WUCF Jazz

01/17/2026

WUCF is hiring a Senior Broadcast Engineer to help keep our TV and FM operations running strong. This role leads day-to-day broadcast engineering and operations, maintains and repairs high-voltage transmitters, and oversees our studios, tower sites, and transmitter facilities. 🔗 Apply online: https://ucf.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Orlando-FL-Main-Campus/Broadcast-Engineer-II_R112442

01/16/2026

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood… because Daniel Tiger is coming to Loch Haven Park! Join WUCF on February 21 for Be My Neighbor Day — a free family event celebrating kindness, caring, and community.

For more information and to register, visit wucf.org/BMND

Be My Neighbor Day is made possible with support by PNC Grow Up Great® and Fred Rogers Productions, with local support from the Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation, Florida Prepaid College Plans and Window World. In Partnership with Orlando Family Stage, Keep Orlando Beautiful, Help Now of Osceola, Inc and the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras.

01/15/2026

Good morning friends and happy (and cold) Fri YAY!!
Starting out your day with the features you love like the New Music Spotlights and the most music in Orlando, plus tickets to give away today to see global guitar great Jesse Cook at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts next Wednesday January 21st!

It's going to be a (brrrr) great day with

Bob Kelley on Morning Jazz

01/14/2026

Ever wonder how WUCF Jazz came to be? 🎷 Catch WUCF Jazz Director Kayonne Riley on "Stayin’ Jazz with Travis Kemp" as she talks all things WUCF Jazz : the history of the radio station and why jazz radio still matters in 2026. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5uW9DW451ax7uvnaf8D2ke?si=V2WokU1zQZaR5fqA4sOTSw

01/14/2026

Today we honor Chris Cortez, a true connector and champion of jazz in Central Florida. As the founder of Blue Bamboo Center For The Arts, Chris created a home for artists and audiences alike, and last year proudly opened a new chapter with a new location alongside his wife Melody. We’re grateful for the moments we shared with him at WUCF, including "Live from Studio A."

🎷💙 Read more from Orlando Weekly: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/music/remembering-orlando-musician-blue-bamboo-founder-and-scene-mover-chris-cortez/

01/13/2026

A new year is a natural moment to pause and plan for what matters most. WUCF is offering free access to Giving Docs, a simple and secure tool that helps you create a will, healthcare directive, and more in just minutes.

Start 2026 with peace of mind, knowing you’ve taken care of your loved ones and reflected the values you hold dear. Create your free will today and consider the causes that have shaped your life, including WUCF.

Learn more at https://www.givingdocs.com/wucf/c/em0126

01/13/2026

In the second episode of "Jazz and America," former WUCF Jazz host Robyn Austin returns to the microphone, sharing stories from her decade on Central Florida airwaves in the same smooth, unmistakable radio voice listeners remember.

🔈 89.9 FM in Orlando
📱 WUCF.org/podcasts

01/12/2026

Good morning friends from and beautiful Studio A on this !
On National Youth Day, let's celebrate the bright and inspiring future ahead with the enthusiasm and energy of our youth!

Let's start out the week with the features you love , the most music in Orlando, and your chance to see world guitar master Jesse Cook at the Dr. Phillips Center of the Performing Arts!
It's going to be a great week together!

Morning Jazz with Bob Kelley at wucf.org/listen

01/09/2026

On Morning Jazz this morning Bob remembers today the beginning of a milestone jazz label!

It was on this date January 9th,1939 in jazz history 1939 - Alfred Lion produced a recording session in New York City. Boogie-woogie pianists Meade Lux Lewis and Albert Ammons were the stars of the session.

Lion manufactured only a few copies of the recordings for his friends, but demand for the records was great enough that he began making other recordings of Dixieland artists.

This was the beginning of Lion’s famous Blue Note record label. Just about every major jazz artist of the past 50 years has recorded for Blue Note at one time or another.

Founded in 1939 by Alfred Lion, Blue Note is loved, respected and revered as one of the most important record labels in the history of music.

01/08/2026

WUCF belongs to you. And with your help, we’re building a more connected Central Florida through local storytelling, education, and civic engagement!

Check out how your support helped shape 2025 in our new Community Impact Report. 📖 Read the report: https://www.wucf.org/about/impact/

01/07/2026

Look what's making Bob's Wednesday Morning Jazz News Headlines on !

‘Plus One’ by Oscar Peterson Trio And Clark Terry Gets Verve Acoustic Sounds Reissue
The album captures a moment when Peterson was increasingly expanding his studio collaborations while still maintaining the trio’s core identity.

https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/oscar-peterson-trio-clark-terry-plus-one/