In this fierce new episode of New Music Dispatch, program director Maggie Heflin and music director Leo Ackerman discuss the newest adds to the Impact rotation. Leo talks about the new single from up-and-coming Chicago indie band Friko, Maggie finds an emo album she likes, and they both gush about incomparable house diva Rochelle Jordan. If you like any of the tracks mentioned, make sure to tune in to 88.9FM or visit our website to listen live!

Featured Songs and Artists:

• Seven Degrees - Friko
• Illiterate (Lol do you get it) - Stay Safe, Little One
• The Boy - Rochelle Jordan
• 16/25 - Softcult
• S.T.F - i.d.k
• I'll Change For You - Mitski

In this episode of New Music Dispatch, listeners are graced with the first-ever appearance of IMPACT 89FM's new music director, Leo Ackerman. In this episode, music director Leo Ackerman and programming director Maggie Heflin discuss the singles kicking off our 2026, including By Storm's "And I Dance" and Mitski's "Where's My Phone?" If you like any of the tracks mentioned, make sure to tune in to 88.9FM or visit our website to listen live.

Featured songs and artists

• And I Dance - By Storm, Injury Reserve
• Where's My Phone? - Mitski
• Dead End - Snail Mail
• Can't See - Westside Cowboy
• Cherry Bomb - Xiu Xiu
• Nights In Armor - Water From Your Eyes

In this episode of New Music Dispatch, Music Director Sydney Sims and Program Director Maggie Heflin reflect on 2025 and each share their top 5. Is Eusexua really everything? How long did it take to come around to Cameron Winters vocals? All will be revealed on this special episode of New Music Dispatch.

Sydney's Picks:

• Twin Geeker - Paris Texas
• Garden of Eden - Lady Gaga
• Attempted Martyr - Prostitute
• Stars - PinkPanthress
• Childlike Things - FKA Twigs

Maggie's Picks:

• Deep Diving - After
• Taxes - Geese
• Honey Water - Japanese Breakfast
• Pick Up That Knife - Wednesday
• Blade Bird - Oklou

Burrrr, it's cold in here; there must be New Music Dispatch in the atmosphere. Well, yes, there is! Welcome back, listeners, to New Music Dispatch, the only music-based podcast on Impact 89fm where we discuss the hot new tracks hitting the college music scene.
This week, hosts Sydney Sims and Maggie Heflin, Impact’s own Music and Program Directors, discuss songs from up-and-coming artists. If you like a track, make sure to listen on the airwaves at 88.9FM or on our website to listen live. Tune in here to hear our chilling dispatch decision!

Featured Songs and Artists:

• Constant Smiles - Leave It At Why
• Hatchie - Only One Laughing
• Sorry - Jet Plane
• Yndling - You Know You Hate It

Welcome to Impact 89FM’s New Music Dispatch! Impact's only new music podcast is back again this week. The hosts Maggie Hefflin, Programming Director, and Sydney Sims, Music Director, share their thoughts on the new adds they put in the system for your listening.
On this week's episode of the New Music Dispatch, hosts Maggie Heflin and Sydney Sims sit down to discuss five new albums fresh off the streams.

Featured Artists & Songs:

• Team Trust - Wuggis
• FKA twigs (feat. PinkPanthress) - Wild and Alone
• Austra - Amnesia
• Danny Brown - Copy Cat
• Tara Lily - Tropical Storm

…Actually, I seem to be getting a call from the hosts right now!
Interviewer: "Hello? Maggie. Sydney. Are you all there?”
Maggie and Sydney: “Gobble,Gobble, GOBBLEEEE!!”
Interviewer: “What’s that? You both have been turned into turkeys by the station wizard??”
Maggie and Sydney: “Gobble..Gobble Gobble..Gobble”
Interviewer: “And it's all because you all do such a great job at podcasting? Wow, that’s rough buddy…well I don’t have much time for this. I hope you two find a way to lift that curse.”
* Ends call *
Want to know what these turkeys think about the music or want to know what they deem as their “Totally Turkey Dispatch Discission?" Then Listen Live here! Hope you enjoy it!
Maggie and Sydney: “Gobble Gobble <3”

Hosts Maggie and Sydney are back in action with a new episode covering all things avant-garde, grunge, and more.
Featured Artists & Songs:

• HighSchool - Making Out at The Skate Park
• Wes Parker - Code Atlas
• Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - The Real Contra Band
• Oklou - Viscus
• Oklou - Dance 2

After a brief week-long hiatus, hosts Maggie and Sydney review this week's bizarre new ads. Imagine you are in a Zara warehouse in Kentucky.... that's where this music will take you.

Featured Artists & Songs:

• Not For Radio - Water On Your Nose
• They Are Gutting a Body of Water - Violence iii
• Good Flying Birds - Pulling Hair
• Alix Fernz - HaHa!
• The Last Dinner Party - Inferno
• Daya - Infared
• Living Hour - Stainless Steel Dreams
• The Barr Brothers - Tangerine
• Sudan Archives - A BUG'S LIFE

New Music Dispatch welcomed in some new artists to the station's sound this week. Your hosts, Maggie and Sydney, get into the weeds of some fresh new tracks from some smaller artists.

Featured Artists & Songs:

• Madge - Saturday Song
• Forty Winks - Noise
• Aatocaster - Superstition