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WELCOME TO ART FM!!!! Click ARROW to listen WXOX 97.1 FM is a noncommercial radio station dedicated to providing artists and community members access to the airwaves for creative and experimental use. recent spins. click for more During our regular daily broadcast, our station sounds different throughout the day and changes over the week. ARTxFM DJs are full of surprises and you never know what you might hear! We'd like your feedback! Please take a moment to complete the ART FM LISTENER SURVEY and let us know what you think! To tune in, online listeners can use the player button located in the upper-left of this website or through our free mobil apps for Andriod and I-Phone. Archived recordings can be found by searching ARTxFM or your favorite program title in MIXCLOUD. If you enjoy the programming you hear daily on WXOX, do your part to keep it on air! ART FM is a VOLUNTEER POWERED STATION and we depend on the generosity of our listeners to survive. CLICK HERE to learn more about supporting the station you love! |
You listen to WXOX 97.1 FM everyday, have you ever wondered what it looks like behind the scenes? For us, it is as magical as it sounds! ART FM and WingedSun Productions are proud to present the WXOX VIRTUAL STUDIO TOUR where you can join the DJs of ART FM for a peak into our colorful, handmade studios in the heart of downtown Louisville! The WXOX Studio Tour was produced and directed by Morgan Dhée co-host of Sounds Good radio program which airs every Sunday on WXOX from 5 to 6 PM. ART FM studio renovations were made possible thanks to the support of our generous listeners. We are deeply grateful! 
The 28th Annual FESTIVAL OF FAITHS begins Wednesday, November 13th at 5:30 EST with a free concert, open to the public at the Cathedral of the Assumption which we will be LIVE BROADCASTING on ART FM! Featured performances include Will Oldham, Wu Fei, the Praying Hands Quartet, and students from the Louisville Academy of Music. The Festival of Faiths is a multi-day festival in Louisville, Kentucky celebrating the diversity of global religions. Sacred Imaging 2024 focuses on creative beauty and its ability to change the world. Listen as we bring you various events through out the week activating the Sacred Imagination, envisioning a pathway ahead. Visit FestivalofFaiths.org for more information. 
ART FM is proud to present a LIVE BROADCAST of Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Duchess direct from their performance in Louisville, Kentucky USA on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd at 9 PM (ET) in benefit of the survivors of Hurricane Helene. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 or WXND 100.9 FM locally and RIGHT HERE worldwide! 
ART FM had an an amazing learning adventure in New Orleans at the annual Grassroots Radio Conference hosted by WHIV 102.3 FM. We learned so much and had such a magical time connecting with community radio friends and advocates from around the world. ART FM staff spoke on topics includng LPFM Start-Up, One-Day Fundraising, and the importance of student broadcasting. WXOX presented two films at the conference Radio Unnamable, the story of Bob Fass and 35,000 Watts: The Story of College Radio and hosted panel discussions after. Most exciting of all was working alongside WTUL - Tulane Student Radio on the inagural Student Radio Summit which provided specical conference events and opportunities specifically for young broadcasters. With a range of impressive speakers, social activities, and studio tours, GRC 2024 was a truly educational and uplifting experience for all the WXOX staff who made the journey. Congratulations to our hosts at WHIV for a job very well done! *********** THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR AMAZING SUPPORT!!! XOX LOVES YOU!! 
WE LOVE OUR LISTENERS Give for Good Louisville is a city-wide day of giving in which prizes and matching grants from the Communty Foundation of Louisville make donations to area nonprofits go a little futher. This year, our listeners really showed up for us and we are so grateful! ART FM WON THE TIER GRAND PRIZE and received more donations than any other organization in the entire city. This is a little unbelievable but is a testiment to the power, imporance, and relevance of community radio! We promise to live up to your expections -- bringing you the best in local music, news, and audio experimentation 24/7/365. In the 24 hours of Give for Good, 569 DONORS contributed $46,055 to the nonprofit operations of ART FM Lousiville which will keep WXOX 97.1 FM on air throughout the year! ART FM WON THE FOLLOWING PRIZES: CLICK HERE Leaderboard  GRAND PRIZE (Tier 2) - $3500 To the organiation with the most individual donors in 24 hours. MORNING RUSH - $1000 Awarded to the organization w/ the most individual donors between 6-8 AM ET. MID-MORNING DRIVE - $1000 Awarded to the organization w/ the most donors between 9 -11 AM ET. AFTERNOON DRIVE - $1000 Awarded to the organization w/ the most donors between 1-3 PM ET. FAR & WIDE - $1000 $1000 bonus if ART FM gets donors from all 50 States during Give for Good. Sponsored by Kentucky Intentional Sounds. PEER TO PEER POWERHOUSE PRIZE - $1000 Awarded to the organization in each Tier w/ the most donations through individual DJ fundraising pages. "WHY I GIVE" PRIZE - $100 Randomly selected from donor "Why I Give" responses.   
VOICES OF VALOR Library of Congress Veterans History Project  WWII Navy Veteran George Fox, Max Selby of ART FM, & Kerry Ward of the LOC ART FM is collaborating with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project to record and preserve the voices of America's war veterans and broadcast them on a new radio program called VOICES OF VALOR. The first Monday of each month from 2-3 PM Eastern Time you will be able to tune in to ART FM and as America's veterans share their war experiences. Featuring Kerry Ward, Liason Specialist at the Library of Congress, episode will include veteran's histories, veteran's music and veteran's resources. If you are an American Veteran or know one with a story to share, we'd like to hear from you! Please reach out to vets@artxfm.com You can learn more about the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT and serach the collection by clicking here: www.loc.gov/vets LIVE BROADCAST Bonnie "Prince" Billy with Equipment Pointed Ankh 
Join ART FM LIVE from Headliners on July 25th as we bring you a special concert from Louisville’s own Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Equipment Pointed Ankh. The event has sold out but thanks to the magical powers of ART FM, you will be able to enjoy the music live from wherever you are in the world! Mark your calendars and be ready to tune in on Thursday, July 25th beginning at 8 PM Eastern right here on WXOX 97.1 FM, through our free "WXOX" APP, and worldwide on www.artxfm.com WXOX NEXT WAVE TEEN RADIO ACADEMY  WXOX Next Wave Teen Academy. Class of 2024. Photograph by Aron Conaway Hope everyone is staying cool this summer by drinking lots of water and keeping your radio locked to 97.1 FM!! If you are on the road traveling, be sure to download our FREE "WXOX" APP for Apple or Android. We love joining you by the pool and at the beach! Listen in for new voices this summer as students from the NEXT WAVE TEEN RADIO ACADEMY gain their wings and start to take flight. They are a very amazing and incredibly talented crew. We are certain that you will enjoy listening to them all! To learn more, check out "A New Wave" by Luke Boggs. the recent feature about our Teen Radio program in On The Record Magazine, a publication by the DuPont Manual High School Journalism & Communications magnet program.   RECENT HAPPENiNGS @ ARTxFM  WE CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE WE’RE HERE  ART FM is proud to welcome NEGATIVLAND to Louisville for the very first time for a LIVE performance of WE CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE WE’RE HERE on Wednesdsay, June 12th at Headliners Music Hall. As we head towards our next election, legendary sound collage group NEGATIVLAND and "real-time cinema" visual artist SUE-C. collaborate to bring you their latest audio-visual performance about our minds, our realities, and the evolving forms of media and technology that orchestrate our perceptions: WE CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE HERE. Negativland performs with video designed and produced by SUE-C. In addition to the live performance, STAND BY FOR FAILURE: A Documentary about Negativland by Steve Worsley will be presented on the Silver Screen. True to the band’s radio roots, all of the evening’s events will be LIVE BROADCAST on WXOX 97.1 FM and streaming worldwide on www.artxfm.com This is a seated, fully-reserved event Tickets go on sale March 8 at noon. The sooner you get your tickets, the better your selection of seats you will have! TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY AMPLIFYING AMERICA'S YOUTH 
