Radio Adelaide Program Guide

Welcome to the Radio Adelaide Program Guide, your portal to the people, programs, and playlists that shape South Australia’s independent media.

The Program Guide makes it easy to explore our schedule. Find your favourites, catch up with out ‘listen back’ feature or discover new favourite songs with our playlists. Radio Adelaide is a platform for creative expression and local storytelling. We support emerging talent, amplify underrepresented voices, and connect Adelaide to the world through sound.

Use this guide to dive into a lineup that’s always local, always real. You can see what’s on each day or head to the program grid to see the entire week’s programming.

You can also check out the list of all shows on Radio Adelaide.


Radio Adelaide Weekly Schedule

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

6am – 6:30am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

The Wire

6:30am – 7am

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

Country All the Way

7am – 9am

Start your day with a toe-tapping, heartwarming dose of country charm on Country All The Way!

Local Noise

9am – 12pm

Start your morning with the very best from your ‘local’ Aussie artists! Weekday mornings from 9am;

Packed Lunch

12pm – 1pm

A midday spread of stories and interviews selected from the best local radio made every week at Radio Adelaide.

The Break Room

1pm – 2pm

What ever you’re doing or where ever you are, come join Bel Mac and guest hosts as we take you through your 1-2pm every Monday.

Australian and Local Music

2pm – 3pm

with the best Aussie and Local music

The Range

3pm – 5:30pm

We’ve got your afternoon covered with a variety of local music, local interviews and a look at what is happening around Adelaide.

The Wire

5:30pm – 6pm

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

Soulful Echoes

6pm – 7pm

“Soulful Echoes” invites listeners on a mesmerising journey that harmonises the soul with the captivating melodies of soulful songs.

Nunga Wangga

7pm – 9pm

We keep you up to date with cultural and community events and showcase the enormous talent out there. Tune in Mondays from 7pm

Songcatcher

9pm – 10pm

We talk to songwriters about their songwriting experiences, their inspirations, and the how and why of turning their musical ideas into song.

Mixtape

10pm – 11pm

Clayton Werner & Adrian Miller stay on after Songcatcher to talk with local musicians about the music that moves them along with playing some of their favourite songs.

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

11pm – 12am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

12am – 6am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

The Wire

6am – 6:30am

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

The Big Little Breakfast Show

6:30am – 9am

Wake up weekdays to The Big Little Breakfast Show, a fresh, fun, and spirited morning program that sets the tone for your day.

Local Noise

9am – 12pm

Start your morning with the very best from your ‘local’ Aussie artists! Weekday mornings from 9am;

Earth Matters

12pm – 12:30pm

(CRN)

Lost in Science

12:30pm – 1pm

(CRN)

Art Throb

1pm – 3pm

Art Throb feeds your ear the pulse of the Arts in South Australia and beyond. Join David every Tuesday 1pm – 3pm

The Range

3pm – 5:30pm

We’ve got your afternoon covered with a variety of local music, local interviews and a look at what is happening around Adelaide.

The Wire

5:30pm – 6pm

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

Australian and Local Music

6pm – 10pm

with the best Aussie and Local music

MOSH

10pm – 12am

Radio Adelaide’s home of heavy music, MOSH serves the freshest heavy tunes from home and abroad. 

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

12am – 6am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

The Wire

6am – 6:30am

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

The Big Little Breakfast Show

6:30am – 9am

Wake up weekdays to The Big Little Breakfast Show, a fresh, fun, and spirited morning program that sets the tone for your day.

Local Noise

9am – 12pm

Start your morning with the very best from your ‘local’ Aussie artists! Weekday mornings from 9am;

The Green Room (Repeat)

12pm – 1pm

Every week, we explore the weird and wonderful creatures that inhabit the natural world – from around the globe, and in our own backyards!

Aussie Music Weekly

1pm – 2pm

(CRN)

The Fourth Estate

2pm – 2:30pm

(CRN)

Cinemascape

2:30pm – 3pm

(CRN)

The Range

3pm – 4:30pm

We’ve got your afternoon covered with a variety of local music, local interviews and a look at what is happening around Adelaide.

Inner View

4:30pm – 5:30pm

In Inner View, we have a platform to communicate, practise and learn together, to share and chat, (and we love to share and chat!)

