Today is Friday, so it’s another episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show! This week we are mixing things up a little bit 0nce again and will be featuring a guest less on the musical side of things, but more on the local *cool things going on in Springfield* side of things. Today’s guest is Katie Davison, executive director of Innovate Springfield – the new business incubator located in downtown Springfield. We’ll be talking to Katie about what Innovate Springfield does, and what’s happening in downtown Springfield. (There she is pictured above as seen on an episode of The Studio Show). Check out that full bit on The Studio Show right here.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Katie will be joining us as guest halfway through at 5:00 pm. Stream on 88.3 WQNA fm or online at wqna.net. Also check out our radio page for a list of downloadable episodes of the past.

It’s Friday so that means there’s another episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show lined up this afternoon and this week’s episode is our special Valentine’s Day Edition. Today on the show our special guest is Linda Renehan who owns the brand new downtown vintage store Springfield Vintage. Linda is organizing a “Vintage Love Tour” around town tomorrow with all sorts of fun local businesses. She will also be bringing in some older vinyl records for us to play on air straight from her shop! You can also expect plenty of tunes from local bands and bands that will be coming to town.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs from 4:00 to 6:00 pm every Friday on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream on the radio then and also the same time at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for a number of past episodes that you can download.

4:00 is coming up pretty quick! Is it too late to announce our guest on today’s episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show? For this episode we are stepping things up and inviting Dr. Richard Gilman-Opalsky local author and also professor of Political Science over at the University of Illinois in Springfield. Richard is also a friend of ours and has performed at Black Sheep numerous times with the freeform jazz band End Times Trio. Today we will be talking to Richard about his new book – Specters of Revolt and also his involvement with punk. There will also be a book release and discussion at Black Sheep along with performance by local punk band Undone tomorrow night– be sure to check that out!

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can tune in there on your radio dial or listen online at the same time at wqna.net. Also check out our radio page for a number of downloadable episodes of the past.

There is a special episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show lined up for you all today! That is our annual Best-Of edition of the show where we will be playing your favorite picks from the best songs, albums, and shows as voted for on this site. You can expect mostly all local tunes this episode from the past year. Did you also know that The Black Sheep Radio Show turns four years old today? Congratulations! Thanks to all of our hosts- Robbie Kording, then Brandon Canres, and Brian Galecki along the way. Also shoutout to co-hosts and engineers Greg Harvey and Mike Tirehaus.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can stream it then and also online during the same time at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for a list of a few downloadable episodes of the past.

Today is Friday, and it’s the last Friday of 2016. We have another great episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show lined up for you today. Our featured guest this time around is Craig Williams of The Springfield Area Arts Council. As you may know, tomorrow Black Sheep is teaming up with The Springfield Area Arts Council for their big First Night event on New Years Eve to bring a special “teen stage” to a space on Monroe Street. (More info on all of that right here). Take a look at a State Journal Register article on First Night right here. Today on the radio we will be talking to Craig about First Night and what to expect, as well as other things The Springfield Area Arts Council has been doing and has in the works. And as usual you can expect a wide palette of local music and bands that are coming to town. Next week for the first Friday of the year we will have our special “Best Of 2016” episode lined up!

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. You can tune in to your radio dial then or also stream online at wqna.net during the same time. Also head over to our radio show page for a list downloadable episodes of the past.

It’s Friday so today from 4:00 to 6:00 pm as always we have another exciting episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show! This week there are once again multiple guests fit into our two hour time slot to make for a great episode. There are no shows at Black Sheep tonight, but there IS the “Christmas Explosion” going on at The Radon Lounge. To represent that we have The Dandelion Pickers (pictured above) coming in to the studio to talk about what to expect at The Radon tonight, and we might even have them attempt to play a song or two live for us in the studio. Our second guest is local poet Emma Wilson. Emma is one of the creative minds behind season 2 of The Studio Show which is also gearing up for a season finale within this next week. We will get to talk to Emma about that and some other things.

Check out our show from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on WQNA 88.3 FM. Stream it live online the same time at wqna.net. Also head over to our radio page for a look at some downloadable episodes of the past.

Today is Friday which means that another episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show will be airing. It’s also a rare Friday without any shows going on at Black Sheep! Today on the show we have not one but TWO great guests lined up. The first guest of the show is going to be new communications manager from the Lincoln Library downtown – Elizabeth Buchta. Elizabeth will be talking to us about new music events being put on inside the library as well as SAME FEST celebrating ethnic diversity in Springfield happening there in late January. Our second guest is Johari Osayi who helped us put together our successful “Resilience” event at Black Sheep this past weekend, and who is also involved in putting together poetry and story telling nights recently at William Vans coffee shop.

Tune in from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm to hear this week’s episode! Also stream on wqna.net. Of course we will be playing all of your favorite local tunes as well as music from bands coming to town. Check out our radio page for a few episodes from the past that you can download.

With this being some sort of holiday weekend and the Downtown Springfield Christmas Parade happening tomorrow, we are hosting one special episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show today. Today’s guest is Reier Deloney who is one of the heads of The Springfield Jaycees responsible for putting on the downtown Christmas parade. If everything goes as planned Dumb Records will be taking our giant green elephant in the parade. Here us talk about what is in store for the big city tomorrow night (the parade is from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm), Santa Claus, and more. In addition to that you’ll hear plenty of your favorite tunes from local bands and bands that will be coming to town.

The Black Sheep Radio Show airs today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. You can stream it on 88.3 WQNA fm or online at the same time at wqna.net. Check out our radio page for a few downloadable episodes of the past.

After holding off on website posts and music news these past few days, it is time for us to try and get back into the swing of things while still very much acknowledging how all of us are feeling after this past election. Today we have a great episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show lined up – with a special guest band, GRINN. GRINN will be playing the show at Black Sheep tomorrow night along with Toxic Womb, Gnargoyle, and Starlorde. We are excited to talk to them about what it is like to play in a band.

Tune in to the Black Sheep Radio Show today and every Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 on 88.3 WQNA fm or also online at wqna.net. We also have a number of downloadable old episodes of the past on our radio page.

Today we have a special episode of The Black Sheep Radio Show airing from 4:00 to 6:00 pm to highlight Cassette Store Day happening all day at Dumb Records tomorrow. We will be “spinning” (or rolling?) some songs from cassettes that will be released as exclusives at Dumb Records tomorrow. Also we will be playing music from the acts playing the show tomorrow inside of the store, as well as bands and artists playing other shows coming up at Black Sheep and around Springfield.

You can tune in from 4:00 to 6:00 pm on 88.3 WQNA fm. Also streaming is available online at wqna.net. Check out our radio show page for a list of a few downloadable episodes of the past.