Mark your calendars, set the clocks: Jon Solomon’s 23rd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show is coming soon! The marathon begins on Friday, December 24 at 6:00 PM ET and ends Saturday, December 25 at 6:00 PM ET.

The staff and extended family of WPRB 103.3 FM are sad to report that the host of “Nocturnal Transmissions,” Dr. Cosmo, passed away over the weekend after a long illness. Dr. Cosmo’s show has been a cornerstone of WPRB’s on-air programming since 1991, not to mention a constant presence in and around the WPRB studios.

Mark your calendars, set the clocks: Jon Solomon’s 23rd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show is coming soon! The marathon begins on Friday, December 24 at 6:00 PM ET and ends Saturday, December 25 at 6:00 PM ET.

Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, April 28th at 8:00 pm ET as Jon Solomon welcomes legendary New Jersey jokecore band Detention to his show.

Mark your calendars, set the clocks: Jon Solomon’s 22nd Annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show is almost here! The marathon begins on Wednesday, December 24 at 6:00 PM ET and ends Thursday, December 25 at 6:00 PM ET.

Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, September 23rd at 8:00 pm ET as Wild Carnation performs live on Jon Solomon’s show.

Listen to 103.3 fm WPRB on Wednesday, September 16th at 8:00 pm ET as High Two recording artist Whales & Cops performs live on Jon Solomon’s show.

Come join WPRB and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia as we celebrate jazz pioneer SUN RA with live performances, lectures, films, and a record fair! These events are part of the ICA’s current exhibition, “Pathways to Unknown Known Worlds: Sun Ra, El Saturn & Chicago’s Afro-Futurist Underground, 1954-1968,” which runs until August 2nd.
Full information about Sun Ra and the exhibition after the jump!
WED 07-01 @ 7PM: The Sun Ra Arkestra
Tickets are $10 …

Giants of Jazz welcomes De Stijl recording artists Circuit Des Yeux on Friday 6/26 at midnight ET for a live performance.
Fronted by Haley Fohr, Indiana’s Circuit Des Yeux are currently on tour in support of their new album, Symphone, which Volcanic Tongue’s David Keenan calls “a bunch of beautifully fractured tracks.” The album comes from “the same void that birthed Jandek, Jim Shepard, Adris Hoyos et al albeit cut with some almost Diadal-styled …

We’ve been working all week preparing for Art All Night-Trenton and The Van Pelt. There’s been some nice things being said about both events:

Art around the clock (Michele Angermiller, Newark Star-Ledger)
Annual marathon show for art lovers slated (Chris Sturgis, Times of Trenton)
Review of The Van Pelt’s performance in Brooklyn (Ryan Muir, Brooklynvegan.com)

And of course, we’re psyched! Please don’t forget to stop by our tables/booths to say hello when you come out to support these fantastic …