Horribly managed!! They keep sending mail to my house that belongs to someone else!! I called multiple times, but they won't fix it! A very simple problem to fix, but they keep saying it's between me & the post office. I COULD NEVER SUPPORT ANY COMPANY/ORGANIZATION SO MISMANAGED!! read more

WRTI, this 600th review is for you! Temple Public Radio 90.1 FM is amazing! Classical 6am-6pm, and Jazz 6pm-6am. NPR news updates every hour. Not really fair to the jazz side, IMO, since most people sleep 8 hours of that half, but if you hook yourself up through the website, you can get streaming of whatever, whenever. With the off-hours streaming, you don't get to hear the hosts you've come to know & love at WRTI, but you get the music on demand. WRTI has been many things to me, a teacher, a mood-decompressor, a support for my creativity, & nonstop background noise in my homes, for many years. It's been a force in my life, for real. When I was a kid, my dad was always bringing me tech items from his business trips to Japan. I was around 7 or 8 when I was gifted a keyboard & a transistor radio (ha ha this was the late 80s, not the 60s for God's sake). I remember gravitating toward WRTI on my radio when I played with my dolls. IDK why. My parents never listened to it, but I got the sounds in my ears early, & have loved them since. Just as they split each weekday half & half, they try to split up the weekend, as well. Saturday offers various shows, including a long show about whatever is playing at the Met (as in Manhattan Metropolitan Opera), with a history of the particular opera, & interviews with the cast. You will learn a lot, & it's pretty fun if you're in that mood. Their "Sousalarm" is funny. They'll play a Sousa March early in the morning to wake your a%* up! You can join the Sousalarm Club, & get a certificate from WRTI! They also play "From The Top," which can be interesting, but those prodigies are often way NPD, & I have to turn it off for my gag reflex. Sunday used to have the "Wanamaker Organ Hour," which was pretty cool, & unique to Philly. Unfortunately, it's now extinct. (These are just a few of many shows.) On the jazz side, J. Michael Harrison does "The Bridge" which covers artistic music bridging hip hop & jazz. He has a lot of poetry readings & interviews a lot of local artists & musicians. Bob Craig does a big band show on Sunday, which is kind of a neat way to wind down before starting the work week. It's comforting, cheerful, often romantic music, reminds me of my grandparents. David Ortiz does "El Viaje," a show of Latin jazz, salsa, & mambo, which is on Saturday night. IDK why this takes up prime time on Sat night? I was a Spanish student for many years, minored in college, have love for the culture, but I would really prefer some traditional jazz on my Sat night. Anyway, I don't appreciate everything, but I do adore a lot! RIP, Harrison Ridley, Jr., who called jazz "The Positive Music," & whose catchphrase we all waited to hear every evening, "Yes Indeedy!" Now in his place is "BP with the GM" (Bob Perkins with the Good Music), who is really chill, knowledgeable, & has such a great voice! WRTI has various call letters, & a pretty broad reach in a coverage area over eastern PA, NJ, NY, DE & MD. They are a big presence at the Cape May Jazz Fest, & many other events in the community. They have listeners around the world with, as mentioned, online streaming. My snooty NYC cousins listen to WRTI, because there is nothing like it! Yes, bi-annually Jack & Jill do their pledge drives all the livelong day. And BP & Maureen have their throwback catchphrase (I am blanking on it at the moment), which they do to sign off every pledge drive evening. RTI LOVES to play the jazz standards, like "Take Five," over & over during the pledge drive, to try to catch your dial surfing & reel you in. Over the years, my husband & I have donated to various orgs, & I must say that for some reason, with WRTI donations come a flood of needy mailers & beggings from all kinds of charities. This mass of, IMO, wasted paper, is not pleasant. I remember my grandparents would have similar mail, & they would earnestly sit down & study all the info for where to send checks. Not me, straight in the trash. Sorry, but I am not sitting on my grandfather's 8 figs, so with my limited moula, I donate my limited time & money to a dog rescue, plus make various Goodwill/Purple Heart donations throughout the year. When my generosity can increase, I have plenty of places top on my list, & I don't need more! My husband will tell you how important this music is, as the fountainhead of all the contemporary tunes to have come forth since. He is a total music snob, of the jazz sort. He rolls his eyes at how all the rock artists simply copied from jazz & blues (Zepplin, Stones, Beatles, uh, like everyone!), & it's true. Yes, it's true. Hubs says, "They all derived from Les Paul, who invented multitrack recording & the electric pickup." And on, and on... and while he is a bit extreme, it is true. It is worth a listen, & appreciation, even if you don't fall in love. ...but... as WRTI Classical says (& I can't tell if this is meant snobbishly or modestly, b/c it's duplicitous)... "Reminding you that all music was once new." read more

