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The Steve Earle Show: Hardcore Troubadour Radio

Saturdays 9 pm ET
Rebroadcasts: Sundays 9 am ET and Mondays 1 am ET.
The last of the hardcore troubadours, Steve Earle is a certified outlaw whose personal odyssey has taken him from the streets of San Antonio to the top of the country charts to a Nashville jail cell to acclaim as an author/playwright and a recurring role on The Wire on HBO. Along the way he”’’s collected a Grammy® Award and written many timeless tunes, and now he”’’s shooting straight from the hip on this one-hour weekly showcase for great songs and songwriters.

The Steve Earle Show: Hardcore Troubadour Radio

Saturdays 10 pm ET
Rebroadcast: Sundays at 8 am ET and Mondays at 10 am ET
Grammy® Award winning producer/musician Don Was (Willie, Waylon, Kristofferson, Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones) is the host for this Detroit themed program, which will profile local heroes (everyone from Mitch Ryder to Detroit Tiger Nate Robertson to author Elmore Leonard) from various locales in the Motor City. Don says that “The Hayride will conjure up a unique jambalaya of Detroit civic pride and renegade country music. We’ll spin some cool records—some of which come from my personal stash of unreleased masters—and interview local notables who are keeping the city interesting and vibrant.”

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Johnny Knoxville & Roger Alan Wade

Wednesdays 8 pm ET
Rebroadcast Fridays 12 am ET, Saturdays 8 pm ET, Mondays 12 am ET

Whoop it up with Jackass star Johnny Knoxville from the Hollywood hills and his first cousin—musical misfit Roger Alan Wade—in Chattanooga, TN, on this weekly trans-continental hoedown. It' Outlaw mayhem.

Johnny Knoxville & Roger Alan Wade

Mojo Nixon “The Loon in the Afternoon”

Weekdays 4 pm ET
It';s a redneck rampage with the irrepressible roots rock wildman Mojo Nixon, author of such enduring classics as “Elvis is Everywhere” and “Debbie Gibson is Pregnant with My Two-Headed Love Child,” broadcasting from his “Shack by the Sea” in Coronado, Ca. Tune in every weekday from 4-8 pm ET for an uncensored thrill-ride that celebrates the unheard demented psychotic underbelly of the American dream.

Shooter Jennings’ Electric Rodeo

The Cowboy Jack Clement Show

Saturdays 2 pm – 6 pm ET
Rebroadcast Sundays 6 pm – 10 pm ET With a resume that includes such amazing achievements as discovering and producing Jerry Lee Lewis at Sun Records, writing hits like “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” and “I Guess Things Happen That Way” for lifelong friend Johnny Cash, producing a string of Gold records for Charley Pride, recording Waylon Jennings’ definitive album Dreaming My Dreams, and producing three U2 tracks for Rattle & Hum, “Cowboy” Jack Clement has done it all over a remarkable half-century in music, except host his own radio show … until now. Join this legendary musical Outlaw, along with the “Voice in Black” Alamo Jones and “The Romantic Voice of Our Time” Roberto Bianco, for great music and memories from the Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording Spa in Music City U.S.A.

Hillbilly Jim

Hillbilly Jim’s Moonshine Matinee

Saturdays 10 am – 2 pm ET
Rebroadcast Sundays 2 pm – 6 pm ET
Former WWE superstar Hillbilly Jim, who rassled alongside such lords of the ring as Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and Big John Studd, has set up a white lightnin’ still high up on a ridge in Mudlick, Ky., where he and his good for nothing Cousin Spike serve up 200 proof down home country and southern-fried rock & roll every weekend. Tune in for tales from the top rope, along with the "Woods & Water Report" from Uncle Percy Mandoberg, and take a taste of Mountain Dew so strong that it will make your eyes bug out and your face turn blue.

Fred Imus

Fred's Trailer Park Bash


Saturdays 6 am – 10 am ET

Replays Sundays 10 am – 2 pm ET and Mondays 2 am – 6 am ET
Broadcasting from the White Trash Cafe in Tucson, Arizona, Fred Imus (brother of legendary DJ Don Imus) — along with “Buckskin” Don Collier and the mischievous Missy — serves up heaping helpings of greasy pick-up truck honky tonk with a side of grits. If you like your country Southern fried in a doublewide, try Fred's Trailer Park Bash.

