Welcome
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, KPFT has been operating without a studio and the 134 unique programs on the schedule have been produced in 134 unique studios, many of them in the homes of programmers. Despite the technical and logistical challenges, these tireless volunteers have persevered to deliver the programming listeners have come to know and love.
The imminent return to live broadcasting from the new studio will continue KPFT's legacy of political talk, community affairs, news, commentary, and music found nowhere else on the Houston radio dial.
This page is a snapshot of the programming on the air prior to the return to live broadcasting on September 24, 2022. Many of these programs are still on the new live schedule, but some have left the airwaves and others are coming on board.
An updated version of this page will be posted soon with all the new additions.
When you find something you like, check out the last two week of archived shows at https://archive.kpft.org then listen live at 90.1 FM on the radio, or streaming from http://www.kpft.org, the TuneIn App (Apple or Android), and the Pacifica App (Apple or Android).
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Local Music and Cultural Programming
Afrotronic
Hosted by DJ Kool EmDee, brings the best in electronic sounds with soul.
All Day Music
Freddie and Rick present an always enjoyable music mix, oftentimes celebrating a specific artist, album, or musical style.
B-Roll
What is happening in Film and TV in and around Houston TX? Join your hosts Jason A. Raschen and Cameron X. Banks as we speak with the people that make magic happen in Houston
Bayou Brew
Hosted by Jill offers a refreshing musical experience that starts off every time with a B double E double R U N.
Blues Brunch
Hosted by Nuri Nuri, representing the only form of music that knows no boundaries be it color, religion, national origin, featuring the music and its origins and diversity.
Blues In Hi-Fi
Asks "Do you ever wonder what radio used to sound like? Imagine blowing the dust off of an old radio, turning it on, and the sound coming out of it resembling the way it looks! Journey with Blues In Hi-Fi and explore musical spirits from Beale Street, The French Quarter, Kansas City, Chicago's South Side, The Mississippi Delta, The Brill Building In New York, Houston's own 3rd ward, and much more! Join Clint Broussard for Blues In Hi-Fi."
Blues On The Move
KPFT's long running blues program, hosted by Mrs V. and friends, who continue to bring the blues to the airwaves and love to their listeners.
The Bluegrass Depot
With Joanna & Dalton bringing you three hours of Bluegrass every week.
Border Radio
Hosted by Susan Darrow, features an eclectic mix of emerging and essential artists in rock, folk, alternative country, blues and world music, plus a focus on independent touring artists coming to the Houston area with a look ahead to the upcoming weekend and beyond.
The Brain Storm
Hosted by the inimitable Doc Jabbo brings you weird music for weird people. Quack quack.
Cajun Bandstand
The third longest running program at KPFT and brings the best of Cajun music and culture every weekend.
Casa de Casa
Featuring House, Breakbeats, Bass Heavy EDM, Hip Hop, and Electronic Music.
Church Of The Infinite
Celebrates the infinity of musical sounds, and the musical sounds of infinity. We celebrate infinity in mathematics, astrophysics, molecular biology, and philosophy. Among the many Prophets of the Church are Hedy Lamarr, Bob Weir, Sylvester Stone, Gandhi, Alexander Borodin, Bob Wills, Billy Strayhorn, and Tito Puente. Our sermons are given by the likes of Douglas Adams and Mark Twain. If you don't hear something new to you during every service, then DumpsterBoy90.1 @ gmail.com needs to hear about it.
CNVRGE
Born in a college radio station on the University of Houston campus, CNVRGE radio is a one-hour broadcast showcasing all the best there is in the local house and techno music scene, and beyond. DJ’s Niko and Chris take you on a journey through Houston’s underground electronic music scene.
Coalition Ambush
H-Town's Online Underground Hip-Hop Show!!! Where we showcase local independent artist that don't normally get radio play. W/ O.G. Murder One & DJ CMC.
Damage Control
Houston's Longest Running Undergound Hip Hop Show!
Deadbeat
Brings the best of blues, jam, rock, bluegrass, and more, with the latest releases from artists near and far and in-studio performances from both local and touring musicians. And if that's not enough, count on some good old Grateful Dead and live in-studio performances.
Deadthyme
Plays 3 hours of underground music including punk, industrial, hardcore, grindcore, post punk, and more
Down Home Blues
Focus is on seminal blues artists who personify the traditional music as well as artists who are recreating the style in more contemporary renditions.