The Wire

5:30pm – 6pm

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

Peri-M Party

6pm – 6:30pm

Peri-M Party is a celebration through discovery of Perimenopause and Menopause. Join every Wednesday from 6:30pm

The Green Room

6:30pm – 7:30pm

Every week, we explore the weird and wonderful creatures that inhabit the natural world – from around the globe, and in our own backyards!

Writers’ Club

7:30pm – 8pm

Writers’ Club is a show on which amateur and aspiring creative writers get to read out and subsequently showcase their own work.

Primetime Jazz

8pm – 10pm

Tune in to Primetime Jazz on Radio Adelaide, your go-to destination for the best of classic and contemporary jazz music.

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

10pm – 12am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

12am – 6am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

The Wire

6am – 6:30am

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

The Big Little Breakfast Show

6:30am – 9am

Wake up weekdays to The Big Little Breakfast Show, a fresh, fun, and spirited morning program that sets the tone for your day.

Local Noise

9am – 12pm

Start your morning with the very best from your ‘local’ Aussie artists! Weekday mornings from 9am;

Living Planet

12pm – 12:30pm

(CRN)

Science Unscripted

12:30pm – 1pm

(CRN)

Nanawun Kaldowinyeri

1pm – 3pm

Welcome to Nanawun Kaldowinyeri, a name echoing the wisdom of our Ngarrindjeri Ancestors, meaning Taking Care of Creation.

The Range

3pm – 5:30pm

We’ve got your afternoon covered with a variety of local music, local interviews and a look at what is happening around Adelaide.

The Wire

5:30pm – 6pm

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

Utterly Queer As!

6pm – 7pm

From coming out to speaking out, Utterly Queer As! is the ideal destination to vividly unleash your queerness without having to hide it away.

Diffusion

7pm – 7:30pm

(CRN)

Chinese Voice Adelaide

7:30pm – 8:30pm

Chinese Voice Adelaide brings captivating stories and exquisite Asian music to the Adelaide community. Broadcast on Radio Adelaide.

Poet's Playlist

8:30pm – 9:30pm

Poet’s Playlist is a show inspired by poetry. Join us for interviews with local poets and more Thursdays from 8:30pm

Eclectic Vibes

9:30pm – 10:30pm

Eclectic Vibes is a show that transcends genres and boundaries, celebrating the universal language of music.

Well Well Well

10:30pm – 11pm

(CRN)

Checkpoint

11pm – 12am

(CRN)

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

12am – 6am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

The Wire

6am – 6:30am

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

The Big Little Breakfast Show

6:30am – 9am

Wake up weekdays to The Big Little Breakfast Show, a fresh, fun, and spirited morning program that sets the tone for your day.

Local Noise

9am – 12pm

Start your morning with the very best from your ‘local’ Aussie artists! Weekday mornings from 9am;

Democracy Now!

12pm – 1pm

(CRN)

The Local Source

1pm – 2pm

(CRN)

All The Best

2pm – 2:30pm

(CRN)

Zed Games

2:30pm – 3pm

(CRN)

The Range

3pm – 4pm

We’ve got your afternoon covered with a variety of local music, local interviews and a look at what is happening around Adelaide.

The Doo Wop Corner

4pm – 5:30pm

The 1950s music show that’s a bit different – music before the Beatles!THE HAPPY HOUR to start your weekend!

The Wire

5:30pm – 6pm

The Wire is a daily current affairs program broadcast exclusively on community and Indigenous radio stations around Australia.

Aboriginal Way

6pm – 6:30pm

News and stories for South Australian Aboriginal communities presented by South Australian Native Title Services (SANTS).  

National Indigenous News Review

6:30pm – 7pm

(CRN)

Nganampa Wangka

7pm – 8pm

Nganampa Wangka is a show about South Australian Aboriginal languages and about what we are doing to maintain, revive and reclaim them.

WHO that Nragi?

8pm – 9pm

WHO that Nragi shows what’s happening in our First Nations Arts and takes you on a journey of singalongs, interviews and live performances.

Yarnin' Country

9pm – 10pm

A show connecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people together. Tune into Radio Adelaide every Friday from 9pm to 10pm

Deadly Beats

10pm – 12am

Deadly Beats is a jam packed program, showcasing the very best Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander music artists in various genres

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

12am – 6am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

6am – 7am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

The Saturday Alarm Clock

7am – 9am

Steve and Cint kick off your Radelaidean weekends with feelgood tunes, city news and events and some banty banter. Even a joke or two.

