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WGTE PUBLIC MEDIA TO HOST EVENT RECOGNIZING LOCAL PODCASTERS

Beyond the Mic: Meet the Faces of “Voices Around Us®” is on May 8 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and aims to invite the community to local voicesTOLEDO, OHIO – April 10, 2025 –WGTE Public Media is hosting a “Voices Around Us®” podcasting event on May 8, 2025 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1270 S Detroit Ave, Toledo, OH 43614. This event aims to connect the community with local voices and discover the dynamic topics of the Voices Around Us® (VAU) podcasts. This event will showcase our 16 VAU podcasts and their respective hosts and producers. Read More

Protect My Public Media

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Public media faces an uncertain future. With the current continuing resolution set to expire on March 14, Congress will be making critical decisions that could impact the future of public media. Read More

Jazz Spectrum Blog - 2/28/25 - 3/2/25

Jazz Spectrum

By Fritz ByersFritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday. Read More

Women's History Month Programming

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Check out our special Women's History Month programming on WGTE HD, FM 91 and steaming! Read More

Black History Month Programming

Tune in all month long for Black History Month programming on WGTE HD, FM 91 and streaming. Read More

aaidd telling it our way media award winner

WGTE PODCAST PRODUCER AND CREATORS AWARDED ONE NATIONAL AAIDD AWARD

Toledo, Ohio (January 9, 2025) — Telling It Our Way, a WGTE Public Media podcast, is honored to receive the 2025 Media Award from the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD). Podcast creators Ally Day and Becca Monteleone and executive producer Chris Peiffer were recognized for Telling It Our Way. Chris Peiffer, Voices Around Us® Podcast Manager and Senior Producer, works with hosts Ally Day and Becca Monteleone on the AAIDD 2025 winner. Read More

The Beautiful Now – The Best of Jazz Spectrum 2024

Jazz Spectrum

By Fritz ByersI just finished James Kaplan’s recent book, 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane and the Lost Empire of Cool. Read More

This Week on Jazz Spectrum - 12/13-12/15

Jazz Spectrum

By Fritz ByersFritz exchanges thoughts with Aly Krajewski about the Song of the Week featured on Jazz Spectrum Saturday. Dear Aly, Yesterday while enjoying the ritualized mid-day traffic gridlock in old Maumee, I took respite in pondering the implications of the bumper sticker immediately before me: “Big Foot doesn’t believe in you either.” Fair point, really. And it set me to a-pondering’ about the ways the phrase “magical thinking” has radiated from Joan Didion’s book title through the culture in ways both banal and profound. Read More