Escapism
Hosted by Ms. Melodic.
Face Melt Radio
Axon brings you Noisy Experimental Eclectic Electronic Beats for the City of Houston.
Freedom To Air
DJ A-Ray & DJ Sound Advice bring KPFT's newest music program to the airwaves.
GenerAsian Radio
Bollywood at its best. Music from the Indo-Asian region. New releases, featured artists and local Indo-Asian culture rolled up into one dynamic radio show.
The Groove
Bobby Phats presents hip-hop, progressive soul and r&b, and more.
The Houston Hour
Helps you stay connected to the arts, entertainment, history, and Houston happenings.
Houston Jazz Spotlight
A labor of love by Visual Artist, Jazz Historian, and DJ, Tierney L. Malone.
Howling The Blues
Showcases the evolution of blues, including the interviews, performances, the music calendar, the latest new releases, with an occasional trip to the blues vault to honor where it all came from.
Irish Aires
KPFT's second longest running program. Celtic music, local Irish/Celtic community events, Irish language lessons and updates on the political situation in northern Ireland are regularly featured.
Jazz In All Its Colors
The Original Sinbad guides you through the grooves by showing you the ins and outs of jazz in this masterful mix.
Jazz Latino
Plays hard hitting big band to a soft bolero to a fusion of flamenco and jazz. This program is dedicated to the exploration of Latin jazz from around the musical world.
K-Rino Radio
Local hip-hop artist K-Rino brings you music and talk for the hip-hop and black communities in Houston, and beyond.
Living Art
A community art program which hosts artists from around Houston, including poets, writers, theatre groups, performance artists, visual artists, car artists and others engaging, educating, promoting and advancing art and artists in the Gulf Coast region.
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
Has gone from the party hall of Chapultepec Restaurant to Exhibit Hall F of the George R. Brown Convention Center. Today, the entire city is our forum. When we began, we were told that there was not an audience for Latino literature. We are thrilled to say that today the largest book events in Houston are Latino events. We are proud to bring you Houston's contribution to the Latino Literary Renaissance.
Quantum Leap Radio
Your one stop for hip-hop music you won't expect to hear anywhere else. New and old!
R&B Gold With Charles Hightower
Tunes from the golden days of rhythm and blues.
Reach Out In The Darkness
The Vinyl Avenger and Moonlight Lily bring everything from 60's sounds on the original vinyl to the newest hits, all mixed in blender and served over ice in the rooftop lounge and revolving restaurant, high atop the KPFT complex. Unknowns are presented along with all the favorites. Local and State artists from the time are featured.
The Remedy
A radio program that specializes in airing the best of neosoul, R&B, House and rare grooves! Breaking artists and creating vibes! With your host and curator, MistaGoodBar!
Rock And Soul Revue
The Revue is the brainchild of Houston legend Rad Rich and features 2 hours of the best Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Surf, Garage, Soul, Punk, Oi, Thrash, Hardcore, Ska, Rocksteady, and Reggae to be heard anywhere this side of the Mississippi (or the other side, for that matter!). DJ’ed by a team of respective subculture scene veterans from Houston, one can expect to enjoy a program that makes a point of offering exposure for local and regional acts, showcases the best of current talent, and highlights classics and underrated gems all while providing the listener with a taste of that Houston, Texas flavor that makes our scene better than yours. Interviews with touring bands, swag giveaways, and live broadcasts are thrown in for good measure. Pick up what we’re throwing down; you’ll be glad you did.
So, What's Your Story
Spotlighting a storyteller each week, and offers theme-centered tales that can connect a community better and faster than any method of human expression.
Son Pacifica
A Bilingual program here in KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston, Tejas and the world on kpft.org, we will bring you the best progressive, urban, popular Latino music.
Songwriter's Studio
Tom Tranchilla offers up close interviews with local artists making new folk music and expanding Houston's reputation as the new music capitol of Texas.
Spare Change
It may have ended when host Larry Winters moved on to a higher frequency, but his legacy lives on in The Best Of Spare Change, a carefully curated hour-long selection of the last decade plus of programming.
Sweet Nightmares
The last of a dying breed. A true show on FM Radio that plays metal, punk and hard rock from local, regional, national and international bands. On the air since 1987.
Tennyson Tape Deck
A free-flowing mix of modern and classic folk, country, soul & rock 'n' roll. Post requests and show feedback on the wall anytime.
Time Warp
Spotlighting the last 50 years of rock, blues and much more.