ARTxFM's NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY is a summer learning adventure that provides Louisville area high school students with the skills they need to become professional broadcasters. At the Academy, student DJs get hands-on experience with the ART FM studio equipment and obtain the FCC training required for FM Broadcasting nationwide. Now in its third year, the Academy will take place June 10 - 14, 2024 from 10 AM - 1 PM at the WXOX 97.1 FM studio in downtown Louisville, Kentucky near Spalding University. Registration is open to teenagers -- rising 9th Grade and above. Courses will be taught by WXOX DJs and resident teenagers. No experience is required but there will be an advanced track for students returning to the program. All participants emerge with a Next Wave Certificate. During the course of the week, each student will produce a live radio program that will be broadcast on WXOX 97.1 FM and 100.9 FM in Louisville and worldwide on www.artxfm.com. If you have any questions please e-mail nextwave@artxfm.com Course Instructors: ARTxFM General Manager - Sharon Scott Next Wave Teen Director - Max $ Selby WXOX DJs - TBA   DJ INFORMATION SESSION ::: APRIL 17th, 2024 at 7 PM ART FM wants YOU TO BE A STAR! Your voice can effect the entire world through the broadcasting opportunities offered by WXOX 97.1 FM. In addition to the FM signal, our online stream reaches listeners all over the world. ART FM is currently seeking new volunteers for our noncommerical broadcast. Program applications are accepted on a rolling basis by clicking THIS LINK 
If you are interested in learning more about participating on air or behind the scenes, please join us at the WXOX Studio on Wednesday, April 17th for an open house and community information session. ART FM is dedicated to amplifying voices that have traditionally been excluded from mainstream media including women, people of color, and speakers of foreign languages. Please reach out to your friends and family to let them know about this unique opportunity that is open to all individuals of various ages, backgrounds, and musical interests. DJ Training at WXOX is FREE and no experience is required!  Poster by Patrick Masterson Letterpress Printing VINYLTON 2024 Join the DJs of ART FM for over 50 continuous hours of vinyl records brought to you direct from the WXOX Studios in downtown Louisville. Beginning at 9 AM on Friday, April 19th and going until Sunday evening at 8 PM, will provide special all-vinyl programming. WXOX is proud to join over 200 college and community radio stations from around the world to celebrate the beauty of vinyl records. To learn more please visit Vinylthon.com  WXOX PRESENTS Scotchamo - "Station to Stereo" Performing LIVE from the ART FM Performance Studio Friday, March 29, 2024 7pm EST ART FM is proud to welcome Kentuckiana visual artist and musician, Scott Scarboro for a return visit to perform before a LIVE studio audience with his latest experimental sonic project, Scotchamo. On Friday March 29,, Scarboro will perform his latest conceptual, improvisational musical/sound collage, "Station to Stereo", a 14 movement piece that draws inspiration from David Bowie's "Station to Station" song/album, the Stations of the Cross as a religion story, the magic of radio waves, and cosmic space travel. The public is invited to experience the free performance in the ART FM studio or from the comfort of their favorite tune-in spot as the event will be BROADCAST LIVE on WXOX 97.1 FM and worldwide on www.artxfm.com The ART FM station's performance space is located at 515 W. Breckinridge Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The event is Free, BYO food/drink. Doors open at 6:30pm and the performance will start promptly at 7pm.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! WELCOME YEAR OF THE DRAGON!!!! On our 8th Anniversary we were honored to have River Lotus Lion Dance bless our studio, chasing away evil and negativity, bringing us good fortune for the months ahead!!!! We were blown away by the uplifting performances from CPHR DVN, Jakey T. Jackson, and the DJs of ART FM!!!! Such talent bouncing off the walls! And we were so thankful to be able to celebrate 8 YEARS of WXOX in our studio, surrounded by family and friends! This is what community radio means. Thank you for coming out! We couldn't imagine a more magical, memorable evening! BRING ON THE DRAGON!!!! 
Many thanks also to everyone who participated in the 2024 Sweetheart Seneade! The opportunity to share your love with the world makes this one of our favorite events of the year! Such beautiful dedications and song requests. Thanks for making this such a romantic night!!! 
The WXOX Sweetheart Serenade returns this Valentine’s Day as the perfect way to send a message to everyone you love. Tune in on February 14th from 7 - 11 PM to hear your message . . . and who knows, you might just get a dedication in return! *********************** 
On Saturday, February 10th we hope you will join us the ART FM studio as we welcome the YEAR OF THE DRAGON and celebrate 8 YEARS of WXOX!!!! Live performances from CPHR DVN, Jakey T. Jackson, and a host of WXOX DJs will be broadcast live on 97.1 FM and 100.9 FM! The magnificent River Lotus Lion Dance will help us ring in the Lunar New Year! This is a FREE, all ages event but you will want to WEAR RED and bring $$$ in red envelopes to feed the Lion for good fortune in the New Year!  WXOX is taking your Valentine's requests! Using the link below, send us your song dedications and love letters by Feb. 12th and we will share your devotion over the airwaves during our XOX Sweetheart Serenade! CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR VALENTINE'S DEDICATION Then, tune in on Valentine's Day tune into the Sweetheart Serenade from 7 PM to 11 PM on WXOX 97.1 FM or online at www.artxfm.com. Listen as the magic of radio sends your love out to friends, family members, romantic interests, community activists and more . . . Who knows? You might just get a dedication in return!  HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!! No matter how or what you celebrate this beautiful season, we hope you are warmed by love and surrounded by family. As our DJs travel across the country and around the world, you may hear them live broadcasting from distant locations ~ a fun little trick we learned during the pandemic. You may also hear new voices filling in as we welcome a new batch of WXOX DJs to the mix. This holiday season and always, each will DJ will be brining you a seasonal program made exactly for the moment in which is its experienced. Please join us LIVE 24/7/365 on WXOX 97.1 FM, WXND 100.9 FM, and worldwide on www.artxfm.com or on the WXOX App ~ take ART FM with you into the New Year ~ Share our good music and good vibrations with people throught the world. In 2024, may we be all be united in sound . . .  Did you know the DJs of ART FM are ALL VOLUNTEERS doin' it for the love?! We keep things rocking around the clock and around the world from our little home here in the heart of Louisville, Kentucky. Be sure to tune us in on WXOX 97.1 FM and WXND 100.9 FM when you are in town and on ARTxFM.com when you are away. We updated the "WXOX" app earlier this year. If you have not upgraded, be sure and do it now. It is 100% free and functional it is available for Andriod and I-Phone. Take XOX with you everwhere you go!  MATMOS has just introduced their 14th studio album RETURN TO ARCHIVE which is built entirely from the "non-musical" recordings released by Smithsonian Folkways ranging from Sounds of North American Frogs to Voices of Satellites. They also incorporated this material into a performance at the Smithsonian's Hirschhorn Museum. Tune in to ART FM on Thursday, November 9th at 3 PM Eastern for a live conversation with band members Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt as they discuss the evolution of MATMOS and their reconstruction of the Smithsonian audio archive. You can preview selections from RETURN TO ARCHIVE on the Smithsonian Folkways website. 
LOW POWER FM for DUMMIES has hit the shelves! Written by WXOX Co-Founder Sharon Scott this book provides all the ins and outs of building and managing a community radio station. Plus, lots of great XOX stories! Low Power FM for Dummies can be found through local booksellers such as Louisville's Carmichael's Books. It is also on shelves at Barnes & Noble stores nationwide and available online through Amazon.com. 
