Ascent Radio

Chico

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Ascent Radio is an independent, commercial-free online radio station based in Chico, California, founded in 2021 by Jonathan Bristow. Its fully hand-curated, free-form programming focuses on socially conscious music from the civil rights era to the present, ranging from soul, R&B and hip-hop to Americana, pop and rock. The station also publishes a music blog and the "Conversations" podcast and is available 24/7 through its web player and its own iOS/Android app.

On the air

17:06

Daylight Again

Crosby, Stills & Nash
16:57

The Colored Night

Blind Pilot
16:53

Look How the Stars Shine for You

Randy Wood
16:50

The Winter Is Cold

Wendy & Bonnie
16:48

Wouldn't Mama Be Proud

Elliott Smith

Full Playlist

Top Songs

1

Superstition

Stevie Wonder
2

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

Eurythmics
3

Redemption Song

Bob Marley & The Wailers
4

Somebody to Love

Grace Slick & The Great Society
5

Call me Cruella

Florence + the Machine
6

Toxic

Britney Spears
7

Walkin', Talkin' Haunted House

Candye Kane
8

Castin' My Spell

Johnny Otis
9

Abracadabra

Lady Gaga
10

Cemetry Gates

The Smiths
11

This Land (Remix) [From the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon] [feat. Black Thought]

Gary Clark Jr. & The Roots
12

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

The Byrds
13

When Doves Cry

Prince & The Revolution
14

Your Racist Friend

They Might Be Giants
15

Love Is My Religion

Ziggy Marley
16

In the Air Tonight

Phil Collins
17

Home

Phillip Phillips
18

Welcome to Jamrock

Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
19

Bittersweet

Big Head Todd & The Monsters
20

Hold On

Wilson Phillips
21

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [12" Mix]

Kate Bush
22

Love All Night (Work All Day)

Yola
23

Lose Yourself

Eminem
24

Black Betty

Ram Jam
25

Mr. President

Janelle Monáe
26

Like me (feat. DAISY WORLD)

Steve Lacy
27

Fortunate Son

Creedence Clearwater Revival
28

The Distance

CAKE
29

Mainstream Kid

Brandi Carlile
30

Cold War

Janelle Monáe
31

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding
32

Your Life Is Now

John Mellencamp
33

We the Common (For Valerie Bolden)

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
34

Edge of Seventeen

Stevie Nicks
35

One of Us

Joan Osborne
36

Please Don't Bury Me

John Prine
37

The Fire (feat. John Legend)

The Roots
38

Time After Time

Cyndi Lauper
39

Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)

Pras
40

This Land Is Your Land

Woody Guthrie