Program Guide

A Jazz Hour

12am – 1am

Barry O’Sullivan presents the very best in contemporary reflective and nostalgic music in the jazz form from swing to bebop to mainstream and free form.

Beale St Caravan

1am – 2am

The sounds of Memphis. Experience the heartfelt sounds and colourful stories of Memphis music in intimate, live-in-concert performances.

2XX Playlist

2am – 6am

80% new Australian music with a high representation of Canberra artists

The Folk Show

6am – 7am

The best in folk music and culture. Selecting the best of Anglo-Celtic, Australian and contemporary folk for over 30 years.

Breakfast

7am – 8:30am

Snap, Crackle and Pop

World in Progress

8:30am – 9am

World in Progress offers insights and context. Through in-depth interviews and features, our team explores the far-reaching and interconnected consequences of a globalized economy

Not Thinking Straight

9am – 10am

Not Thinking Straight is a broadcast for everyone and is a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community

Mediation Today

10am – 10:30am

A series of weekly radio programs interviewing Australian mediators. Join us every Monday after the News at 10AM (Canberra time) for a new episode, to hear stories, experiences, hints and tips, training, standard requirements for credentialing…in a nutshell: all things mediation!

National Indigenous News Review

10:30am – 11am

An Indigenous-produced and presented magazine-style news and current affairs program, providing a platform for in-depth coverage of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.

Arts Alive

11am – 12pm

Canberra Multicultural Voices

12pm – 12:30pm

Celebrate Canberra’s multicultural community.

Lunchbox

12:30pm – 2pm

Lunchtime music and entertainment

Live Delay

2pm – 3pm

Raw live power. For an hour each week, the airwaves sing with the raw energy of live performance.

Aus Music Hour

3pm – 4pm

An hour of the best of recent Australian Independent and Alternative Music.

LocalnLive

4pm – 6pm

The freshest home-grown music, delivered straight from local artists to your ears, the latest local music news, gig details, live interviews and laughs!

The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Life

6pm – 7pm

‘The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Life in the 21st Century’ is a multimedia healthy ageing project especially for Australians aged 55 and over.

The Quiet Carriage

7pm – 7:30pm

A dedicated literature show about (mostly) new novels whilst featuring in-depth interviews with the authors behind them.

Living Planet

7:30pm – 8pm

Explore topics that touch our lives every day, from the food we eat to the waste from products we consume – not to mention all creatures great and small.

Bangla Radio

8pm – 8:30pm

Building bridges between Bangladesh and Australia and indeed the world by highlighting issues of common interest.

Centro America & Australia

8:30pm – 9:30pm

Listen to latest episodes

Rhythms of Resistance

9:30pm – 10:30pm

Featuring multi-genre music from Australia and around the world, Rhythms of Resistance celebrates stories of defiance, resilience and hope through music.

Reality is Only Temporary

10:30pm – 12am

Music selected by Mister E. Tramp. The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenalin but rather the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity. — Glenn Gould.

The Bohemian Beat

12am – 1am

The Bohemian Beat takes the listener on a journey through the minds and lives of some of the greatest men and women that have ever lived.

Global Village

1am – 2am

World music with a difference – a musical carpet ride for armchair travellers.

2XX Playlist

2am – 6am

80% new Australian music with a high representation of Canberra artists

Making Waves

6am – 7am

Traditional and contemporary folk music plus news about local folk-related events including folk dance.

Breakfast

7am – 8:30am

Snap, Crackle and Pop

That’s What I Call Science

8:30am – 9am

A team of women in science and tech bring a fresh perspective to the issues that matter to you.

Radio Landcare

9am – 10am

Each show includes a summary of ‘What’s On’ in the Landcare/catchment management community and interviews feature a wide variety of stakeholders, including on-ground volunteers, coordinators, businesses, government and those with scientific and technical backgrounds.

Earth Matters

10am – 10:30am

Earth Matters presents local, national and international grassroots perspectives on environmental concerns.

News From the Drug War Front

10:30am – 12pm

“News from the Drug War Front” is a weekly radio show that is presented by the Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy (CAHMA). The show reports on and debates the harms caused by the prohibition of certain drugs that began on a global scale with the ratification of the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

The Wire

12pm – 12:30pm

The Wire is a flagship independent current affairs program featuring today’s current events and key national issues.

