88.7 WICR - The Diamond

At 88.7 WICR, they call themselves The Diamond. It's fitting. This Indiana station polishes classical and jazz into something rare - Beethoven symphonies and Miles Davis quintets without radio gloss. Mornings offer Mozart piano concertos, afternoons slide into Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'. Announcements are brief and informed. Jazz avoids smooth clichés, leaning hard bop and modal: think Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock's Blue Note era. Evenings bring modern jazz voices like Kamasi Washington or Christian Scott. Classical balances Bach cello suites with rarer works like Lili Boulanger, and maybe a le…