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Saturday 31st October

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12:30am - 1:30am

Sonic Imperfections

[Repeated from Monday 10pm.] Nigel Bryant introduces Sonic Imperfections, playing a selection of new experimental and unusual sounds. This month's show includes music from Minten and González, Maria W Horn and Antonio Gallucci. For more information visit facebook.com/SonicImperfections.

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1:30am - 2:30am

Psyché Tropes

[Repeated from Monday 11pm.] Psyché Tropes presents a programme of sound and musical works from experimental film and video, installation, expanded cinema and other rare forms of multimedia. Presented by Steven McInerney.

2:30am - 3:30am

The Circled A

[Repeated from Wednesday 10pm.] Broadcasting culture, politics and activism with Yodet Gherez. Today: Carne Ross joins Yodet in the studio. Ross is a former British diplomat who resigned over the Iraq invasion after giving secret testimony to the first official inquiry into the war. Carne talks to us about his latest book, There We Are Human Again: A Diplomat's Journey to Anarchism.

3:30am - 5:00am

LOUD WOMEN

[Repeated from Tuesday 6pm.] LOUD WOMEN brings brand new music by women and non-binary musicians from around the world. This week: Lelia and Mother Church join us for two live sessions and chats, with Piney Gir hosting. Plus loads of brand new music. For more info visit loudwomen.org.

5:00am - 6:00am

Tunes From Turtle Island

[Repeated from Friday 12am.] New releases and old favourites from the indigenous musicians of North America. Selected by multi-disciplinary sculptor Andrew GJ. This week's show has indie, blues, classical, country, hip-hop, musical soundtrack, rap, rock and jazz from musicians of the Ojibway, Tohono O’odham, Apsáalooké, Metis, Wolastoqiyik, Cree, Shawnee, Hupa, Yaqui, Inuit, Oji-Cree, Cherokee, Mohawk, Zapotec and Lakota Nations. For more info see facebook.com/tunesfromturtleisland and tunesfromturtleisland.eu.

6:00am - 7:00am

Hit It and Split

[Repeated from Tuesday 3pm.] DJ Deb Smith shares a lexicon of global sounds from the past to the future - new releases, forgotten greats and little heard gems. Visit Hit It and Split on Facebook for the playlist and Mixcloud link to the show.

7:00am - 8:00am

Previously on Resonance FM

[Repeated from Friday 2.30pm.] Archival gems and curiosities.

8:00am - 8:15am

There's No Place Like Home

[Repeated from Wednesday 4pm.] A weekly comedy drama serial set in the fictional Australian town of Coochie Creek. Enjoy a glimpse into the daily lives, struggles and malicious gossip of a typical community in the Aussie bush. Episode 16: The local kids are rehearsing their school concert under the supervision of their long suffering teacher, Mr Zigarudis. The parents are also keen to "help", although they have some very specific demands!

8:15am - 9:00am

And Then

[Repeated from Wednesday 4.15pm.] "And Then" finds Ed Baxter and Michael Umney in conversation about Resonance FM. Episode 8/8: "A natural commonality." This series was commissioned by the Independent Community Radio Network and was supported by the Nordic Culture Point "Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture." Produced by Michael Umney and Ed Baxter.

9:00am - 9:30am

Little Atoms

[Repeated from Monday 11am.] A talk show about ideas and culture, produced and presented by Neil Denny. Each show features guests from the worlds of science or the arts in conversation. This week: A. K. Blakemore on her latest novel, Doom Painting. Visit littleatoms.com for more information. Visit X @littleatoms. Contact littleatomspodcast@gmail.com.

9:30am - 10:00am

Nunhead American Radio

[Repeated from Monday 5pm.] A programme for the American community in Nunhead, south-east London, presented by New York comic Lewis Schaffer. This week, Lewis is joined by good friend Paul Yoward of Banbury, a far neighbour of Nunhead. They discuss Quantum Mechanics, Good Will Hunting and meat – not vegetables – to fix everything. For more information visit @NunheadRadio on X and Nunhead American Radio on Facebook.

10:00am - 11:00am

One Life Left

[Repeated from Monday 6pm.] An hour-long celebration of everything that's great about videogames. Hosted by Ste Curran and Simon Byron, the show features the latest news, reviews and gossip from the world of gaming, usually with a studio guest. You don't need to be a gaming expert to appreciate the show - One Life Left offers something for everyone, whether you are a hardcore League of Legends player or someone who's occasionally loaded up Candy Crush. Visit onelifeleft.com for more information.

11:00am - 11:30am

Pull The Plug

[Repeated from Thursday 5.30pm.] Promos and new releases spun and sometimes speared by Johnny Seven. This week: The scaffolding remains, but the workers are nowhere to be seen. A weekend without alcohol. A rare chocolate eclair. More rain, more UAP sightings. The possibility that Non-human Intelligences have come to inspect the building works is considered, but ultimately dismissed. Email pulltheplugseven@gmail.com. Visit Pull The Plug on Facebook.

11:30am - 11:45am

Drift Shift

[Repeated from Friday 5pm.] Found sound and found text collected to form drifts that shift, produced and presented by Franziska Lantz. Visit driftshift.blogspot.com for more information.

11:45am - 12:00pm

Into The Moss

[Repeated from Friday 5.15pm.] A 14 minute drift through original music, soundscapes and liminal yarns. Show archive at intothemoss.com. Contact intothemossradio@gmail.com.

