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06/27/2024

Students from NACEE TRIO program visited 90.9 WJAB and the campus of Alabama A&M University today

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06/26/2024

Its going to be a PARTY!!!!!!

📺 Just Announced: This year’s AAMU Homecoming Alumni Day Party will feature 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄 (and more 👀). Save the date - Friday, October 11 at 3:00pm.

06/23/2024

Jazz lovers! Tune into Return to the Source today. Host Douglas Turner will be featuring the music of saxophonist Javon Jackson and drummer Winard Harper. 3-6pm CST. Stream live on wjab.org

06/20/2024

REMINDER: Don't forget tomorrow (Friday, June 21) is Make Music Day with Huntsville Music Office, Huntsville! There is still time to sign up as a performer AND as a venue. 🎵

🎙️ If you're a performer, this is the perfect opportunity to show off your skills or just do what you love.
🏦🏡 If you're a business or even a homeowner looking to serenade passers-by with some of Huntsville's most talented musicians, sign up now.

Sign up TODAY ➡️ makemusicday.org/huntsville/

06/20/2024

Lamar's blowout Juneteenth concert, held at the Forum in Los Angeles and live-streamed on Amazon Music, planted flags for the future of LA rap, while uniting in hate for a certain Toronto titan.

06/19/2024

Tune in to WJAB all day for SPECIAL JUNETEENTH programs

06/19/2024

Great article to read

On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free — an event celebrated to this day as “Juneteenth.”

Read more on what happened on this date: https://shorturl.at/vAiNq

And more on celebrating Juneteenth: https://shorturl.at/enULN

06/18/2024

Jazz lovers! Tune into Return to the Source tomorrow (6/19). Host Douglas Turner will be featuring the music of drummer Billy Drummond. 6-8pm CST. Stream live on wjab.org

06/17/2024

This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the ladies their flowers. We’re releasing nine Tiny Desk concerts from Black women artists, from veterans who’ve paved the way for what we hear today in Black music,!
✴️Next up gospel star Kierra Shepard✴️

This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the ladies their flowers. We’re releasing nine Tiny Desk concerts from Black women artists, from veterans who’ve ...

06/17/2024

The Annual Juneteenth Celebration, a partnership between Amazon, the Black Employee Network (BEN) and the City of Huntsville’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion,!
📸 Marcus Sims

06/16/2024

Jazz lovers! Tune into Return to the Source tomorrow (6/16). Host Douglas Turner will be featuring the music of trumpeter Tom Harrell and NEA Jazz Master pianist Chick Corea. 3-6pm CST. Celebrate Father's Day with some great jazz music. Stream live on wjab.org

06/16/2024

🙏🏽
RIP Angela Bofill

Today we received the news we didn't want to hear. Angela Bofill, one of the great R&B and Jazz vocalist of our time, has died at age 70. The news was confirmed on Angie's page. Angela was a friend to us here at SoulTracks, and one of the truly courageous stars we knew. In a career spanning...

06/13/2024

📰Microwave Dave Music Review:
💿CRUISIN' KANSAS CITY by Mike Bourne Band

Add to your music collection today:
🎧 https://lnk.to/cruisinkansascity
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06/11/2024

& check out CLASSIC R&B Saturdays on 90.9 WJAB

The “Queen of Funk” graces the Tiny Desk with a set list to groove to.

06/11/2024

On this episode of "Yo! Just Checkin in" host Marcus Sims speaks with William Hampton of Huntsville Revisited Museum The two will discuss Juneteenth & Black music Month

On this episode with puy the spotlight on Juneteenth & Black Music Month with William Hampton

06/11/2024

Jazz lovers! Tune into Return to the Source tomorrow (6/12). Host Douglas Turner will be featuring the music of pianist Geri Allen and trumpeter Marcus Belgrave. 6-8pm CST. Stream live on wjab.org

06/10/2024

Tune-in to the next edition of Yo! Just Checkin' In, Tuesday, June 11th at 2:30pm. Host Marcus Sims will talk with William Hampton, of Huntsville Revisited. They will discuss Juneteenth and Black Music Month and its impact on Huntsville. You can stream at www.wjab.org

06/10/2024

The Huntsville Police Department, the Huntsville Police Citizens Advisory Council is ready to tackle data as it pertains to how HPD uses statistics and information to solve crime and understanding the latest on data gathering and what governs the use of that data.

Those interested can join HPCAC and local police officers for a community forum Tuesday on “Data-Driven Policing” in the former Grissom Band Room at the Sandra Moon Community Complex. (Follow the directional signs from Bailey Cove Road past the public library and turn right behind the Sandra Moon Complex building).

Attendees will participate in round-table discussions with HPCAC members and police officers. Questions are welcome and encouraged.

For information on future meetings along with updates from previous events, visit HuntsvilleAL.gov/HPCAC.

06/04/2024

Jazz lovers! Tune into Return to the Source tomorrow (6/5). Host Douglas Turner will be featuring the music of trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez (& The Fort Apache Band). 6-8pm CST. Stream live on wjab.org

06/04/2024

Tems leads a robust lineup of women from across the spectrum of Black music coming to NPR Music’s ‘Tiny Desk Concert’ series this June.

The Nigerian singer-songwriter performs standout songs from her forthcoming album, Born in the Wild.

06/01/2024

June is African American Music Appreciation Month! Created by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, this month celebrates the African American musical influences that comprise an essential part of our nation's treasured cultural heritage.

05/30/2024

✴️ BREAKING NEWS ✴️

BREAKING: Former president Trump is first former U.S. president found guilty of felony crimes after jury convicts him of all 34 counts.

Prosecutors say he sought to illegally influence the 2016 election by authorizing hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, a p**n actor who alleged an extramarital sexual encounter.

05/29/2024

HeyJazz lovers! Tune into Return to the Source tomorrow (5/29). Host Douglas Turner will be featuring the music of trumpeter Sean Jones. 6-8pm CST. Stream live on wjab.org

05/27/2024

MEMORIAL DAY is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of

05/26/2024

Jazz lovers! Tune into Return to the Source tomorrow (5/26). Host Douglas Turner will be featuring the music of NEA Jazz Master trumpeter Miles Davis and bassist Cecil McBee. 3-6pm CST. Stream live on wjab.org

05/23/2024

AAMU's own!

Miracle TerritoryThis mixed media tryptic seeks to capture the essence of Huntsville, Alabama past, present, and future. As the audience and the subject matt...

05/22/2024

WJAB 90.9 in YOUR community!

05/21/2024

Check out the LEGENDARY Bob James on NPR's " Tiny Desk"!

The jazz pianist performs a decades-spanning set, including a new, improvised version of "Nautilus" with DJ Jazzy Jeff and Talib Kweli.

05/21/2024

On the latest edition of WJAB's " Yo! Just Checkin in" Host Marcus Sims speaks with reps from the 2024 Cigar World's Longest-Running Cigar Box Guitar Festival - Huntsville, Alabama!!
Listen Below

WJAb's Marcus Sims discusses the 20th Anniversary of the World's Longest-Running Cigar Box Guitar Festival. They expanded to FOUR days in FIVE venues with a line-up that is going to knock your socks o