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Great music never sleeps. Jazz Overnight. 7 days a week, midnight to 6 am.

Sunday mornings are special at WICN--it's when you'll hear the latest in contemporary, straight-ahead, and Brazilian Jazz. Explore the lighter side of Jazz with artists like Jane Monheit, Claudio Roditi and others. It's the perfect soundtrack to your Sunday morning!

Colors of Jazz provides a diverse mix of smooth jazz, rhythm & blues and show tunes that groove. While highlighting the jazz masters and their influence on the music, the show features a spectrum of the smoothest of jazz standards, neo-soul, and contemporary R&B. A selection of Broadway and other musical soundtracks complement the tempo of the show.

Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli is radio that is indeed deluxe! Every weekend John and his wife and co-host, singer Jessica Molaskey, play music and entertain guests in their "deluxe living room." The stories, the laughs, the artists and their songs make the party a must for listeners week after week.  

Take a journey around the world without packing your bags! Enjoy the sounds of Enya, Sigur Ros, Jesse Cook and more as we explore the Rhythms of the World, every Sunday at 6 PM on WICN with new host Howard Caplan. A splendid way to end your weekend!

On Inquiry, we'll bring you thought-provoking, informative, and often wild discussions with some of the most interesting people in art, history, science, finance, medicine, and more. You'll hear everything from Magellan to Mars landings, from Cole Porter to punk rock aerobics, from comics to the Venus de Milo...always expect something different on Inquiry.

"Business Beat" is an in-depth interview show that highlights the world of Central New England's business and economic development leaders, hosted by Erin Hayes and Ian Barrett of the award-winning content creation agency MediaBoss. You'll learn about successes and failures as well as their hopes and dreams as Worcester's ongoing renaissance continues to attract a new generation of entrepreneurs. Read the press release! Click "read more" to listen to episodes on-demand!

Insightful guests and stimulating conversation is what you can expect on "Public Eye." Keep your eye on 90.5 FM for “The Public Eye,” Sunday evenings at 10:30.

Public Hearing is a radio program and podcast about individuals impacted by broken systems and people using community-centered design and innovation to solve social challenges. From getting families internet access to keeping kids out of prison, we’re imagining ways to build an inclusive, equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world.

Hosted by Joshua Croke, founder of Action! by Design.

Great music never sleeps. Jazz Overnight. 7 days a week, midnight to 6 am.

Start your morning off right! Get all jazzed up each weekday listening to Morning Vibe Time with Michelle Willson, 6-9am on 90.5 WICN.

Breaking the boundaries between Jazz, pop and funk music. Jazz has taken many roads over the last 100 years and we travel many of them along the Jazz Highways. Mainstream Jazz, swing and blues side by side with Jazz-inspired artists like Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and more!

Join host Tyler Alderson for a new and refreshing take on Jazz classics as well as a curated exploration of the best new releases in the Jazz world!

The Great American Songbook and Jazz Standards, as performed by a diverse mix of artists from the world of jazz and beyond!  You'll hear everything from Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Ella to Madelaine Peyroux, Willie Nelson and David Sanborn. Featuring: Tom Lucci, Monday Tom Nutile, Tuesday Al Dean, Wednesday Vince Lombardi, Thursday Ed Gardella, Friday (from 2 PM)

"Business Beat" is an in-depth interview show that highlights the world of Central New England's business and economic development leaders, hosted by Erin Hayes and Ian Barrett of the award-winning content creation agency MediaBoss. You'll learn about successes and failures as well as their hopes and dreams as Worcester's ongoing renaissance continues to attract a new generation of entrepreneurs. Read the press release! Click "read more" to listen to episodes on-demand!

Insightful guests and stimulating conversation is what you can expect on "Public Eye." Keep your eye on 90.5 FM for “The Public Eye,” Sunday evenings at 10:30.

Tune in every Monday night to listen to the best in current and vintage soul music. Enjoy the classic sounds of Motown, the gritty sounds of Stax and the sweet sounds of Philly soul mixed in with a touch of gospel, jazz, blues, and even country! Soul music is an American original, songs that sing of love, hate, church and family. It’s about a time, a place and most certainly, a dance.

Uncle Mark takes to the WICN airways the first and third Monday of each month to spin his unique brand of alternative rock from all eras, a.k.a. POSITIVE NOISE.

Join Lucas Cardwell for a dose of the best funk music anywhere! The Groove follows Soul Serenade on the second and fourth Monday of each month on WICN!

Great music never sleeps. Jazz Overnight. 7 days a week, midnight to 6 am.

Start your morning off right! Get all jazzed up each weekday listening to Morning Vibe Time with Michelle Willson, 6-9am on 90.5 WICN.

Breaking the boundaries between Jazz, pop and funk music. Jazz has taken many roads over the last 100 years and we travel many of them along the Jazz Highways. Mainstream Jazz, swing and blues side by side with Jazz-inspired artists like Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and more!

Join host Tyler Alderson for a new and refreshing take on Jazz classics as well as a curated exploration of the best new releases in the Jazz world!

The Great American Songbook and Jazz Standards, as performed by a diverse mix of artists from the world of jazz and beyond!  You'll hear everything from Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Ella to Madelaine Peyroux, Willie Nelson and David Sanborn. Featuring: Tom Lucci, Monday Tom Nutile, Tuesday Al Dean, Wednesday Vince Lombardi, Thursday Ed Gardella, Friday (from 2 PM)

On Inquiry, we'll bring you thought-provoking, informative, and often wild discussions with some of the most interesting people in art, history, science, finance, medicine, and more. You'll hear everything from Magellan to Mars landings, from Cole Porter to punk rock aerobics, from comics to the Venus de Milo...always expect something different on Inquiry.

From Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys and Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys to today's hot pickers like Alison Krauss & Rickie Skaggs, Bluegrass Junction is the place where the music is the star, every Tuesday night from 7-10pm.

"Return to the Source" provides the polished presentation and insightful selections that you would expect from a straight-ahead Jazz show -- and more.

Great music never sleeps. Jazz Overnight. 7 days a week, midnight to 6 am.

Start your morning off right! Get all jazzed up each weekday listening to Morning Vibe Time with Michelle Willson, 6-9am on 90.5 WICN.

Breaking the boundaries between Jazz, pop and funk music. Jazz has taken many roads over the last 100 years and we travel many of them along the Jazz Highways. Mainstream Jazz, swing and blues side by side with Jazz-inspired artists like Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and more!

Join host Tyler Alderson for a new and refreshing take on Jazz classics as well as a curated exploration of the best new releases in the Jazz world!

The Great American Songbook and Jazz Standards, as performed by a diverse mix of artists from the world of jazz and beyond!  You'll hear everything from Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Ella to Madelaine Peyroux, Willie Nelson and David Sanborn. Featuring: Tom Lucci, Monday Tom Nutile, Tuesday Al Dean, Wednesday Vince Lombardi, Thursday Ed Gardella, Friday (from 2 PM)

Public Hearing is a radio program and podcast about individuals impacted by broken systems and people using community-centered design and innovation to solve social challenges. From getting families internet access to keeping kids out of prison, we’re imagining ways to build an inclusive, equitable, sustainable, and prosperous world.

Hosted by Joshua Croke, founder of Action! by Design.

Against The Grain features a wide variety of music reminiscent of the days when FM radio wasn't categorized - classic folk, contemporary folk, folk-rock, bluegrass, classic country, alt-country, and roots rock, from old favorites to brand new releases by local and international artists.

"Noah's Arc on WICN reveals the music that has influenced my life as a listener as well as a professional jazz musician. From the earliest recordings in jazz to groundbreaking new music, along with fascinating interviews with my peers in the jazz community, I'm so thrilled to bring you a few hours of sound each week that has inspired me as an artist." ~Noah Preminger, host.

Great music never sleeps. Jazz Overnight. 7 days a week, midnight to 6 am.

Start your morning off right! Get all jazzed up each weekday listening to Morning Vibe Time with Michelle Willson, 6-9am on 90.5 WICN.

Breaking the boundaries between Jazz, pop and funk music. Jazz has taken many roads over the last 100 years and we travel many of them along the Jazz Highways. Mainstream Jazz, swing and blues side by side with Jazz-inspired artists like Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon and more!

Join host Tyler Alderson for a new and refreshing take on Jazz classics as well as a curated exploration of the best new releases in the Jazz world!

The Great American Songbook and Jazz Standards, as performed by a diverse mix of artists from the world of jazz and beyond!  You'll hear everything from Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Ella to Madelaine Peyroux, Willie Nelson and David Sanborn. Featuring: Tom Lucci, Monday Tom Nutile, Tuesday Al Dean, Wednesday Vince Lombardi, Thursday Ed Gardella, Friday (from 2 PM)

The Venture Forum, hosted by Executive Director Mark Reed-Edwards, is a show dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs with the ingredients they need to bring their ideas to life while growing, thriving, and staying in Central Massachusetts. Mark also hosts a popular marketing podcast, Confessions of a Marketer.