Elizabeth Cook’s Apron Strings

Weekdays 6 am – 10 am ET

A moonshiner’s daughter from the backwoods of Florida, sassy country singer Elizabeth Cook kicks off Thursday and Friday mornings from Music City U.S.A. with a scintillating mix of music, recipes and household cleaning tips. A regular on the Grand Ole Opry, her 2007 album Balls was produced by Rodney Crowell.

Dallas Wayne

Weekdays 11 am – 3 pm ET

A native of Springfield, MO now based in Austin, TX, Dallas Wayne is a well-traveled singer-songwriter-actor and hardcore honky tonker that has released numerous albums under his own name and as a member of the Twangbangers. Coming to you every weekday from the "live music capital of the world."

Deep in the Heart of Texas with Dallas Wayne

Saturdays 11 pm ET

Don’t mess with Texas, and be sure to join the “Big D” Dallas Wayne for the best Texan music from yesterday and today, direct from the “live music capitol of the world,” Austin, TX. From Bob Wills and Ray Price to Ray Wylie Hubbard and Reckless Kelly, it’s a Texas-sized helping of Outlaw Country guaranteed to put you in a Lone Star State of mind.

Sirius XM Satellite Radio

The Little Steven Sessions

Weekdays at 11 am, 3 pm and 7 pm ET

Join the founder and architect of the Underground Garage three times a day, Monday through Friday. Little Steven takes the microphone, serving as a bridge between DJs, every weekday for one-hour sessions focusing on the music, history, philosophy, and life style that is the Underground Garage. He also invites you to be part of the Underground Garage experience with interactive ideas and cool contests. Required listening!

The Andrew Loog Oldham Program

Weekdays 8 am – 11 am ET (Rebroadcast at midnight)
Saturdays 4 pm – 8 pm ET
Sundays Noon – 4 pm ET

Join the founder and architect of the Underground Garage three times a day, Monday through Friday. Little Steven takes the microphone, serving as a bridge between DJs, every weekday for one-hour sessions focusing on the music, history, philosophy, and life style that is the Underground Garage. He also invites you to be part of the Underground Garage experience with interactive ideas and cool contests. Required listening!

The Mighty Manfred Program

Weekdays Noon – 3 pm ET

The Mighty Manfred has moved to Los Angeles!!! But don't worry: he's not going Hollywood on us. Besides doing his air-shift, Manfred will continue to tour with the Woggles throughout the course of this year. Usually found "On The Road," he's our own Jack Kerouac.

The Kid Leo Program

Weekdays 4 pm – 7 pm ET

A driving force in making the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland a reality, his show is a shrine for all that Garage Rock represents. Irreverent. Irresistible. Irascible. Iridescent. Oh… those are his suits… but you will take a shine to "The Kid"!

The Handsome Dick Manitoba Program

Weekdays 8 pm – Midnight ET

The former lead singer for The Dictators was named "Best Satellite Radio DJ" by the New York weekly, The Village Voice. Manitoba truly is Mr. Manhattan. Hear him take on anything and everybody every night.

The Ko Melina Program

Saturdays 8 pm – midnight ET
Sundays 4 pm – 8 pm ET

Ko Melina is an important member of the scene in the city which is the "hub" of garage rock activity in America today…Detroit, Michigan! She''''s played with many of the city''''s most prestigious bands, and hangs with its rock royalty. Stay up with what''''s going down. Catch Ko!

The Kim Fowley Program

Saturdays noon – 4 pm ET
Monday 3 am – 7 am ET

A longtime fixture on the Rock'n'Roll scene, Kim uses every last bit of his experience and knowledge to take you on a journey through all of garage rock''s nooks and crannies. His voice emanates from a secret location in the arid desert of California. This show gives new definition to the phrase "Far Out"!!!

Bill Kelly's Blackhole Bandstand

Saturdays 8 am – noon ET
Sundays 8 pm – midnight ET

The original garage rock DJ in America rocks the weekend in his inimitable style. He IS the Guru of Garage, the Sultan of Surf, the Potentate of Power Pop, the Mountebank of Manhattan, the Black Hole of Rock and Roll.

Breakfast with the Beatles

Sunday 9 am – Noon ET
Rebroadcast Sunday midnight ET

The nation'”’’s longest running Beatles radio program, Breakfast With The Beatles has been on the air for 25 years and now it will heard in the Underground Garage. Your host is Chris Carter and he will play classic Beatles songs as well as rare B-sides, outtakes, live recordings and more. Make a date to spend your Sunday mornings having Breakfast With The Beatles between 9 am and Noon ET in Little Steven'”’’s Underground Garage.

