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WTJU's Jazz at 100 Receives a $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts Grant

From 2017 to 2019 WTJU jazz expert Rus Perry took on a rather formidable task. While receiving important technical support from his station colleagues, he was the unstoppable one-man force behind Jazz at 100, a series of 100 hour-long episodes that covered the history and celebrated the centennial of America’s homegrown cultural treasure.

UVA Arts Magazine

https://magazine.arts.virginia.edu/stories/wtju-jazz100-nea

Artist Chicho Lorenzo in front of his newest mural at WTJU 91.1FM. Image by Dan Grogan
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Synesthesia in Cville: New WTJU Mural Appeals to Both Sound and Sight

If there is a single word that can accurately describe the rich history of WTJU, it would be “colorful.” From the larger-than-life personalities of its DJs to the spectacularly diverse array of sounds that have traveled across the CVille airwaves since WTJU’s maiden broadcast in 1957, the station has added more than its share of hues to the UVA experience, the Charlottesville community, and now to the world at large.

UVA Arts Magazine

https://magazine.arts.virginia.edu/stories/synesthesia-in-cville-new-wtju-mural-appeals-to-both-sound-and-sight