About Unity X Radio — blues to metal, the request queue decides.
Unity X Radio is an independent listener-requested radio station for Canadian indie, punk and underground heavy music. The broadcast runs out of Edmonton on weekdays, hosted live by on-air DJ Rocken Buddhafrom 12pm–4pm MST. When the booth is dark, the open-format rotation keeps the stream alive — weekend and after-hours blocks lean heavier and broader as the week rolls on.
The mandate
What we’re for — the whole point of the station.
Unity X Radio plays the Canadian independent music that big-chain radio programs skip past. The rotation is shaped by listener requests, not a corporate playlist — and it leans into the local scene fiercely enough that Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Fort McMurray bands land in the on-air rotation on a regular basis.
Canadian indie & punk, first
The rotation is built around Canadian independent indie rock, punk and garage — with room for the underground heavy side that crosses into blues and metal.
100% listener-requested
The queue is whatever you send in. Request a track through the on-site form and it lands in the rotation if it fits the mandate. No algorithm picking the next song for you.
Local scene bandcamp
Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Fort McMurray — the back-catalogue leans on the bands cutting teeth on stages across the prairies. The rotation weight stays with them.
What we play
The rotation, end to end — blues to metal, by request.
The station’s mandate covers the whole Canadian arc from indie rock through punk, post-punk and garage into alt-country, the blues and the heavier side of the underground. The tags below name the lanes that show up in the on-air block and in the on-site request queue every week.
- Indie rock
- Punk
- Post-punk
- Garage
- Alt-country
- Blues
- Underground heavy
- Metal
If a track fits the mandate, the request lands in the on-air rotation. The DJ reads every submission — drop one through the request form and it gets queued for the next weekday block.
How the broadcast runs
Weekdays live, open-format rotation the rest of the time.
Monday through Friday, 12pm–4pm MST, the booth is on and the format is open listener requests. When the live broadcast isn’t on air, the stream keeps rolling through an open-format rotation built from the same on-site request queue and the back-catalogue.
Mon–Fri
12pm–4pm MST
Live broadcast with on-air DJ Rocken Buddha — the booth is on, the chat is live and the rotation opens for listener requests.
After-hours
Open-format rotation
The stream rolls through the listener request queue and the back-catalogue while the booth is dark. Same mandate, broader leans.
Weekends
Heavier rotation
The weekend arc leans into the underground — more garage, more blues, more metal. The request queue keeps feeding it through the off-hours.
Start here
Listen live. Set the queue. Plan the week.
The live stream lives on the listen page, one click away. The request form feeds the booth. The schedule tells you which weekday block is on when — the same broadcast window this About is built around.
On this page
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Listen live» 02
See the schedule» 03
Request a song» 04
Artists» 05
Top requests