90.9 WRCJ

90.9 WRCJ We are 90.9 FM WRCJ. We are Classical and Jazz. WRCJ is Detroit’s ONLY classical and jazz radio station. Thank you!
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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.

Autumn is just around the corner, and The Soundtrack leans into the season with a cinematic celebration of falling leave...
09/18/2025

Autumn is just around the corner, and The Soundtrack leans into the season with a cinematic celebration of falling leaves, cozy sweaters, and unforgettable scores. This Sunday at 6pm, Haley Taylor guides you through five films that capture the spirit of fall. Can you guess some of them featured in this image?

As summer comes to grand close, Linda Yohn will celebrate with sweet summer ballads and sweet samba jazz on the "Swing S...
09/17/2025

As summer comes to grand close, Linda Yohn will celebrate with sweet summer ballads and sweet samba jazz on the "Swing Set". Guitarist Charlie Byrd was born on September, 16th, 1925. You'll hear the classic "Jazz Samba" with saxophonist Stan Getz for his centennial birthday and more. The "Swing Set" starts at 7pm, Sundays on 90.9 WRCJ.

2025 marks the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet's opera masterpiece "Carmen". Scandalous when it was first performed, ...
09/16/2025

2025 marks the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet's opera masterpiece "Carmen". Scandalous when it was first performed, Bizet sadly didn't live to see it become appreciated. In this feature by Christa Grix, hear more of the story including some of the famous people who did recognize it's beauty.
https://soundcloud.com/wrcj909fmhd1/musical-milestones-with-christa-grix

Tune in this Sunday at noon to hear our broadcast of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra concert featuring "Symphony No. 10...
09/15/2025

Tune in this Sunday at noon to hear our broadcast of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra concert featuring "Symphony No. 10" by Dmitri Shostakovich and "Overture" by Jessie Montgomery led by Conductor Earl Lee. The concert took place at the Michigan Theater and is hosted for 90.9 WRCJ by Ron Nolan.

09/14/2025
A live broadcast on WRCJ!
09/12/2025

A live broadcast on WRCJ!

University Musical Society

Happy Friday!
09/12/2025

Happy Friday!

09/11/2025

Over downtown - Lookie!!

This Friday Dave Wagner will be co-hosting midday afternoon with Nancy Deneen over at Interlochen Public Radio. They'll ...
09/11/2025

This Friday Dave Wagner will be co-hosting midday afternoon with Nancy Deneen over at Interlochen Public Radio. They'll be talking about Dave's organ recital at the Mission Church in Traverse City on Sunday and also about our upcoming live Detroit Symphony Orchestra concerts.

We'll have a special live broadcast September 26 at 7pm of the UMS 25/26 season opener. Hear Verdi’s monumental work "Re...
09/10/2025

We'll have a special live broadcast September 26 at 7pm of the UMS 25/26 season opener. Hear Verdi’s monumental work "Requiem" which fuses the drama of opera with the spiritual depth of sacred music. Joining the UMS Choral Union is the Detroit Symphony Orchestra led by Music Director Jader Bignamini. Soloists include South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu, American mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, Mexican American tenor René Barbera, and Chinese bass-baritone Shenyang.

90.9 WRCJ's Dave Wagner and Peter Whorf host live from Hill Auditorium.

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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!