12:00pm - 1:30pm

The Hello Goodbye Show

Upbeat, eclectic live music show hosted by deXter Bentley. Today: Mute Frequencies are Ilia Rogatchevski and Laura Rogatchevskaia, a duo working within the intersections of sound, performance and visual media. The project name is both a reference to the inaudible frequencies of the audio spectrum and the electromagnetic frequencies that have the potential to transmit information (radio waves). Plus, Digital Roses pop by to air tracks and discuss the making of their debut LP, Noise Petals. Digital Roses are an experimental pop and electronic music duo who combine ambient noise with wistful soul melodies. Visit hellogoodbyeshow.com for more information. [Repeats Tuesday 1am.]

1:30pm - 2:30pm

Nostalgie Ya Mboka

Mundele Mafuta presents classic dance music of the two Congos. [Repeats Thursday 11am.]

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Micro Clear Spot

[Repeated from Monday 11.30am.] Full Spectrum Energy Assimilation. A new mixtape of live and studio performances by WACK (Jennifer Walshe and Neil Luck) designed to bring the listeners mind into a state of high energy reverie and waking somnambulism. Ideal listening conditions: please listen whilst alone, not for collective purposes. Playback over calibrated reference speakers or IEMs. Keep both eyes half closed whilst facing a wall, surrounding yourself with houseplants. Recordings taken from various performances and broadcasts at Cafe Oto, Resonance FM and Marketstall Studios. Recording engineers Milo Thesiger-Meacham, Mark Estall, Billy Steiger. Produced and mixed by Luck & Walshe. This mixtape is released ahead of two major UK shows in collaboration with the ensemble collective lovemusic on 29 October 2026 at ICA London and 31 October 2026 at Arnolfini Bristol.

3:00pm - 4:00pm

The News Agents

Experiments in international news and arts with Jude Montague. This week: Re-releases of 2026. Tracks from Grupo Um (Nineteen Seventy Seven, Far Out Recordings), Tilaye Gebre (Tilaye's Saxophone with the Dahlak Band), Ziad Rahbany (Ana Moush Kare, WeWantSounds), Damien Elisa (N'MOTS, Babani), Carolina Chocolate Drops (Genuine Negro Jig, Nonesuch), Eddie Palmieri (Vamonos pa'l mote, Craft Recordings), Tommy Potts and Hozan Yamamoto. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.com. [Repeats Monday 9am.]

4:00pm - 5:30pm

The Sound Projector Radio Show

A showcase for records of contemporary experimental and underground music, hosted by Ed Pinsent. Today, a few recent favourites: The Telescopes, This is Zologo Beat, DAAU, Zea, Seeded Plain, In Situ Ens, Whalesong, Lenhart Tales, WSR, John M. Bennett, Relics of the Horsehair Harp, France Jobin, Wilding, Pelayo Fernandez Arrizabalaga/Eli Gras. Visit www.thesoundprojector.com/radio-show for more information. [Repeats Wednesday 1am.]

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Waste Land Receiver

An hour of alternative, folk and indie music plus discussion hosted by Robert Quinn. Borrowing its title from T. S. Eliot’s 1922 poem, Waste Land Receiver sends a message to and from the void through music, considering the poem’s themes of despair, lack of humanity and fragmentation with a will for its alternative. [Repeats Monday 4am.]

6:30pm - 7:00pm

Literary London

Nick Hennegan explores the literary life of London and celebrates the popular cultural life and literary history of the city. Tweet to @NickHennegan. For more information visit LondonLiteraryPubCrawl.com. [Repeats Tuesday 11.30am.]

7:00pm - 8:00pm

A Duck in a Tree

The :zoviet * france: radio show. Grown Slowly. This week's edition features tracks from new releases by Clara Levy, Fanny Meteier and Alex Zethson; Steven Hess and Rutger Zuydervelt; Lee Patterson; and Jeremy Young, progressing at a leisurely pace with recordings by Durga Prashad Ojha; José Ricardo Delgado; Simon Balestrazzi; Ancient Eyeball Recipe; Freetousesounds; Tyler Bajsa; Felix Blume; Data Snow; and BlackHazr. [Repeats Tuesday 12am.]

8:00pm - 8:30pm

Radia

[Repeated from Thursday 10.30pm.] Radia, the international group of independent cultural radio stations, presents a new show realised by one of its members, exploring new and forgotten ways of making radio. Visit radia.fm for more information.

8:30pm - 9:30pm

A World in London

[Repeated from Wednesday 6pm.] DJ Ritu MBE presents the UK’s definitive global music show.

9:30pm - 9:40pm

Micro Clear Spot

For Halloween, author Debbie Spain reads an original short story, Hubble Bubble Double Trouble. Debbie is the author of Caught Red-Handed and Other Stories, a new book of short stories written for and read to residents and their families in London care homes. The book is available on Amazon in large print. [Repeats Monday 5am.]

9:40pm - 10:30pm

Clear Spot

[Repeats Monday 5.10am.] Our open access slot for one-off, special and sometimes surprise broadcasts.

10:30pm - 11:00pm

Kitchen Magic Time

[Repeated from Tuesday 1pm.] Recipes in sound from Mama Dolores, Mistress of the Deep Soul Kitchen.

11:00pm - 12:00am

Is Black Music

[Repeated from Wednesday 12am.] The world's first and longest running alternative Black music radio show, hosted by Art Terry. For more information visit www.artterry.co.uk.

12:00am - 1:00am

Grime for the Unconverted

[Repeated from Thursday 11pm.] Hosted and mixed by DJ BPM, showcasing Grime classics, new releases and unreleased dubs. This week: new releases from Solsa & Masro; dubs from Mesotron, Filthy Gears and Pakz; Grime classics by Charmzy, Danny Weed & Mega Montana, JT the Goon, Dizzle Kid, and Dullah Beatz. Listen to archive shows on Mixcloud. Visit X @feraldubs.