Area 22 Radio

Area 22 Radio Area 22 is an internet radio show heard on the public station Radio Fairfax every Wednesday 6-8PM Eastern! First Broadcast: October 1, 2008

Generally music from the late 70s thru today... with a strong emphasis on Indie Rock. Take a look at our playlists. We bet you'll see something you like. Take a listen and we bet you'll hear something new that you will like! Hosted by:
Brian Murphey
Nikki Blake

The show is streamed live every Wednesday, 6-8pm U.S. Eastern Time...
• Internet Web Browser: http://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high
• Di

rectly on your mobile device: http://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high
• TuneIn app: http://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Fairfax-s24818/
• Simulcast on Ch. 37: Verizon FiOS, Cox, Comcast (Fairfax & Loudoun)

BANDS
We love playing new unknown/underknown bands. If you think your band fits in with the other stuff on our playlists feel free to email us and get us a copy to review/play! (WAV, AAC, & 320k MP3 only) [email protected]

OUR SHOW NAME
Several people have asked so...
Area 22 is a section of the brain which allows you to differentiate between melody, pitch, and sound intensity.

09/04/2025

Area 22 Radio #749
Wednesday September 3, 2025

Alix Fernz "Couteau à la gorge"
Lilies on Mars "Superlove"
Sydney Sprague "Flat Circle"
Pile "Uneasy"
Ceramic Animal "Packaged Deals"
Platonic S*x "Easy"
HUNNY "catalina"
Porcelain "Torch"
Lathe of Heaven "Portrait of a Scorched-Earth"
winter "Hide-A-Lullaby"
Nation of Language "I'm Not Ready for the Change"
Tamar Berk "ocd"
Laura Lee & the Jettes"Tough Love Paradigm"
Dear Boy "Kelly Green"
AFI "Behind the Clock"
Von Mono "Prairie Driver"
Ganser "Half Plastic"
The Hives "Hooray Hooray Hooray"
The Prize "From The Night"
Modern Life Is War "Johnny Gone"
The K's "The Bends (Here We Go Again)"
Motion City Soundtrack "She Is Afraid"
Hannah Jadagu "Doing Now"
Radio Free Alice "Toyota Camry"
Bad Suns "Just Like Magic"
Sports. "If You Want Me"
Chris LaRocca@ "ladybug"
Pool Kids "Not Too Late"
LIGHTS "DAMAGE"
Evie Irie "I'm Not Sorry"
IDLES "Cheerleader"

Thanks for tuning in! Make sure you tune in every Wednesday to catch awesome bands like these! Only on Radio Fairfax Public Access!

09/03/2025

Join AREA 22 Radio coming right up at 6pm EST, 3pm PST

08/28/2025

Area 22 Radio #748
Wednesday with extra Wednesday August 27, 2025

SONS "I'm Tired"
White Lies "Nothing On Me"
THIRD OF NEVER "Rolling Down a Hill (feat. Steve Kilbey & Tara Tisch-Wallace)"
Dead Tooth "Song of the Weak"
Winter "Just Like A Flower"
Wet Leg "pond song"
Dolo Tonight "Hate You Now"
White Reaper "Honestly"
ROSCOE TRIPP "moUse Rat"
Wednesday "Bitter Everyday"
Scarlet Rae "A World Where She Left Me Out"
Rocket the Band "Act Like Your Title"
Dear Boy "Kelly Green"
Mirror Mirror "Going Through the Motions"
Oberon Rose "Sticks & Stones"
Kula Shaker "Charge of The Light Brigade"
The Linda Lindas "Found a Job" (Cover Song of the Week!)
torri weidinger "living to work"
Laptop "Weirder"
Art d'Ecco "Outcast"
ZDAN "save me (rock n roll)"
Death Doula "Disembark"
Miki Berenyi Trio "Gango"
The Cribs "Summer Seizures"
Courting "the twins (1969)"
The Hives "The Hives Forever Forever The Hives"
Eliza McLamb "Like the Boys"
Platonic S*x "Easy"
Wilby "Pleaser"
K Michelle DuBois "Tar and Scars"
David Bowie "Karma Man"

What a great show! Make sure you tune in every Wednesday 6-8pm ET/3 - 5 PT only on Radio Fairfax Public Access!

