9/18/2026 PLEDGE DRIVE WEEK

 

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50TH ANNIVERSARY WVKR PLEDGE DRIVE WEEK!

YOU CAN PLEDGE AT WVKR.ORG

ALL SONGS (EXCEPT THE 4X4) THIS WEEK ARE FROM 50 YEARS AGO/ 1976

3PM—

Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights) - Pat Travers

Ships In the Night - Be Bop Deluxe

 

Pirate Song - Neil Innes & George Harrison

Little Darlin' Natural Gas

Double Trouble - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed - Thin Lizzy

Flamingos Fly - Sammy Hagar

Long May You Run - Stills Young Band

Time Bomb - Lake

 

Live Wire - AC/DC

Beware My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings

Wild Is the Wind - David Bowie

 

Prelude / Angry Young Man - Billy Joel

Hand Of Fate - Rolling Stones

 

4PM—

THE 4X4: TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY 

 

Jolly Roger - Roger McGuinn

Pirate Radio - John Hiatt

Pirate Love - Heartbreakers (Johnny Thunders)

Europa and the Pirate Twins - Thomas Dolby

 

Pumping (My Heart) - Patti Smith Group

Robbery, Assault And Battery - Genesis

Nowhere's Too Far For My Baby - Peter Frampton

 

You Mean So Much To Me (w/Ronnie Spector) - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

Heat Treatment - Graham Parker

Two For The Show - Trooper

It's So Easy - Hot Tuna

Turn Me Around - Strawbs

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy - Queen

Step Right Up - Tom Waits

 

5PM–

SIX DISC MIX: 1976

 

Trouble - Rex (Rex Smith)

Jessica - Rick Springfield

Cyclone - Melanie Safka

This Is Your Life - Roderick Falconer

Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Warren Zevon

Don't Touch Me There - Tubes

Crystal Ball - Styx

Don't Take Me Alive - Steely Dan

  

Drivin' Wheel - Foghat

American Nights - Runaways

If You've Got The Time - Babys

 

Never as Old as You - Elliott Murphy

Shake Some Action - Flamin' Groovies

One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash

9/11/2026

 

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3PM—

Beat's So Lonely - Charlie Sexton

The Groover - T Rex

That Stupid Idea - Windbreakers

Whatever You Decide - Randy Vanwarmer

The Right Place to Fade - Lindsey Buckingham

 

Silver Heels - Fleetwood Mac

Friends To Go - Paul McCartney

Tell Mama - Etta James

 

School - Supertramp

City - McGuinn - Hillman feat. Gene Clark

Babooshka - Kate Bush

 

Spy - They Might Be Giants

Danger Man - Four Out Of Five Doctors

Danger Man (Secret Agent Man) - PF Sloan

 

Full Cleveland - Greg Copeland

You Ain't Nothin' But Fine - Rockpile

 

4PM—

THE 4X4:

 

A Tribute to Heroes (Live - September 21, 2001)

Peace on Earth/ Walk On - U2 

Imagine - Neil Young 

NY State of Mind - Billy Joel 

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Paul Simon   

 

Love Will Find a Way - Yes

The Captain & the Kid - Elton John

Guitar Town - Steve Earle

 

One Of The Boys (UK Single Version) Mott The Hoople

Robot Man - Scorpions

Just Got Back - Cheap Trick

 

Footsteps - Motels

Soul Corruption -  Graham Parker

  

Rebel Rebel (from "Reality") - David Bowie

Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - Brownsville Station

5PM—

SIX DISC MIX: 1980 

 

That's Entertainment - Jam

Ain't Even Done With the Night - John Cougar

So Long - Fischer Z

Solid As A Rock - Shakin' Street

Pretty Boys - Joe Jackson

Canary In a Coalmine - Police

Beer Drankin' Woman - Terry Anderson

Rock and Roll Soul - Grand Funk Railroad

 

Tightrope - Electric Light Orchestra/ ELO

Everything Louder Than Everything Else - Meatloaf

  

The Tiki Bar Is Open - John Hiatt

How Do You Fight Fire? - Dirk Hamilton

Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen

9/4/2026

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3PM—

Looking East - Jackson Browne

Electricland - Bad Company

One Man Band - Roger Daltrey

The Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond

 

Rain In The Summertime - Alarm

One Summer Dream Electric Light Orchestra

Sausalito Summernight (LP version) - Diesel

 

Great King Rat - Queen

Take Another Picture - Quarterflash

 

Geronimo's Cadillac - Michael Murphy

Cadillac Walk - Mink DeVille

Carl Perkins' Cadillac - Drive-By Truckers

 

4PM—

THE 4X4: EASTMAN 

 

Camera Camera - Renaissance

I Am a Camera - Buggles

Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart

Kodachrome / Mabellene - Simon & Garfunkel

 

