Schedule & Playlists

Playlist for Friday, June 9, 2023

6:00 - 10:00 am

6:00 am

Mornings with Dennis Moore

Including news & weather on the hour between 6:00 am and 9:00 am; and "Carl’s Almanac" at 7:30 am.

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

10:00 am

Midday with Lisa Flynn

Including "New Releases" this hour, "Daily Excursion" at 11:00 am, "Live from WFMT " Encore at 12:00 pm, and "Afternoon Masterwork" at 2:00pm.

12:00 pm

12:00 pm

Live from WFMT Encore

Violinist Paul Huang and pianist Helen Huang recorded February 27, 2023.

1:00 - 3:00 pm

1:00 pm

Music for the Afternoon

Including the "Afternoon Masterwork" at 2:00 pm.

3:00 - 7:00 pm

3:00 pm

Late Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Including "Friday Afternoon at the Movies" at 4:30pm and "The Unrush Hour" at 5:00 pm.

7:00 pm

7:00 pm

Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin

American Masters, Part I. The first week in our series exploring great but lesser-known American composers.Bill features Howard Hanson from Wahoo, Nebraska; Walter Piston from Rockland, Maine; William Grant Still born in Woodville, Mississippi; and Ruth Crawford Seeger born in East Liverpool, Ohio.

8:00 pm

8:00 pm

Sounds Classical

Hosts LaRob K. Rafael and Kristina Lynn talk with conductor John Jeter about his work to affect change in expanding classical music programming.

9:00 - 11:00 pm

9:00 pm

The New York Philharmonic This Week

Debussy: "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun); Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453; Conrad Tao, piano;Respighi: "Pini di Roma" (Pines of Rome); Jaap van Zweden, conductor.

11:00 pm

11:00 pm

Best of Studs Terkel

Remembering Rita Jacobs Willens (06/12/1990)

In 1951, a young couple named Rita and Bernie Jacobs bought a small Chicago radio station where they could share the classical and arts programming they loved.Studs Terkel joined them within the year and stayed for almost half a century.When Rita died, in June 1990, Studs presented this hour of her favorite music, and a glimpse into the sounds and spirit of WFMT’s early years.