Wrti-Jazz 90.1 FM - Free swag with $50+ donation. Adorable Tortie, not included! - Radio Stations Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The jazz content is great. However it is overshadowed by its far left political messaging , and its use of the socialist news source NPR. read more

The music, both classical and jazz, is excellent. However, their incessant fund-raising messages are enough to drive a listener bugs. Worse still, they have spring and autumn fund raising drives during which the listener is subjected to continuous blather, endless repitions of their telephone number, and very little music. One of the drives is 1 week, the other 2 weeks. I've given up on this station and found numerous others on the internet . . . stations that are more considerate of their listeners. In all fairness I must add that I've recommended to the CIA that WRTI be awarded a commendation for devising a means of torture that even the most ardent liberals cannot condemn: One hour of their mid-morning fund raising, played over and over, will unquestionably reduce even the most hardened terrorist to a quivering mound of Jello. read more

Excellent jazz station from Temple University.

Oh, I take it back. I said in a previous review that the only radio station I listened to for music was 88.5. Not true. I love 90.1 and I used to listen to it almost exclusively. The format is basically classical in the mornings and afternoons, jazz all night. Bob Perkins' show comes on Mon-Thurs from 6-9. He's one of the most colorful guys in Philadelphia radio. "This is B.P. with the G.M.," he says---Bob Perkins with the good music. For great weekend programming check out Crossover with Jill Pasternak from 11:30 - 12:30 on Saturdays. On Sundays mornings check out the legendary Marian McPartland's great piano jazz show, followed immediately by Jazz from the Lincoln Center. All great programs for casual jazz fans and aficionados alike. read more

Wrti-Jazz 90.1 FM - bob perkins - Radio Stations Near Me - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Great music ! The only station where you can hear REAL jazz, not elevator music. Bob Perkins is a gem. BP with the GM. A sublime radio announcer, and to think of it he's the only decent one in philly. read more

Harrison Ridley Jr, A WRTI DJ that was so full of Jazz culture and knowledge has just passed. For those that remember him and his show say a prayer- "Yes Indeedy" read more

El Viaje every Saturday night 9 to 12 is awesome. Guaranteed to get ya up and dancing! All commercial free too!

I am writing this review to reach other potential listeners of the radio station. As a music lover and part time musician, I enjoy the programming on WRTI. The station is non commercial and has a classical music format during the day, and an essentially jazz play list in the evenings (which can include some other blues, rock or R&B influence). Host Jack Moore is very good during the day and Bob Perkins, Bob Craig and others have good programming in the evening- jazz time slot. There are other special weekend programs as well including the Philadelphia Orchestra live on Sundays. However, I am imploring the station (and for others to write in to the station) regarding the fund raising announcements. I and others have recently written into the station in asking WRTI to cut back on haing host ask listeners to contribute money, their house or estate or their car to WRTI. This past year especially, the station has either had their hosts ask listeners (or they run a per-recorded message of GM David Conant asking listeners) to donate their house or other contribution to WRTI). What is frustrating is the station has this asking done every 15 minutes recently (or on average 4 times an hour between the music tracks). This never occurred in the past, and partially the reason for such continual asking was the station not meeting their goal tor the last Spring fund drive of 2016. But, the reason the last Spring fund raising drive monetary goal was not met was because the station staring experimenting with having 3 or 4 drives per year starting possibly several years back (possibly 2012). So, what used to be just 2 fall and spring fund raising drives (which were always very successful with WRTI listeners stepping to the plate) became much more and listeners gradually got frustrated with the constant interruptions of music and extra fund drives (like mid winter, etc). However, within the past month or so, they have scaled back some on this incessant asking, potentially from listeners either calling or writing in to scale back or just do such asking on the web site or very periodically (as these announcements amount to almost a commercial type break on a non commercial radio station where you want to hear the music in an understated way.. So, I am imploring others to write or call WRTI in requesting the station going back to their original and traditional Fall and Spring Fund drives. In this way, the radio station would meet their fund drive goals and not have to repeat the asking announcements all during the day and year! Appreciative WRTI listener read more