New Program Represents Partnership Between WGTE Public Media, Reinvest Toledo, and the Toledo Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and EngagementWGTE Public Media is pleased to announce the launch of Make It Make Sense, a partnership with Reinvest Toledo and the City of Toledo’s Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE), with external evaluation provided by Joysten Group LLC. Read More
Throughout February, WGTE TV and FM 91 have a full slate of programming that represents history, heritage and hope both across the country and right here in Toledo. Please join us all month long for this special celebration of Black History Month.WGTE TV 30.1Monday, February 2, 10 p.m.
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Beginning Tuesday, February 3, 9 p.m. Read More
By Shane Potgieter and the WGTE Content and Creative Service Team
From Uncertainty to Optimism
WGTE Public Media enters 2026 facing a vastly different landscape than the one we saw in 2025, one in which uncertainty is tempered by optimism and a renewed sense of purpose.
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By Fritz Byers
What a difference a year makes . . .
I can’t bear to assay all the things about the world that look and feel different from how they looked and felt a year, or a little more than a year, ago. If you can keep track of which side likes Russian autocracy and which side misses the good old FBI, you’re better at cultural ping-pong than I. (Speaking of which, after watching Marty Supreme my family has launched a movement to replace the dining-room table with a ping-pong table. That’s the kind of change I can believe in.)
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Kim Kleinman, Contributing Writer
I don’t have the responsibility that Fritz has in providing us with the 12 hours of top-notch jazz programming each week. That is a daunting task I can only begin to imagine. There is so much wonderful music to listen to and he must have jazz playing every waking moment. Daunting sure, but it doesn’t sound all that bad to me.
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By Rob Michaels
Contributing Writer
My favorite recordings acquired in 2025
Jazz - New
Patricia Brennan - Of the Near and Far (Pyroclastic)
Chicago Underground Duo - Hyperglyph (International Anthem)
Cosmic Ear - Traces (We Jazz)
Cosmic Tones Research Trio - s/t (Mississippi)
Sullivan Fortner - Southern Nights (Artwork)
Sinsuke Fujieta Group - Fukushima (SoFa)
Gustafson, Vandermark, Reid, Taylor - PIVOT (Silkheart) Read More
WGTE Public Media is proud to premiere the latest edition of its award-winning Toledo Stories documentary series, Monroe St. United, on Thursday, December 18, at 8:00 p.m. The 30-minute program celebrates the 200th anniversary of Monroe Street United Methodist Church (MSUMC), which has been at the center of religious life in Toledo since 1825. Read More
