Airing Friday night’s by 10 pm ET…
Planet Waves FM originated in 1996 as a late-night public affairs program on Radio Woodstock, WDST-FM. It was originally called “Radio Navigator.” Hosted by Eric Francis Coppolino, new programs update to this website Fridays nights at 10 pm Eastern time. We are listener supported and an affiliate of Pacifica Network, the oldest public radio network in the world.
The program is published by the nonprofit Chiron Return.
Inspired by Father Bill Ayres and Harry Chapin’s Sunday late-night talk program on WPLJ-NY (in the late 1970s), Planet Waves FM is freeform talk and music format designed for the overnight audience.
Eric also draws inspiration from the Jean Shephard Show that ran for 22 years on WOR-NY.
While Planet Waves FM began with an astrological premise, we have gradually moved away from that and now offer a blend of news analysis, social analysis and spiritual themes.
Even deeper is the program’s investigative reporting ethos, focused on analysis of science in many forms. Our guests have included top astronomers, medical doctors, research scientists and investigative reporters.
We are a project of Chiron Return, which provides journalism mentorships and preserves the tradition of classical investigatve reporting. Chiron also puublished Ice Nine News, a daily news website that tracks developments in technology and artificial intellitence. We were the authors of the world’s only Covid Chronology, as well as the first daily publication to cover the 2020 crisis.
The current version of the program incarnation began in 2010 as a short podcast done on a portable digital recorder. The program found its voice during the Fukushima nuclear crisis the following year. Fifteen years, several microphones and a few websites later, we’re here to offer you the best of who we are and what we notice in the world.
Planet Waves FM is currently at around episode 900 give or take a dozen.