08/21/2025

Area 22 Radio #747
Wednesday August 20, 2025

Rage Against The Machine "Calm Like a Bomb"
Siouxsie And The Banshees "Circle"
Echo and the Bunnymen "Show of Strength"
David Bowie "★"
Trace Mountains "In a Dream"
courtney barnett "Are You Looking After Yourself ?"
Queen Serene "Debt Collector"
Acid Dad "Djembe"
Optic Sink "Kaleidoscope"
Devo "Head Like A Hole" (Cover Song of the Week!)
Gary Numan "M.E."
Radiohead "Weird Fishes / Arpeggi"
Babe Rainbow "Loading Quicksilver with Pitchfork"
The Rolling Stones "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
Nice Biscuit "Rain"
LENE LOVICH BAND "Bird Song"
Geese "Undoer"
mr. Gnome "Nothing and Everything"

Check your attention span with these long songs from some great bands! Don't miss AREA 22 Radio next Wednesday 6-8pm EST, 3-5pm PST only on Radio Fairfax Public Access!

08/07/2025

Area 22 Radio #746
Wednesday August 6, 2025

The New Eves "Highway Man"ca "The One"
Neko Case "Wreck"
Dead Tooth "Song of the Weak"
thedrowningkind kind "haloes and hand grenades"
Hide and Shine "I Lived in the Light"
she's green "Willow"
"Uru Buru"
TVOD "Bend"
MercyMe "Big F**king Mess"
Motion City Soundtrack "You Know Who the F**k We Are"
BRONCHO "Think I Pass"
Cass McCombs "Peace"
Duane Hoover "When The Morning Comes"
The Beths "Metal"
Eliza McLamb "Like the Boys"
Belly "Are You Experienced" (Cover Song of the Week!)
Editrix "The Queen"
Sydney Sprague "Flat Circle"
Sloan "Dream Destroyer"
Goldie Boutilier "Goldie Montana"
Sports "If You Want Me"
The Technicolors "First Class to Nowhere (feat. Madison Cunningham)"
Ruby Sparks "Nowhere Man"
HUNNY "catalina"
K Michelle DuBois "Tar and Scars"
Pile "Uneasy"
winter "Just Like A Flower"
Bikini Trill "Cool Riff"
The Boo Boos "C'mon Baby"

What a playlist, so many great artists! Make sure you catch AREA 22 Radio every Wednesday 6-8pm EST, 3-5 PST only on Radio Fairfax Public Access!

07/24/2025

Area 22 Radio #745
Wednesday July 23, 2025

Beck "Ozzy"
Self Improvement "Crashing"
The Convenience "Western Pepsi Cola Town"
"Stay Strong"
Dotsun Moon "Bring Love"
Echo and the Bunnymen "Don't Let It Get You Down"
TVOD "Bend"
The Technicolors "Gold Fang"
Ruby Sparks"Nowhere Man"
Pretoria "My New Room"
HLLLYH "Uru Buru"
"Planet Popstar"
she's green "Willow"
Two Dark Birds "Pink Light"
Skullcrusher "Exhale"
Sir Chloe "The Hole"
Coral Moons "Made Up My Mind"
Cardigans "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Cover Song of the Week!)
Wet Leg "davina mccall"
Flyte "Alabaster"
Cass McCombs "Peace"
Sid Hillman "If They Go"
Electric Children "Fantasy Land"
Hide and Shine "I Lived in the Light"
Poliça "Dreams Go"
Madanes "Your Dog"
Wonderlick "Rhinoceros"
Kerosene Heights "New Tattoo"
Winter "Just Like A Flower"
Garbage "Sisyphus"

Look at all these awesome bands we played today! Don't miss an all new show next Wednesday 6-8pm EST, 3-5pm PST only on Radio Fairfax Public Access!

