On the air at 1550 AM, Braddock, 88.1 FM, Bethany, and 101.1 FM, Pittsburgh and online at WZUM.org
WZUM is a radio and online catalyst for renewed interest and exposure to this great music. That includes the Jazz Central calendar, plus programs like The Scene, the Pittsburgh Show, the MCG Jazz Spotlight, Rhythm-a-Ning and the Soul Show with Michael Canton.
To keep what we have and continue for the future, WZUM needs your support. Please help if you can with a donation, now!
WZUM in the Community
WZUM needs to raise $30,000 during June and July to power through a wonderful Summer of Jazz in Pittsburgh.
Make a new, renewing or additional gift, click here to donate, now, or send a check to WZUM; PO Box 456 South Park, PA 15129. You can also call at 412.322.1800.
Tower of Power at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall, Friday September 12th.
The R and B and Soul Band and Horn Section continues from their Oakland, California roots for their 57 years of Funk and Soul Tour.
Friday - September 12th at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall in Munhall
if you’ve been hankering for some WZUM stuff, here’s your chance! These are items produced for WZUM by Bonfire - the proceeds will support WZUM, but we don’t have to keep an inventory of them in stock.
Check out the WZUM Mug, the WZUM Hoodie. WZUM unisex T-Shirt!
Jazz Central: who, where & when
Click on Jazz Central for the latest we know about. We update it often. If you you have a gig to share, a correction or an update, send it to us at info@wzum.org
The Soul Show is on WZUM
The Soul Show is hosted and produced by Michael Canton. The Soul Show airs Saturdays, 2-5pm, just after the MCG Jazz Spotlight Show.
The Soul Show presents decades of R&B, jazz fusion and other related genres in its weekly mix. It is a natural extension of WZUM’s rich jazz mission.
Full Press Release available, here.
Marty Ashby and Renee Govanucci celebrate famous jazz July Birthdays.
Friday and Sunday night at 6, and 1pm, Saturday on WZUM.
July 2nd marked the Birthday of Pittsburgh native Ahmad Jamal - and Kate Borger shares a musical celebration, and also sounds of Summer
Also, a birthday nod to Johnny Hartman (July 3rd) and sounds of surprise from Cal Tjader & Carmen McRae, Caetano Veloso, Joe Henderson, Leslie Odom, Jr, and Desi Arnaz!
June marks the 60th Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Jazz Festival - and in September, the 64th anniversary of an even earlier star-studded event at the Melody Tent in the lower Hill District in 1960!
We got the clues about the “Modern Music Festival” put on by Jazz Horizons, Unlimited from some astute listeners, and we’ve started digging into some history that we’d never heard!
Hear about it on the Scene, Thursday night at six, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday afternoon at 5 on WZUM.
From the MCG Jazz Archives, we dip into the deep pool of recordings by guitarist and educator Kenny Burrell from a program first heard in 2021.
We hear Kenny talk about his life and career from his NEA Jazz Masters oral history at the Smithsonian, and enjoy sounds from his long career that started in Detroit and has taken him all over the world.
Join Marty Ashby and Renée Govanucci with a musical appreciation of Kenny Burrell in the MCG Jazz Spotlight - Friday and Sunday at 6, Saturday at 1pm.
Kate Borger shares a musical tour on Rhythm-a-Ning
Take a “Slow Boat to China” with Dee Dee Bridgewater while savoring Frim Fram Sauce with Nat King Cole. Hear Pittsburgh favorites Jeff Goldblum, Kenia and Earl Fatha Hines..
Join Kate Borger for Rhythm-a-Ning — Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.
The first airing of The Scene this weekend is on June 19th - Juneteenth - an important day in American history - when the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation came to Texas in 1865. Join us for music of uplift and joining together.
Thursday night at 6, Friday and Saturday at noon, Sunday at 5 on WZUM
Marty Ashby and special guests pay tribute to their musical dads and all fathers for this Father’s Day weekend. Benny Benack III, James Johnson III, Eric DeFade, Anton DeFade, Don Aliquo, Jr., and Lucas Ashby play music with Dads in mind,
The MCG Jazz Spotlight - Friday and Sunday at 6pm and Saturday at 1pm on The Pittsburgh Jazz Channel WZUM.
Kate Borger fills a musical palate with colors from the rainbow on Rhythm-a-Ning.
From Mood Indigo from Dr John to Green Onions with Booker T - and many other shades of blue with Betty Roche, Harry Connick Jr and Andy Kirk.
Colorful sounds of Jazz with Kate Borger - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.

Join WZUM for archive Jazz programs from the great Tony Mowod, weeknights on the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel!
The familiar voice of Bill Hillgrove is a regular feature on WZUM.

Evelyn Hawkins is a voice for Jazz on WZUM, 24 hours a day!

Join Kate Borger and other hosts for Jazz 24 hours a day!

Join Scott Hanley and other hosts for Jazz 24 hours a day!
WZUM’s expansion in Pittsburgh
WZUM and the Pittsburgh Jazz Channel are a public service of Pittsburgh Public Media, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions to PPM and WZUM are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
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We had a wonderful fundraiser show January 13th, 2017 to help put 101.1FM on the air, featuring Richie Cole, Roger Humphries and much more! Pictures from the event here.