The 2023 Grassroots Radio Conference was one of the very best (and there have been so many spectacular GRC conferences)! It was so amazing to see all our community radio friends together in person -- sharing information and ideas from early morning into the wee hours of the night. After three years apart, if felt better than ever to shake hands, share drinks, and celebrate all the amazing things we have accomplished in these very challenging times. WTSQ-LP did an INCREDIBLE job hosting this year's conference and Charleston was the perfect place to do it! Perfectly walkable and full of local character, it seemed like the city had been built specifically for us! From the Capital Theater, to West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, to the Underground Cinema, it was so cool to get to know some of West Virginia's secret attractions. And of course, the drive couldn't have been more beautiful, a flame with shades of red and yellow. Wild and Wonderful for sure! The timing of this year's GRC ended up being PERFECT thanks to the extension of the LPFM Application window (now Dec. 6-13). With REC Networks, the Prometheus Radio Project, and Brown Broadcast Services in the house, new applicants got plenty of first person advice. In addition to sessions specifically geared toward Low Power FM, there were useful seminars for stations of all sizes that included station governance, fundraising, and marketing. Distinguished speakers included Pete Tridish of Radio Mutiny, Jim Ellinger of Austin Airwaves, Ursula Ruedenberg of the Pacifica Affiliates, and Alex Sanjenis of the FCC. Amy Goodman's keynote speech brought tears to every eye and a ignited a passion in every heart. A product of KPFA and the community radio network, Amy understands the important work each and every one of us do! It was wonderful of her to take the time . . . and to provide over 50 scholarships to this year's GRC attendees. The WTSQ team made us all so at home in their lovely city, none of us wanted to leave. Board President Damon Cater had a vision for this conference and spent many months bringing the GRC back to life for us all! As a result new bonds were formed, new ideas were hatched, and we are all returning to our stations more energized than ever before. The community radio world needed this reboot! It was tons of fun and we are deeply grateful! XOXOXO! ART FM was featured in this Fall 2023 publication from Wheatstone Engineering 
Click Here to read the complete article Thank you for your amazing support that has made our studio rennovation possible! This has been a wild year for us all and it is wonderful to see our building coming back to life with music, art, and community events! Please keep your eye on our social media, lots of fun events on the horizon! ART FM General Manager Sharon Scott and Next Wave Teen Academy Director Max Selby were invited to appear on Great Day Live with Claudia Coffey to talk about their fundraising efforts during Give for Good Louisville. If you missed it on air, you can catch the replay HERE  XOX Next Wave Director Max Selby & General Manager Sharon Scott appear on WHAS11: Great Day Live At long last, the ART FM building is ALIVE again and full of human activity! Thanks to your donations, we have remodeled the WXOX studio and now it is beaming brighter than ever! As a result, WXOX was named a 2023 Spectacular Radio Station by Radio World Magazine – the only Low Power Station to make the list! 
 
This fall the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will open a window for new Low Power FM applications. During this time, nonprofit organiations in select areas nationwide will be able to apply for Low Power frequencies and build new radio stations for their communities. ART FM is working with the nonprofit Common Frequency to identify available frequencies and groups nationwide who are interested in appling for them. You can lean more about the LPFM opportunity by vising the website LPFMresources.com website. If you are interested in applying for an LPFM, or helping other applicants get their license, you can CLICK HERE for a Show of Interest Form and someone at Common Frequency will get back with you shortly. To simplify the process of establishing and maintaining a community radio station, ART FM Co-Founder Sharon Scott has written a new book, Low Power FM for Dummies which is available for pre-order now and will be on the shelves this October! This book will have a lot of antidotes from behind the scenes at ART FM. It will be a fun read for all listeners of the station and anyone with interest in community brodcasting. 
Low Power FM for Dummies will be released just in time for the 2023 Grassroots Radio Conference. Anyone with an interest in Community Broacasting should join ART FM and all our community radio friends at this important event hosted by WTSQ in Charleston, West Virginia on Octber 19-22. In addition to many helpful panels and hands-on workshops, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! is this year's Keynote speaker. 
I-Phone Users: UPDATE your WXOX APP in the APP STORE Android Users: DELETE the old app & DOWNLOAD the new WXOX APP ************ NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY AMPLIFYING AMERICA'S YOUTH 
ARTxFM's NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY is a summer learning adventure that provides Louisville area high school students with the skills they need to become professional broadcasters. At the Academy, student DJs get hands-on experience with the equipment in the ART FM studio and obtain the FCC training required for FM Broadcasting. The Summer Academy ran from June 12 - 16, 2023 . It included teenagers -- rising 9th Grade and above with courses taught by WXOX DJs and resident teenagers. All participants emerged with a Next Wave Certificate. During the course of the week, each student produced a live radio program that was broadcast on WXOX 97.1 FM and WXND 100.9 FM. These programs will be available for online listening soon! CLICK HERE to LEARN MORE If you have any questions please e-mail nextwave@artxfm.com 
Shepard Fairey OBEY GIANT & Eddie Donaldson GUERILLA ONE are collaborating on mural of MUHAMMAD ALI at the Chestnut Street YMCA! The mural based on an image by Louisville photographer Howard Bingham. It is a powerful addition to our city skyline -- take the time to check it out! LISTEN TO THE WXOX OBEY GIANT / GUERILLA ONE interview with Keith Waits of LVA by CLICKING HERE: artxfm.com/obey Shepard Fairey is the creative force behind OBEY GIANT and countless cultural icons including the Barack Obama HOPE poster. Eddie Donaldson aka GUERILLA ONE, originally from Louisville, is one of the first curators to recognize the value of street art and graffiti painting and bring it within the white walls of the gallery space and give it a respected place in the world of art. As a tribute to his Louisville roots, Eddie Donaldson is working with Shepard Fairey to bring a new 7-story mural of Muhammad Ali to Louisville's West End. Beginning on April 21, 2023 the mural will be painted on the side of the Chestnut Street YMCA two blocks from Ali's Central High School. The image is based on a photograph by Louisville's Howard Bingham. The mural has been produced in collaboration with Artists for Trauma. Artists for Trauma is an organization dedicated to enriching the lives of trauma survivors by pairing recovering patients with established artists from various creative disciplines. Their aim is to expedite the quality of the long term recovery process for the significantly altered trauma survivor. Learn more at artistsfortrauma.org ******************* Thanks to everyone who joined ART FM at the SPRING STREET FESTIVAL on Saturday, April 15th for the LIVE REMOTE BROADCASTING opportunity! What a great line up and we loved seeing everyone out at this event featuring. Special thanks to Creighton Beryl for making XOX remote happen! Tsunami Samurai, Appalatin, Southern Sirens, The Aesthetic, Eagle Johnson, & The Jesse Lees!!!!  Mural by Wilfred Sieg of the Art Cartel APRIL 10, 2023. Louisville, Kentucky USA What words? We have no words. But we do have love, strength, and hope. For those who have lost everything, we send our love. For those fighting this senseless gun violence, we send our strength. For those who fear for their children, we send our hope for a world of peace. Julianna Farmer, Deana Eckert, Joshua Barrick, James Tutt, Tommy Elliott. We send our love on your flight. May you find your way to a more peaceful world. Officer Nick Wilt, hero, and the other beautiful human beings who were shot in the Old Bank Building on the morning of April we send our strength for your recovery. Every city wants to be the one to make the change. Now it is our turn Louisville. Right now it is hard to know what to do but if we keep pushing, the answers will come. ART FM has created a COMMUNITY RESOUCES link in response to bank tragedy on the morning of the April 10th. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS. Among other things, this page provides information on contacting your local, state, and national represntatives to let them know how you are feeling, and what you think they should be doing about gun violence in America. Our city has been traumatized by the mass shooting in downtown Louisville. It is normal to feel distressed. If you feel like you need someone to talk to, you can call the Disaster Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-5990. Through this number SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) provides 24/7 crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters. ART FM believes in a policy of NO NOTORIETY. We believe in responsible public safety coverage of acts of mass violence that do not provide celebrity status to individuals who commit heinous crimes, as this is often a motivator for such crimes. We challenge YOU and other media outlets to do the same. No Photo, No Name, No Notoriety: nonoteriety.com ART FM is HERE FOR YOU. 24/7/365. We are so proud of the new programming happening here on ART FM! We are so pleased with the quality and variety of shows on WXOX and we hope you will be too! Here at ART FM it is all about the LOVE! Check this run down of some of our brand new shows: On Tuesdays On Air with Anna, amplifies the teenage perspective with her stream of consiousness program. She is followed at 4 PM with Leopards on Air, a new show from the Louisville Leopards Studio Group of high-school musicians. At 6 PM on Tuesdays, we turn our attention abroad with the Freedom Hour with Nilou, Shadi, and Shirin brings us the latest information from the female-led revolution in Iran.   