The Red & the Black - Blue Öyster Cult

Panama Red - New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Lil Red Riding Hood -  999

 

Ghost of a Chance - Rush

No Chance - Moon Martin

Glad Tidings (Alternative Version)- Van Morrison

Technotronic Lad - Shawn Phillips

Caroline - Status Quo

Moving Targets -- Flo & Eddie

 

5PM—

SIX DISC MIX: 1973 

 

Symbol Queen - We All Together

Southbound - Allman Brothers

City Kids - Pink Fairies

Jitterbug Love - T Rex

Jet Boy - New York Dolls

48 Crash - Suzi Quatro

City's Burning - Heart

Whispering Your Name - Jules Shear

  

Terrapin Station - Grateful Dead

Cup Of Wonder - Jethro Tull

Sylvia - Focus

 

Dont Stop Believin' - Alvin & the Chipmunks

8/28/2026

 

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3PM—

Never Enough - Patty Smyth

Engine 999 - Hooters

Modern Times - Latin Quarter

Exhuming McCarthy - R.E.M.

House of Unamerican Blues Activity Dream - Iain Matthews

 

Golden Blunders - Ringo Starr

Apology - Posies

Telegram Sam - T Rex

 

Nowhere to Run - Santana

Liar - Three Dog Night

My Time Is Gonna Come - Roger Daltrey

Since You Been Gone - Russ Ballard

Bike Ride to the Moon - Dukes Of Stratosphear

Time of Our Life - Jeff Lynne's ELO

Green Onions - Roy Buchanan 

 

4PM—

THE 4X4: RADIO COMMERCIAL DAY 

 

The Ralph Spoilsport Mantrum - Firesign Theatre

The Phone Company commercial - Stevens and Grdnic

Shimmer commercial - Saturday Night Live

Gordon Lightfoot Sings Every Song Ever Written SCTV

Give the People What They Want - Kinks

Howard Johnston's Got His Ho-Jo Working - NRBQ

Even A Dog Can Shake Hands - Warren Zevon

 

We Run - Strange Advance

What Goes On - Bryan Ferry

Monkey Shine - Head East

Tops - Rolling Stones

The Walls Came Down - Call

I Can't Take It - Cheap Trick

Rollin' Home - Status Quo

 

Taste of Cindy - Jesus & Mary Chain

Love Bites - Def Leppard w-The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

 

You Burn Me Up And Down - We The People

Crawling From the Wreckage - Dave Edmunds

 

5PM—

SIX DISC MIX: 1985

 

Good Music - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts (With The Beach Boys & Darlene Love)

Stay Up Late - Talking Heads

Spies Like Us - Paul McCartney

Weird Science - Oingo Boingo

Brand New Friend - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout

Knock on Wood (Live) - David Bowie

Baby Universal - Tin Machine

Some Weird Sin - Iggy Pop

 

Sniper - Harry Chapin

Mandolinia - Ronnie Montrose

Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon

 

Lily the Pink - Scaffold

8/21/2026

 

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3PM—

5-7-0-5 -  City Boy

Rage In the Cage -  J. Geils Band

Send Me No More Letters -  Trapeze

Sing the Changes -  Firemen

    

One -  Ringo Starr

Yo Dodger Blue -  Harry Nilsson

Jump Into The Fire -  Harry Nilsson

  

New Girl Now -  Honeymoon Suite

Adventures In Modern Recording -  Buggles

My Parties -  Dire Straits

My Life Is Good -  Randy Newman

Questions 67 & 68 (in Japanese) -  Chicago

Keys to Your Heart -  101ers

Mystery Dance -  Elvis Costello

  

4PM—-

THE 4X4: THE TWINS & BRIN (WINKELVOSS TWINS & SERGEY BRIN BIRTHDAYS)  

  

Question -  Moody Blues

I'm the Answer -  Simon Townshend

Don't Ask Me Questions (LIVE) -  Graham Parker & the Rumour

Love Is the Answer -  Utopia

  

Ice In The Sun -  Status Quo

Waterloo Sunset -  David Bowie

Edge of Sundown -  Danny Joe Brown and the Danny Joe Brown Band

  

Tenement Funster/ Flick of the Wrist/ Lily of the Valley -  Queen

Can't Let You Go -  Rainbow

Can't Stop Pretending -  Artful Dodger

You Can't Catch Me -  Ian Gomm

Cool It Down -  Velvet Underground

Cool Places (w/Jane Weidlin) -  Sparks

  

5PM—  

SIX DISC MIX: 1969

  

Who's Making Love -  Johnnie Taylor

I'm Too Busy -  New York Rock & Roll Ensemble

All The Love in the World -  Consortium (West Coast Consortium)

