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14/08/2025

Public Media 🤝 Public Safety

WUCF is thrilled to be the first station in Central Florida to host BEACON — a 24/7, non-sensational, accurate source of local emergency information delivered via phone app and radio on 89.9-FM HD3 in Orlando. 📡

Thanks to Erik von Ancken - News 6 (News 6 WKMG / ClickOrlando) for amplifying this free offering, especially as we keep a close watch on the tropics. 🔗 Full story here: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2025/08/13/serves-a-nine-county-area-emergency-channel-now-broadcasting-247-on-wucf/

14/08/2025

Look who's making Bob's early Morning Jazz Holiday News!

This Christmas might just be Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas for you and yours. The world-renowned jazz singer’s second Christmas album will be reissued this season in time for all your holiday festivities.

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'Ella Fitzgerald’s Christmas,' the 1967 LP in which she put her spin on sacred seasonal tunes, will be reissued in time for the holidays.

14/08/2025

Good morning from beautiful Studio A at on this Thursday August 14th as I start your day with the features you love and always the most music in Orlando, plus I’m taking your requests this morning at 407-823-3689!
Welcome to Morning Jazz! ☕️🎶🎶🎶

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13/08/2025

Need to get out of the house and stretch your legs and ears and catch some fun things to do in Central Florida including some excellent live jazz shows?
Go to our !

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Explore events around Orlando, Sanford, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, The Villages and more!

12/08/2025

They don’t make them like they used to... but we still have them! 🎶

For 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝘆𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘆, here's a 2018 picture of the WUCF Jazz vinyl collection located at the University of Central Florida campus.

12/08/2025

Whether you call them platters, wax, singles, LP's, or even spinners, today we celebrate records on !
(Bob does have two or three stashed away somewhere)

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NATIONAL VINYL RECORD DAY Get spinning on August 12 with National Vinyl Record Day! Whether it's the Beatles, Elvis Presley, The Monkees, Johnny Cash, or the

11/08/2025

Look what's making Bob's Monday Morning Jazz News!

UMe, in conjunction with , has announced a new
double vinyl set. The Giants of Jazz features Sinatra’s historic collaborations with
and .

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‘The Giants of Jazz’ includes Frank Sinatra collaborations with Count Basie and His Orchestra and Duke Ellington.

10/08/2025

Violinist Ali Bello says he never says 'no' to a new musical challenge, even if it means crashing and burning a few times along the way.

“But I learn so much from those [mistakes],” he shares on the latest In the Key of Latin Jazz. “It makes me stronger… it makes me smarter.”

🎧 Listen here: WUCF.org/podcasts or wherever you like to listen. 📲

08/08/2025

Good morning friends with some light showers in the Orlando area drive carefully into work today and enjoy the ride with and I’ll be here with your new music spotlights, morning jazz news, jazz birthdays, nine at nine and the most music in Orlando!
Let’s make this a great day together and kick off the weekend !

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07/08/2025

Remembering the legendary Eddie Palmieri (1936-2025) — a true force of nature in Latin jazz.

✨Even at 87, Eddie was still dreaming, still joking, still creating. As saxophonist Louis Fouché told us on our In the Key of Latin Jazz podcast, “You call Eddie and he has two or three ideas he’s been working on.”
📲Listen to a snippet from that interview here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNEUQ1MBIT2/

07/08/2025

Thank you for joining me this morning friends and I hope you have a great day and stay cool and enjoy the great jazz we have for you all day long.
Plus, you can listen online if you go out of our area at wucf.org and take us with you anywhere !
And with our federal funding and state funding gone, we need your continued support too, and you can make it by calling a donation in to 407-823-6400 or online at WUCF.org

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05/08/2025

Look who's making Bob's Tuesday Morning Jazz News!

The legendary jazz vibraphonist ’s 1975 record Montara is the latest album to join ’s Tone Poet reissue series. The new edition of the record is available for preorder now.

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Bobby Hutcherson’s 1975 album 'Montara' is the latest record to join Blue Note Records’ Tone Poet series of vinyl reissues.