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This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 9/27 - 9/29

By Fritz ByersEach week, Fritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday.Hi Aly, I’ve often wondered about the reasons behind the oodles of ironic references to jazz that Big Time cultural tastemakers shoehorn into their pop concoctions.  For instance, I have a dim memory of there being a slightly mocking reference to the nonpareil bassist Charles Mingus in Jerry Maguire, although I’m not curious enough to verify this by rewatching it. Read More

This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 9/20-9/22

JULIETA EUGENIO with Marta Sanchez, Matt Dwonszyk, and Steven Krammer, SMALL’S JAZZ CLUB, 5 SEPTEMBER 2024, 10:30 pm setBy Kim Kleinman, Contributing WriterFritz framed his essay on the best jazz albums of 2022 around Julieta Eugenio’s Jump, an astonishing tenor/bass/drums date that, as he put it, Read More

Hispanic Heritage Month

Watch and listen to Hispanic voices on WGTE HD and FM 91 during Hispanic Heritage Month! 

WGTE HD

• Friday, September 13 at 9 p.m. - American Masters: Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It.
• Tuesday, September 16 at 10 p.m. - American Masters: Orozco: Man of Fire
• Tuesday, September 17 at 9 p.m. - American Masters: Julia Alvarez
• Tuesday, September 24 at 8 p.m. Read More

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WGTE Public Media Launching Rethinking Jails + Justice Podcast Series

TOLEDO, OHIO – August 29, 2024 – WGTE Public Media’s “Rethinking Jails + Justice”, in collaboration with The Board of Lucas County Commissioners and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Safety + Justice Challenge, is set to launch the latest phase of the project on Tuesday, September 3. This 10-episode podcast series hosted by Jason Hibbs explores the past, present and future state of Lucas County’s criminal justice reform. Episodes will be published weekly on Tuesdays, beginning on September 3. Read More

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

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

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

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