We are happy to announce that Bob Boilen will take over as WOWD's Program Director on June 1! 

Bob is the creator of NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered, and he also directed All Things Considered for 18 years. He hosts My Tiny Morning Show on Wednesdays at 8AM.

Bob grew up in New York and moved to the Washington DC area as a teenager. He is a musician, formerly of Tiny Desk Unit, and he currently performs and records with his band Danger Painters, as a well as solo ambient projects, and the improv bands Fanoplane and Tight Socks. He is the author of the book Your Song Changed My Life in which he asked 35 artists - including Jimmy Page, David Byrne, Lucinda Williams, Ian MacKaye, and Smokey Robinson - about a song that changed their lives.  

“After 35 years at NPR, it’s a thrill to be a part of community radio with a spirit of commitment and imagination that this station and its volunteers offer,” Boilen said. 

Bob is very much looking forward to getting to know all of you. He will work alongside Steve until his retirement on May 31.

WOWD thanks Steve for his dedication and wishes him the very best. “Being WOWD’s Program Director these past six and a half years has been an honor,” said Steve. “This job was the culmination of my lifelong love affair with radio and my five decades DJing on community radio.” Listeners can still hear Steve every Tuesday at 8AM EST on Tuesday Morning Mix.

MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, and many WOWD programs join in the celebration of women's achievements and gender equality by spotlighting a wide variety of women's music.

Tune in…

AFROBEAT ORBIT - Women singers who blend African music with jazz and blues (3/6)

AFROPOP WORLDWIDE - Afropop Women of Note (3/4, 3/6), Cheikha Rimitti, Rebel Queen (3/13, 3/15)

BALLADS IN THE MORNING - Clay Fink plays women singers in various folk traditions (3/1)

BLUES HALL OF FAME - Big Boy Little plays women's blues from Bessie to Aretha (3/5)

BORDERLINES - Lady Myrrh features women artists across genres (3/6, 3/20)

CHECK-IN TIME - Here Come the Girls! with Marika (3/5)

CIRCLES - Steve Lorber and Eddie Dean plays some of their favorite female vocalists (3/4)

DERANGEMENT OF THE SENSES - Clay features jazz women from the late 30s to early 60s (3/10)
EPIC CITY - Hosted by Carolivia Herron.  Poet Alyson Gold Weinberg (3/5); Female Re-Enactors of Distinction (3/12); classicist Judith Peller Hallett (3/19); the story of Mary Ann Lumpken (Carolivia's great great grandmother) (3/26). 

HI FI DINER - Lis features DC Women in Music (3/25)

HOT SAUCE LOUNGE - Femme-fronted punk bands, presented by DJ Special Sauce (3/7)

INDIE PENCHANT - Sara P plays music by artists who identify as feminine or female (3/7, 3/21)

LOST TREASURES- DJ Bookish plays forgotten and lesser-known women artists (3/2); and plays women on guitar on 45's (3/23); DJ Mackie welcomes special guest Susan Dietrich “The Space Lady” (3/16);

MELODY DIVAS - Music by women, for everybody; hosted by Helen and Violetta  (3/3, 3/17, 3/31) 

MUSIC MATINEE - DJ Total plays music from films directed by women (3/28)

MUSICAL REMEDIES - The Night Nurse dispenses music by femme and non-binary artists (3/28)

MUSICAL TRADITIONS ENCOUNTER - Dave Eisner plays music from women of the DMV (3/31)

NINE PEOPLE'S FAVORITE THING - Judy plays selections from modern musicals written and/or composed by women.and nonbinary people (3/10)

RIDE WITH CLYDE -- The DJ Driver plays Dylan songs interpreted by female artists (3/4); and features female singer-songwriters Bonnie, Brandi, Carly, and Carole (3/11); Emmylou, Lucinda, Linda, and Amy (3/18); and Texans Kimmie, Carrie, and Terri (3/25)

RISE UP - Olivia celebrates women musicians who make children’s music for kids and kids at heart (3/16)

ROADSIDE ATTRACTION - Becky does an all women's edition, with country and blues and other roots American music sung by women  (3/9); Eddie Dean pays tribute to pioneering women instrumentalists of country and bluegrass (3/16).

