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Blues on your Radio!

Below is a list of some our favorite blues based programs that can be found on the radio dial. We know there are plenty more out there, so if you know about one that isn’t listed, let CABS know about it by emailing us at cabsblues at gmail.com.

WMMQ-94.9FM, Lansing, MI – wmmq.com
Capital City Blues Cruise – Sundays, 7pm – 10pm
Host: Scott Allman, well known in Mid-Michigan as a blues musician himself along with 30+ years as a radio personality.

WRSR-103.9FM, Flint, MI – classicfox.com

Buick City Blues – Sundays, 8am – 10am
Host: Sweet Willie Tea, a one man band blues musician and of founder of Flint’s Buckam Alley Theatre.

WCMU-89.5FM, Mt. Pleasant, MI – radio.wcmu.org
The Juke Joint – Sundays, 8pm – 11pm
Host: Robert Barclay, dubbed the “Duke of Juke”, he includes nearly a century’s worth of blues history on his show.

Nightside Jazz & Blues, Monday – Saturdays, 11pm – 2am
Feature: One of the longest running programs on WCMU featuring a mix of jazz and blues.

WGVU-88.5FM, Grand Rapids, MI – wgvunews.org
Friday Night Blues, Fridays 9pm – 5am
Beale Street Caravan, Saturday 5am – 6am & 6 – 7pm
Traveling Blues, Saturday 7pm – 9pm
Saturday Night Blues, Saturdays 9pm – 3am
Blues Before Sunrise, Sundays 3am – 6am

WEMU-89.1FM, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor – wemu.org
From Memphis to Motown – Saturdays, 1pm – 4pm
Big City Blues Cruise – Sundays, 5pm – 7pm

Band & Solo Members

Big B and the Actual Proof
Twyla Birdsong
Billy Joe Hunt
Dee Jones
Tomas Esparza Blues Band
Detroit Blu
James Reeser And The Backseat Drivers
Sunny Bleau and The Moons
TC & The Roadmasters
The Further Adventures of FatBoy and Live Turkey
Curt Brockhaus
Frog and the Beeftones
Gina Garner and the All Night Long Band
Peter “Big Dog” Fetters
Lexie Blue
Ray Aleshire
Ray Borgman
Roger Gentry
The Left Handed Rollers

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Friends & Bands

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Blues Neighbors

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Blues on your Radio!

Below is a list of some our favorite blues based programs that can be found on the radio dial. We know there are plenty more out there, so if you know about one that isn’t listed, let CABS know about it by emailing us at cabsblues at gmail.com.

WMMQ-94.9FM, Lansing, MI – wmmq.comCapital City Blues Cruise – Sundays, 7pm – 10pmHost: Scott Allman, well known in Mid-Michigan as a blues musician himself along with 30+ years as a radio personality.

WRSR-103.9FM, Flint, MI – classicfox.com

Buick City Blues – Sundays, 8am – 10amHost: Sweet Willie Tea, a one man band blues musician and of founder of Flint’s Buckam Alley Theatre.

WCMU-89.5FM, Mt. Pleasant, MI – radio.wcmu.orgThe Juke Joint – Sundays, 8pm – 11pmHost: Robert Barclay, dubbed the “Duke of Juke”, he includes nearly a century’s worth of blues history on his show.

Nightside Jazz & Blues, Monday – Saturdays, 11pm – 2amFeature: One of the longest running programs on WCMU featuring a mix of jazz and blues.

WGVU-88.5FM, Grand Rapids, MI – wgvunews.orgFriday Night Blues, Fridays 9pm – 5amBeale Street Caravan, Saturday 5am – 6am & 6 – 7pmTraveling Blues, Saturday 7pm – 9pmSaturday Night Blues, Saturdays 9pm – 3amBlues Before Sunrise, Sundays 3am – 6am