07/17/2025

Area 22 Radio #744
Wednesday July 16, 2025

Wonderlick "Niagara Falls, 1969"
shame "Cutthroat"
Bikini Trill "Cool Riff"
Clover County "Ultraviolet"
Rujen "Spider Silk"
White Reaper "Honestly"
ROSCOE TRIPP "When the Stalks Are Low"
TURNSTILE "SEEIN' STARS"
Wet Leg "CPR"
The Hives "Paint A Picture"
SAY SHE SHE "Cut & Rewind"
Tom Tom Club "Irresistible Party Dip"
Hand Habits "Wheel of Change"
Meggie Lennon "Connexion Astrale"
Edgehill "I Can Be Your Dog"
TOPS "Falling on my Sword"
White Denim & Plantoid "Time The Avenger (Cover Song of the Week!)
Sloan "Live Forever"
Force Model "How Can One Girl Be So Sad?"
Messiness "Previous Life"
Femme Cell "Cliché"
MYSTR Treefrog "I Got Frenz"
Superchunk "No Hope"
Dining Dead "Angel of Logic"
Coral Moons "Made Up My Mind"
Been Stellar "Breakaway"
Von Mono "PRAIRIE DRIVER (Single Mix)"
Softcult "Pill To Swallow"
Hide and Shine "I Lived in the Light"
Bicentennial Drug Lord "Caught Wishing"

Make sure you check out these cool bands! Don't miss AREA 22 Radio next Wednesday for an all new show, only on Radio Fairfax Public Access!

07/10/2025

Area 22 Radio #743
Wednesday July 9, 2025

Self Improvement "Scam"
Ganser "Black Sand"
shame "Cutthroat"
The Technicolors "Gold Fang"
S*x Week "Coach"
Editrix "The Big E (feat. Wendy Eisenberg)"
Babe Rainbow "LONG LIVE THE WILDERNESS"
Rujen "Spider Silk"
Goose "Your Direction"
alien nosejob "S-O-S 75"
Buddy Wynkoop "Zugzwang"
bar italia "Cowbella"
The Hives "Enough Is Enough"
Teenage Bottlerocket "Post Mortem Depression"
Late Night Drive Home "she came for a sweet time"
Hazy Day Parade "Hand In My Pocket" (Cover Song of the Week!)
Sydney Sprague "As Scared As Can Be"
Teethe.tx "Holy Water"
Superchunk "Is It Making You Feel Something"
gigi "Comma on a Carving Stone"
Laraw "Milk and Sugar"
Sea Lemon "Stay"
Bikini Trill "Cool Riff"
Edgehill "I Can Be Your Dog"
winter "Just Like A Flower"
Two Dark Birds "Pink Light"
Hide and Shine "Hemorrhage and Heal"
the problem with kids today "I Dunno"
Sir Chloe "The Hole"
White Reaper "Honestly"
Clover County "Ultraviolet"

Thanks for tuning in, make sure you check out these super neat bands! Don't miss an all new show next Wednesday only on Radio Fairfax Public Access!

We took a little break, but we are back and have so much great music to share with you! Don't miss AREA 22 Radio coming ...
07/09/2025

We took a little break, but we are back and have so much great music to share with you! Don't miss AREA 22 Radio coming up 6pm EST/3pm PST! http://fcac.broadcasttool.stream/high

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About Area 22 Radio

Area 22 is an internet radio show heard on the public station Radio Fairfax every Wednesday 6-8PM Eastern (3-5 Pacific)!

Generally we play music from the 80s thru today with a strong emphasis on current alternative/indie rock... Take a LISTEN and we bet you'll hear something new that you will like!

Hosted by: Brian Murphey & Nikki Blake

•• LISTEN •• The show is streamed live every Wednesday, 6-8pm U.S. Eastern Time... • Internet Web Browser: http://stream.fcac.org:8000/high • Directly on your mobile device: http://stream.fcac.org:8000/high • TuneIn app: http://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Fairfax-s24818/ • Simulcast on Ch. 37: Verizon FiOS, Cox, Comcast (Fairfax & Loudoun)