Chicks & Broads and Goldie”””’’s Garage: both hosted by Genya Ravan

Chicks and Broads: First Friday of the month at 10 pm ET
Goldie”””’’s Garage: Third Friday of the month at Midnight ET

Genya Ravan is a true music legend and the Underground Garage is proud to have her as part of our family. She delivers two power-packed programs. First off, she is the driving force behind the critically acclaimed Chicks & Broads monthly feature. It highlights women’s role in the history of Rock and Roll. She also oversees Goldie’s Garage which looks to deliver the next GREAT garage band to you. Genya IS the GOODS!

Little Steven's Underground Garage

Little Steven's Underground Garage

Little Steven’s Underground Garage is the most successful, fastest growing, and most critically acclaimed syndicated Rock music radio show in history. From 20 affiliates at its launch in April of 2002, Little Steven’s Underground Garage is now on 146 stations in 202 markets and just celebrated it’s most successful year yet, with listenership jumping 25% to over 1.2 million listeners tuning in weekly. LSUG is currently in nine of the top ten markets in the U.S., including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago and is also in the top markets in Canada, including Toronto, the fourth largest in North America. The show is broadcast internationally in Stockholm, Rome, Padua, Copenhagen, Singapore, the UK as well as being on Vocie of America in 45 other countries around the world..

Entertainment Weekly has featured a story about the Underground Garage’s “sky-high” ratings, and according to Arbitron, the show is doubling and tripling listenership in its time slot. xIn New York City, the ratings quadrupled after the show went on; in Boston, the ratings soared more than five times; and in Memphis and Albany, more than six.

The Underground Garage has also received unprecedented rave reviews from the country’s leading music magazines and television news shows. Rolling Stone Magazine called the radio show “mind-blowingly great,” adding that, “Quite simply, Underground Garage is the most exciting thing to happen on Rock and Roll radio in years.” MTV named Little Steven “the coolest DJ in the country, a proud throwback to the late-night hipster jocks of long-gone 1960s and ‘70s FM radio.” The unprecedented coverage in major music magazines, celebrity magazines, radio trades, record industry trades, advertising trades, wire service stories, high profile websites (MTV.com, VH1.com, People.com), national and local dailies, national and local weeklies, and national television easily surpasses that of any music-oriented radio show in the country.

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Renegade Radio

The well-known radio operations of Renegade Nation form the foundation of the Underground Garage brand that Renegade Nation has built. Little Steven’s Underground Garage is the most successful, fastest growing, and most critically acclaimed syndicated Rock music radio show in history, heard in 200 markets in the US and Canada as well as over 1,000 stations in 45 countries worldwide. Little Steven’s Underground Garage reaches more than 1.2 million listeners each week and has demonstrated dramatic growth.

In addition to traditional radio operations, Renegade Nation has a presence on the fast growing Sirius satellite radio network. Renegade Nation created the 24-hour Underground Garage Rock music channel on Sirius. Little Steven is the program director for the channel, which features such illustrious DJs as Kid Leo, Genya Ravan,Andrew Loog Oldham, Kim Fowley, Drew Carey, and Handsome Dick Manitoba. Additionally, Renegade Nation has a 24-hour country music channelon Sirius, called Outlaw Country, which includes celebrity DJs such as Shooter Jennings, Steve Earle, Mojo Nixon, Fred Imus, Hillbilly Jim, and Jack Clement.On Sirius’ Raw Dog Comedy channel, Renegade Radio produces a 3-hour weekly talk show called It’s the Wiseguy Show, featuring Vinny “Big Pussy” Pastore, John “ChaCha” Ciarcia, “Brooklyn” Joe Causi, Joe “Joey Rags” Rigano, and “Uncle Floyd” Vivino.

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Calling all Pilgrims

Calling all Pilgrims

Want to win epic stuff from Scott Pilgrim’s world?

Little Steven’s Underground Garage is running a special contest celebrating the new movie – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. For a limited time only enter and be eligible to win Rare and Original Collectibles from the major motion picture

Peter Wolf makes a visit

Peter Wolf makes a visit

Little Steven sat down with Peter Wolf to commemorate the 8th anniversary of Little Steven’s Underground Garage. Steven and Peter had a fascinating conversation on the history and culture of rock and roll