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90.9 WRCJ is a listener supported non-profit public radio station licensed to Detroit Classical & Jazz Educational Radio, LLC, and managed by Detroit PBS. The station is located inside the Detroit School of Arts, a public high school training young people for careers in performing, visual and media arts.

90.9 WRCJ broadcasts classical music from 5 am to 7 pm each day and jazz overnight - at 90.9

on your FM radio dial and streaming LIVE online at wrcjfm.org

The primary source of our annual operating budget is voluntary contributions from listeners like you.

Today at 10:40 a.m. hear our live broadcast of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Led by conductor Jader Bignamini and feat...
10/17/2025

Today at 10:40 a.m. hear our live broadcast of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Led by conductor Jader Bignamini and featuring violinist Giuseppe Gibboni the program includes two works. First is the "Violin Concerto" by Wynton Marsalis which is followed by "Symphony No.9" by Dmitri Shostakovich. Hosted by Dave Wagner and Peter Whorf.

Stay tuned to find out how you can get a copy of Dave and Peter’s new music collection
10/13/2025

Stay tuned to find out how you can get a copy of Dave and Peter’s new music collection

Tune in this Friday, October 17 at 10:40 a.m. to hear our live broadcast of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Led by condu...
10/13/2025

Tune in this Friday, October 17 at 10:40 a.m. to hear our live broadcast of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Led by conductor Jader Bignamini and featuring violinist Giuseppe Gibboni the program includes two works. First is the "Violin Concerto" by Wynton Marsalis which is followed by "Symphony No.9" by Dmitri Shostakovich. Hosted by Dave Wagner and Peter Whorf.

Wynton Marsalis’s blues-infused Violin Concerto comes to life with Giuseppe Gibboni and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 brims with sardonic wit and jubilant energy, defying Soviet expectations.

Happy Friday
10/10/2025

Happy Friday

Our own Dave Wagner will be playing a free organ recital this Sunday at 3pm at St. Augustine House in Oxford Michigan. S...
10/08/2025

Our own Dave Wagner will be playing a free organ recital this Sunday at 3pm at St. Augustine House in Oxford Michigan. St Augustine House is at 3316 Drahner Road on a beautiful pipe organ built by Dave Wigton in Dryden Michigan.

In partnership with Cabaret313, we proudly present Tony-nominated actress and celebrated New York Times essayist Melissa...
10/07/2025

In partnership with Cabaret313, we proudly present Tony-nominated actress and celebrated New York Times essayist Melissa Errico in The Life and Loves of a Broadway Baby on Saturday, October 11 at The Cube at the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center.
Errico will be joined by legendary pianist Billy Stritch, known for his collaborations with Liza Minnelli and Tony Bennett.
In this dazzling performance, Errico sets her own story to the songs she’s made her own—from Stephen Sondheim to Cole Porter to Joni Mitchell—blending beloved standards with sharp, funny tales from her life on the Great White Way.
Tickets for The Life and Loves of a Broadway Baby with Melissa Errico are available now:

Joining her on piano is the legendary Billy Stritch, whose career includes collaborations with Liza Minnelli and Tony Bennett.

10/06/2025
Sunday at 6 p.m. on "The Soundtrack" Haley Taylor uncovers the mysterious and mesmerizing world of KPM, the legendary Br...
10/04/2025

Sunday at 6 p.m. on "The Soundtrack" Haley Taylor uncovers the mysterious and mesmerizing world of KPM, the legendary British music library whose green-sleeved records quietly shaped the soundscape of TV, film, hip-hop, and more.
Originally created for editors and producers—not the public—KPM's "library music" fueled everything from "Sesame Street" and "The Benny Hill Show" to "SpongeBob SquarePants" and cult films. But the real magic lies in the grooves: psych, soul, orchestral, and experimental cues that rival anything on commercial albums.
Haley shares how she stumbled into this world through an internet hoax involving the mysterious “Plus Crier,” digs into behind-the-scenes stories of KPM composers, and traces the legacy of these forgotten tracks through hip-hop samples and nostalgic crate-digging. From Basil Kirchin to Karl Jenkins to Johnny Pearson, this episode celebrates the hidden geniuses of production music—and invites you to go digging for your next musical obsession.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier” a two-volume collection of 24 preludes and fugues in every major and...
10/03/2025

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier” a two-volume collection of 24 preludes and fugues in every major and minor key, is a foundational work in classical music, demonstrating a revolutionary tuning system for keyboard instruments. 90.9 WRCJ's Haley Taylor talks with pianist Christopher O’Riley about his newly-released recording of Book II, where he explores the Japanese concept of Ma—’the space between’—to uncover new expressive possibilities through the silence between the notes.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier” a two-volume collection of 24 preludes and fugues in every major and minor key, is a foundational work in classical music, demonstrating a revolutio

Congratulations, neighbor.
10/03/2025

Congratulations, neighbor.

✨For Your GRAMMY® Consideration✨

Wynton Marsalis’s “Blues Symphony" with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Jader Bignamini, in the category of Best Orchestral Performance.

Recorded live in Orchestra Hall, “Blues Symphony” is a triumphant ode to the power of the blues and the scope of America’s musical heritage, blending influences from ragtime to habanera with the power of a full orchestra.

Listen here: lnk.to/MarsalisBluesSymphony

We hope you are enjoying selections this week on "Bach's Lunch" of Christopher O'Riley's new album "The Well-Tempered Cl...
10/02/2025

We hope you are enjoying selections this week on "Bach's Lunch" of Christopher O'Riley's new album "The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II". Listen to "Midday Music" on Friday when host Haley Taylor will speak with the Christopher himself!

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WRCJ 90.9 FM is a listener supported non-profit public radio station managed by Detroit Public Television. The radio station, which went on the air in 2005, is located in midtown Detroit, inside the Detroit School of Arts, a public high school training young people for careers in performing, visual and media arts. 90.9 FM broadcasts classical music from 5 am to 7 pm each day and jazz overnight. Dave Wagner is the program director and on-air host during morning and afternoon drive time, while Chris Felcyn hosts middays. Maxine Michaels and John Penney are Detroit-based jazz hosts on Friday and Saturday nights. WRCJ receives no direct funding from the State of Michigan, City of Detroit or Detroit Public Schools. The primary source of our annual operating budget is voluntary contributions from listeners like you. Thank you!