WGTE's 2023 Wrapped
WGTE had an amazing year! Here's to 2024! Read More
WGTE Public Media Blog
The Best of 2023, from a committed avant-gardist
By Rob Michaels (Jazz Spectrum Listener)
Natural Information Society – Since Time is Gravity (Eremite)
jaimie branch – Fly or Die or Fly or Die or Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem) Read More
This Week on Jazz Spectrum – A Sampler of Holiday Jazz
By Fritz ByersJudging by the torrent of holiday jazz releases over the last decade, there must be a market for the genre. The remainder of this paragraph, discussing markets, genres, and artistic pandering, is being self-censored. That’s because the thoughts don’t apply to the holiday-themed music you’ll hear this week on Jazz Spectrum and Jazz Spectrum Overnight. Both shows are chock-a-block with great musicians having fun with, and finding fascination in, the familiar songs of the season. Elsewhere on the site, you’ll find the Jazz Spectrum playlist. Read More
“Rethinking Jails + Justice” Press Release
WGTE PUBLIC MEDIA TO HOST FREE COMMUNITY TOWN HALL EVENT TO DISCUSS CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMThe “Rethinking Jails + Justice” project is in collaboration with The Board of Lucas County Commissioners and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Safety + Justice ChallengeTOLEDO, OHIO – January 8, 2024 – Beginning in January 2024, WGTE Public Media, in collaboration with The Board of Lucas County Commissioners and the John D. and Catherine T. Read More
This Week on Jazz Spectrum – The Spirit of Live Recordings
By Fritz ByersAt its core, jazz is an improvisational music. I believe I read about fifty years ago that the projectivist poet Charles Olson said something to the effect that if you say the same thing twice, you’ve lied. Read More
Win Tickets to Lights Before Christmas at the Toledo Zoo
Christmas Carol Mad Libs
Phil Haynes: An accomplished drummer invites us into his world
Photograph by René Pierre Allain
By Fritz Byers