Art Throb (repeat)

9am – 11am

Art Throb feeds your ear the pulse of the Arts in South Australia and beyond. Join David every Tuesday 1pm – 3pm

Reel Time

11am – 12:30pm

Kat and Tristan discuss mainstream to independent art-house cinema and everything in between, blended together with a musical soundtrack.

Star in the Arts

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Each week Lachie sits down with a local arts practitioner for an in-depth conversation about their craft, inspirations, and artistic journey.

Route 66

1:30pm – 3:30pm

The show is a celebration of the history of American music. Playing everything from rural blues to a ’60s soul song to a country song.

Out Of This World

3:30pm – 5pm

On Saturday afternoons, Radio Adelaide invites you on a musical tour off the mainstream highway with music you won’t hear on radio everyday.

The Folk Show

5pm – 6:30pm

For more than forty years the Radio Adelaide Folk Show has brought  listeners an eclectic mix of folk music.

Saturday Blues

6:30pm – 8pm

Rob and Tommy take us through the finest blues music from the Torrens to the Mississippi and all parts in between.

Rhythm Stick

8pm – 9pm

Here Brazilian batucada rubs shoulders with big band jungle beats. Rhythm Stick is a global tonic for the soul.

Ultima Thule

9pm – 10:30pm

(CRN)

Up Down Under

10:30pm – 12am

Up Down Under brings you a weekly hour and a half of home grown and hand picked Australian tunes. A Radio Adelaide show that’s girt by sea!

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

12am – 6am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

6am – 7am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

Australian and Local Music

7am – 9am

with the best Aussie and Local music

Off The Record

9am – 10am

(CRN)

Sunday Jazz Café

10am – 12pm

A celebration of jazz music from New Orleans & dixieland, through big band swingtime and cool modern jazz. Tune in Sundays from 10am.

Ici La-bas Partout

12pm – 1pm

Music and information for – and by – the French, francophone and francophile communities of South Australia.

Priyabharati Indian Colours

1pm – 2pm

Radio broadcasts to entertain, inform and engage South Australia’s Indian communities. Tune in Sundays from 1pm

The Urdu Hour

2pm – 3pm

The Urdu hour is an Urdu language program broadcast on Radio Adelaide. Tune in every Sundays from 2pm to 3pm

Soulful Echoes (Repeat)

3pm – 4pm

“Soulful Echoes” invites listeners on a mesmerising journey that harmonises the soul with the captivating melodies of soulful songs.

Classical Sunday

4pm – 5:30pm

A wide variety of art music with a focus on contemporary performers and composers. Each week Classical Sunday presents a lively program on a different theme, including interviews with visiting and local musicians.

Adelaide Lakhanda

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Voice of Sri Lanka (Adelaide Lakhanda) is a Sri Lankan radio program broadcasting in Sinhala. Sundays 5.30pm to 6.30pm …

Diffusion

6:30pm – 7pm

(CRN)

Call Of The Beloved

7pm – 8pm

Music, history, drama, poetry, and discussion of the Baha’i faith. Presented in Farsi by the S.A. Persian Public Information Task Group.

The Indian Wave

8pm – 9pm

A program in English for the local Indian community and all listeners who love India. Tunein every Sunday from 8pm

Pinoy Radio Adelaide

9pm – 11pm

Every Sunday night, join the energetic team for Pinoy Radio Adelaide – your vibrant journey into Filipino culture and music.

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

11pm – 12am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

12am – 6am

Listen back to some of our favourite programs from throughout the week. Replayed every evening till dawn only on 101.5fm

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  1. Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

    with your favourite Radio Adelaide programs

  2. Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

    with your favourite Radio Adelaide programs

  3. The Wire

  4. Country All the Way

  5. Local Noise

    with Sarah

  6. Packed Lunch

    with Nicky

  7. The Break Room

    with Bel

  8. Australian and Local Music

    with the best Aussie and Local music

  9. The Range

    hosts David (on Tuesdays), Virginie the Frenchie (on Fridays)