Thursdays we now have Above Ground Sounds by Professor Dodge airing from 11 AM - Noon ; Vault 92: Music for Nerds hosted by Dr. Zebulon from 2 - 3 PM;  V
Rockstar Fever with DJ Beatrix, and Xpander from DJ AK aka Frank Sriracha from 8 - 9 PM. 
Fridays start off early now with Johnny Vee's Virtual Jukebox at 6 AM followed at 7 AM by the return of Kind of Bird with Justin Brown. Be sure to tune in Fridays 5 - 6 PM for Cardwell's Cove, a Space-Age Luau! 
Saturdays now include our new literary program Post Poet Pop at 11 AM with Ken Walker; a weekly audio experiment at noon on Anom Anon Radio with the Glossy Goblin; 
 You will catch a whole buncha country at 3 PM on Derby City Hilbilly Highway with Billy T and Charlie Lee. Every other Sunday at 11 AM you will hear Wash Away the Dust, a new, very chill Jazz program hosted by Louisville's own Christy Noe. 
We are so proud of all these new XOX DJs and sure hope you will tune in and give them a chance. We think you will enjoy the wild ride that IS ARTxFM! Community radio for the masses! 100% handmade and always full of love! Hugs and Kisses radio, we are WXOX!!! 
Thanks to everyone who has been helping us CELEBRATE SEVEN YEARS Of WXOX LOVE ON THE AIRWAVES!!!! The time has gone so fast but we have loved spending every moment with you! . . . Thanks for joining us for the Sweetheart Serenade on Valentine's Day! We enjoyed everyone's wonderful dedications and can't wait to share the festivites again with you all IN_PERSON next year!!! Thanks for sharing the LOVE . . . ****************************** With the studio finally re-open for business, we are also welcoming the return some long-time friends of the Radio Station! We have some familiar voices returning to line up, Justin Brown of Kind of Bird is once again filling the Louisviille airwaves with Jazz on Fridays from 7 - 8 AM! Jake Groves is back on Fridays to host Jake's Jumble on 10 - 11 AM and Faint of Harp, a program focusing on the art of the Harmonica, from 11 AM - Noon. In addition to other familiar voices, you will also hear Maceo the Maestro dropping in for some special sessions and Will Oldham, Bonnie Prince Billy will be making his first journey into the remodeled studio as a guest on Artist's Talk with LVA.   Artwork by DJ DEEBS of Arcade Automatic
There are many ways to bring the magic of ART FM into your home! In addtion to listening to on the FM and online, you can Tell Alexa to "Play WXOX"! You can search WXOX in the APP store for I-Phone and Android to take us with you everywhere you go! We are available through listening most directories such as Tune-In and Radio Garden. Our partners at Spinitron keep a two week archive of recent ART FM shows on Spinitron.com/WXOX. Mixcloud and Audioport also host a variety of ART FM programs. In addtion to WXOX 97.1 FM Louisvillians may also catch the ART FM simulcast on WXND 100.9 FM. However you are tuning into our unique local programming, we are so happy that you are catching the wave . . .  
Photos by James & Uwe of THAT DRIVING BEAT
It is such a joy finally having life back in the ART FM studio! One by one, the DJs are coming back to home base and the building is singing with music and activity once again! The very best thing about our station is the people who make it happen. From the Board Members to the Listeners to the Radio Hosts flows an audio energy filled with love and creativity, so different from anything else on the airwaves. ART FM amplifies a freedom that is so rare in this world. By dedicating our broadcast to expression and experimentation, we discover some of the most unexpected sounds! Please join us on the journey by tuning in and keeping us locked! WXOX 97.1 FM! 
WE DID IT!!! $40K IN A SINGLE DAY!!! We are SO GRATEFUL to everyone who showed up for ART FM again this year!!! 2022 was our biggest Give for Good to date and we exceeded all expectations! Thanks to your support we raised our goal twice and earned over $40,000 in a single day! With 404 donors, we were awarded the SILVER PRIZE in the Tier 2 category and came in 6th PLACE OVERALL— out of 550 nonprofit organizations! It was so much fun having you all play the Give for Good game by getting up at strange hours, clicking in from distant locations to make your contribution to keep WXOX 97.1 FM on the air! As a result, we retained our 2-4 AM UP ALL NIGHT crown fo the 5th Year in a row! We had a repeat win with the 6-8 AM EARLY MORNING RUSH. We nailed another GOLDEN TICKET! With donations from ALL 50 STATES we scored the FAR AND WIDE prize from Kentucky Intentional Sounds. GO TEAM XOX!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! We loved seeing so many friends and familiar faces at the HUNDRED PROOF HAPPY HOUR! What a REVIVAL of live music and good times it was! 2022 GIVE FOR GOOD PRIZES WON BY ART FM: $40,000 from 400+ donors in all 50 States! 6th Place Overall out of 550+ organizations! $2,500 - GRAND PRIZE* - Silver Most unique donors in the Tier 2 category $1000 - UP ALL NIGHT PRIZE* Most unique donors 2 - 4 AM EDT! $1000 - EARLY MORNING RUSH* Most unique donors 6 - 8 AM EDT! $1000 - FAR AND WIDE PRIZE For donations from ALL 50 STATES - Sponsored by Kentucky Intentional Sounds $1000 - GOLDEN TICKET* Randomly Drawn Hourly CLICK HERE for the GIVE FOR GOOD LOUISVILLE FINAL SCOREBOARD WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT! WXOX WOULD BE STATIC WITHOUT YOU! *********************************** 
NEW DJ ORIENTATION::: AUGUST 30th, 2022 at 8 PM EASTERN ART FM is currently recruiting global radio personalities for airtime on WXOX 97.1 FM in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to the FM signal, our online stream artxfm.com reaches listeners all over the world. Now, thanks to our remote broadcasting capacities, we are able to train DJs who live locally as well as those who live in distant locations. We are dedicated to amplifying voices that have traditionally been excluded from mainstream media including women, people of color, and speakers of foreign languages. No experience required. If you are interested in sharing music, broadcasting ideas, or simply learning more about volunteer opportunities at ART FM, please join us for an ONLINE ORIENTATION MEETING on AUG. 30th, 2022 at 8 PM EASTERN. This free event is open to everyone, everywhere but you must register in order to get the link. 
