Enjoy your favorite classical music every day on Classic Choices. These programs are curated by our live, local expert hosts Bruce Paulsen, Diane Jones, Marie Lamb, Adam Fine, Spencer Phillips, and Chris Cresswell. Listen, learn, and love this amazing music on WCNY-FM 91.3 Syracuse, WUNY-FM 89.5 Utica, and WJNY-FM 90.9 Watertown.
Feminine FusionRecognized for excellence by the National Endowment for the Arts, Feminine Fusion is a weekly radio program that highlights the influence of women in classical music. These are the women throughout history and into the present day who create, perform, and inspire. WCNY Program Manager and midday host Diane Jones produces this program, which is nationally-syndicated. It’s heard on Classic FM Sundays at 2 p.m. Learn more.
Bluegrass Ramble has aired on Classic FM, for more than 50 years! Listen to every Sunday night from 9 p.m. to midnight on WCNY-FM 91.3 Syracuse, WUNY-FM 89.5 Utica, and WJNY-FM 90.9 Watertown, or Sundays 6-9 p.m. on WCNY Community FM.
The Capitol Pressroom is a daily one-hour program broadcast from the Legislative Correspondents Association Pressroom on the third floor of the State Capitol in Albany and syndicated to public radio stations across the state. Hosted by WCNY’s own political expert, David Lombardo, Capitol Pressroom focuses on New York State government and politics. Learn more
Co-hosts Joey Nigro and Jim Battaglia showcase the charm of Italian-American traditions and the music of Italian-American and Italian songbooks. You’ll hear selections from Dean Martin, Tony Bennett and Connie Francis; rock-era artists like Frankie Avalon and Neil Sedaka, Italian classical melodies by Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli and contemporary Italian singers like Gigi D’Alessio, Antonio Venditti and Laura Pausini. Ciao! is heard in Classic FM Sundays at noon and on Community FM Sundays at 5:00 p.m. Learn more
Thursday Morning Roundtable is a monthly public service program, sponsored by Syracuse University’s Office of Community Engagement, which features experts speaking on local, state, and national issues of concern to the community.TMR is broadcast on Community FM, WCNY-HD3 Mondays and Thursdays at 8 p.m. when Syracuse University is in session. It’s also streamed here at wcny.org.
Each week, the legendary Leo Rayhill highlights such greats as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. Rayhill hosted Sounds of Jazz on WCNY for five decades. His shows from the Classic FM archives can be heard on Classic FM Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m. Sounds of Jazz is also heard on Community FM Sundays at 9:00 p.m. and every weekday morning at 10.
It’s all about musical events in Central New York! Diane Jones is your host for Backstage Pass, sharing music and conversations with local, regional, national, and international musicians and artists. Interviews and performances happen in the studio and on the road. Backstage Pass is heard over the air, with additional web-exclusive content available on the WCNY website. Learn more.
Your Classic FM hosts bring you The Dinner Hour, Monday through Friday at 6 p.m. Enjoy this hour of music that will pair perfectly with your evening meal!
Classic FM’s Bruce Paulsen is your host every Saturday at 5:00 p.m. for The Concert Hall. Relive the best concerts from all around the region, with local and internationally acclaimed artists – right in your own home.
