Chicagos Home for Jazz! | 90. 9fm WDCB WDCB Public Radio is Chicago's home for jazz, blues, news, and more! Check us out at 90 9FM, and now also at 90 7FM in Chicago's West Loop!
Two-Week Archive | 90. 9fm WDCB Some of our special live broadcasts (like Chicago Jazz Fest, for example) will not be included in the Archive due to legal restrictions If you find a problem or have a question, contact us at stream@wdcb org
Program Descriptions | 90. 9fm WDCB It’s a mix of Southern Soul and Chicago Blues with an emphasis on deep soul blues singers Sammy-Jay offers listeners the chance to interact with the music, to both remember the past and embrace the future as he spotlights up-and-coming artists who are keeping the blues alive
Blues Before Sunrise | 90. 9fm WDCB Blues Before Sunrise showcases blues as part of a cultural landscape that includes jump and jive, rhythm and blues, swing, doo wop, gospel, comedy, and recitation, and never is the music presented as kitsch or retro fashion in the way that some music has been exploited and trivialized For host Steve Cushing, the blues is a living African-American tradition with deep roots
WDCBs 90. 9FM Signal | 90. 9fm WDCB WDCB can be heard in the Chicagoland area by tuning your radio to 90 9fm You can also listen to our streaming audio via this website Cable TV viewers in the city of Chicago can also listen WDCB through their televisions on cable channel CAN TV42 WDCB broadcasts at 5,000 watts to northeastern IL If you are having difficulty receiving WDCB's signal, and are in WDCB's listening area (see the
Events Calendar (jazz) | 90. 9fm WDCB Wed, Aug 12 from 5 to 10pm(115843) 2026-08-12: Jazzin' at The Shedd: Javier Red Quartet + Yoko Noge The Jazz Me Blues Band Shedd Aquarium - Chicago Wed, Aug 12 and Wednesdays from 6 to 9pm(113550) 2026-08-12: Petra van Nuis Andy Brown Duo Hemmingway's Bistro - Oak Park
Chicago Jazz Live | 90. 9fm WDCB Chicago Jazz Live is a one-hour weekly program produced in partnership between WDCB and Emmy Award winning composer, Steve Rashid, who created and hosts the new program CJL shines a spotlight on the deep pool of local jazz musicians working in Chicago by presenting small groups that are recorded live, exclusively for this series Each week’s program includes interview segments with the
DCB Jazz | 90. 9fm WDCB We cover the classics, as well as current jazz releases and artists, and of course we love to highlight jazz from Chicago! This well-rounded and informative program is designed for extended listening 'DCB Jazz Host Schedule: • Weekdays: midnight to 5 a m - Matthew Hermes 5 a m to 8 a m - Dona Mullen (Mon Wed Fri), Bob Signorelli (Tue Thur)