The Prog Rock Hour - Formerly Prog Rock Nation

The Prog Rock Hour - Formerly Prog Rock Nation Progressive Rock Show on KTAL-LP, 101.5 FM, Las Cruces, NM lccommunityradio.org I did this for four or five years until I moved out of state. Peace! Julie, PRN

Prog Rock Nation is a Progressive Rock radio show that airs on KTAL-LP 101.5 FM, Las Cruces, NM USA on Saturday nights 8-10pm MST/MDT and again on Sunday mornings 3-5am MST/MDT. KTAL-LP also has a live stream https://tunein.com/radio/KTAL-LP-s299277/ or lccommunityradio.org/stream.html so you can listen no matter where in the World you are. My introduction to Progressive Rock was via the Prog Roc

k single “Roundabout” by the iconic Prog band Yes, I was just around 8 or 9 yrs old at the time and fell in love with the guitar intro and that prominent trebby jazzy funky swirling bass line. Although a generally quiet person, as I had a lifelong love for music as well as radio, I coerced myself into becoming a radio DJ and volunteered as such at a community radio station in Albuquerque, NM during the 80s. This passion to play music for the masses never waned, however, and I started my podcast, Progkast, in February of 2016. Progkast is an all independent artist podcast and is available through most podcast outlets and is hosted at www.soundcloud.com/progkast. My goal at Prog Rock Nation is to indulge those that are already into Prog, as well as to pull in new listeners who may not be all so familiar with the genre. If you like Pink Floyd, Rush, or TransSiberian Orchestra, you will like some of what I play. As all of the above are Progressive Rock artists. You may have liked it all along and never knew it! Jazz Fusion, Psychedelic, Experimental, Symphonic, Experimental... all these are subgenres or near genres (influencing Prog) of Progressive Rock.

"On this week's The Prog Rock Hour:The broadcast debut of Las Cruces metal band, Serenicide 's unplugged version of one ...
01/02/2026

"On this week's The Prog Rock Hour:
The broadcast debut of Las Cruces metal band,
Serenicide 's unplugged version of one of their
original songs, Ayreon, Seigman, SarGasm,
Psych music Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean
Lennon), Pink Floyd, Presto Ballet, Puppet Show,
and more Psych from Tame Impala." lccommunityradio.org/listen

The Prog Rock HourTonight, Friday 11 PM-12 AM US Mountain Time lccommunityradio.org/listenSounding very much like they s...
12/27/2025

The Prog Rock Hour
Tonight, Friday 11 PM-12 AM US Mountain Time lccommunityradio.org/listen
Sounding very much like they stepped out of the 70s, Modern Retro Norwegian Proggers, Ring Van Mobius, start off the show from their new release, Firebrand. Host Julie Sanchez then plays Kaipa, Kayak, Dhani Harrison, Nad Sylvan, ELP, David Gilmour, Spock's Beard, and the show ends with another Norwegian trio, Airbag.

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12/18/2025

The Prog Rock Hour
Friday 11 PM-12 AM lccommunityradio.org

Julie Sanchez presents a Holiday, winter, wintery show with:
ELO,
Samurai of Prog,
Steve Morse,
Blackmore's Night (Ritchie Blackmore's [Rainbow, Deep Purple]
boroque folk ensemble with his wife, Candice Night),
Jethro Tull,
Independent artist Nathan Ames,
Geoff Downes (Asia, Yes),
Imaginerium,
Chris Squire & Alan White (Yes),
Trans-Siberian Orchestra,
Neal Morse Band (Neal and Steve are brothers),
Steve Hackett (Genesis),
and Paul McCartney's Experimental/Prog
project with the producer, "Youth", as The Fireman.

On this week's The Prog Rock Hour (11pm-MidnightFriday Dec 19th): lccommunityradio.org/listenA Holiday, winter, wintery ...
12/16/2025

On this week's The Prog Rock Hour (11pm-Midnight
Friday Dec 19th): lccommunityradio.org/listen

A Holiday, winter, wintery show. With ELO,
Samurai of Prog, Steve Morse, Blackmore's Night
(Ritchie Blackmore's [Rainbow, Deep Purple]
boroque folk ensemble with his wife, Candice Night),
Jethro Tull, Independent artist Nathan
Ames, Geoff Downes (Asia, Yes), Imaginerium,
Chris Squire & Alan White (Yes), Trans-Siberian
Orchestra, Neal Morse Band (Neal and Steve are
brothers), Steve Hackett (Genesis),
and Paul McCartney's Experimental/Prog
project with the producer, "Youth", as The Fireman.

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Anyone keen to the local Albuquerque 80s music scene? I was a kid, not a bar goer, but through local radio, The JSR, Phi...
12/11/2025

Anyone keen to the local Albuquerque 80s music scene? I was a kid, not a bar goer, but through local radio, The JSR, Philisteens, and a few others?

In the 70s and 80s music scene in Albuquerque, where I did most of my growing up, there was a very unique and strong musical style and presence. The Albuquerque "sound" was like a mixture of country, blues and Prog (much like Hot Tuna or Canned Heat). One of the 80s bands on the scene was this band, The John Street Rockets. I later wrote a riff for a potential song, highly influenced by this Bass line. 😮

Jamaica Shaker by The John Street Rockets, from the album Rock and Roll The Hard Way, 1979, Albuquerque, NM.

