WBGO's 45th Birthday Celebration is set for April 12 at Newark Symphony Hall Doug Doyle, WBGO News LISTEN • 19:48 Newark Symphony Hall President and CEO Talia Young and DJ Prince Hakim talk about their participation in WBGO's 45th Birthday Celebration https://lnkd.in/esZYPfrq
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WBGO is the global leader in jazz radio, broadcasting from the jazz capital of the world.
About us
WBGO Mission Statement WBGO seeks to educate, entertain and inspire the public by providing access and opportunity to engage with the highest quality, curated jazz and blues programming produced in the jazz capital of the world. We believe that jazz in all its forms represents America’s cultural gift to the world, and we are committed to connecting the vibrancy of our local community’s past, present and future in the music to a global audience. About WBGO WBGO is the global leader in jazz radio, broadcasting from the jazz capital of the world. Founded in 1979, WBGO is a publicly-supported cultural institution that preserves and elevates America’s music: jazz and blues. WBGO reaches a weekly audience of more than 400,000 in the New York/New Jersey metro area via 88.3FM. Through programs such as Jazz Night in America, produced in partnership with NPR and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and WBGO's position as content provider to NPR, its reach extends to millions more across the country. From its home base of Newark, New Jersey, Public Radio station WBGO has long been an anchor institution in community engagement through its partnerships, concerts, education and news programming.
- Website
- https://linktr.ee/wbgojazz
External link for WBGO
- Industry
- Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Newark, NJ
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1979
- Specialties
- Radio production, Live concert broadcast, Community Arts Calendar, Jazz, Blues music, Clsasic Soul, Newark, NJ news, New York regional music calendar, WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series, and Newark Arts Calendar
Locations
- Primary
54 Wayne Shorter Way
Newark, NJ 07102, US
Employees at WBGO
Updates
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New Jersey Congressman Donald M. Payne Jr. of Newark dies at the age of 65 https://lnkd.in/ehKqJVsh
New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne Jr. of Newark dies at the age of 65
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Remembering Michael Cuscuna: The Keeper of the Blue Note Flame https://lnkd.in/eib4BxEe
Remembering Michael Cuscuna: The Keeper of the Blue Note Flame
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Got a question for Council President LaMonica McIver or Michael Hill? You can pose your question on Twitter or Facebook with the hashtag "Newark Today". Michael will also be taking your phone calls at 973-297-0941 starting at 8pm on Thursday, April 18. On the next edition of WBGO's monthly call-in show Newark Today, host Michael Hill will be joined in the first half-hour by Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver to chat about the new curfew for Newarkers younger than 18 and expanding internet services to resident of public housing complexes. The second-half of the show will include an interview with the two deans of the merging Rutgers medical schools.
WATCH HERE for the next edition of Newark Today on April 18 at 8pm
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The WBGO Board of Trustees will hold its Second Quarter meeting of 2024, online, on April 18th at 5:00 https://lnkd.in/eVc93suS
Board of Trustees
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Join Rhythm Revue host DJ Felix Hernandez at Brooklyn's Crown Hill Theatre on May 11 for an epic dance party celebrating 45 years of WBGO! Tickets on sale now. https://lnkd.in/evr4ZAGk
WBGO Birthday Party with DJ Felix Hernandez
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Saturday, May 11 Celebrate 45 years of WBGO with a Felix Hernandez Dance Party at Brooklyn's Crown Hill Theatre! https://lnkd.in/evr4ZAGk
WBGO Birthday Party with DJ Felix Hernandez
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Book Excerpt: Jimmy Smith, basking in the B-3 https://lnkd.in/e8uQiWKu
Book Excerpt: Jimmy Smith, basking in the B-3
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Saturday, April 20: WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series feat. Markus Howell Quartet Bring your little ones to Newark Symphony Hall for a kid-friendly afternoon of music featuring altoist Markus Howell and his quartet! https://lnkd.in/eFPHXkx4
WBGO Kids Jazz Concert Series feat. Markus Howell Quartet
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