List of jazz radio stations in the United States

Last updated January 28, 2025

This is a list of terrestrial, satellite and internet radio stations which identify themselves as playing jazz in any of its forms (mainstream, traditional, fusion, acid, and smooth, among others), or have substantial jazz programming, that can be heard in the United States.


Station	Frequency Channel	Format	Type	Licensed to/ operated by	City	State	Website
KAZI	88.7 MHz	Various	Terrestrial	Austin Community Radio, Inc.	Austin	Texas	Program schedule
KBCU	88.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Bethel College	North Newton	Kansas	Website
KBEM-FM	88.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Minneapolis Public Schools	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Website
KBSK & KBSU	89.9 MHz & 90.3 MHz on HD2	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Boise State University	McCall, Boise	Idaho	Website
KCCK-FM	88.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Kirkwood Community College	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	Website
KCME-HD2	88.7 MHz on HD2 & 93.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Cheyenne Mountain Public Broadcast House, Inc.	Colorado Springs	Colorado	Website
KCSM	91.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	San Mateo County Community College District	San Mateo	California	Website
KCYI-LP	97.7 MHz	Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	Edwards Broadcasting	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Website
KDKI-LP	103.9 MHz	Big bands, Swing, Traditional	Terrestrial	Tamarack Community Broadcasting Inc.	Twin Falls	Idaho	Website
KEWU-FM	89.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Eastern Washington University	Cheney	Washington	Website
KJEM	89.9 MHz	Mainstream, Modern, Retro	Terrestrial	Washington State University	Pullman	Washington	Website
KJLU	88.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Lincoln University of Missouri	Jefferson City	Missouri	Website
KJZA	89.5 MHz	Mainstream (weekdays and overnights), Public Radio	Terrestrial	K-Jazz Radio Network	Drake	Arizona	Website
KJZX-LP	89.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Jazz ATX, Inc.	Austin	Texas	Website
KKJZ	88.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach	California	Website
KMHD	89.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Mt. Hood Community College	Gresham	Oregon	Website
KNKX-HD2	88.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Friends of 88.5 (Community ownership)	Tacoma	Washington	Website
KNTU	88.1 MHz HD2^[1]	Mainstream	Terrestrial	University of North Texas	McKinney	Texas	Website
KOJH-LP	104.7 MHz	Jazz, Blues	Terrestrial	Mutual Musicians Foundation, Inc.	Kansas City	Missouri	Website
KRTU-FM	91.7 MHz	Jazz, Independent	Terrestrial	Trinity University	San Antonio	Texas	Website
KRWV-LP	99.3 MHz	Smooth Jazz, Mainstream	Terrestrial	Gold Canyon Public Radio Inc.	Gold Canyon	Arizona	Website
KSBR	88.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Saddleback College	Mission Viejo	California	Website
KSDS	88.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	San Diego Community College District San Diego City College	San Diego	California	Website
KTSU	90.9 MHz	Various	Terrestrial	Texas Southern University	Houston	Texas	Program schedule
KUAZ-FMHD2	89.1 MHz	Mainstream	HD Radio	University of Arizona	Tucson	Arizona	Website
KUNV	91.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Nevada	Website
KUVO	89.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc.	Denver	Colorado	Website
KUWL	90.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	University of Wyoming	Laramie	Wyoming	Website
KWBR-LP	105.7 MHz	Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	Association of Community Resources and News	St. George	Utah	Website
KWGS-HD2	89.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	University of Tulsa	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Website
Real Jazz	67	Mainstream, Traditional, Fusion, Acid	Satellite	Sirius XM Satellite Radio	N/A	N/A	Website
Watercolors	66	Smooth Jazz	Satellite	Sirius XM Satellite Radio	N/A	N/A	Website
WAEG	92.3 MHz	Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	Perry Broadcasting	Evans	Georgia (U.S. state)	Website
WAJH	91.1 MHz	Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame	Birmingham	Alabama	Website
WBGO	88.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Newark Public Radio	Newark	New Jersey	Website
WBRH	90.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools Baton Rouge Magnet High School	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Website
WCLK	91.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Clark Atlanta University	Atlanta	Georgia (U.S. state)	Website
WDCB	90.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	College of DuPage, District #502	Glen Ellyn	Illinois	Website
WDNA	88.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Bascomb Memorial Broadcasting Foundation	Miami	Florida	Website
WDPS	89.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Dayton Public Schools & Ponitz Career Technology Center	Dayton	Ohio	Website
WEAA	88.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Morgan State University	Baltimore	Maryland	Website
WEMU	89.1 MHz	Jazz, Blues and Adult Alternative	Terrestrial and HD Radio	Eastern Michigan University	Ypsilanti	Michigan	Website
WESM	91.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Princess Anne	Maryland	Website
WETF-LP	105.7 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Latino Task Force For Education Inc.	South Bend	Indiana	Website
WGMC	90.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Greece Central School District Greece Olympia High School	Greece	New York	Website
WGUC-HD2	90.9 HD2	Jazz	Terrestrial	Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc.	Cincinnati	Ohio	Website
WHRO-FM HD2	90.3 MHz	Vintage Jazz, Big Bands, Ragtime	HD Radio and Terrestrial relays	Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association	Norfolk	Virginia	Website
WICN	90.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	WICN Public Radio	Worcester	Massachusetts	Website
WICR	88.7 MHz	Vintage, Big Band, Standards, Smooth Jazz, Local, Swing, Mainstream	HD Radio, Terrestrial, Streaming, Smart Speakerss	University of Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indiana	Website
WIPR-FM HD2	91.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Website
WJAB	90.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Alabama A&M University	Huntsville	Alabama	Website
WJAZ	91.7 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Temple University	Summerdale, Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	Website
WJSU-FM	88.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Jackson State University	Jackson	Mississippi	Website
WJZP-LP	105.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	All Inclusive	Portland	Maine	Website
WMKV	89.3 MHz	Big Band Jazz, Adult Standards	Terrestrial	Maple Knoll Communities	Reading	Ohio	Website
WMOT-HD2	89.5 MHz	Jazz	Terrestrial	Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	Website
WNCU	90.7 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	North Carolina Central University	Durham	North Carolina	Website
WPFW	89.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Pacifica Foundation	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	Website
WQJC-LP	107.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Quincy Not For Profit Jazz Corp.	Quincy	Illinois	Website
WRCJ-FM	90.9 MHz & HD1	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Detroit Classical & Jazz Educational Radio	Detroit	Michigan	Website
WRTI & WRTI-HD2	90.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Temple University	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Website
WRTJ	89.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Temple University	Coatesville	Pennsylvania	Website
WRTL	90.7 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Temple University	Ephrata, Lancaster	Pennsylvania	Website
WRTQ	91.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Temple University	Ocean City, Atlantic City	New Jersey	Website
WRTX	91.7 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Temple University	Dover	Delaware	Website
WRTY	91.1 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Temple University	Jackson Township, Mount Pocono	Pennsylvania	Website
WSAX-LP	98.5 MHz	Mainstream, Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	SEMM Foundation	Columbus	Ohio	Website
WSBZ	106.3 MHz	Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	Carter Broadcasting, Inc.	Miramar Beach	Florida	Website
WSIE	88.7 MHz	Mainstream, Smooth Jazz, Blues, R&B mix	Terrestrial	Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	Edwardsville	Illinois	Website
WSNC	90.5 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Winston-Salem State University	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	Website
WTTZ-LP	93.5 MHz	Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	Maryland Department of Transportation	Baltimore	Maryland	Stream
WTUS-LP	103.3 MHz	Smooth Jazz	Terrestrial	Tuscaloosa City Schools	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
WUCF-FM	89.9 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	University of Central Florida	Orlando	Florida	Website
WUSF	89.7 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	University of South Florida	Tampa	Florida	Website
WVAS	90.7 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Alabama State University	Montgomery	Alabama	Website
WVIA-FM HD3	89.9 MHz HD3	Mainstream	Terrestrial/streaming	WVIA-FM	Pittston	Pennsylvania	Website
WVID	90.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Centro Colegial Cristiano	Añasco	Puerto Rico	Website
WVST-FM	91.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Virginia State University	Petersburg	Virginia	Website
WWNO-HD3	89.9 MHz	Mainstream	HD Radio	University of New Orleans	New Orleans	Louisiana	Website
WWOZ	90.7 MHz	Mainstream, Traditional	Terrestrial	New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation	New Orleans	Louisiana	Website
WXTS-FM	88.3 MHz	Mainstream	Terrestrial	Toledo	Ohio
WYAR	88.3 MHz	Vintage, Big Bands, Swing, Standards	Terrestrial	Heritage Radio Society, Inc.	Yarmouth	Maine	Website
WZUM	1550 kHz	Mainstream, Traditional	Terrestrial	Pittsburgh Public Media	Braddock	Pennsylvania	Website
WZUM-FM	88.1 MHz	Mainstream, Traditional	Terrestrial	Pittsburgh Public Media	Bethany	West Virginia	Website

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↑ "UNT KNTU Radio Adds New Antenna and HD Equipment". University of North Texas. January 5, 2023.

"Jazz Radio Stations". Radio-Locator.com.

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