FLOOD RELIEF FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY Currently, Appalachian Eastern Kentucky, Southwestern Virginia, and surrounding areas are experiencing historic flooding levels. The consequences have been catastrophic. Despite destruction at their own headquarters, our friends at Appalshop and WMMT 88.7 in Whitesburg, Kentucky are helping their community by maintaining a list of current needs and flood relief resources. To get help or to lend a hand, please visit appalshop.org/news 
NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY AMPLIFYING AMERICA'S YOUTH ARTxFM's NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY is a summer learning adventure that provides Louisville area high school students with the skills they need to become professional broadcasters. The 2022 Academy took place June 6 - 10, 2022. During the course of the week, each student produced a 30 minute live radio program for WXOX 97.1 FM. These wonderfully unique pilot episodes are available by CLICKING HERE 
MESSAGES FOR UKRAINE ARTxFM is collaborating with the Pacifica Network and Kraina FM "The Voice of National Resistance" to collect messages of support and solidarity for radio listeners in Ukraine. Anyone interested in sending their audio messages to listeners of Kraina FM, broadcasting to over 20 cities in Ukraine, can call the Pacifica Voiceline and record their messages at 510.883.3115 ARTxFM resources on Ukraine can be found online at artxfm.com/ukraine Kraina FM can be heard online at krainafm.com.ua 
ARTxFM + LIBRARY OF CONGRESS VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT ARTxFM is collaborating with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project to record and preserve the voices of America's war veterans. Between Memorial Day and Veteran's Day, we will be conducting audio interviews which we will donate to the Library of Congress where they will become part of the Veterans History Project's permanent collection. In this way, the personal accounts of our veterans will be accessible and well preserved so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and have a better understanding of what they did, saw, and felt. If you are a war Veteran or know one with a story to share, we'd like to hear from you! Please reach out to vets@artxfm.com  George Wallace Fox, US Navy, WWII More information is available at artxfm.com/vets You can learn more about the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS VETERANS HISTORY PROJECT and serach the collection by clicking here: www.loc.gov/vets 
On June 3, 2022 ART FM spoke with Lisa Taylor, Senior Liaison Specialist at the Libary of Congress Veterans History Project and AnnMarie Halterman, Founder of the nonprofit organization Uniting US to share information about the Conflict to Creativity veteran artist showcase happening at the Libarary of Congress this summer June 28 - 30th in recognition of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTS) Awareness Month. This event -- which will take place in person and online -- will focus on art as a tool of healing and will feature exhibitions, discussions, and demonstrations by Veteran Artists. Click the audio link below to hear more about this event as well as making your own submissions to the Veteran's History Project: CLICK HERE for ARTxFM INTERVIEW: CONFLICT TO CREATIVITY Lisa Taylor, Library of Congress Veterans History Project AnnMarie Halterman, Uniting US  *************************************** NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY AMPLIFYING AMERICA'S YOUTH June 6 - 10, 2022 10 AM - 1 PM 
ARTxFM's NEXT WAVE: TEEN RADIO ACADEMY is a summer learning adventure that provides Louisville area high school students with the skills they need to become professional broadcasters. At the Academy, student DJs get hands-on experience with the equipment in the ART FM studio and obtain the FCC training required for FM Broadcasting. This year's Academy will take place June 6 - 10, 2022 from 10 AM to 1 PM daily. Students of the Academy will produce a live radio program from the WXOX studios and emerge with tools for broadcasting online from anywhere in the world! The Next Wave Academy is built by and for High School Students in collaboration with ARTxFM Management. Teenagers, 9th Grade and above, are invited to attend this peer-driven community media program. More information can be found at artxfm.com/academy *** SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE. APPLY HERE! *** ART FM thanks Louiville Metro Government's Safe Summer Bash for providing us with these Teen Scholarship Opportunites! 
4 YEARS OF CHIAROSCURIA On May 19th at the Flamingo Lounge an impressive line-up of musicians will help us celebrate 4 Years of Chiaroscuria on WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville! Performers include Introvertmusic, Cold Oceans x Lagomorph, Connie Kissel, Jackie Royce, Nick Kayman, & Emily Ravenscraft. This event is FREE though donations to our nonprofit are always appreciated! Join host Aaron Hartely for a taste of Louisville's avante-gaurde music scene! ******************* 
ART FM stands with the people of Ukraine as they fight for their land, their freedom, their human rights. We are horrified by the violence brought upon this peaceful country and inspired by the bravery with which the nation fights for its very existence. Since the onset of the Russian Invasion, ART FM has been proud to host special programming addressing the conflict, desperately seeking solutions. From interviews with Ukrainian politicians in Kyiv to showcases of Ukrainian electronic music, we have gained an understanding of this magical part of the world and the brave people who live there. ARTxFM has created a webpage where you will find some links that illuminate the hearts, the minds, the humanity of the Ukrainian people as well as practical ways you can help them win their struggle for freedom. PLEASE VISIT: artxfm.com/ukraine By clicking the above link you will find archived recordings of radio programs we have hosted on ARTxFM concerning the Ukrainian culture and current events. You will also find a clickable list of musicians, nonprofits, and benefit projects that will enhance your knowledge and understanding of the people of Ukraine. RADIO PROGRAMS DOBRYI DEN DOBRYI DEN is a radio program hosted by Megan and Andriy Sherehiy. This program showcases the music, poetry and art of Ukraine interwoven with voices from the conflict zone and their messages for ARTxFM listeners. New episodes of Dobryi Den air live on Saturdays from Noon to 1 PM Eastern time on WXOX 97.1 FM, WXND 100.9 FM and worldwide on artxfm.com. L.A.M. RADIO HOUR: UKRAINIAN WOMEN COMPOSERS In this episode of the L.A.M. Music Hour, Jackie Royce presents the compositions of Ukranian Women composers alongside histories and biographical facts. Enjoy this hour of comptemporary Ukrainian composition brought to you by ART FM and the Louisville Academy of Music. UKRAINIAN DARKWAVE ON WAYWARD DISTRACTION DJ Mark Wallis of WXOX Louisville takes listeners on a musicaljourney deep into the sounds of Ukrainian Darkwave. You can listen to recent episodes of these radio programs and others by clicking THIS LINK: artxfm.com/ukraine 
ARTxFM STUDO REOPENING Here at ARTxFM, our DJs are so axious to get back to our downtown studio to provide better coverage of all global and local events! The station is slowly reopening to in-house programming but for the majority of the pandemic, ARTxFM DJs have been live broadcasting from the safety and comfort of home -- providing music, news, emergency information, and constant companionship to those likewise secluded by the global pandemic. Generous support of our listeners has allowed us to advantage of this strange timeout to renovate our main broadcast studio – complete with new equipment, furniture, lighting and more ~ it’s a Dream! ~ Truly the most loveable station in the world! 
During the renovation process, we were able to repurpose our older equipment as a Production Studio where community members now have the capacity record music, interviews, and audio experiments to enhance our unique daily programming. We are looking forward to a time when we will be able to bring the whole world back into our downtown station to see all the exciting improvements we have made. Hopefully it won’t be too long now! Until then please stay well, protect your community, and keep listening to ARTxFM! You have made this station a reality and we are deeply grateful for your support. WXOX CELEBRATES 6 YEARS ON AIR!  MAKE A DATE with ART FM for Valentine's Day as we celebrate SIX YEARS ON THE FM DIAL! We will share the love through airwaves this year by playing requests, dedications, and love lines sent in by our devoted listeners. This year's Sweetheart Serenade will take place on Monday, February 14th from 7 - 11 PM Eastern time. Tune in locally on WXOX 97.1 FM and worldwide at www.artxfm.com. Join us as we fill the airwaves with LOVE! 
As we say adios to 2021 and aloha to 2022, we want to thank all our Listeners, Supporters, DJs and Directors for all they have done to keep our station on air and commercial free throughout this dreadful pandemic. It has been our greatest honor and our greatest responsibility to keep our community connected and well informed in these ever-changing times. Our DJs understand the importance of their work. They know that in addition to providing company and consolation to a community in distress, their voices can connect listeners to the resources they need to be resilient in the face of unprecedented challenges such as Covid-19; political unrest; and natural disasters. No one knows what 2022 will bring but one thing is certain, the DJs of ART FM will be right there with you through it all 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Looking towards the New Year, we are so hopeful for the return of healthier times — for concerts, live music, and laughing and singing with friends. We've missed you all so much. In the meantime, please stay safe and continue to protect yourself and your community. We've come so far and though we are weary, it is no time to give up now. Keep Fighting. Keep Believing. Brighter days are on the horizon and we look forward to meeting you there . . .  WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADO RELIEF ART FM Loves Kentucky. We are so heartbroken over the tragic path of destruction that bulldozed through our state, turning entire cities into piles of rubble and debris. We all want to help out but it can be hard to know where to start. On this webpage www.artxfm.com/tornado we have posted some resources that we've been using for our on air PSAs that felt it would be helpful to share. If you have an organization or event to add, please follow this link: www.artxfm.com/psa Thank you for your compassion for those in need. ******************** ******************** ******************** This Winter BUNDLE UP and TURN ON ART FM!!!! We are here for you, heatin' up the airwaves 24/7/365. Slowly WXOX DJs are returning to the freshly remodeled ART FM studio, while others remain safely broadcasting from home. While we are anxious to get the downtown heartbeat of the station pumping again, we we are doing so cautiously. One program at a time . . . 
