Saturday, December 24 Get ready for an entire day of holiday music produced by your favorite weekly hosts. Be prepared for some weird, funny, off beat, and funky holiday music. 8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Holiday Jazz from WNCU 12 p.m. – 4 p.m., 8 Track Flashback with Jim Davis 4 p.m. – 7 p.m., [...]

Jazz at Lincoln Center has plans to expand abroad, creating a new jazz club in Doha, Qatar, and four other cities as part of an unusual partnership with the St. Regis chain of luxury hotels. The new club opening in Doha, the capital city, next April will be the first time this nonprofit New York [...]

Come join the top NCCU undergraduate and graduate student jazz instrumental and vocal performers in a great evening of jazz music! Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Time: 7-9 p.m. Location: B.N. Duke Auditorium Admission: Free

The North Carolina Central University Jazz Studies program will present the 12th Annual Fall Guest Artist Series, featuring saxophonist Jim Snidero, on Friday, Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. in the B.N. Duke Auditorium. The NCCU Jazz Ensemble, Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo I will also perform, presenting a CD-release concert featuring music from “Slightly [...]

Beginning Oct. 24, WNCU will have a new host for jazz weekday evenings. Serena Wiley will be hosting the evening show weekdays, from 7-10pm. Serena is a graduate of NCCU’s jazz studies program. She plays tenor, alto sax, and flutes and is currently gigging in a reggae band. We welcome her expertise and passion for [...]

On Sunday, Nov. 6, WNCU will change their schedule. Close to Thee, a new gospel program, hosted by Carolyn Satterfield, will air from noon until 2 pm. Join Carolyn for traditional gospel from some of the most beloved artists of all time.

Tune into The Animal House every Monday from 3 – 4 p.m. The Animal House is a weekly discussion that explores the latest in animal science, pet behavior, and wildlife conservation. We hope to deepen human understanding of animals and explain the powerful bonds that link us to the animal world. Our goal is to [...]

Tune into WNCU on Saturday, Sept.3 at 9 p.m. for a re-broadcast from WXPN’s Blues and Beyond featuring Honeyboy Edwards – A Long Life in the Blues. At 92, David “Honeyboy” Edwards was still touring and playing the blues, though he no longer hopped freight trains to get around. His new album “Roamin’ And Ramblin’” [...]

WNCU will air a special thank you concert for all supporters during our fall fund drive.  Tune in on October 11at 7 p.m. Sing the Truth! is Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo and Lizz Wright singing together and taking turns on music by Miriam Makeba, Nina Simone, Abbey Lincoln, Tracy Chapman and more. The voices are [...]

Tune in every Monday at 9:40 p.m. for Jazz Stories. Jazz musicians refer to what they do as telling stories. We bring you backstage stories from jazz legends and those in the making. Hear what jazz sounds like when musicians put down their instruments. Each piece is approximately 10 minutes in length.