Zydeco Pa Sale
Brings the best in Zydeco music and nothing but Zydeco! It's in our blood and that's all we know.
Local Politics, Community Affairs, News, & Commentary
Arab Voices
Brings information and guests about events in the Middle East, cultural events locally and more.
Black On Both Sides
A public affairs program where we effort to highlight politics and public affairs in line with our political world view.
Century Of Lies
A weekly half-hour show focused on drug policy reform and the failed war on drugs. The show explores public health, criminal justice, social justice, and other policies related to drugs in the US and abroad, and includes news reports, commentary, interviews, and other recorded segments.
Connect The Dots
News, talk, music and contemporary matters, focusing on African-American issues in the Houston and the Gulf Coast region, and beyond.
Conscious Mindset
Merges health, spirituality, society and philosophy with African-American experiences.
COVID, Race, And Democracy
As the COVID crisis has been knocked from the headlines, but not from the realities of people’s lives, by a countrywide uprising against racist police murders with impunity, Pacifica is in the process of launching its first new national radio program in many years. COVID, Race & Democracy features contributions from all five Pacifica stations — WBAI in NY, WPFW in DC, KPFT in Houston, TX, KPFK in Southern California, and KPFA/KPFB in Berkeley — plus the contributions of the Pacifica Affiliates Network, hundreds of radio stations from all around the US and beyond. The show will also feature independently produced segments as well as international elements.
Cultural Baggage
The Drug Truth Network's longest running broadcast program with 18 years as of October 2019. broadcasting our 29 minutes of unvarnished truth about the failure and futility of this eternal prohibition of drugs. Produced by former cop Dean Becker.
Execution Watch
KPFT's occasional special feature goes live whenever the State of Texas holds an execution at the death chamber in Hunstville.
Facets
Continues KPFT's long time tradition of late-night LGBTQIA+ programming with Judy Reeves and many others.
Flash Gordon Parks
An interview series & radio show on KPFT Houston 90.1 FM geared towards preserving HOUSTON CULTURE. Your Favorite Ethnomusicologist discusses music, art, politics and what makes the Bayou City unique with some of Houston's most diverse people.
Latino Politics & News
With Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante, a political analyst on “What’s Your Point” @Fox26Houston & the founder of Nuestra Palabra.
Life In Focus
Presents lively, diverse and sometimes controversial topics. It features interviews, commentaries, and discussions that stimulate conversations around contemporary issues in politics, education, economics, women's issues, health, music, art, spoken word, relationships and everyday life...all with an Afrocentric flavor.
Like It Is
A weekly news and interview segment from former KPFT General Manager Bob Franklin
Live Free Think Free
Brings you the latest uncensored news from Houston and around the world. Hosted by Micah, Derrick, and Johnny
Mini-Geology
News, debates, and curiosities about Geology, for novices and professionals, from Daniel Minisini of the Rice University Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences department.
On Call With Dr Simotas
Provides truthful and insightful answers about your health care featuring listener calls and questions with Ob/Gyn Dr. Alexandra Simotas.
Open Journal
KPFT's longest running program, Open Journal is The Radio Magazine of the Airwaves featuring conversations with local and regional folks making a difference along with a local song-of-the-week (SOTW) and the Inspirational Thought to send you onward.
Pan African Journal
Featuring historical speeches, community events and current debates, the program brings listeners a progressive perspective from the African Diaspora.
People Of Earth
A program created to provide Native American and non-Native people with timely news and information about culture, news and realities.
The People's News
KPFT's award-winning news following local, state and national stories important to your community. Reporting by Richard Hanna and Steve Gallington.
Politics Done Right
Intended to take the mystery out of politics, the program welcomes listeners, whether liberal, conservative, or otherwise, to air their points of view.
The Prison Show
Discusses issues of interest to convicts and features shout-outs from family and friends to loved ones in the free world to their loved ones behind bars.
The Progressive Forum
A weekly radio program dealing with issues, such as the environment, globalization, politics, media bias, and other peace and justice concerns, from a progressive perspective. We do interviews with and run speeches by a variety of activists, scholars, and writers on both the local and international level. In addition, we have regular weekly features, such as "The History They Didn't Teach You in School," our calendar of events, the news, and a feature on women's issues called "A Bird's Eye View."
Proyecto Latino-Americano
Spanish-language public affairs, covering, local, national and international subjects.
