As you know, we just celebrated America's independence last week, and since Transmission took Thursday off for the A to Z weekend, we've moved the annual all U.S. artists show to this Thursday. You can expect an hour of some of the best American punk, post-punk and new wave. Hope to see you there waving your flags.

If you've been tuning in to Transmission lately, you might have noticed that we've been climbing up through the years in the past few shows, and this week's program is no different. We're now in 1982. MTV had been on the air for a little less than a year, but its impact was already very much being felt with a huge wave of UK bands being represented, the same way they'll be represented on Thursday's show. 

The legendary synth band OMD, a.k.a. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, are making a rare appearance in Minneapolis to play the First Avenue Mainroom on Thursday, June 26. That's why this week's Transmission is everything OMD. From their humble start in Liverpool, England to worldwide recognition today, we'll be covering it all in this Thursday's show. 

In the past few weeks on Transmission, Jake Rudh has spotlighted 1979 and 1980 on the program, and this week, it's time to head a little deeper into the ‘80s with 1981.

June officially kicks off Pride Month, and with this first week in June, Transmission hosts its annual Pride celebration on the radio.

Last week on Transmission, Jake Rudh covered the incredible year that was 1979 in music. This Thursday, we moved the needle up a notch to 1980, and check out what bands and artists were doing to kick off the decade that would become one of the most creative and prolific in music history. Tune in as we plan on supporting that hefty statement.

This Thursday on Transmission, Jake Rudh will be spotlighting albums released in 1979 and with names like The Cure, Joy Division, The B-52's, Gang of Four, Joe Jackson and Gary Newman being part of it, you know it's going to be good. But here's the kicker, those are just some of the debut albums we're going to be covering from '79.

This week on Transmission, Jake Rudh is spotlighting side projects of the 1980s, and there were a lot of them.

Last week on the show, Jake Rudh spotlighted one of the most important record labels in the Transmission world, located right here in the United States, Sire Records. Well, this week on the program, we're headed overseas to England, naturally, to focus on a record label that still gets brought up as being one of the most influential UK labels ever, Manchester's Factory Records. And here's a glimpse of two reasons why: Joy Division and New Order. 

This week on Transmission, Jake Rudh will spotlight the legendary label Sire Records.