Keeping our station on-air while keeping our volunteer DJs safe has been the challenge of our lifetime. When the pandemic began, we trained all of our staff to live broadcast remotely from the safety of home. This resulted in many unique broadcasting opportunities we otherwise never could have imagined. We now have DJs live broadcasting from ALL OVER THE WORLD and suddenly the possiblities are limitless. While the DJs were away, we took advantage of the downtime to rennovate our on-air studio. Now, as we slowly transition back into the station, we are being cautious to protect the safety of our staff and the health of our community. At the moment, we are operating in a hybrid phase with some DJs still remoting in while others are back in house. Expect some techincal issues and magical suprises to ensue! The staff of ART FM appreciates your patience and understanding as we naviagte these unclear waters ~ and we hope you enjoy the ride!  Dirty Ol' Ambusher, Live from the Addtion If you happen to miss a program on ART FM, the Spintron Ark service now allows you to hear recordings online upto two weeks from the original airdate. Simply visit the "SCHEDULE" page of our website and then click on the show of interest then click the episode of interest! Don't get left out again! ***************************************** THANK YOU TO ALL OUR AMAZING LISTENERS!!!! This was a record-breaking Give for Good campaign for ART FM and we are so grateful for your support that helps keep our young radio station on the air for all the world to enjoy! This is our one fundraising day of the year and this time you REALLY SHOWED UP!!!! 
This year, you helped us win many Give for Good bonus prizes that made every charitable donation go further. Not only did we retain our UP ALL NIGHT crown for the most unique donors between 2-4 AM, we picked up the 5-8 AM EARLY MORNING RUSH! As the day progressed we claimed a number of MATCH MINUTES and scored donations from ALL 50 STATES. We nearly DOUBLED our original fundraising goal and qualified for the top BONUS POOL. Most importantly, we won the Tier Two GRAND PRIZE, not once but TWICE this year thanks to our mastermind staff. Prizes included, we closed out the 24 hours with $38,000 in donations from 430 listeners. With this, we came 4th PLACE OVERALL in MOST UNIQUE DONATIONS out of 500+ NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS!!! The support of our community means so much to us. We had such fun with this event -- even though we had to party remote -- thanks to all the exquisite DJS who kept us jammin' throughout the day and to everyone who joined us on the virtual discos. Every penny of your hard earned donations will be invested in amplifying community voices in Louisville - expanding access to the airwaves for free and creative use - and providing emergency broadcasting services for the greater Kentuckiana area. When you listen to ART FM, do so with the satisfaction that YOU make our unique broadcast happen! WXOX would be static without you! 
THANK YOU DEAR XOX LISTENERS!!!!!!!!!!!! During Give for Good 2021, ART FM won the following prizes GRAND PRIZE - $3000 Most unique donors (Tier 2) UP ALL NIGHT - $1000 Most unique donors between 2 - 4 AM MORNING RUSH - $1000 Most unique donors 5 - 8 AM MINUTE MATCHES - Many gifts doubled upto $100 BONUS POOL - Secured 90 unique donations for split of $50,000 Through this global crisis, the volunteer DJs of ART FM have been there for you all day -- everyday -- delivering diverse music, critical news, and the latest health and safety information. We also hosted the first ever Grassroots Radio Conference Virtual Summit with so many amazing speakers -- such as Chuck D and Will Oldham - chiming in from all over the world. We have provided Emergency Broadcasting services throughout the Kentuckiana area. We formed partnerships with Xtendsound and the Pacifica Radio Network to extend the range of Louisville community broadcasters. GIVE FOR GOOD LOUISVILLE is a fierce but friendly 24-hour fundraising competition between area nonprofits that takes place on September 17, 2021. Because the Community Foundation offers a range of incentives to make everyone's donations go further, ART FM focuses on this single day of fundraising to keep our station on air thorughout the year. We are SO APPRECIATIVE of your support!!! GIVE FOR GOOD LOUISVILLE Friday, September 17, 2021 Midnight to Midnight www.giveforgoodlouisville.org Search: ART FM  The 2021 Cultural Pass offers families in Greater Louisville with children ages 0-21 access to participate in arts and cultural activities provided by 51 venues, free of charge, from June 1 through August 8, 2021. The Cultural Pass is designed to inspire, explore, and discover new experiences. After going virtual last year, this year Cultural Pass will offer both virtual and in-person experiences so that every family can participate in a way that works for them! Created from Vision Louisville, the Cultural Pass is an innovative initiative to promote art and culture and improve summer learning in our community. Nearly 240,000 passes have been issued since its inception in 2014. As a 2021 Cultural Pass Venue, ART FM will provide hands-on learing activities at the Cultural Pass Days as well as sponsor a performance of The Charlie Humble Band at the Falls of The Ohio. Please come join us for the fun and an opportunity to get your child's voice on the air! We look forward to sharing this experience with you all! CULTURAL PASS DAYS Falls of the Ohio Saturday, July 24 10 AM - 3 PM Waterfront Park Saturday, August 7 10 AM - 3 PM  We welcome our friends at Xtendsound to the FM airwaves and are proud to be a part of their daily progamming that also includes selections from the WCHQ Local Music Library. We are honored to partner with this new nonprofit organization -- its founders and it supporters -- who have preserved the Crescent Hill Radio frequency for community use instead of allowing it to become a corporate translator. We admire their committment to honoring the legacy of Founder Kathy Weisbach as well as their dedication to amplifying Kentuckiana music. Learn more about WXND by tuning into 100.9 FM in Louisville and by visiting www.xtendsound.org  Photograph by Aron Conaway of the Mammoth Collecitive. ARTxFM Mural by Wilfred Sieg of the Art Cartel. ATTN: FANS of COMMUNITY RADIO:: The FCC is considering a proposal that would increase wattage for many LPFM radio stations from 100 to 250 watts. This is a VERY EXCITING and UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY that would help our low power stations exponentially! 
It is important for EVERYONE who cares about community broadcasting in the United States to file comments in support of Simple LPFM 250 as proposed in RM-11909. This includes station Station Staff, Board Members, Volunteer DJs, Listeners, and Supporters. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND FANS!!! *****CLICK HERE***** For instructions on submitting comments to the FCC suporting the RM-11909 Simple LPFM 250 Proposal. While there is not an exact deadline for these comments, the safest bet is to get them submitted as soon as possible.  
  REMOTE BROADCASTING Since the onset of the pandemic, ARTxFM DJs have been live broadcasting from the comfort and safety of home. They have established over 70 remote studio locations throughout the city of Louisville and around the world. CLICK HERE, to peak behind the scenes! As you are listening to our daily broadcast listen for the real-life sound of their natural habitats - dogs barking, kids laughing, birds singing - as you enjoy their unique home-spun programs LIVE on WXOX 97.1 FM. We hope to get back in-studio soon.  
 
HERE FOR YOU. ALL DAY. EVERYDAY. WXOX 97.1 FM!  Breonna Taylor portrait at Injustice Square by Aron Conaway & the Mammoth Collective SAY HER NAME It has been one very long year since the murder of Breonna Taylor. Still there is no justice. Yet, in the empty place she has left, there has arisen a beautiful movement of creativity, activism, and awareness. ARTxFM salutes those creators and caretakers who have lead the peaceful revolution that is happening in the steets of Louisville. We see you. We feel you. We thank you. 
