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Freeform, progressive, non-profit. Sounds & stories from around the world. Broadcasting 24/7/365. A Pacifica Affiliate.
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Also a quarterly zine.
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Join us on Monday evening from 7-9pm UK GMT for a live show for...

Our Earth Week!

Community #radio stations around the UK come together to celebrate our one precious planet.

We'll be sharing soundscapes, reviewing music, mulling over questions of the day, and maybe doing a little sound-art.
Logo for Our Earth Week, featuring a radio transmitter overlaid onto a globe representing Planet Earth.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Tune in for Paradigms
Sun/Wed 2000 UK GMT

This week: @alicedimicele.bsky.social on new album Reverse the Flow, a collection about today's human experience that will resonate with many. Alice communicates with beauty & clarity. @baruchzed.bsky.social & Alice share views & discuss this great album.
Cover artwork for Alice Di Micele's album "Reverse The Flow", featuring an illustration of planet Earth with two symbolic flows encircling the planet, one representing the oceans full of aquatic life, and one representing the atmosphere with trees, birds and cloud formations. Promo photograph of songwriter Alice Di Micele, smiling and clutching her guitar bag.
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Get stuck in with This Is Hell!
Sun/Mon 0900
Brent Z. Kaup & Kelly F. Austin on How Capitalism Breeds Vector-Borne Disease
Hamid Dabashi on Gaza, Genocide & the Illusion of Western Civilization
Reece Jones on How the Border Patrol Became the Most Dangerous Police Force in the US

#talkshow #radio
The logo for weekly topical radio show "This Is Hell!". A bright red background, with a white globe representing the Earth, and the show's title in bold white capital letters.
November 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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The uniquely lovely Thrift Bakery play live today!

Tune in: Mon 20 Oct, 10pm UK BST / 5pm EST, to hear this phwoarsome foursome play their first live song since the 1980s!

In the meantime, go and imbibe all their music:
thriftbakery.com

#indiepop #independentartist #jangle #indierap #synthpop
A photo promoting four-piece indie pop band Thrift Bakery; photos of the four band members' faces have been combined in horizontal strips to create a very unusual visage.
October 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Join us for Paradigms:
every Sun/Wed 8pm UK BST

Ben Clifton: pianist/composer. His debut album: Overlook - 14 great original pieces. Compositions are dimensional; musicianship is excellent. Wonderful music, an artist to follow. Ben talks with @baruchzed.bsky.social

#radio #interview #talkshow
Album artwork for "Overlook" by Ben Clifton, the guest for radio show Paradigms. Ben sits on a flight of stairs, palms clasped together, looking wistfully out of a window to the left-hand side.
October 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Two delicious monthly mixes coming up now:
Adventurous Music at 2300 UK-time
<1 NTWRK (how the night came & febrile) at 0030

Come on, tune in to
bewaretheradio.com - or via smart speaker / any number of apps

Put some experimental sounds on & rejoice!

#newmusic #greatmusic #radio #independentmusic
Artwork for Episode 27 of the Adventurous Music radio show, as featured on Beware! The Radio during October 2025. Cover art for 射影機, a joint album by how the night came and febrile
October 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Earl Grey Whistle Test

Your finest tunes dissected by our firmest reviewers

With:
Thrift Bakery
Human Renegade
George Riley feat Hudson Mohawke
Ela Rexha
Seye Adelekan
Unpropped
Izabella Lily
Sebastien Agius

Thu 2330, Fri 1600, Sun 2230, Mon 0130, Tue 1000
bewaretheradio.com / Alexa / apps
Pixelart artwork for a new episode of panel review show The Earl Grey Whistle Test, airing on bewaretheradio.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Round the World with Cracklin Jane:
"Whistle" (Tue 0000, Wed 1300, Sun 1300 UK BST)

When government censorship puts the kibosh on people expressing their opinions, time to go underground & get Whistling – just like they did during WW2, Ancient Athens, & various historical occupations.
Whistling Four people whistling! Advert for an adjustable explosion whistle
September 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Join us for Paradigms:
every Sun/Wed 8pm UK-time

Dave Douglas: trumpeter, composer, teacher. His new record: Alloy. The band brings friendship & generosity to the music. Alloy is inspired by personal experiences & current events. Dave discusses this & more with @baruchzed.bsky.social
#radio
Abstract landscape cover artwork for the jazz album "Alloy" by Dave Douglas, released 2025.
September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Paradigms:
Sunday 8pm UK BST

This week: @baruchzed.bsky.social chats with @egbertowillies.com - activist, author, blogger, radio host, software developer, mechanical engineer, & more.