Queer Voices
Jack Valinski hosts Queer Voices, tapping the pulse of the local and national GLBT community with interviews and commentary. Features a monthly Queer Music Heritage (QMH) segment and more.
Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig
Talks about anything and everything. Topics include domestic and international politics, public policy, society and culture.
Vegan World Radio
Telling the story of the vegan revolution that's saving animals, the planet and our health.
Veterans Of War
Captain Tom & Mysterious Mike present issues of interest to Veterans.
Voz de la Tierra
A Spanish-language program about the original nations that compose what we now call the Americas, featuring poetry, music, history and more.
Whole Mother
Discusses the political and practical aspects of being a mother today. Hosts Pat Jones and Debbie Hull inform and educate on midwifery and natural birth, health and legal issues, and parenting. They interview parents, authors, health practitioners, and other local professionals. Recent shows have featured area birth centers, holistic health, careers in midwifery, and birth stories.
Syndicated Music and Cultural Programming
And You Don't Stop
Legendary performer Chuck D and Public Enemy member brings the epicenter of hip hop and rap every week.
Blues After Hours
Brings the blues wherever you are with host Bob Brown.
Boppin With Beth
Hosted by Beth Riley where each week she has a "focus beam" artist with lots of history and some of their influences. Jammin' James Riley has a "Rockabilly Rewind" segment plus who knows what else will happen.
The Children's Hour
Eclectic, energetic, enriching radio for kids of all ages.
Down The Road
Celebrates the music and musicians from New Orleans and the surrounding areas. We play Traditional Jazz, Swing, Funk, Klezmer, Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Brass Band, Ragtime, Soul, and stuff that defies categorization. From Louis Armstrong to the Rebirth Brass Band, from Sidney Bechet to the Panorama Jazz Band, from Dave Bartholomew to the Tin Men, you will hear the best sounds from the Crescent City.
The Flower Power Hour
A flashback to the Golden Age of Flower Power, with music primarily from the 60s ,70s and 80s, and it’s dedicated to the vibe of that era – peace, love, and rock and roll.
The Funk Excursion
Featuring host Badd Kitti who examines the evolution of Funk through critical discussion, interviews and, of course, the Best of Funk in all its many variations. Featuring music from the classic era of the 60’s and 70’s, as well as Jazz Funk, Funky Disco, Techno, Hip Hop, and House, The Funk Excursion presents Funk not just as music of the past, but as a living art form which has, and continues to influence music throughout the world today.
Gospel Memories
Bob Marovich brings you vintage black gospel recordings.
Green Bubble Tea
A weekly show that focuses on East Asian music (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Southeast Asian) & pop culture (anime, K-Pop) & social justice topics.
Last Exit with Wade T
Brings Jazz and Pop Standards with contemporary and experimental sounds abounding! Highlights include picks from WCSU-FM record collection, different takes on recognizable tunes, popular and obscure.
Magical Mystery Tour
Tonio Epstein, recording from Burlington, Vermont. Diving into the heart of things, exploring new ideas and new ways of seeing and being in this wondrous crazy world we share together
The Music Museum
Ed Foster creates an array of "listening galleries" for the adventurous music enthusiast. Each gallery has a music theme, and can provide the listener with new experiences of music.
Reclaimed
Explores the many worlds of Indigenous Music. Traditional songs. Acoustic Sounds. Hip hop, R&B, electric powwow and everything in between.
Sprouts: Radio From the Grassroots
A radio program that celebrates community stories. Coordinated by Pacifica Radio’s Affiliate Network, “Sprouts” showcases audio production at community radio stations and independent production groups from around the world.
Syndicated Politics, Community Affairs, News, & Commentary
Alternative Radio
Established by David Barsamian in 1986, is an award-winning weekly one-hour public affairs program. AR provides information, analyses, and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in corporate media.
The Attitude w/ Arnie Arnesen
A one hour talk show that focuses on policy, politics and people that make a difference in our lives and rarely get discussed.
Between The Lines
A weekly syndicated half-hour radio newsmagazine featuring progressive perspectives on national and international political, economic and social issues.
Big Picture Science
Originating at the SETI Institute, has leading researchers, techies, and journalists join astronomer Seth Shostak and science journalist Molly Bentley each week to provide a smart and humorous take on emerging scientific research. Their regular "Skeptic Check" episodes cast a critical eye on pseudoscience.
Bottom Up with Rob Kall
Interviews some of the world's smartest, most dynamic people on his Bottom Up Radio Show with the goal of getting them to share their wisdom and knowledge AND to stretch their vision. Rob explores the bottom-up revolution, bottom-up mind and their patterns and ideas.
The Bradcast
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com. Originating on Pacifica Radio's KPFK 90.7FM in Los Angeles and syndicated coast-to-coast and around the globe.
Code Pink
Offers robust conversation with global grassroots peacemakers, from Yemen to Venezuela to Iran to right here in the U.S. Join us for weekly updates on the global antiwar movement and learn how you can help end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights, nurture a peace economy in your local community, and redirect our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs, and other life-affirming programs.
Counterspin
FAIR’s weekly radio show, produced and hosted by Janine Jackson. It’s heard on more than 160 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what corporate media might have missed in their own coverage. CounterSpin highlights censored stories and exposes biased and inaccurate coverage, while examining the power of corporate influence and sexism, racism and homophobia in the news.
Democracy Now
Amy Goodman's long running, award winning, news and public affairs program.
Eco-justice
Presents environmental and climate stories from a social justice frame, featuring voices not necessarily heard on mainstream media. Our purpose is to amplify community voices, broaden the reach of grassroots-based movements, and inspire action.
Economic Update
A weekly nationally syndicated program produced by Democracy at Work and hosted by Richard D. Wolff. The program explores complex economic issues and empowers listeners with information to analyze not only their own financial situation but the economy at large. Beyond focusing a critical eye on the economic dimensions of everyday life - wages, jobs, taxes, debts, interest rates, prices, and profits - the program also explores systemic solutions to our economy's problems including alternative ways to organize production and distribution of the goods and services we all depend on.
Explorations
A syndicated hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment, hosted by Dr. Michio Kaku.
Flashpoints
An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
For The Wild
We join some of the brightest thought-leaders and visionaries of our time– to uplift a multitude of perspectives, to amplify grassroot voices, and to tell stories that would otherwise disappear in mainstream media. Key topics include the struggle to protect wild nature, to promote ecological renewal and resistance and to heal from the disconnection furthered by consumer culture and human supremacy. Not only does this work aim to produce an anthology of the Anthropocene, but it also strives to support a new paradigm of earth renewal through conservation and restoration ecology.
Hard Knock Radio
A Hip-Hop talk show from KPFA. Hosts Davey D and Anita Johnson give voice to issues ignored by the mainstream while planting seeds for social change.
Julianne Malveaux Live
Features news, commentary, and guests with a focus on black issues related to economics and community empowerment.
Letters & Politics
Host Mitch Jesserich and guests bring you a look at the inside workings of Capitol Hill while also covering what happens at the legislative level and on the streets.
Making Contact
Media that analyses critical issues and showcases grassroots solutions in order to inform and inspire audiences to action.
Nuclear Hotseat
Keeping you up to date on all things, nuclear from a different perspective.
Ralph Nader Radio Hour
Ralph Nader talks about what’s happening in America, what’s happening around the world, and most importantly what’s happening underneath it all.
Sea Change
A nationally syndicated weekly radio show and podcast focused on the shift to environmental and economic sustainability.
Sojourner Truth with Margaret Prescod
A public affairs program bringing you news and views on local, national, and international policies and stories that affect us all.
Spirit In Action
An hour of interviews with those providing leadership in peace, justice and "good works", interspersed with relevant music.
This Way Out
The only internationally distributed weekly LGBTQ radio program.
Thom Hartman
The author and award-winning talk show host invites you in for a lively hour of commentary, debate and interviews on the stories making headlines.
The Thomas Jefferson Hour
A thought-provoking way of exploring contemporary issues through the lens of history.
TUC Radio
Time of Useful Consciousness, created by and hosted by Maria Gilardin, and speaking to the impact of big corporations on society.
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
A "newsical" series from an award winning writer/producer Paul Fischer, who spent 24 years writing for Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News and has now returned to his roots in public radio. Topics, music and moods vary.
WINGS
A weekly radio news and current affairs program by and about women around the world, produced and distributed by the Women's International News Gathering Service.
Missing Programs
Of 134 distinct programs on KPFT, 11 are currently unavailable in the archive. They are,
- Coming to America
- Heavy Rotation
- Indigenous in Music
- In Other News
- Indigefi
- Open Talk
- Sin Boldly
- Soul Deluxe
- Speakout
- Unreserved
- Welcome to the Taste