SURPRISE ~ HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ~ WXOX has a Sweetheart Station!!! WXND 100.9 FM Louisville is amplifying community voices and preserving the WCHQ Local Music Library. Check it out! Fall in Love Like we did! www.xtendsound.org ********************************** WXOX is celebrating FIVE YEARS of broadcasting on 97.1 FM here in our home of Louisville KY and we're partying all weekend! 
💝 Saturday 2/13 9 PM - 1AM - XOX VIRTAL DISCO with DJ Always, DJ Kara, Blythe of the Ball, Ethan AD, and more. Party on the screen, listen on the radio! Ticketless. Link TBA. 💝 Sunday 2/14 7 - 10 PM - WXOX SWEETHEART SERENADE send your sweetheart some sugar over the airwaves! Sunday we'll be hosting a very special Valentine's Evening show and we will read your love note to your darlin! Submissions are open now! CLICK HERE ➡️➡️➡️ Bit.ly/WXOXlove 
Do something unique this Valentine’s Day. Dedicate a song and message to your special someone. CREATE YOUR AUDIO VALENTINE HERE::: Bit.ly/WXOXlove ********************************** 
We love you and are so grateful for your support. Looking forward to celebrating with you all!  
We love our country. We believe in fair elections and freedom of speech. We exersize our rights as our duty to our country and believe in the power of peaceful protest to change this imperfect union. Our mission is free speech but we understand that hate never deserves a platform. Violence is never a solution. Only love can drive out darkenss. We believe in the Democratic process and trust the courts of law. Yet where we seek justice, we find inequality. Our peaceful gatherings are met with an iron fist. Meanwhile, domestic terrorists are treated with a velvet glove. America, you are beautiful as you are cruel. We still, somehow, believe in you. We cry for you, how they defiled you. Blood on the capital steps. Glass on the Gallery floor. When much is wrong, it’s hard to know how to make it right. We look for an answer as if it is buried deep within our screens. Digging passageways further and further away from the truth. One thing is certain, we are living in very uncertain times. The days have been full of surprises and suddenly it feels like you can write your own script. We can but be hopeful for the future. For a new America that comes along with a new Administration. We are living proof of how much things can change in just four years. We congratulate Presiden Biden and Vice President Harris. We unite behind them as they work to reestablish peace in our union and trust in our alliances around the world. May this new era of government root out the cancers of hate and racism that lurk within the shadows of our strongest institutions. May this administration inspire new generations of leaders who understand the value of diversity to the progress of our nation. We are hopeful for tomorrow. We are grateful for the lessons we have learned. These difficult times have made us stronger. 2020 opened our eyes and 2021 arrived like the guest no one invited. The place is a wreck now. As we pick up the pieces, we realize, there is no starting over . . . There is only starting from here. 
********************************** 2020 was The Year of Vision and Clarity and together we learned so much. From pandemic to protests to Presidential election, your support has allowed us to be here for our listeners, every step of the way. We have stayed live, and we have stayed safe, during this pandemic by developing a system that allows our DJs to remote broadcast from home. As a result, we have been able to provide up to the minute health information while providing companionship to listeners around the world, stuck in isolation. Everyday we have used our frequency to stand up for justice and through events like our Broadcast for Breonna, encouraged other stations to do the same. This fall we worked hard to get out the vote and made sure our listeners understood how to navigate this year’s unusual election process. In October we hosted the first ever Grassroots Radio Conference - Virtual Summit in which we brought together college and community radio stations from around the world to address the most pressing issues facing community radio today. None of this would have been possible without your support. We are deeply grateful. We depend 100% on the contributions of our listeners to help keep WXOX 97.1 FM on the airwaves and heard around the world. It truly means everything to have you involved with this station and we hope so much that we will be able to celebrate in person soon! Until then, stay safe, be well and keep amplifying the voices around you. We all in this together and will emerge a stronger, more connected community. Wishing you Health and Happiness in the New Year!
Tia Marie and Chuck D in Conversation at the 2020 Grassroots Radio Conference hosted by ARTxFM
********************************************************************************************* Videos from the 2020 Virtual GRC are now available online: YouTube.com/virtualgrc ********************************************************************************************* 2020 GRASSROOTS RADIO CONFERENCE - VIRTUAL SUMMIT Hosted by WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville Since 1996, the Grassroots Radio Conference has brought together community-minded radio stations to share ideas, technology, and conversation. Each year the event is hosted by a station in a different part of the country. 2020 was to be ART FM's opportunity to host the conference at WXOX Louisville. Unfortunately, global pandemic circumstances are forcing a delay of this in-person conference. In the meantime, we are trying something new . . . 
For the first time ever, the Grassroots Radio Coalition will bring college and community stations from around the world together online for a GRC Virtual Summit! While the pandemic will make our gathering more difficult, it does not make it impossible! Grassroots stations are more important than ever to a global listenership in distress. We cannot miss this important opportunity to come together to share ideas, exchange information, and build connections within the community. Mark your calendars for October 9 - 11 as we embrace the available technology and unite for three days of online talks, workshops, and networking activities focusing on today’s most pressing issues in radio. This year's speakers will address the following topics: The Pandemic: How to Broadcast Safely & Responsibly The Protests: Amplifying Justice & Equality for All The President: Energizing the Electorate Through the FM Dial AND Hyperlocal News Reporting during Wildfires and Other Natural Disasters Embracing new technologies and stepping up to new challenges, this year's conference will be like none that have ever gone before! We hope you will join us for the adventure as we connect grassroots radio stations worldwide, all from the safety and comfort of home!!! MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE HERE: www.virtualgrc.org  *************************** *************************** BROADCAST FOR BREONNA On August 13, 2020, radio stations across the country brought their frequencies together to play tribute to Breonna Taylor and the countless female victims of American police brutality. In unison, over 70 community radio stations played "Everything" by Mary J. Blige, one of Breonna's favorite songs at the time of her passing. The song was introduced with a message from family and followed by a reading of names accompanied by the sounds of the Louisville protests. CLICK HERE to learn more about this event and to hear the memorial broadcast. 