Tune in each week for enlightening & inspiring conversations about our shared future.

#interview #discussion
A photo of Egberto Willies sitting behind a studio desk, giving a friendly thumbs-up, with his radio microphone and headphones to the right.
July 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Tonight on Viktoria's World of Metal:
Metal Against the War!
Tune in every Saturday 2200 UK BST, for two hours of the most righteous rock from around the globe.

#heavymetal #hardrock #metalworld #peace
A distorted image of a circular black and white logo saying "I Love Metal" with the word "love" replaced by a heart shape. This is to advertise the radio show Viktoria's World of Metal, on bewaretheradio.com.
June 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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New series! Slide into sumptuous uncertainty in the capable prongs of multidisciplinary big-ass experimentalist @malisima.info:
Mon 1600, Wed 0300 UK BST

This month, hour-long mix set WENEEDTHEBEATBOY

More stimulation here: www.instagram.com/malisimapc/

#weirdmixes #mixtape #soundart
Promo image for the first monthly episode of the Malisima show on bewaretheradio.com. The photo shows a pleasant walking trail with a stony path and low stone wall, on a sunny day.
June 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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June mix from the <1 NTWRK:
An hour-long voyage of sonic stimulation

Enjoy/share:
16bard
Jettenbach
Malady Of Knots
Sentimental Witches

Sat 0030, Tue 0530, Wed 1900, Thu 0530 UK BST
bewaretheradio.com / smart speaker etc

#topmusic #newmusic #alternativemusic #experimentalmusic #nonprofitradio
A promo image for the June mix by the <1 NTWRK (Less Than One Network) in rotation on Beware! The Radio. A dark, distorted abstract design like an old-fashioned testcard, severely degraded, with "<1" in the centre, above which is a logo for the radio station, featuring an audio cassette backed with crossbones.
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Round the World with Cracklin Jane:
"Bridgebuilders"
Tue 0000, Wed 1300, Sun 1300 UK BST

The engineers & citizens of Lanctonia must develop new #bridges to replace those destroyed by archvillain Torvald Raspeballer. Can they stay one step ahead of his evil minions?

#greatmusic #vintagemusic #78rpm
A vintage image of people lounging on a precarious bridge, chosen to advertise the radio series Round The World With Cracklin Jane. A vintage image of a ruined bridge, chosen to advertise the radio series Round The World With Cracklin Jane. A vintage image of Tower Bridge in construction, chosen to advertise the radio series Round The World With Cracklin Jane. A vintage image of The Old Covered Bridge at Easthampton, Mass, chosen to advertise the radio series Round The World With Cracklin Jane.
June 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Ellie Jakes - wildly-talented composer, cellist, guitarist & synthesist. Interviewed in two episodes by the EDME. Go on, have a listen.
www.mixcloud.com/BewareTheRad...

Do share! The gatekeepers mustn't win! There's more of us than there are of them...

#radioshow #creativity #talkshow #newmusic
Promo photo of composer Ellie Jakes, to advertise a two-part radio interview with the EDME, broadcast on Beware! The Radio and archived via Mixcloud.
May 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Sat 24 May:
Walk/Run 16 miles through Coventry in support of political prisoners in the UK!

Come & support - whatever you can do, we need YOU!

Please share the event page:
www.facebook.com/share/1AfiLj...

#activism #protest #juststopoil #palestineaction #coventry #climateaction #coventryevents
Screengrab from the Facebook page advertising the 16-mile walk/run on Saturday 24th May 2025 in support of political prisoners in the UK. The image features runners on a path. Below is the address: Spon Street, Coventry, CV1 3, UK. Route of the 16-mile walk/run on Saturday 24th May 2025 from Coventry to Bedworth and back, in support of political prisoners in the UK.
May 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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May's show from the <1 NTWRK:
Longform track 'dsncot' by Barcelona-based artist
@malisima.info

Let the curious creepiness infect your waking life & slumbers.
Sat 0030, Tue 0530, Wed 1900, Thu 0530 UK BST
or on-demand:

www.mixcloud.com/BewareTheRad...

