WBGO

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Location:

Newark, NJ

Genres:

Jazz

Public Radio

Networks:

PRI

NPR

WBGO

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Description:

WBGO 88.3 FM / Newark Public Radio is a non-profit, publicly funded arts and cultural institution, dedicated to the curation, presentation, and preservation of music created out of the African American experience. We are committed to providing our community with independently produced music programming and journalism for the purpose of public enrichment, entertainment, and insight.

Twitter:

@WBGO

Language:

English

Contact:

Newark Public Radio, Inc. 54 Park Place Newark, NJ 07102 973-624-8880

Website:

http://www.wbgo.org/

Stations

TOMORROW:

1am

Jazz After Hours

6am

Morning Jazz (WBGO)

10am

Mid-Day Jazz (WBGO)

2pm

Blues Break

Podcasts

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jazz at Lincoln Center

Veteran actor (The Wire, Tremé) and New Orleans native Wendell Pierce brings outstanding performances each week from Jazz at Lincoln Center's House of Swing. Each week, Pierce brings the story of jazz through music and the players in their own words.

Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.

SportsJam with Doug Doyle

SportsJam with Doug Doyle

SportsJam with Doug Doyle features in-depth interviews with top athletes, coaches, reporters, authors, and fans of the sports world. WBGO News Director Doug Doyle started the award-winning podcast SportsJam in 2008. The Pennsylvania State University...

The People's Pharmacy

The People's Pharmacy

Empowering you to make wise decisions about your own health, by providing you with essential health information about both medical and alternative treatment options. 921997

Shows

Afternoon Jazz with Monifa Brown

Afternoon Jazz with Monifa Brown

Jazz is a spiritual pillar in my life. I am privileged to have the opportunity to share my love of this music with people all around the world every week on my show.In addition to hosting "Saturday Afternoon Jazz," Monifa Brown can also be seen...

Afternoon Jazz with Rob Crocker

Afternoon Jazz with Rob Crocker

New York area listeners are sure to recognize Rob Crocker's voice as having hosted the best of JAZZ, FUSION, LATIN, R&B and DANCE MUSIC on some of the city's most popular FM radio stations. He was instrumental in returning to New York the captivating...

Nicole Sweeney is a Queens-born, Long Island-raised music lover. She received her B.A. in Communications from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, where she worked at WRTI before moving to the Atlanta area to work at WCLK, which she did for more...

Jazz After Hours

Jazz After Hours

Greg Bryant began his career as a broadcaster while still in high school at age 14. Greg was given the chance to host a weekly jazz radio show on WFSK-FM, the Fisk University station that served the north Nashville community. He worked at WMOT and...

Jazz After Hours with Sheila Anderson

Jazz After Hours with Sheila Anderson

Radio programming should function much like a live performance. For example one would not want to hear a performance where the group played all ballads. My best shows happen when I am feeling completely free to move with a certain flow and program...

Jazz Night in America

Jazz Night in America

The nation’s flagship jazz program profiles the new jazz that matters, and tips its hat to the pioneers. A co-production of WBGO, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and NPR Music, Jazz88 has been an affiliate of the program since its very first episode.

Latin Jazz Cruise

Latin Jazz Cruise

Bobby Sanabria is an eight time Grammy-nominee as a leader, drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor, documentary film producer, educator, activist, and bandleader. A native son of the South Bronx born to Puerto Rican parents, he has...

Mid-Day Jazz (WBGO)

Mid-Day Jazz (WBGO)

Brian Delp has been a member of WBGO’s on-air team for more than two decades. Brian grew up in Oklahoma and hosted his first radio show on KOSU, Oklahoma State University's public radio station. From there, he went to Bismarck, North Dakota and the...

Morning Jazz (WBGO)

Morning Jazz (WBGO)

In jazz radio, great announcers are distinguished by their ability to convey the spontaneity and passion of the music. Gary Walker is such an announcer, and his enthusiasm for this music greets WBGO listeners every morning. For the past 13 years, this...

One on One with Steve Adubato

One on One with Steve Adubato

Portraits in Blue

Portraits in Blue

Host Bob Porter is one of the busiest record producers and journalists in both jazz and blues. His program provides that important link between jazz and blues...early "rhythm & blues". Bob tells many revealing stories about the music and the...

New York's first radio show devoted exclusively to "classic" soul and R&B with Felix Hernandez. In addition to the regular dance parties, Felix hosts a series of free dances at various parks in New York City during the summer months. His parents met...

Saturday Evening Jazz

Saturday Evening Jazz

New York area listeners are sure to recognize Rob Crocker's voice as having hosted the best of JAZZ, FUSION, LATIN, R&B and DANCE MUSIC on some of the city's most popular FM radio stations. He was instrumental in returning to New York the captivating...

Saturday Morning Function

Saturday Morning Function

Bob Porter presides over a weekly radio show, Saturday Morning Function, on Newark's WBGO. This Saturday morning program offers a mixture of R&B and Classic Soul as well as Blues.

Singers Unlimited

Singers Unlimited

Michael Bourne has been a presence on WBGO since the end of 1984. He's been honored with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Excellence in Jazz Broadcasting from the Jazz Journalists Association. Michael is also a senior contributor to Down...

Sunday Morning Harmony

Sunday Morning Harmony

Albert Camus once said, "one's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those one or two great and simple things, in which their heart first opened." To me this applies to both the true jazz musician, and listener.

Sunday Night Music Mix

Sunday Night Music Mix

Eulis Cathey is the host of Sunday Night Music Mix. The Sunday Night Music Mix is a four hour musical journey that provides listeners with an opportunity to experience a variety of musical genres: jazz, contemporary jazz, jazz fusion, latin jazz,...