Lunchbox

12:30pm – 2pm

Lunchtime music and entertainment

Deadly Beats

2pm – 3pm

Showcasing the very best ATSI HipHop, RnB & Soul music from around Australia.

Aus Music Hour

3pm – 4pm

An hour of the best of recent Australian Independent and Alternative Music.

LocalnLive

4pm – 6pm

The freshest home-grown music, delivered straight from local artists to your ears, the latest local music news, gig details, live interviews and laughs!

The Assignment

6pm – 6:30pm

Journey into the heart of global events

The Wire Weekly

6:30pm – 7pm

A weekly wrap on the news and stories that matter to you.

Srbija u Mom Srcu (Serbia in My Heart)

7pm – 7:30pm

Srbija u Mom Srcu je program na srpskom jeziku na talasima Društvene Radio Stanice 2XX 98.3FM People Powered Radio koji se emituje svakog utorka od 7 do 7:30 uveče.

Spanish Program

7:30pm – 8:30pm

The Spanish Program provides cultural, artistic and local information to the Spanish speaking community of the ACT and surrounding region.

Canberra Telugu Vaani

8:30pm – 9pm

Voice of Canberra Telugu Community

Trente Minutes Francophones

9pm – 9:30pm

Listen to latest episodes.

French Pop and Cie

9:30pm – 10:30pm

Pop, Electro, Rap, Urban Music, all in French, welcome to the program French Pop and Cie.

Outer Rhythm

10:30pm – 12am

Join DJ Mista Nige as he takes you on a journey thru the archives of House Music as well as into the future with unreleased tracks from around the globe. Outer Rhythm takes you from the mainstream and into the clubs…..

Sangeetalahari (South Indian Carnatic music)

12am – 1am

Carnatic music from South India is presented for your listening pleasure.

Dirt Music

1am – 2am

Hosted by longstanding rock journalist and veritable roots roller Stuart Coupe, Dirt Music explores the expanse and history of roots music spanning country, folk, blues, Americana

2XX Playlist

2am – 6am

80% new Australian music with a high representation of Canberra artists

Three Chords and the Truth

6am – 7am

Join Jen Mize and Paddy McHugh as they serve up the finest selection of music, interviews, live performances and musings.

Breakfast

7am – 8:30am

Snap, Crackle and Pop

Overdrive

8:30am – 9am

An informed, humorous and irreverent look at motoring and transport from Australia and overseas.

Women On The Line

9am – 9:30am

Each week, hear from women on local, national and global current affairs with a commitment to improving the status of women in Australia and globally.

Accent of Women

9:30am – 10am

Hear information, analysis and comment on issues that are initiated, facilitated or driven by women from diverse communities.

Jailbreak

10am – 10:30am

Jailbreak reaches out to listeners on the inside and connects people and families in the community who feel isolated, separated or caught up in the criminal justice system.

Diffusion

10:30am – 11am

Diffusion takes a look at new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and weird science.

The Bohemian Beat

11am – 12pm

The Bohemian Beat takes the listener on a journey through the minds and lives of some of the greatest men and women that have ever lived.

The Wire

12pm – 12:30pm

The Wire is a flagship independent current affairs program featuring today’s current events and key national issues.

Lunchbox

12:30pm – 2pm

Lunchtime music and entertainment

NIMA Chart Countdown

2pm – 3pm

Join Matty J as he counts down the top 10 most played songs by first nations artists on Aussie radio each week.

Aus Music Hour

3pm – 4pm

An hour of the best of recent Australian Independent and Alternative Music.

LocalnLive

4pm – 6pm

The freshest home-grown music, delivered straight from local artists to your ears, the latest local music news, gig details, live interviews and laughs!

Jam Pakt

6pm – 7pm

Jonzy brings you a one-hour jam packed with great music, yarns, special guests and hot topics for people all over Australia.

Tongan Update

7pm – 8pm

Conversation about issues of young people in relation to living between cultures. Fusion of contemporary music and traditional Pacific Island tunes.

Coneccion Latinoamericana

8pm – 9:30pm

Providing valuable information in Spanish (Latino) for the Latino community.

From the Groove

9:30pm – 10:30pm

Join me on a weekly vinyl discovery journey of soul and funk gems, from the well known to the unknown. You’ll also hear some groovin’ new soul, reggae, hip hop, world, jazz, and blues.