ROCK & ROLL RABBIT HOLE - Scott & Walter play "Wonder Women": the women who rule their musical worlds (3/12)

ROCKS ROCK REGGAE - Soul Rebel and Ebony play Reggae for the Woman in You (3/2)

RUDIE PATOOTIE - Women and femmes of Ska, with DJ Rae (3/7)

SOUND OF SOUL -- D'Nicole plays soul and R&B songs composed by women (3/3)

SUNDAY MIDDAY -- Brad & Marc feature women drummers and women rappers from across genres (3/17)

TAKOMA CABARET - Maureen and Peter host a tribute to the Broadway women whose performances bring strength, passion and hope to the musical theatre stage (3/17)

THIS! MUSIC - Bill Simmons and Clay Fink play free jazz by women (3/2, 3/29); as does Clay on 3/23

TUESDAY MORNING MIX - Steve's mix includes women of rock, soul, folk, country, blues, jazz, reggae, and Broadway (3/19)

WHAT YEAR IS THIS? - Brandon Wetherbee plays music by female artists from the years 1974,1984,1994, and 2004  (3/7, 3/14, 3/21, 3/28) 

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WOWD Celebrates Black History Month

WOWD celebrates and practices diversity in its programmers and its programming, and during February takes special note of the struggles and achievements of African-Americans.

Here are just some of the Black History Month features during our February programs:

9 PEOPLE'S FAVORITE THING - Judy plays modern musical theater songs by Black composers and lyricists (2/11)

BLUES HALL OF FAME - Big Boy Little surveys the career of pioneering Black record man Bobby Robinson (2/20)

CHECK-IN TIME - Marika explores the heritage of Carnival in Trinidad (2/13)

CIRCLES - Steve Lorber and Eddie Dean spotlight two unconventional Black musicians from the '60s:  Love's Arthur Lee and Bruce "Mr Tambourine Man" Langhorne (2/5); Brian Horrorwitz spins R&B and Soul 45's from the 50s and 60s (2/19)

GUITAR ARCADE - Patrick salutes the Women of Soul (2/26)

HI-FI DINER - Lis plays Hip-Hop (2/19) and Funk (2/26)

HIGH-n-LOW - DJ Urbanowa plays Motown (2/12) and Black indie artists (2/26) 

INDIE PENCHANT - Sara P features Black indie artists (2/22)

LOST TREASURES - DJ Bookish spotlights Sun Ra (2/3); DJ Mackie speaks with filmmaker and "New Thing" founder Topper Carew (2/10); DJ Mackie spotlights Houston drummer Bubbha Thomas (2/24)

MELODY DIVAS - Violetta presents women artists from the civil rights movement (2/18)

MUSIC MATINEE -  DJ Total plays music from films directed by African-Americans (2/15)

MUSICAL REMEDIES - The Night Nurse delves into Afro-Futurism (2/29)

MUSICAL TRADITIONS ENCOUNTER - Dave Eisner surveys influences of Black music on American music in general, from boogie woogie to protest songs  (2/4)

RIDE WITH CLYDE - The DJ Driver assembles playlists of Black artists during the first hour (2/5, 2/12)

RISE UP - Olivia celebrates African American artists who make music for kids of all ages (2/3)

ROADSIDE ATTRACTION - Eddie Dean, sitting in for Brian McGuire, spotlights Charlie Pride and lesser-known DC Black musicians (2/17, 2/24)

ROOTS & WINGS - Becky & Chris spotlight Black artists in folk, folk-rock, and country music (2/17)

ROOTS ROCK REGGAE - "Reggae Is Black History" is Soul Rebel and Ebony's theme (2/10, 2/24) 

RUDIE-PATOOTIE - DJ Rae spins all-Black ska music (2/8)

SOUND OF SOUL - D'Nicole includes a Black History Month segment (2/4, 2/18) and airs an interview with Jean Carne (2/18)

TAKOMA CABARET - Peter and Maureen play Black singers from classic Broadway shows (2/18)

TALK OF TAKOMA  -  Eric Bond talks with David Nicholson, author of The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of Integration (2/11)

TUESDAY MORNING MIX - Steve features Nina Simone (2/20) and plays R&B from Atlantic Records (2/27). 

WHAT YEAR IS THIS - Brandon Weatherbee spotlights Black music releases from 1964, 1974, 1984, and 1960 (2/8, 2/15, 2/22, 2/29)