  10. The Wire

  11. Soulful Echoes

    Dr Eve

  12. Nunga Wangga

    with Uncle Eddie, Njirrah & Reuben

  13. Songcatcher

    with Clayton & Adrian

  14. Mixtape

    with Clayton & Adrian

  15. Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

    with your favourite Radio Adelaide programs

  16. The Wire

  17. The Big Little Breakfast Show

    with Paul

  18. Earth Matters

    (CRN)

  19. Lost in Science

    (CRN)

  20. Art Throb

    with David

  21. Australian and Local Music

    with the best Aussie and Local music

  22. MOSH

    with Nicholas, William and Jake

  23. The Green Room (Repeat)

    with Kiri, Elisabeth & Shannon

  24. Aussie Music Weekly

    (CRN)

  25. The Fourth Estate

    (CRN)

  26. Cinemascape

    (CRN)

  27. The Range

    hosts David (on Tuesdays), Virginie the Frenchie (on Fridays)

  28. Inner View

    with Eleonora

  29. Peri-M Party

    with Amelia

  30. The Green Room

    with Kiri, Elisabeth & Shannon

  31. Writers’ Club

    with Matt

  32. Primetime Jazz

    with Michael, Steve, John, Lizzie & Richard

  33. Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

    with your favourite Radio Adelaide programs

  34. Living Planet

    (CRN)

  35. Science Unscripted

    (CRN)

  36. Nanawun Kaldowinyeri

    with Vida, Courtney and Steven

  37. The Range

    hosts David (on Tuesdays), Virginie the Frenchie (on Fridays)

  38. Utterly Queer As!

    with Jarad

  39. Diffusion

    (CRN)

  40. Chinese Voice Adelaide

    Ruofan (Leo) MA

  41. Poet's Playlist

    with Gabriella

  42. Eclectic Vibes

    Ian

  43. Well Well Well

    (CRN)

  44. Checkpoint

    (CRN)

  45. Democracy Now!

    (CRN)

  46. The Local Source

    (CRN)

  47. All The Best

    (CRN)

  48. Zed Games

    (CRN)

  49. The Range

    hosts David (on Tuesdays), Virginie the Frenchie (on Fridays)

  50. The Doo Wop Corner

    With Carmen

  51. Aboriginal Way

    with Caleb and Joy

  52. National Indigenous News Review

    (CRN)

  53. Nganampa Wangka

    with Jessica

  54. WHO that Nragi?

  55. Yarnin' Country

    with Chris C.

  56. Deadly Beats

    with RooBoy

  57. Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

    with your favourite Radio Adelaide programs

  58. The Saturday Alarm Clock

    with Steve and Cint

  59. Art Throb (repeat)

    with David

  60. Reel Time

    with Kat and Tristan

  61. Star in the Arts

    with Lauchie

  62. Route 66

    with Mike (and the occasional sidekick)

  63. Out Of This World

    with Steve aka Sox

  64. The Folk Show

    with Jane

  65. Saturday Blues

    with Tommy & Rob

  66. Rhythm Stick

    with Michelle

  67. Ultima Thule

    (CRN)

  68. Up Down Under

    with That Radio Chick Cheryl Lee

  69. Australian and Local Music

    with the best Aussie and Local music

  70. Off The Record

    (CRN)

  71. Sunday Jazz Café

    with John, Steve, Lizzie and Richard

  72. Ici La-bas Partout

    with Guillaume & Julien

  73. Priyabharati Indian Colours

  74. The Urdu Hour

  75. Soulful Echoes (Repeat)

    Dr Eve

  76. Classical Sunday

    with Peter

  77. Adelaide Lakhanda

    with Adelaide Sri Lankan Community

  78. Diffusion

    (CRN)

  79. Call Of The Beloved

  80. The Indian Wave

    with Shampa

  81. Pinoy Radio Adelaide

    with e-Lo, Kapitan Who1, Papa P and Papa Jay

  82. Best of Radio Adelaide Overnight

    with your favourite Radio Adelaide programs


Want to hear more?

Want to hear more great content from Radio Adelaide? Visit our Podcast page to explore a range of shows we’ve produced in collaboration with passionate community groups and educational organisations. Whether you’re into music, culture, current affairs or storytelling, there’s something for everyone. These podcasts reflect the diverse voices and stories that make up our vibrant community.

Looking for that song you heard earlier in the week? Head to our Radio Adelaide Song History, where you can easily search what’s been playing on air. It’s a great way to discover new artists, revisit favourites, and stay connected to the sounds of your station.