Arts and culture are vital to civic life, and Worcester is fortunate to be rich in arts and cultural organizations. WICN's Culture Beat shines a light on the cultural happenings throughout our region, as co-host Nikki Erskine, Marketing Manager for the Worcester Cultural Coalition, shares insights on all of the ways you can participate, support, and enjoy the incredible fabric of artists, organizations, and institutions throughout Greater Worcester. Nikki shares hosting duties with WICN General Manager David Ginsburg for a lively conversation in this fun and engaging program.

The Folk Revival features the “folk of the folk renaissance” from the second half of the last century right into the millennium. Focusing on the folk boom of the 1950s and the 1960s, this four-hour show also visits recordings from both before and well after that period,  highlighting folk music as a living and ever-changing tradition, connecting listeners and music through an eclectic mix of traditional songs, topical and  protest music, singer-songwriter creations, the blues, folk rock, and more. The Folk Revival takes listeners on a journey through our musical roots, from Lomax to the latest. Themed shows are particular favorites (traditional songs, old songs by new artists, folk love songs, folk songs of the Spirit, a history of folk groups, humorous/satirical folk songs, protest songs, Top 40 folk, western songs, women of the Folk Revival, etc.). Do you want to suggest a theme? Request a song? Talk about the music? React to the show? Correct the host (nicely, of course)? Share and/or find out more about the folk music tradition? Feel free to contact the host: nicknoble@wicn.org.

Join host Ben Young for a deep exploration of Jazz music and the artists bringing it to life!

Host Dick Robinson plays all American Standards every Saturday morning from 6 - 8 a.m.

Can’t get enough of Ella, Ellington, Sinatra, and Basie?  On The Saturday Swing Session, we can’t either! From the great Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Buddy Rich, to legendary crooners like Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra, to today’s stars like Harry Connick, Jr., Gordon Goodwin, Diana Krall and Michael Bublé, host Howard Caplan brings you the best of yesterday’s and today’s swing, big band, and jazz standards.  You’ll have a “swinging good” time!

What better way to wind down from a hard week at work or relax on a weekend afternoon than with Jazz Matinee? Explore all the great jazz standards along with the very best of the American Songbook. You'll hear music from legendary artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Williams, and Stan Getz as well as today's local and national stars, with host Pamela Hines. 

Whether it’s a song, a style, an idiom or an image, Duke Robillard will render it with mastery, power, nuance and an unerring grasp of its essence. And now, he's joined WICN to host "Duke Robillard's Mood Room," bringing you into his actual recording studio to share his vast trove of 78s with you. You'll hear early dance bands, jazz, and pop along with the occasional blues. This is an intimate listening experience you don't want to miss.

Every week on Heaven’s Radio we’ll be exploring a different theme through a whole bunch of great American music. Tune in for two hours of blues, bluegrass, old-time, Cajun, gospel, country and more!

Tony Baglio combines his decades-long experience as a radio broadcaster and professional musician with his indelible passion for music, to host New Orleans Grooves, a show featuring the music and artists that reflect the rich culture of New Orleans and Southwest Louisiana. Join him every Saturday, 6-7 pm on 90.5 WICN!

Friends of the Blues, hosted by "Shuffle Shoes the Blues Guru" and Dr. Skyy, features legends like Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, and Sonny Boy Williamson; current "unknown" wailers like Kid Ramos and Too Slim and the Taildraggers; and regional stand-outs like "Mondo" Cortez's Chicago Blues Angels, and the Kilborn Alley Blues Band. True aficionados, the hosts are immersed in Blues culture; they know the artists, the labels, the recordings, the band members - and they do a good amount of traveling to live blues performances throughout the U.S.  

Beale Street Caravan brings the authentic, soulful sounds of Memphis to your radio. Live, in-concert performances from contemporary masters of blues, soul, gospel, and rock n roll traditions. The program is hosted by Pat Mitchell-Worley and Kevin Cubbins, with feature segments from industry insiders such as Jerry Wexler, Bob Porter, and Robert Gordon. 

Great music never sleeps. Jazz Overnight. 7 days a week, midnight to 6 am.