Nicole Sweeney brings her signature storytelling and soulful presence to Evening Jazz at WRTI, connecting Philly listeners to jazz’s rich legacy. WRTI’s ''Evening Jazz'' host Nicole Sweeney on the mic ...

WRTI is proud to announce the launch of Dangerous Sounds, an eight-episode podcast series on WRTI.org. Based on the award-winning Danish podcast Dangerous Tones—The Story of Danish Jazz, Dangerous ...

Jazz radio host and South Philadelphia native Bob Perkins, a mainstay on Temple University's public WRTI-FM station, plans to significantly scale back his hours this summer. Perkins, 88, has been at ...

Big Bird and Elmo are what many people associate with NPR and PBS, with Terry Gross and some politics sprinkled in somewhere. But among the outlets threatened by Republicans voting to fully defund the ...

For Bob Perkins, making music was making magic. “That’s what a musician does, to me. When he or she stands up and takes a solo,” he said in 2020. “And it’s all coming out and improvised from the mind ...

WRTI, Philadelphia’s classical music and jazz station is the latest to join VuHaus, a public media platform that highlights new and emerging musicians. The VuHaus (pronounced VIEW house) network ...

Meg Bragle had to have been the busiest person in the Delaware Valley during the last few weeks. The 2 to 6 p.m. classical music host on WRTI (90.1 FM) did not miss a minute of any of her broadcasts ...

WRTI's beloved and long-time jazz host Harrison Alexander Ridley, Jr. passed away on Thursday, February 19th after a brief illness. Harrison Ridley Jr. was 70 years old and dedicated 32 years of his ...

“With the 2020 presidential campaign accelerating, it is the perfect time to welcome Ann to the Washington Week team as consulting executive producer,” said Jeff Bieber, WETA VP of content development ...