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The Jazz Ark (WNOP radio 740 - 1962-2000) Celebrating Jazz in Cincinnati and N KY. WNOP broadcast Jazz on AM 740 for nearly 40 years. WNOP was one of the great Jazz Radio stations.

They started with the Jazz format in 1962, with the personal record collection of one of the DJ's. If you like the idea of more Jazz in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, please join us.

08/09/2025

It was banned by the N***s, Stalin and the Vatican. This is the history of the saxophone

Jazz legend Sonny Rollins, who turned 95 today, says the saxophone has always divided people. (Getty: David Corio/Redferns)

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Grover Washington Jr. - what a great song this is!
25/07/2025

Grover Washington Jr. - what a great song this is!

Old school is definitely in da house with this classic from 1976. To you young folks out there on Youtube, this is what excellent music is ALL about!!

05/07/2025

We've seen a resurgence in local Jazz clubs opening around Cincinnati in the last 5 years.

What's the next "big thing" we'll see on the local Jazz scene?

22/05/2025
Great weekend coming up!
30/04/2025

Great weekend coming up!

Come check out Caffè Vivace the best in coffee by day and live jazz music by night. Quickly becoming the premier jazz club in Cincinnati.

Here's a pretty cool local Jazz calendar for Cincinnati.
09/04/2025

Here's a pretty cool local Jazz calendar for Cincinnati.

Learn about upcoming live jazz performances in Cincinnati!

A member sent me this photo - can anyone Identify the folks in it?
18/11/2024

A member sent me this photo - can anyone Identify the folks in it?

WNOP-AM 740 is no longer a Jazz station, but our brothers and sisters in jazz wish you a happy Halloween.
31/10/2024

WNOP-AM 740 is no longer a Jazz station, but our brothers and sisters in jazz wish you a happy Halloween.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, ALL YOU JAZZ FANS!!!
It's BY REQUEST THURSDAY again! I'll be taking and playing your requests here on FB, by text or phone at 319-398-5883 or by email at [email protected]! Join me as we celebrate the birthdays of singer Ethel Waters, saxmen Illinois Jacquet, Ted Nash, Booker Ervin and Joel Frahm, drummer Sherman Ferguson and trombonist/composer Vincent Gardner, and the recording anniversaries of Chet Baker & Art Pepper’s “Playboys” (1956), Horace Silver’ “Song for My Father” (1964), Charles Mingus in Paris (1970) Ahmad Jamal’s “Big Byrd” (1994) and more! And, as always, I'll be taking and playing YOUR REQUESTS from 10-2 on Jazz 88.3 KCCK or online at kcck.org. LEMME HEAR YA'!!!

02/10/2024

Grammy Award-nominated NYC jazz trombonist John Fedchock explores music from the Great American Songbook sharing unique adaptations tailored to his instrument. John is internationally respected as a trombone virtuoso and big band arranger who was music director for the Woody Herman Orchestra for man...

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