Australian Music is Bloody Great

10:30pm – 11pm

Featuring topline Aussie acts talking up and playing their recent Australian music faves.

Contact!

11pm – 12am

The long-running left-of-centre specialist music program hosted by Andrew Lambkin.

Ultima Thule

12am – 2am

Ambient and atmospheric music from across the ages and around the world, heard on Australian community radio since 1989.

2XX Playlist

2am – 6am

80% new Australian music with a high representation of Canberra artists

Making Waves

6am – 7am

Traditional and contemporary folk music plus news about local folk-related events including folk dance.

Breakfast

7am – 8:30am

Snap, Crackle and Pop

Dads on the Air

8:30am – 9am

A fascinating insight into mainstream society’s shifting attitudes towards fathers and fatherhood, the program features informative and entertaining conversations with a wide range of experts and interesting people.

All the Best

9am – 9:30am

New Australian storytelling. Hear short form documentaries, personal narratives and creative audio from across the country.

Small Business Banter

9:30am – 10am

Practical tips, information and support for regional small to medium business owners

Stick Together

10am – 10:30am

A half-hour weekly show about workers rights and current affairs.

The Fourth Estate

10:30am – 11am

How was the news reported this week? Join some of Australia’s best-known journalists to talk about how news is reported.

Alternative Radio

11am – 12pm

Analysis & views mainstream media ignores. For over 30 years Alternative Radio has been putting audiences in touch with a different perspective on international issues.

The Wire

12pm – 12:30pm

The Wire is a flagship independent current affairs program featuring today’s current events and key national issues.

Lunchbox

12:30pm – 2pm

Lunchtime music and entertainment

Amrap Radio Program

2pm – 3pm

A weekly music wrap of what’s getting attention on community radio across Australia.

Aus Music Hour

3pm – 4pm

An hour of the best of recent Australian Independent and Alternative Music.

LocalnLive

4pm – 6pm

The freshest home-grown music, delivered straight from local artists to your ears, the latest local music news, gig details, live interviews and laughs!

The Confab

6pm – 7pm

A program of conversations with people from Canberra and from around the world. You will get to know their stories, passions their contribution to humanity and hear music that has inspired them during their life’s journey.

Macedonian (Canberra)

7pm – 8pm

The Macedonian Radio Programme informs the Macedonians of the A.C.T. and Queanbeyan of the latest local, national and international news in their Macedonian language. It also provides community announcements, religious updates and information on different social, cultural and historic events.

Ekushey

8pm – 8:30pm

Weekly programs in Bengali, English, Tamil, and other ethnic languages to promote the concept of Mother Languages, and culture and heritage for wellbeing.

Mauritian

8:30pm – 9:30pm

Produced by Bernard Busooa the show will explore the Mauritian culture, the experience of Mauritians in the Act, connections between the Mauritian community and other multicultural communities and, of course, music, food, events and other things that Mauritians are intersted to promote.

Liquid Sunshine

9:30pm – 10:30pm

with DJ Maarten Vlot

Deep Funk, Rare Groove, Disco, Beats – All The Good Stuff!!

Acoustic Shock

10:30pm – 12am

Listen to latest episodes.

Roots’n’Reggae Show

12am – 1am

The Roots’n’Reggae Show presents a variety of reggae music styles from Australia and around the world.

Urban Meltdown

1am – 2am

Playing new undergrounds music from the UK and USA. For new music lovers.

2XX Playlist

2am – 6am

80% new Australian music with a high representation of Canberra artists

Chimes

6am – 7am

Exploring jangly ringing guitars. Trace the arc from the Byrds to the Bats, with plenty of new releases and some forgotten treasures too.

Breakfast

7am – 8:30am

Snap, Crackle and Pop

This Way Out

8:30am – 9am

International LGBT news, music, politics, culture and much more in a weekly magazine-style show now airing on over 200 community radio stations worldwide.

Behind The Lines

9am – 10:30am

Social, political, environmental and community activist radio program.

Wellbeing

10:30am – 11am

Health issues for people of all ages. Wellbeing aims to inform the community about conditions and diseases as well as dispelling medical myths.

Back to Earth

11am – 12pm

What’s happening in nature and how that effects our inner nature, from the moon cycles to the turning of the seasons.

