UNDERCURRENTS

Undercurrents, a public affairs radio program, is broadcast every Monday from 5:30 to 6:30 PM (EST) on WMUA, 91.1FM in Amherst, Massachusetts.  If you are not in the Amherst area, you can hear Undercurrents on the World-Wide Web using RealAudio at the WMUA webpage.

Programming Philosophy

Undercurrents covers news stories and political perspectives usually ignored by the mainstream corporate media.   Why is the media conspicously quiet on the fact  that there are 43 million Americans without health insurance while at the same time it loudly applauds the US government's plan to increase the Pentagon's budget by 112 billion dollars over the next six years?  When was the last time you heard serious criticism of the US/UN economic sanctions on Iraq on ABC, CBS, or NBC? The mainstream media will not tell you that acording to a UN study 5,000 children are dying in Iraq every month as a direct result of the sanctions due to malnourishment and lack of basic medicines to treat diseases.  How much time has the media devoted to genetically modified foods and their danger to human health?  In spite of massive resistance to genetically modified foods in Europe, the US public has been kept in the dark because the press does not want to irritate its agribusiness advertisers.

Undercurrents presents interviews with local activists and national figures on a wide variety of topics; people who care about and work on these issues; people you will never see on Nightline or hear on NPR.
 

Work with Undercurrents

We operate as a collective. Members alternate weeks producing shows. The producer each week picks the topic of focus. We are always interested in having new members or ideas for shows.  If you are interested, please contact  Undercurrents or  Jennie Traschen.
 
 

We are pleased to provide you with some of our favorite alternative web links.  If you would like to have your web page among our links, do not hesitate to contact us at  Undercurrents@excite.com
 
 

Page last revised:  March 25, 1999.