WBGO Brand Standards (pdf)
WBGO Logo Files (Google drive)
WBGO Awards:
- WBGO News captures three awards from the New York Association of Black Journalists in 2019
- Jazz Journalists Award: Robert Palmer-Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing presented in 2019, Nate Chinen
- Jazz Journalists Award: Robert Palmer-Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing presented in 2018, Nate Chinen
- JazzTimes 2018 Critics Poll, Best Podcast - The Checkout, with host Simon Rentner
- JazzTimes 2018 Critics Poll, Best Syndicated Radio Program - Jazz Night in America
- 2018 PRNDI Awards WBGO Reporter Ang Santos won second place for Sports Report
- JazzTimes 2017 Critics Poll, Best Podcast - The Checkout, with host Simon Rentner
- JazzTimes 2017 Critics Poll, Best Syndicated Radio Program - Jazz Night in America
- 2017 PRNDI Awards WBGO News won two awards: Pulibc Affairs (WBGO Journal, first place) and Best Investigative Feature (second place)
- Montreal International Jazz Festival's Bruce Lundvall Award 2017 - Michael Bourne
- New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists, place awards for WBGO News in four categories: Breaking News, Enterprise, Multi-Media Package and Podcast
- JazzTimes 2016 Critics Poll, Best Podcast - The Checkout, with host Simon Rentner
- JazzTimes 2016 Critics Poll, Best Syndicated Radio Program - Jazz Night in America
- 2016 PRNDI Awards WBGO News won eleven awards
WBGO mentioned in the news...
- Downbeat magazine highlights WBGO's 40th anniversary gala, February 2020
- Gothamist cites Ask Governor Murphy in "NJ Says No to NYC Program that Relocates Homeless to NJ" January 16, 2020
- Jersey Jazz highlights Brian Delp as new host of Midday Jazz, September, 2019
- New York's Jazz Stations Goes Beyond the Airwaves, Amsterdam News, April 12 ,2018
- WFMT Radio Network Partners Internationally to Broadcast Chicago Jazz Festival, Current, August 28, 2017
- Broadway World show announcements for NJCU and Raisin in the Sun, August 2017
- Montclair Jazz Fest Packs the Park, NorthJersey.com, August 15, 2017
- Talking Schop! by Kysha Harris Amsterdam News, August 3, 2017
- NJPAC to Host First NJ Gubernatorial Debate, July 31, 2017
- 5 Reasons to Be Excited About the State of Jazz in 2017 in Observer, April 27, 2017
- Chuck Stewart Obituary in New York Times, January 27, 2017
- TD James Moody Jazz Festival review on JazzPolice.com, January 25, 2017
- WBGO's Lezlie Harrison interviewed in the Bangkok Post, January 20, 2017
WBGO Honored for 40th Anniversary:
- Morristown Jazz & Blues Festival saluted WBGO's 40th at their annual event on August 17, 2019
- BRIC recognized WBGO's 40th anniversary during their Celebrate Brooklyn Festival on August 9, 2019
- Montreal Jazz Festival hosted event featuring WBGO's Michael Bourne and festival founder André Menard celebrating WBGO's 40th during their festival on July 4, 2019
- City Parks Foundation recognized WBGO's 40th during their Summer Stage series on June 15, 2019 with both a member event and a preconcert panel moderated by WBGO's Nate Chinen
- New Jersey Youth Symphony named WBGO an honoree at our joint 40th anniversary event at NJPAC on May 19, 2019
- New Jersey Jazz Society honors WBGO as their Jazz Advocate at the 50th Annviersary Pee Wee Russell Stomp on April 7, 2019
- City of Newark presents 40th Anniversary Proclamation to WBGO at anniversary celebration at Gateway 4 in Newark on April 3, 2019
- New Jersey City University Alumni Big Band Concert saluted WBGO's 40th at their performance on the pier in Jersey City on September 14, 2018
WBGO’s Champions of Jazz Gala Celebrated Ray Charles and Honored Ron Delsener and Donald Fagen
WBGO is the Proud Media Sponsor of THE JAZZ EPISTLES: ABDULLAH IBRAHIM & EKAYA AND HUGH MASEKELA IN CONCERT PERFORMING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 56 YEARS. This Triumphant Project Makes Its North American Debut at Town Hall on South Africa Freedom Day, April 27, 2017. South African Jazz Pioneers Reunite in Freedom to Tell the Almost Forgotten Story of South African's Most Important Jazz Collective.
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World Music Report
Broadway World
All About Jazz
WBGO to Host Historic Live Call-In Radio Show With Four Newark Mayors - February 2017 RELEASE
Tap Into Newark coverage
All Access coverage
New Community coverage
WBGO Announces New Digital Initiatives - January 2016
New York Times coverage
JazzTimes coverage
NYC Jazz Record coverage
All Access coverage
- New Jersey Jazz Society honors WBGO as their Jazz Advocate at the 50th Annviersary Pee Wee Russell Stomp on April 7, 2019