WGUC’s John Clare looks to ‘fresh and local’ music


You might have noticed that the musical lineup is sounding a bit different these days on Cincinnati’s classical radio station WGUC 90.9 FM. That’s because Cincinnati Public Radio recently hired John Nasukaluk Clare as its new classical music director.

Programming the station’s weekly lineup of classical music “should be like produce – fresh and local,” he said.

His philosophy is not your typical classical music programming, Clare explained over coffee at 1215 Vine last week. “We’ll…

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