you support the music with a gift of $9 a month or $108 one-time. Or stay warm this winter with our Home of Roots & Rock sweatshirt with a gift of $10 a month or $120 one-time.

Donate now! We're closing in on the end of the campaign, but we need you to help make it a success.

http://www.wextradio.org/donate

12/24/2025

Music discovery takes time. Our hosts dig through new releases, local artists, and overlooked records so you don’t have to.

That care is what makes WEXT different—and it’s what your support makes possible.

Your donation today will insure we keep rockin' and discovering!

Whether discovering the newest of the new, or finding your favorite band on Tiny Desk, WEXT Radio is here guiding you to the great music. Click donate today! Time is running out. We won't make our goal without your help. While watching the Sixpence None the Richer Tiny Desk, you can click and donate!

So much of the holiday season is about finding a balance between bright lights and dark nights. Sixpence None the Richer's music finds depth in the in-between.

12/24/2025

This isn't just any old public radio station! This is WEXT Radio. We have a unique mix of music that has been shaped by listener feedback over the last 18 years. New discoveries, Local 518, classics left behind by regular radio - and Rock N Soul!

Hear the weekly show, Fridays at 9p and Saturdays at 11p. Hear the Rock N Soul Friday Night, the first Friday of each month from 6-9p. But the party that started it all is about to happen!

The Rock N Soul NYE party has expanded from the original four hours to a full 9 hours! From 3p until 12m on New Year's Eve, join us for the Rock N Soul NYE!

Your donation makes WEXT different! You've left regular radio behind! And we are not even just any old public radio station either! Our uniqueness is driven by your desire for a radio station that stretches boundaries, breaks rules, and yet it takes money to do that.

This is where you come in. You can help us reach our December fundraising goal. You can help us crash through the goal. You can help us have the best December ever! Don't delay! Make your donation, tonight.

1.800.272.6492, or
http://www.wextradio.org

12/23/2025

Let's chill for the holiday! All day on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, hear music for the season. Christmas Eve's line-up includes some of the most unusual and fun Christmas songs until 3pm. Then at 3pm, our friends Will Kempe's Players present A Christmas Carol. From 4pm until midnight, it's Darwin's Very Retro Christmas!

Christmas Day has its own playlist - The Acoustic Christmas. It's some of the most beautiful music around. The music we've chosen has received rave reviews in previous years, and we've given it some updates that you'll love.

This is the kind of programming that needs listener support. It's not the programming that the commercial stations could do, and it's WAY better than music selected by an algorithm. Can an algorithm even really "select music?"

Come home for the holiday! Support the music! Our campaign ends in about a week. This is when we really need your help!

1.800.272.6492, or
http://www.wextradio.org/donate