Classical Roots: 20th Anniversary Concert

This Sunday evening, November 21. WGUC is excited to bring you our exclusive recording of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra's Classical Roots concert, recorded in August 2021.

This concert celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Classical Roots program, which brings together the musicians of the CSO with 150 singers from local churches in a musical exploration of the rich history of African American music. With selections ranging from Florence Price's Concerto in D Minor in One Movement for Piano and Orchestra to the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing," and the traditional "Kumbaya," listeners will revel in the diversity and energy coming from Music Hall's stage. For a full rundown of the concert's program and guest artists, visit Classical Roots.

Classical Roots, with your host Brian O'Donnell, airs Sunday, November 21 at 8 p.m. on 90.9 WGUC, online at wguc.org, and streaming on the WGUC app and your smart speaker by saying "Play WGUC."

Public Radio Music Day

Public Radio Music Day is a nationwide celebration uniting public radio music stations, fans, artists, and other members of the music industry to recognize and spread the word about the special role noncommercial stations play in the music world both locally and nationally.

The second annual Public Radio Music Day is this Wednesday, November 10, as WGUC and classical, jazz and AAA stations around the country celebrate the role of public radio music stations during the COVID-19 pandemic to listeners in all of America’s communities. Together, we can keep communities connected.

For more than 60 years, WGUC has been Greater Cincinnati's home for classical music, arts information, and special programming like Classics for Kids and the broadcasts of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival, and other local performing groups. Listener support allows us to bring this very special music to Cincinnati and surrounding areas on 90.9 WGUC and to listeners all around the globe on the many platforms where we are found: online at wguc.org, the free WGUC mobile app for phones and tablets, and on smart speakers by saying "Play WGUC."

To our fellow classical, jazz and AAA public radio music stations around the country, we say Well Done! To you, our valued listeners, we say thank you for the support you've given us for all these years.

Cincinnati Spotlight

As the world slowly continues to reopen, we’re excited to see more and more arts and cultural organizations welcoming patrons and guests back for theatre, concerts, galleries and lectures.

For more than 60 years, WGUC has proudly been the voice of the arts in Greater Cincinnati, so we’re happy that we can now resume our twice-daily feature, Cincinnati Spotlight.

These two-minute segments allow spokespeople for the organizations to come to our studio to record with one of the WGUC hosts, telling our audience about their upcoming event, production or presentation.

Cincinnati Spotlight will air twice a day, at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and the information will appear that day on our website, wguc.org.

If your organization is interested in being featured on Cincinnati Spotlight, send all the pertinent information plus any visual assets like a logo or credited photo to wguc@wguc.org with the subject line Cincinnati Spotlight.