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Streaming WKCR during Bach Festival Announcement

We, the WKCR Board, wanted to address any of the inconveniences experienced in using our stream. Unfortunately, our online stream regularly approaches maximum capacity during the Bach Festival. As we try to accommodate for more listeners, we implore anyone tuning in within our radio broadcasting range to tune in with a radio receiver.

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Fri, 26 Dec 2014, 12:00am to Wed, 31 Dec 2014, 11:59pm

Jazz Profiles featuring Gene Ammons

Tune in this Sunday from 2pm to 7pm to hear an in-depth broadcast on the life and music of tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons. The captivating Chicago musician began playing with groups like King Kolax's band and Billy Eckstine's orchestra in the 1940's before becoming a prolific group leader and playing with musicians like Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Mal Waldron, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, and Jack McDuff. Join us this Sunday as we celebrate Ammons' legacy!

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Sun, 21 Dec 2014, 2:00pm to 7:00pm

Men's Basketball Battles Defending National Champs

Less than two weeks after hanging tough with the top team in the nation, Columbia sets its sights on the UConn Huskies, the defending national champions. The Lions are facing UConn for the second time in four years, but this time they have their sights set on the upset. Live coverage begins at 7:15pm with tipoff from Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut coming just after 7:30.
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Mon, 22 Dec 2014, 7:15pm to 10:00pm

Petr Kotik on Afternoon New Music

Tune in to Afternoon New Music on Wednesday, December 10th from 3-6 PM for an exclusive interview with Czech composer Petr Kotik. The founder of the S.E.M. Ensemble, Kotik discusses his new opera Master-Pieces, which premieres at the Paula Cooper Gallery next week. During the program, there will be a free ticket giveaway for the opera's US premiere. Stepan Atamian hosts. Listen!
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Wed, 10 Dec 2014, 3:00pm to 6:00pm

Marcelo Toledo on Nueva Canción y Demás

Tune in this Wednesday at 10pm to listen to a live interview with the New York-based Argentinean composer Marcelo Toledo. 2013 NYFA Fellow, 2009 DAAD Artist in Residence in Berlin Fellow, Toledo has developed through the years an interest toward the exploration of instrumental timbre, complex sounds and new instrumental techniques becoming a characteristic facet of his compositions.

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Wed, 10 Dec 2014, 10:00pm to 11:00pm

Men's Basketball takes on #1 Kentucky

For the first time in nearly four decades, Columbia men's basketball will battle the number one team in the nation. The early dominance of the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats (9-0) has captivated the country and the Lions (5-2) will look to send a message on a national stage. Wednesday's live coverage from Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky begins with an extended pregame show at 6:30, followed by tipoff at 7 and a special post-game edition of the Firing Lion at 9!

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Wed, 10 Dec 2014, 6:30pm to 10:00pm

Jazz Profiles Featuring Grachan Moncur III

A prolific composer and influential trombonist in both the traditional and avant-garde areas of jazz, Grachan Moncur III has been making music for over half a century. Since 1959, Moncur has played with Ray Charles, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock as well as Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, Roswell Rudd, and Beaver Harris. Join us on this week's Jazz Profiles for an in-depth look at Moncur's life and work, including his collaborations with a number of these artists across different genres and periods.

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Sun, 7 Dec 2014, 2:00pm to 7:00pm

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Emmet Cohen on Out to Lunch

Join us Tuesday, January 17 during our Out to Lunch programming from 1-2:30 pm EST for an interview with New York-based jazz pianist Emmet Cohen regarding his most recent project "Masters Legacy Series featuring Jimmy Cobb." Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. He placed first in both the American Jazz Pianists competition (2014) and the Phillips Piano Competition at the University of West Florida (2011).

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017 - 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Aspen Matis on Studio A

Tune in to Studio A this Sunday, January 15, from 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST for an interview with internationally-bestselling memoirist Aspen Matis. Her book, Girl in the Woods, tells the story of her sexual assault and her flight from college, which led to a journey of self-discovery as she set out to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada.

A brief account of her experiences appeared first in The New York Times' Modern Love column, and that subsequentally led to her inspiring and heart-wrenching memoir.

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Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 9:00pm to 10:00pm

George Wallington Celebration on Jazz Profiles

Sid Gribetz presents a five hour radio program celebrating the pianist and composer George Wallington on Jazz Profiles this Sunday, January 15 from 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST.
George Wallington was one of the legendary pianists of the bebop era but never achieved great fame. With his early retirement from a musical career, he remains a more obscure figure in jazz history and lore.
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Sunday, January 15, 2017 - 2:00pm to 7:00pm

Streaming WKCR during Bach Festival Announcement

We, the WKCR Board, wanted to address any of the inconveniences experienced in using our stream. Unfortunately, our online stream regularly approaches maximum capacity during the Bach Festival. As we try to accommodate for more listeners, we implore anyone tuning in within our radio broadcasting range to tune in with a radio receiver.

Date: 
Thursday, December 25, 2014 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 11:59pm

Gustav Leonhardt Memorial Broadcast

This Friday, January 20th, WKCR will be devoting over eleven hours of programming to the music of Gustav Leonhardt (5/30/1928-1/16/2012). As a harpsichordist, organist, and conductor, Leonhardt was on the forefront of the movement in early music to revive period styles and practices. While best known for his recordings of J.S. Bach, Leonhardt made spectacular recordings of many different early music and Baroque composers. Tune in from 9:30am-9:00pm to hear WKCR's tribute to this legendary musician.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 - 9:30am to 9:00pm
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