The Wire

12pm – 12:30pm

The Wire is a flagship independent current affairs program featuring today’s current events and key national issues.

Lunchbox

12:30pm – 2pm

Lunchtime music and entertainment

Aussie Music Weekly

2pm – 3pm

New local and independent Aussie music

Aus Music Hour

3pm – 4pm

An hour of the best of recent Australian Independent and Alternative Music.

LocalnLive

4pm – 6pm

The freshest home-grown music, delivered straight from local artists to your ears, the latest local music news, gig details, live interviews and laughs!

Queering the Capital

6pm – 6:30pm

News meets comedy in Queering The Capital – Bringing all of Canberra’s queer news to you. Tune in on Fridays at 6pm on 2xx fm!

The World is Never Enough

6:30pm – 7pm

Here to promote the wellbeing of your worldly awareness, trivia knowledge, funny bone and witty soul.

Mandarin

7pm – 7:30pm

2XX FM’s Mandarin program promotes the use and learning of Mandarin in the ACT area and to inform the community, especially the Chinese speaking community, about local events and other information of interest.

Macedonian (Queanbeyan)

7:30pm – 8:30pm

The Macedonian Radio Programme informs the Macedonians of the A.C.T. and Queanbeyan of the latest local, national and international news in their Macedonian language. It also provides community announcements, religious updates and information on different social, cultural and historic events. Macedonians of all generations and other fans of Macedonian music have the opportunity to listen to a variety of genres.

ACT Desi

8:30pm – 9:30pm

A differentiated media platform catering to majorly Indian and other South Asian Communities.

Pop Heads Hour of Power

9:30pm – 10:30pm

A weekly trip into the vinyl vault

Sample Credits

10:30pm – 12am

Sample Credits – the show that looks at the songs behind the songs, the hits behind the hits. Each week I’ll be playing a range of funk, soul, disco, pop, folk and rock songs that were sampled by other artists in some of their most famous tracks.

Latino Audiodromo

12am – 2am

Musical program in spanglish. It shows the best of the best of Latino Music played presently such as Salsa, Raeggaton, Cumbias, Vallenatos, corridos, etc, etc, etc…

2XX Playlist

2am – 6am

80% new Australian music with a high representation of Canberra artists

Sangeetalahari (South Indian Carnatic music)

6am – 7am

Carnatic music from South India is presented for your listening pleasure.

Real World Gardener

7am – 7:30am

Presenter Marianne Cannon is a horticulturalist and educator presenting a new holistic approach to gardening organically.

Radio-Active

7:30am – 8am

Australia’s longest running show focusing on nuclear issues.

Lark in the Morning

8am – 10am

Folk music from Canberra and the world in five exciting flavours

Irish Voice

10am – 11am

News, Views and Music from the Old Country

Fuzzy Logic

11am – 12pm

Your science on a Sunday

Democracy Now!

12pm – 1pm

US public radio’s award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez.

Sacred Cinema

1pm – 1:30pm

Listen to latest episodes.

The Quiet Carriage

1:30pm – 2pm

A dedicated literature show about (mostly) new novels whilst featuring in-depth interviews with the authors behind them.

Gender Equity Matters

2pm – 3pm

Listen to latest episodes.

Roots’n’Reggae Show

3pm – 4pm

The Roots’n’Reggae Show presents a variety of reggae music styles from Australia and around the world.

Blues, Roots N Boots

4pm – 5pm

Blues Roots N Boots explores the three genres that have come to underpin most of what we listen to today.

Fine Music Live

5pm – 6pm

Local, national and international performances with an emphasis on Australian performers.

The Hit Parade of Yesterday

6pm – 7pm

Vintage music from the 20s and 30s featuring jazz, big bands, and including personalities and music from the movies.

Tango Capital

7pm – 8pm

The tango hour is 7pm to 8pm, every Sunday, when Tango Capital brings you tango views, news, reviews, and interviews together with the best in traditional and modern tango music, all with an Australasian focus but with international happenings and personalities also.

The Music Goes ‘Round and Around

8pm – 9pm

Swing bands and singers of the 1930s and ’40s.

Now’s the Time

9pm – 11pm

Modern jazz. Bebop and beyond. Sometimes a long way beyond.

Jazz Made in Australia

11pm – 12am

Showcasing the talents of Australian jazz musicians and composers with what’s current.