Baked Jam Roll In Your Eye -  Timebox

Happiness Runs -  Donovan

Living in the Past -  Jethro Tull

Who's That Up There With Bill Stokes? -  Stackridge

London Social Degree -  Billy Nicholls

Grey Seal -  Elton John

  

Even It Up  Heart

Beautiful World -  Devo

Pulled Up -  Talking Heads

Up & Down -  Cars

  

The Seeker -  Steve Earle

The Adultress -  Pretenders

I Wanna Be Your Dog -  Stooges

(Beyond The Valley Of The) Yellow Submarine  Alan Jenkins

8/14/2026

 

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3PM—

So It Goes -  Nick Lowe

I Live For Cars And Girls -  Dictators

Nobody -  Doobie Brothers

Don't Let Nobody Turn You Around -  Steve Miller Band

Slow Turning -  John Hiatt

Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) -  Donovan

Heaven -  Psychedelic Furs

Heaven Help The Lonely -  Willie Nile  

  

So Long -  Henry Paul Band

Long Blond Animal -  Golden Earring

Animal House -  Stephen Bishop

  

Bird Song -  Lene Lovich

Twilight Birds -  Gasolin'

Prologue - Twilight -  Electric Light Orchestra/ ELO

  

Salt In My Tears -  Martin Briley

Big Tears -  C.B.I. (Concrete Bulletproof Invisible)

4PM—

THE 4X4: WOODSTOCK ‘69  

  

For Yasgur's Farm -  Mountain

Darling Be Home Soon -  Lovin' Spoonful

Bootleg -  Creedence Clearwater Revival CCR

On the Road Again -  Canned Heat

  

Woodstock '94 -  Crosby, Stills & Nash

Down By The River -  Neil Young & Crazy Horse

  

Thunder And Rain -  Ellen Foley

Thunder and Lightning -  Chi Coltrane

Making Plans For Nigel -  XTC

He's Making You The Fool -  Zebra

    

This Beat Goes On/ Switchin To Glide -  Kings

I Do the Rock -  Tim Curry

I've Got the Rock and Rolls Again -  Joe Perry Project

  

5PM—

SIX DISC MIX: 1979

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life -  Monty Python

Madness -  Madness

Pop Muzik -  M

O Maxine -  Korgis

National Health -  Kinks

I Only Want To Be With You -  Tourists

One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor -  Paul Simon

On The Rebound -  Russ Ballard

Last Cadillac On Earth -  The Fools

  

Gotta Get Away -  Rolling Stones

We Gotta Get Out Of Here (w_ Ellen Foley) -  Ian Hunter

Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive) -  Iron City Houserockers  

  

Here Comes The Summer -  Undertones

Skills of Summer -  Wire Train

This Summer -  Squeeze

Hot Summer Nights -  Night

Let's Dance The Screw (Part I) -  Crystals

8/7/2026

 

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3PM—

Killer Cut - Charlie

This Ain't the Summer of Love - Blue Öyster Cult

Back In The USA - MC5

Living In The USA - Steve Miller Band

I'm So Bored with the USA - Clash

 

Conquistador (Live 1972) - Procol Harum

Tin Soldier - Small Faces

Explorer Suite - New England

 

Memphis - Faces w-Rod Stewart

Hear Me Calling - Ten Years After

  

Polk Street Rag - Barclay James Harvest

Don't Tell Me No - Cars

She Said No - Lowen & Navarro

No No Song - Hoyt Axton

 

4PM—

THE 4X4: THE ENOLA GAY

 

Political Science - Randy Newman

Nuclear Attack - Gary Moore

Atomic - Blondie

Enola Gay - Treble Spankers

Gloria - Them (Van Morrison)

East Side Story -   Bob Seger & The Last Heard

 

Free - Chicago

Free Spirit - Hudson-Ford

The Spirit of Rock & Roll - Brian Wilson & Bob Dylan and Jeff Lynne

Rock & Roll Stew - Traffic

Song from the Stainless Cymbal - Hot Tuna

Superlungs My Supergirl - Donovan

Supernaut - Black Sabbath

 

Lonely at Night - Orphan

Break Them Down - Graham Parker

Little Bit O' Soul (LIVE) - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

 

5PM—

SIX DISC MIX: 1976 

 

Too Young To Feel This Old - McKendree Spring

Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die! - Jethro Tull

Sir James The Rose - Steeleye Span

Put Me On - Styx

Keep Pushin' - REO Speedwagon

Roadrunner - Modern Lovers

I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You [Live] Ramones

Pinhead - Ramones

Why Is It Always This Way? - Ramones

 

Summer's Almost Gone - Doors

Love Is Gone - Ian Gomm

Summer's Gone - Kinks

 

Headed For a Fall - Jimmy Dale Gilmore

The More You Live, The More You Love - A Flock Of Seagulls

C'mon - Poco

Do-Re-Mi - Sparks