12/03/2025

The Prog Rock Hour this week: Pink Floyd, Tangent, Starcastle, New music from Epinikion, great classic style Prog from Ben Craven, classic Gentle Giant, Moody Blues, new release from Gnomes Trove as well as Lars Frederik Frøislie, and classic Italian Prog from Banco del Mutuo Soccorso's 2019 release.

New TPRH tonight! Astra, Ayreon, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Moon Safari, Barclay James Harvest, Dream Theater, Focus, Moonsca...
11/28/2025

New TPRH tonight! Astra, Ayreon, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Moon Safari, Barclay James Harvest, Dream Theater, Focus, Moonscape 11pm US MST Friday/1am US EST Saturday/6am England Saturday/7am Italy & Norway Saturday

101.5 FM Las Cruces/

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The second installation of The Prog Rock Hour now available on mixcloud, with - (Artist - Album - Year of release)Genesi...
11/24/2025

The second installation of The Prog Rock Hour now available on mixcloud, with - (Artist - Album - Year of release)
Genesis - From Wind & Wuthering - 1976 (Listen to this and tell me that Phil Collins ruined Genesis and they suck after Peter's departure... if you still say that - you are lying ;) ) , Supertramp - From eponymous album - 1970, Martin Orford - From The Old Road - 2008, Big Big Train - From The Likes of Us - 2024, Six by Six - From Beyond Shadowland - 2024, Nice - From Five Bridges - 1968, Airbag - From The Century of Self - 2024, Renaissance - From Novella - 1977, and White Willow -From Ignis Fatuus - 2023 rerelease of 1995 album.

Listen to The Prog Rock Hour #2 2025.11.21 by The Prog Rock Hour - PRN

Crossing my fingers, but feel pretty confident that the bug has been zapped, and TPRH WILL play tonight. We're looking a...
11/14/2025

Crossing my fingers, but feel pretty confident that the bug has been zapped, and TPRH WILL play tonight. We're looking at tonight at 10pm Pacific/11pm Mountain/12 midnight Central/1am Sunday morning Eastern/ 6am Londong at lccommunityradio.org/listen On tonight's show, Yes, Anekdoten, Lars Fredrik Frøislie (from Wobbler), Stackridge, Pryzme, Glass Hammer, Jethro Tull, and Tame Impala.

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11/12/2025

Due to circumstance beyond my control (a programming issue at the radio station), the first "The Prog Rock Hour", did not play last week. 😡I informed the station techs that it did not play. They said they would check the comp program for errors. Until then, cross your fingers, 🤞and let's hope it gets played this weekend (Friday night). 🙏lccommunityradio.org/listen

Not me, but just a post I thought I'd share.
11/06/2025

Not me, but just a post I thought I'd share.

Hey ya'll think you will really like this. It is new from Yak, the band formed in the 80s that disappeared, and reappear...
07/15/2025

Hey ya'll think you will really like this. It is new from Yak, the band formed in the 80s that disappeared, and reappeared once or twice in the past 20 or so years. The outfit is headed by Martin Morgan, who pretty much retired from the music business to help run an animal sanctuary, Tower Hill Stables Animal Sanctuary. So check this out from the album, and consider giving to a worthy cause.

Track 2 from the latest YAK album - The Pink Man & the Bishop - released on 4th July 2025 (at 10:45 am)

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Prog Rock Nation is a Progressive Rock radio show that airs on KTAL-LP 101.5 FM, Las Cruces, NM USA on Saturday nights 8-10pm MST/MDT and again on Sunday mornings 3-5am MST/MDT. KTAL-LP also has a live stream https://tunein.com/radio/KTAL-LP-s299277/ or lccommunityradio.org/stream.html so you can listen no matter where in the World you are.

My introduction to Progressive Rock was via the Prog Rock single “Roundabout” by the iconic Prog band Yes, I was just around 8 or 9 yrs old at the time and fell in love with the guitar intro and that prominent trebby jazzy funky swirling bass line. After 40 and something odd years (closing in on 50 very very quickly), I am still not tired of hearing this song (preferably the “long” version, and NOT the single version at this time however :D ). Since then I’d been picking up Progressive Rock albums whenever or however I could. This usually meant flea markets, garage sales, and secondhand stores. As Prog was not my only interest as far as music, I accrued many other styles of music as well, but Prog makes up the majority of my music collection.

Although a generally quiet person, as I had a lifelong love for music as well as radio, I coerced myself into becoming a radio DJ and volunteered as such at a community radio station in Albuquerque, NM during the 80s. I did this for four or five years until I moved out of state.

This passion to play music for the masses never waned, however, and I started my podcast, Progkast, in February of 2016. Progkast continued until the last episode in August 2018. Progkast was an all independent podcast, playing music from unsigned, generally unknown Progressive Rock artists, or even artists on small record labels. Due to the nature of Progkast and the time involved for “discovery” of new artists, as well as waiting to hear back from artists for permission and downloads, I retired Progkast, at least for the time being, due to time constraints.