Jay Butler - Program Host

 With almost five decades of broadcast experience, Jay Butler is a familiar voice to generations of Detroiters from his years at WJLB, WCHB and WQBH.  Listeners can expect a lively mix of blues, R&B and soul when they stop by “Jay’s Place” on Saturday nights. Listeners can expect to hear such artists as Buddy Guy, BB King, Etta James, Bobby Bland, Aretha Franklin, Jimmy Reed, Alberta Adams, the Butler Twins, Cash McCall, Delbert McClinton, Jimmy Reed, Johnnie Bassett, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells, Koko Taylor, Muddy Watters, Ray Charles, Roomful of Blues, Roy Buchanan, Sam Cooke, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, Taj Mahal and countless others.

You can email Jay Butler at jbutler@wdetfm.org

Ann Delisi - Program Host

 Ann has been an influential part of Detroit media for more than 20 years. From radio to television to voiceovers, Ann Delisi is a familiar voice to metro Detroiters. A Wayne State grad and former WDET staffer (1983-1995), Ann now hosts a show on WDET that is a fun, contemporary and thoroughly hand-picked approach to music that moves Detroit. Ann will guide us through the "essential music," both new and familiar, that's shaping our culture and feature music made in Detroit every hour. Ann's show also brings you live performances, interviews and special features.  You can hear "Ann Delisi's Essential Music" every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 2pm on WDET.

You can email Ann Delisi at adelisi@wdetfm.org

Visit Ann Delisi's Essential Music page on Facebook and submit Your Top 5 Essential Songs!

Michael Julien - Program Host

A native of the Caribbean Island of Dominica, Michael came to the United States to study mass communications. He joined WDET in 1983 as a volunteer and now hosts the only show on Detroit FM radio that features Caribbean sounds. He has hosted Reggae International, Reggae Vibrations, Caribbean Vibrations, Radio Free Earth and The Michael Julien Program. Michael has received many honors for his radio programs from Metro Times and Caribbean Entertainment Guide and was also presented with the 1998 Citizen of the Year award by the Caribbean Association in Detroit.

"I hope that my listeners always discover new music and information. I have a strong community commitment and involvement and try to share that with my listeners." --Michael Julien

Michael's last show will air on August 29th.  Learn more here. 

You can email Michael Julien at mjulien@wdetfm.org.

Ed Love - Program Host

WDET is proud to include one of the nation's most prominent radio hosts as part of its award-winning programming: Ed Love. For more than 24 years, Ed has delighted listeners with Destination Jazz: The Ed Love Program on weekdays from 7pm to midnight on WDET 101.9FM. Ed’s passion for jazz and radio extends all the way back to his youth in Kansas, when he was an avid listener of his mother’s records and hosts like Dick Martin of WWL in New Orleans. After graduating from broadcasting school, Ed worked for Armed Forces Radio in several states and in the Philippines. Starting in 1960, he worked at various stations throughout Detroit until finally joining WDET in 1983.

Ed has not only entertained Detroit radio listeners throughout his impressive career, but also spent six years hosting a nationally syndicated program The Evolution of Jazz, educating and entertaining listeners on 125 stations from coast to coast. For his contribution to the world of jazz, Ed was honored with the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Motor City Music Foundation. Ed was recognized by the Friends of the Detroit Institute of Arts with the Dr. Alian Locke Award in 1999 for his contributions to the arts. He’s earned two Spirit of Detroit Awards from Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young and Dennis W. Archer, as well as recognition by current Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in addition to two Wayne County Executives, the Michigan House of Representatives, the Michigan Senate, the Congressional Black Caucus and the National Broadcast Awards for his profound knowledge and love of jazz. The Southeast Michigan Jazz Association (SEMJA) recognized Ed for his outstanding contribution to jazz and the arts. In 2005, Ed received the “Detroit Jazz Guardian” Award from the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts and the Detroit International Jazz Festival. Ed was also honored in 2005 with the "Distinguished Arts Achievement" award from the Oakland County chapter of The Links. He has also served as the senior program consultant for the Detroit International Jazz Festival since 2000.

"I introduce people nightly to new recordings in jazz and play the classics of years gone by -- what I like to call Ed Love Flashbacks." --Ed Love

Ed Love's Highly Recommended New CDs 2009

Ed Love's Highly Recommended New CDs 2008

Ed Love's Highly Recommended New CDs 2007

You can email Ed Love at elove@wdetfm.org.

Become a fan of Ed Love on Facebook here.

Rob Reinhart - Program Host

Rob Reinhart's Essential Music and Acoustic Café are hosted each week by Rob Reinhart. Rob started his professional broadcasting career while still in college, pursuing his degree in Psychology. Feeling the future of the human psyche to be limited, instead he threw himself into the infinitely expanding universe of radio and vinyl discs containing music. This was the early-mid 80s.

Over the last 20 years, Reinhart has also owned an ad agency and radio production company, written and produced syndicated comedy for radio, voiced thousands of radio and TV commercials, consulted movie, television and internet media projects, created and hosted both Acoustic Café and The No Depression Alt-Country Radio Hour (produced with No Depression Magazine), and even been the voice of Radio Bonnaroo! Rob Reinhart's Essential Music on WDET is a new, live radio show, and marks a return to the Southeast Michigan airwaves for Reinhart.

He lives with his wife of long standing, two very interesting children and one slightly defective golden retriever named Fibber. Although radio’s universe has not continued its planned infinite expansion, Reinhart still believes in its unique power. “Good radio is now one of the only media that isn’t designed to simply reflect the taste of the user. It’s still a community that brings together lots of different people. Neat, huh.”
 

Become a fan of Rob Reinhart's Essential music here.

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Nick Austin - Program Host

A native Detroiter with a post graduate degree from Wayne State, Nick is a classically trained musician who developed his love and interest in a diverse array of musical styles at a young age.  Listening to the likes of Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire, and Kevin Saunderson, Nick spent his summers in northern Michigan performing with various groups, including the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at Interlochen.  He continued this tradition in college as a scholarship member of the university’s jazz band, symphonic band, and orchestra, publishing 2 CDs. Combining his experiences at home with his formal musical training, he began to share his perspective on music with WGRE radio, winning awards from the Society of Professional Journalists in collegiate broadcasting as part of the Princeton Review’s #1 college radio station in the nation in 2001.  

A philosopher and artist, Nick continues his tradition of breaking barriers in music on WDET, merging genres like soul and funk with electronica and hip-hop  into a rich tapestry of sound, featuring the likes of Jill Scott, The Roots, John Legend, and Lupe Faisco.

You can email Nick Austin at naustin@wdet.org.

Become a fan of Nick Austion on Facebook here.

Jon Moshier - Program Host

Jon Moshier has been producing and hosting music shows on public radio stations around the Detroit-Windsor community for the past twenty years.  In addition to radio, Jon works as an advertising music producer and has been a part of the Detroit music scene as a drummer in several bands.  As a mainstay on WDET from 1996-2006, Jon returns as a familiar voice to host “Modern Music”, heard Friday nights from 9-11p.m.  The show features rock and electronic sounds from new and emerging artists from the independent music scene with touchstones to classic underground tracks.

You can email Jon Moshier at modmusic@wdet.org.