WXOX Louisville stands for Justice and Equality. We believe in the Freedom of Speech and the Freedom of Press. We dedicate our daily broadcast to amplifying the diverse and beautiful voices that make our city unique. We love all people as one. BLACK LIVES MATTER. Our hearts cry when we see the suffering of our people, we can’t understand such hate for a person based solely on the color of their skin. In the name of George Floyd, David McAtee, Breonna Taylor, and countless others murderd by police brutality, we call for Justice, Transparency, and Self-Reflection. We call for Action, Awareness, and Advocacy. We can no longer close our eyes, or drown out the screams of black and brown people in America. This is real. This is an Emergency. We stand with Black Lives to denounce systematic racism and demand police reform. No American citizen should live in fear of their own government. No government agent should be armed to kill and left unaccountable. Now and into the future we dedicate our frequency amplifying the diverse voices within our city and celebrating the differences that make each human unique. At ARTxFM we understand our ability to bring together people of all interests, ages, and backgrounds through a common love of music. We consider this our most important mission to uphold. We live in a society built on history’s white pillars. Today those pillars are crumbling. Activists around the world are proving that there are new ways to live, new ways to communicate outside of the master’s tongue. As we script a new alphabet, develop a new lifesytle -- friction and confusion are inevitable. It can be painful to reflect upon the parts we’ve gotten wrong -- especially when there are so many. The progress of things is not always easy but often the hardest struggles yield the most significant results. A future of peace and equality awaits. A Promised Land that we have not yet attained, a Mountaintop not yet climbed. But we are getting there –- and this time, we are getting there together. Let us walk in peace, hand in hand, recognizing the pain of the past, understanding the struggles of the present, fighting for the rewards of the future. LOVING DAY IS EVERYDAY. BLACK LIVES MATTER. JUSTICE FOR BREONNA. *************************** *************************** 
WE LOVE OUR LISTENERS and are completely blown away by your support!!! WXOX will continue to amplify community voices and expand listener horizons. This Give for Good we raised $27,696 donation dollars - 163% of our original goal! - with the help of 424 contributers. Still to come is the $2500 Tier 2 unique donors prize, a possible P2P prize, and our percentage of the 40K split!!!! THANK YOU ALL!!! STAY TUNED for the updates!!! You can check out our earinings and see a list of all our amazing donors HERE *************************** *************************** When we applied for an FM frequency, ART FM made a pledge that we would be here for you during times of National Emergency. 2020 put us to the test. As the Coronavirus pandemic spread across the United States, we committed our broadcast to keeping our community safe and its inhabitants connected. While conveying critical health and public safety information, WXOX DJs continue to provide 24-hour comfort and company to so many who are isolated at home. This is our essential service. All day, everyday the DJs of ART FM employ music, information, and conversation to fight the longstanding plagues of hatred and racial inequality. From amplifying local issues to organizing nationwide broadcasts for Justice, WXOX believes radio has the power to change minds and save lives. If you believe in the power of community broadcasting and want to keep WXOX 97.1 FM on the airwaves, but did not have an opportunity to donate during Give for Good, we would be thrilled to have your tax-deductible donations all year. We are a young nonprofit organization that depends entirely on the contributions of our listeners. Your support will help keep ART FM on air and commercial free! A 501(c)3 organization We are deeply thank for to all the amazing individuals who keep our essential broadcast live! ~ WXOX would be silence without you! ~ *************************** ***************************
RADIO IN THE TIME OF COVID At the onset of the current health emergency, ARTxFM began training our volunteer DJs to remote broadcast from the safety of home. Thanks to their industriousness and determination to continue their programs, they have now established over 80 individual studios across the city. Every hour or two, our live broadcast is emerging from a different location. Basements, porches, and dining room tables across Louisville have now become mini-radio stations. Dresserplex Studios, Alfresco-A-Go-Go, and Highlands Starrrgate are just a few of the fun names the DJs have given their remote headquarters. The programming they provide from these locations has never been more important, more powerful. Each DJ has taken this situation and their role in it very seriously. They recognize their influence on the community and in addition to modeling social distancing practices, they are providing music and information around the clock that encourages our listeners to stay safe at home. Every hour ARTxFM DJs are reading public service announcements from local and national health experts. They are providing information about staying healthy and financially afloat during these critical times. In addition, WXOX is providing weekly programs on the Covid-19 pandemic for specific segments of our community such as Spanish speakers and teenage listeners. We are providing live music experiences whenever possible and recently featured an in-studio, socially distant concert from Jonathan Richman and Bonnie "Prince" Billy when their national tour was cancelled. In these trying times, we firmly believe in the power of radio to inform, heal, and connect. It is our hope that by maintaining our daily broadcast, WXOX 97.1 FM will help our city - and our nation - persevre through this difficult time and emerge stronger, healthier, more resilient community. SCENES FROM THE BEFORE DAYS  
 
  
 
Poster by Ben Zoëller of Flanger Magazine. Photographs by Lonnie Turner. Thank you to all our friends and family who came out to celebrate FOUR YEARS of community broadcasting on WXOX 97.1 FM at this year's Voix de Ville. Once again, this year’s epic musical line-up knocked our socks off and we were so proud showcase the talent within the WXOX DJ staff. Performers included Stutter, Spot, Kuvebo!, Bus Hus, Jakey T. Jackson, Cat Casual, RMLLW2LLZ, Bungalow Betty, The Frogmen, and The Hundred Proof Stringband accompanied by the Signifying Wolf. The music was outstanding throughout the night and we all had the greatest time!!! Spettra did an amazing job illuminating the Columbia Theater and in all the rich history of this building, I don't it has ever looked so magical as that! Thank you to everyone who came out to support WXOX and to all the volunteers who made this epic event possible! IT was an amazing night for our station and we are already looking forward to next year!!! We are so grateful to our Event Partners: 
**************************** **************************** **************************** WE WANT MORE POWER!!! WXOX lands on the RadioWorld coverpage by asking for more wattage from the FCC. “While reviewing LPFM rules, we hope you will consider increasing our maximum allotted power from 100 watts to 250 watts of effective radiated power at 100 feet height above average terrain. This modest increase would greatly improve our ability to deliver the diverse voices of our community to those whom it matters the most." Read more here:  "To say that the radio programming on the 24-7 station is eclectic is an understatement. From A to Z, the station gives voices to a panoply of perspectives. From 'Acentos', an exploration of the arts through the eyes of Spanish speakers, to 'Z-Radio', a program produced by students of the Communication Magnet at DuPont Manual High School, the station is a rich and robust landscape of creative thought and music. Though there are multiple genres represented; blues, funk, soul, punk, post-punk, reggae, world music, jazz, ambient, psychedelic, radio commentary, the list goes on . . ." - HOLLY HINSON OF INSIDER LOUISVILLE 
Please check our PROGRAM GUIDE andDJ SCHEDULE to discover the wealth of interesting material offered here on ARTxFM. CALL OUR REQUEST LINE!!! 502.568.4969 or 502.LOV.4XOX CHECK OUT OUR EVENTS CALENDAR!!! www.artxfm.com/localevents 
******************* ******************** Since ART FM's overwhelming success during Give for Good we have wasted no time in pushing our commmunity radio mission further. We have begun studio renovations including a new production room and placing the final touches on the WXOX live performance space. Recently, we hosted a series of programs around a special visit of the students from the Holy Trinity Music School in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti subjects of the documentary film Serenade for Haiti. 
This September Serenade for Haiti Sound Recordist Richard Fleming (DJ Richard Nixon) joined Bonnie "Prince" Billy (DJ Signifying Wolf) in studio to share his audio from the region. Highly educational and entertaining. If you missed it, you can listen to that recording HERE. The following Friday, we were honored to have students from the Holy Trinity Music School perform live on-air. It was a pinnacle moment for us here at ART FM: hosting these heroic musicians radiating hope from country that has seen so much destruction. Link HERE to replay the recording of their in-studio visit. It is an experience we will never forget. 
We depend 100% on the listeners that believe in our coummunity radio cause! Give for Good Louisville was such an AMAZING day for us with 465 donations that will keep our broadcast going all year! Placing FIRST in the small organizations category for the Most Unique Donations and THIRD PLACE OVERALL out of 500 organizations is an unbelievable reality we have yet to comprehend. We are so grateful to everyone supporting the nonprofit organization that makes our daily brodcast happen! Click HERE to view our Interview on WAVE 3 SUNRISE discussing Give For Good Louisville. To get a peak inside our station, check out this piece by Chelsea Washington on Specturm News: "ARTxFM: Taking Over The Airwaves" ARTxFM circles the globe with waves of experimental sound. In addition to great locally produced daily programming, ARTxFM also provides live coverage of the world's most interesting musical performances and creative events. The programming on ARTxFM includes talk, music, and experimental audioworks. The talk programs focus primarily on artists and creative thinkers. The daily music shows range from classical to punk rock from hip hop to country. The schedule is as diverse as the volunteer DJs who bring it to life. 
We hope to continue providing you with exceptional programming while we develop this community radio project and discover new ways to bring the airwaves to life. We'd love to have your feedback during this proceess. Please take a moment to let us know what you think about the station and how you think we can improve through the ART FM LISTENER SURVEY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! |
DONATE YOUR CAR TO ART FM!!!   Best-selling book by WXOX GM Sharon Scott ********************************* THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS ********************************* 
 
OWSLEY BROWN III   
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ART FM, Inc. welcomes complaints about errors that warrant correction. Messages should be sent to General Manager Sharon Scott gm@artxfm.com.
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ARTxFM / WXOX 97.1 FM Louisville * P.O. Box 5103 * Louisville, Kentucky 40255
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