#newmusic #soundscape #session #radioshow
An artist image for Malisima, featuring a woman with a creepily unnatural smile.
May 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Londoners! Zine fiends! Heard of Zinebox London? Some copies of our zine #1 have appeared in the box...
It's near Harringay Green Lanes Station (see map in images).

#zineculture #freezines #smallpress #diyculture #london
Google Maps image showing location of Zinebox, near Harringay Green Lanes Station. Screengrab from Zinebox.London on Instagram, showing a copy of Beware! The Zine issue 1 being held up in front of the zine box at Harringay Green Lanes Station, London. Screengrab from Zinebox.London on Instagram, showing a copy of Beware! The Zine issue 1 being held up in front of the zine box at Harringay Green Lanes Station, London. Screengrab from Zinebox.London on Instagram, showing a copy of Beware! The Zine issue 1 being held up in front of the zine box at Harringay Green Lanes Station, London.
May 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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May's show from the <1 NTWRK:
Longform track 'dsncot' by Barcelona-based artist
@malisima.info
Let the curious creepiness infect your waking life & slumbers.
Sat 0030, Tue 0530, Wed 1900, Thu 0530 UK BST
bewaretheradio.com / smart speaker / streaming

#newmusic #soundscape #session #radioshow
An artist image representing the Barcelona musician Malisima. The image is a creepy image, slightly blurry, of a woman who is smiling in a creepily unnatural manner, as if she is wearing some see-through dental device to expose her mouth.
May 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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As polls close in the local elections, join the latest Current Bun: 10pm UK BST
Andrew Walton will talk about why we need a new workers' party & the bankruptcy of New Labour.
bewaretheradio.com
or streaming radio services - Deezer, Get Me Radio!, VRadio etc
#politics #transform #leftwing #socialism
Logo for the UK radio series, The Current Bun with Drew Walton, featuring a tasty currant bun with bolts of electricity shooting out at all four diagonals.
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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This is Hell!
0900-1300 UK BST
bewaretheradio.com / smart speaker / Deezer / Radioline / Radio Garden etc
This week:
Quinn Slobodian on Hayek’s Bastards
Alec Karakatsanis on Copaganda
Chris Hedges on A Genocide Foretold

#radioshows #interviews #radiointerview #PoliticsToday #podcast #nonprofitradio
Logo for long-running Chicago radio series, "This Is Hell!", which consists of the series title in block capitals, overlaid on a simple graphic of the world.
April 20, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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We're proud to be a freeform station. That includes spoken word, as well as underrepresented music. Feels like our spoken word shows get missed, but they're a major reason we started the station. People's stories, nature's stories, the world's stories, as well as wonderful sounds.

#radio #talkradio
A pixelart image: on a plain white background, the stylised text "Beware! The Radio Freeform Forever".
April 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Saturday night is metal night on Beware! - with two hours of Viktoria's World of METAL. Tonight from 10pm on bewaretheradio.com

Bobby Liebling and DOOM!

#nonprofitradio #independentmusic #doommetal #heavymetal
March 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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These fortnightly EDME Radio Hours are great for exploring the creative process. They're currently onto Part 2 of a 2-parter with bass player/composer/radio host Mike Watt (Minutemen, Watt From Pedro etc).
Mon 1300, Wed 0600, Fri 1900, Sun 0200 UK GMT
#interview #experimentalmusic #radioshow
A self-portrait of Mike Watt, bass player/composer/radio host (Minutemen, Watt From Pedro etc).
March 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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The Earl Grey Whistle Test - #newmusic reviews:

Good Time Locomotive
Magna Zero
Georgie Fleetwood
Les Pauls
Scheffler Electronics
Linda Jo Rizzo & Alessandro Morgan
Asko Argillander & the Blue Flame
Lorenzo Gabanizza & Jeff Christie

www.mixcloud.com/BewareTheRad...

#radio #pacificaaffiliate
Cover art for "Motorcycle Song" by Asko Argillander & the Blue Flame, as reviewed on Episode 16 of panel show The Earl Grey Whistle Test.
February 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM