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WKCR NEEDS YOUR HELP! WKCR is a non-profit, commercial-free, and listener-funded public radio station, playing what you won’t hear on any other spot on the dial. We rely entirely on listener donations in order to operate. Please consider donating to WCKR by: 1. ���Visiting our website and clicking the donate button 2. ���Call us at (212) 851-2699! Our programmers are ready to accept your donation via call! 3. ���Mailing us a check at WKCR 2920 Broadway New York, New York 10027 (Checks should be payable to Columbia University with WKCR in the memo field) Donating to WKCR doesn’t just mean providing support for our technical costs— it also means supporting some of your favorite programming and preserving history, and keeping independent media alive! If WKCR means anything to you, as it means so much to us - consider donating so we can continue to be a part of your lives and live to be a part of others! LONG LIVE 89.9 FM!

meet the 2025 wkcr board! Here’s to another year of some good radio 💾25-26 Executive Board: Station Manager: Casey Program Director: Rachel Director of Operations: Teddy Student Life Director: Sara Business Manager: Solène Publicity Director: Ella 🌀Programming Team: Jazz Directors: Haddassah and Emma Classical Director: Charlie New Music Director: Phi Latin Director: Damaris In All Languages Director: Jayin American Director: Ben News & Arts Director: Ian Sports Directors: Mason & CJ 🚲Board: Archivist: Ted Head Engineer: Mckenna Librarian: June OnAir Guide Editor: McCartney

Tune in Thursday night to Middle Eastern Influences for a live in-studio performance by Nory and Nadine El Roubi, followed by an interview with Offbeat host Ben Rothman. On their upcoming EP, “NUCLEAR” (out May 22nd) Nory and Nadine El Roubi create an energetic punk-rap sound, rooted in their SWANA heritage (Saudi and Sudanese, respectively) and paired with rebellious lyrics. They released their debut single as a duo, “ENEMY OF THE STATE“ on May 8th, featuring a catchy melodic hook and a rousing political message. Tune in at 89.9 fm or at wkcr.org

Dear Listeners, Happy May! My name is Sara, and it is a pleasure to formally introduce myself as WKCR’s Business Manager. If you have been tuned in this month, you have likely heard my voice over the airwaves repeatedly—and somewhat tediously—asking for donations. I am delighted to announce that our bi-annual fundraiser was a swimming success! Thank you very much to everyone who contributed, tuned in, volunteered to answer phones, and programmed on air. All of you have helped to ensure that the station will thrive for another year, and hopefully many more. The future is promising for WKCR. Speaking of promising, we have lots of special broadcasts to look forward to this month. Please read on to learn more from our wonderful program director, Charlie Kusiel King. Also in this issue of the On Air Guide is a beautiful piece from Emma Lacy and Hadassah Weinmartin about Miles Davis in light of his upcoming centennial, a senior interview with the amazing Jude Fairchild, a concert review at the Roulette from, once again, Charlie Kusiel King, and a record store review from the great, and heavily On-Air featured, Jack Serpick. Great things to come. Stay tuned, Sara Carson

Tonight, we celebrate @toribious_monk and sing Toribio, in what we shall assume will be one of our most ass-shaking episodes yet. We loafe beside a Dominican mango tree on the island of his heritage. We observe at our ease the azure Florida waters as he taps the skins in his grandfather’s church, then marches on the one with his High School band. (We are less keen to observe the grey waters of the Charles as he activates a hall at Berklee. Do we contradict ourselves? Very well then, we contradict ourselves.) We lean against a sun-baked concrete bandshell in St. Nicholas park as Conclave swirls around him— Or against a candy-colored bandshell as he drives massive pink stacks of sound in Service of the Public— Or against a shipping container wall, or in a bad room, where copious quantities of Ass are being Brought. (Dat Ass is large, it contains multitudes.) We wonder how one being, one body, can contain this much music, this much rhythm, this much joy. Stop this night at nine, post-meridian, and you shall not look through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through his. You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self. And you shall call the Traxline 212 854 9920 We stop here waiting for you. Photo by @mariofc55 Flyer by @navigatingthefartworld

Tune in tomorrow at 9 pm for an interview with one of the journalist on the cutting edge of the Epstein scandal, Nick Bryant. Hosted by Ted Schmiedeler, the segment will cover Bryant’s work in the late 2000s and early 2010s on the case, Columbia’s ties to Epstein, and what is to be done to bring abusers and accomplices to justice. Nick Bryant is an investigative journalist and leader of the group Epstein Justice famous for releasing Epstein’s “little black book” in 2012. He has been working for years to expose and bring to justice Epstein-class abusers. Only on 89.9 fm or at wkcr.org

Live constructions presents: Miss Demeanor Tune in tomorrow at 10pm to hear them perform live! Only on 89.9 or at wkcr.org

Rag Aur Tal Sunday Tune in @wkcr 89.9 FM NY or wkcr.org at 7PM this Sunday May 10th. The broadcast will feature two time Grammy Award winning bansuri maestro Rakesh Chaurasia and tabla pheonom Salar Nader - two of the most outstanding musicians of their generation. Both child prodigies, Rakesh began his studies with his uncle, Hariprasad Chaurasia at 4 years and Salar began his studies with Zakir Hussain at the age 7. 🎟️ Rakesh Chaurasia and Salar Nader Wednesday May 13th 8:00 PM 📍 New York - Adler Hall Subscribe and find out more details on NYC Radio Live podcast page - link in bio @nyc_radio_live

This Sunday, May 10th, hosts Dylan Farley and Zakari Billo dedicate Sunday Profiles to the legendary RZA, rapper, producer, composer, director, and Wu-Tang Clan founder. From 2PM to 7PM the show traces his impact through solo work, Wu-Tang classics, film scores, rare vinyl cuts, and live beat sets from rapper/producers 4D and Kari. Featuring a special interview with RZA and Dylan Farley on his new film with Quentin Tarantino, One Spoon of Chocolate, the broadcast also reflects on his legacy in film and culture. In 1993, RZA and Wu-Tang made history debuting “Protect Ya Neck” on Stretch and Bobbito’s WKCR program, revolutionizing hip-hop. Now more than 30 years later, he returns for a full circle conversation. A legendary WKCR moment you won’t want to miss! Tune in on WKCR 89.9 FM NY or stream at WKCR.ORG.

Tune in this Friday, May 8, between 9 am - 9 pm for WKCR’s Keith Jarrett birthday broadcast and collaboration between our jazz and classical departments! Born in 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Jarrett would go on to become one of the most celebrated pianists in history. His career as a jazz musician saw him as a sideman to the likes of Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd, and Art Blakey. His simultaneous career as a recording classical musician, almost exclusively with ECM Records, makes him one of the most celebrated pianists of all time. This 1975 record, The Köln Concert, is the best-selling piano recording in history. He holds the Polar Music Prize, the first recipient to earn recognition in both jazz and classical genres, the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2008. Though his performance career came to a close in 2018 after suffering a stroke, his musical legacy lives on here at WKCR. Tune in at 89.9 fm or at wkcr.org!

is pleased to present a joint birthday broadcast on Thursday, May 7th, for composers Johannes Brahms and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on the 193rd and 186th respective anniversaries of their birth. The special broadcast will run for 24 hours and preempt all regularly-scheduled programming. In classic WKCR fashion as “the alternative,” we will present the works of Brahms and Tchaikovsky alongside each other for all 24 hours of the broadcast. The pair met at fellow composer Tchaikovsky Brodsky’s Christmas dinner in 1887, in Leipzig, Germany. Though they respected each other as men, neither enjoyed the other’s compositions. Thus, though they were contemporaries, their widely diverging style will provide listeners with a profound exploration of the Romantic era. It is our honor to participate in the celebration of Brahms and Tchaikovsky. Listeners can tune into the birthday broadcast on 89.9FM or stream it live on our website, wkcr.org.

Tune in tomorrow, 5/5, at 9:30am during Cereal Music for a review of ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Treasures from the Mozarteum Foundation of Salzburg,’ an exhibition currently on display at The Morgan Library & Museum, featuring an interview with Robinson McClellan, the curator of the exhibition, and hosted by Charlie Kusiel King. Available only at 89.9 FM-NY and online at wkcr.org! Image courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum.