90.9 FM WRCJ
(studio address)
123 Selden Street, Suite 250
Detroit, MI 48201
Main Office: 313.494.6410
Email: 90.9fm@dptv.org
Riley Broadcast Center
(corporate offices address)
1 Clover Court
Wixom, MI 48393
Member Services: 248.305.3900
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Haven’t received CD I requested from fall raiser. Have they been sent out yet?
Thanks,
Hi Owen, our delivery time is four to six weeks so if you donated during the fall fundraiser, it should be arriving any time now. Enjoy!
TuneIn issues with Sonos. Are people still having this issue? All other radio stations seem to work.
Best resolution would be to contact Sonos support. Hopefully multiple inquiries to this might resolve the issue sooner.
Hi Christopher, yes it seems there is still an issue with Sonos although TuneIn itself is working. Sorry about that, we will keep at it.
Today is Veterans Day & while listening to 90.9 I am hearing names of veterans are being read. How does one have the privilege of reading the name of a family member? My Uncle Bill was shot down at the beginning of WW2 and I would love to hear or read his name on the radio.
Hi Cheryl, if you visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/909WRCJ there’s a post for today where you can leave your uncle’s info. Thanks!
Thank you for existing!
A friend still living in Michigan sent me a link to music on WDET today.
That, of course, made me think of Judy Adams!
So, a search for Judy (guest host?) landed me at your website.
Imagine my surprise when I started listening over the computer to your music this afternoon. All (most) of my favorites from WQRS are alive and well. This is proof that there is still hope for humanity after all!
Anyway, I now have you bookmarked on my browser screen and I am listening to you from the West Coast.
Live long and broadcast forever, please!
Yes we tried to collect as many WQRS people as possible and present the best classical music, just like the did. We’re happy you found us and from so far away! We will do our best to continue to exist!
Hi! I just signed up as a sustaining member. I really appreciate the shows on WRCJ. I listen while I work and have learned so much (being a total newbie to classical musica) and really enjoy the music. And love the Sousa alarm!
Thank you!
Oh, welcome Bruce! Thank you for becoming a sustainer. You won’t be a newbie much longer, soon you’ll be a classical music expert!
My mom is a musician and we have WRCJ on all day. The house doesn’t feel like home without it. My mom has ALS and it is a welcome distraction. Thank you! We have mailed you a check.
Oh thank you Jen! Your support helps WRCJ stay on the air. We are thankful our music could be helpful.
I greatly enjoy this week of exploring music, keep it up with the interesting music choices!
Thank you Jack, we will try!
Just made my annual donation to WRCJ, in addition to my monthly thank-you for all the wonderful music and commentary day and night, with special thanks to Dr. Dave for making WRCJ happen after the unfortunate demise of WQRS, where we all enjoyed those times up in the studio of the State of Michigan tower on Howard Street and with particular remembrance of Pat McElroy, whom I can often imagine humming along from the nether world, today whispering his own lyrics to “Black is the color of my love’s true hair …”
Thank you Craig! Your gift each year helps keep the station chugging along.
We would like to make our contribution this year directly from my husband’s retirement account. To do so, I need you tax ID #.
Thanks for your beautiful music and commentary.
Barbara Soyster
Hi Barbara, our EIN number is: 38-1440200. Thank you for thinking of us!
Today, May 17, marks the birth of Grammy Award-winning Irish composer and singer, Enya Patricia Brennan, best known as Enya. Born on this day, 1961, in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland, to a musical family, she wrote incidental music for BBC’s 1980s documentary miniseries, The Celts and for David Putnam’s “The Frog Prince.” By the late 1980’s, she became popular starting with her album, “Watermark.” Enya also wrote two songs for the first installment of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” film trilogy, particularly. Coincidentally, Enya loves classical music, which is one of her influences on her music, in addition to traditional Irish music, church hymns and Gregorian chant (she was sent to a Catholic boarding school at the age of eleven and spent several years there). Of course, her magnum opus, though about twenty minutes, would have been “Watermark.” Happy Birthday, Enya.
Hi Natalie, we don’t have any of her albums in the system unfortunately although we might have some down in our yet to be entered CD collection. If we had more time we could have fit one in, sorry! Well, we will try to get some of those pieces in and be ready for next year! Tell your father we appreciate him listening!
Can you let me know the email for “today’s mystery composer” ? I missed the host’s announcement. Thank you . Luba Kytasta
Hi Luba, you can enter for that contest here: https://cloud.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/nationalclassical_sc_encore_contest
Dr. Dave and who ever,
Did you ever hear of Hannes Meyer? He is a Swiss composer and organist. He was in Detroit for a guest tour many years ago. Not sure if he is still alive, but if you could find any of his work and play it sometime, I think you would enjoy it. He recorded on Gold Records about 1989.
I was a guest host with WQRS again many years ago. The Sousaalarm was my work drive wake up. Many memories of the Birmingham concerts. You have been a special source of good music in Detroit for many years, keep it going. Best wishes to you all.
Hi William, thanks, Dr. Dave does indeed have vast musical knowledge. As for the weather reports, he’s not so much apologizing for causing the weather himself but rather unhappy that listeners won’t get the sunshine and nice temperatures that they want. Then again… he is kind of eccentric. Maybe he mistakenly did a rain dance instead of a sun salutation.
I greatly miss that lttle piece Dave Wagner used to play every evening at the end of his show before covid commenced. I think he said it was Bach?
It was bittersweet to hear it because while it is lovely, it signaled that the program was finished. I’d hear that little song, swing my head and look over at the clock (confirming yes… it’s almost 7pm)
And exclaim outloud, “No Dave Wagner, I’m not ready for it to be over”!
The daily drivetime elixir is pure joy and that little song is part of the fun. Dave’s wit and knowledge is absolutely delightful! I would then reluctantly bid him a lovely evening and await the following day’s 3pm elixir dose.
(The magnificence of Maxine Michaels eases the pain for the weekend hiatus)
Thank You WRCJ for all you do!!
And Please, please bring back that little piece at the end of his show that I miss so much!
This is a note for Cecilia Sharpe.
I love the name you have given your program—am listening right now and hope you will continue on the station.
As for theme music I fell in love with Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C# minor when I learned to play it at 12. I’m sure it is an obvious choice but I still vote for it. Best wishes to you!
Marjie Scott