CRB Classical 99.5

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Great classical music for Boston and beyond. 📻 99.5 FM in Boston 💻 Classical.org 📲 CRB Classical mobile app 🔊 "Alexa, open WCRB and listen live."

An orange poster with red sketches of Thanksgiving food. Text reads: "You're invited to WCRB's Second Helpings Weekend! Enjoy back-to-back pieces from your favorite composers all weekend-long."
Nero hallucinates with bloodshot eyes. Cred: Kathy Wittman
M. L. Rio stands firmly wearing a leather jacket with her hands in her jean pockets. Next to her, the cover of her book looks like a black record with red text poured on top of it, reading "HOT WAX."
An orange supermoon above Longquan Mountain in Chengdu, China, photographed on August 19, 2024. Cred: Yang Qitian, VCG and Getty Images
The Rasa Quartet surrounded by ghosts, with large dramatic text reading "Soundtrack to a Nightmare, with the Rasa String Quartet. October 30, 2025 at 5:30pm."
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An artistic shot of the golden Beethoven proscenium at Symphony Hall. Gold text reads "The Complete Symphonies."
Coltrane: Legacy for Orchestra - A BSO Live Broadcast, Sat. March 22 at 8pm, from CRB Classical 99.5 and GBH 89.7.
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Classical music matters to me because... #ProtectMyPublicMedia, CRB Classical 99.5
Public funding keeps classical music free. That's not something you can find anywhere else. #ProtectMyPublicMedia Day
Did you know? WCRB produces 167 out of 168 hours of live, local, hosted classical music programming every week.
The lawn at Tanglewood in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, on a sunny, clear day in summer. Credit Aram Boghosian.
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Photo of the gold Beethoven proscenium at Symphony Hall, with washes of warm color overlay and the numbers 1, 2, 3 in art-nouveau font.
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"You're invited! To welcome in 2025, we're playing 25 of our favorite classical pieces on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. What's YOUR favorite classical piece? Let us know and we'll add some of your faves to the mix!" CRB Classical 99.5