WUSF NPR

WUSF NPR live from Tampa Bay offers a straightforward mission: serious news plus exceptional jazz. It works. The news blocks carry NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered, with local updates you actually care about. But the jazz programming is the real draw. Late nights feature hard bop and post-bop - think Art Blakey and Wayne Shorter, not smooth jazz. You'll also hear Latin jazz, modal jazz, and contemporary artists like Christian McBride. The station avoids trend chasing. It trusts its curators, and that pays off. During the day, the news segments are thorough and balanced, not sens…