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This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 8/23-8/25

By Fritz ByersEach week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday.Dear Aly, Miles Davis, not widely known as a charitable praise-giver but certainly a lord of the manor when it comes to identifying true genius as opposed to the counterfeit variety, said on the occasion of Duke Ellington’s passing in 1974, “I think all the musicians should get together one certain day and get down on their knees and thank Duke.” (Miles was rarely inadvertent in his word choices, so I’ve always thrilled Read More

WGTE Public Media to Stream WGTE HD Live on Major Streaming Services

Media & Press

TOLEDO, OHIO – August 14, 2024 – WGTE Public Media (WGTE) announced today that it is now live streaming on YouTube TV, DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu + Live TV and Local Now. Each streaming service’s audience will have access to WGTE’s main HD channel with local programming and national PBS and PBS KIDS programming. YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV lead the live TV streaming platforms in subscribers with 6.5+ million and 4.6+ million respectively. Read More

This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 8/9-8/11

Jazz Spectrum

By Fritz ByersEach week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday.Dear Aly, Last week, we concentrated on “The Last Time I Saw Paris.” The song evokes a piercing sentiment, a moment that stops time, and then the frozen moment sticks with you forever. This week, I’m remembering the first time I saw a Breughel painting – we’re talking here about Pieter the Elder. Read More

This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 8/2-8/4

Jazz Spectrum

By Fritz ByersEach week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday.Dear Aly, In a documentary on the life and art of the saxophonist Charlie Parker (aka “Bird”) that I saw in the late 1980s – I think it was Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker, directed by Gary Giddins and closely tied to Gary’s unrivaled book of the same title – a fellow be-bopper of Bird’s -- I think it was the alto saxophonist Frank Morgan -- reminisced about the thrill of hearing him in full flight. Read More

This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 7/26-7/28

Jazz Spectrum

By Fritz ByersEach week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday.Dear Aly, At a recent Let’s Get Acquainted team-building exercise (don’t ask), the moderator stole a question from the NYT Book Review regular feature, By the Book, in which a writer is asked a series of probing queries. She presented the group with the inquiry: “You’ve having a dinner party. Read More

The Joys of WGTE Passport

WGTE Blog

By Savannah PackmanAre you looking for a new drama to binge? Maybe you’re yearning for your next romance ship. Or maybe you’re searching for the next big mystery that leaves you guessing at every turn. What if I told you your next favorite show is available to you on WGTE Passport right now? You may be thinking, what is that and why do I need a passport? Luckily for you, WGTE Passport is fast, easy, and simple to join and understand. Read More

This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 7/19-7/21

Jazz Spectrum

Each week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday.By Fritz ByersDear Aly,
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The Impact and History of Disco

Electronic Currents

By Richard PatonThe best documentaries not only take a deep dive into their subject matter – they provide context, both social and political, and examine the ramifications or fallout from the subject at hand.
There is no better example than “Disco – Soundtrack of a Revolution,” a three-part documentary series that aired on WGTE-HD. Read More

This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 6/28-6/30

Jazz Spectrum

Each week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday.Song of the Week – “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” – Music by Tommy Wolf, Lyrics by Fran Landesman Dear Aly, Last week at dinner, a friend and I were talking about Salman Rushdie’s new book, Knife, an extended and moving reflection on an extremist’s demented attempt to stab him to death, thirty years after the fatwa that was decreed against him for the act of publishing a work of imaginative fiction. Read More

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