Juneteenth Cincinnati Shorts 2025

Published on June 1, 2025 • Updated on June 5, 2025 by WGUC

In 2025, Cincinnati Public Radio is celebrating its third year of partnership with Urbanist Media‘s Urban Roots podcast to explore Juneteenth with a local touch.

Juneteenth Cincinnati Shorts are weekly, 90 second tributes to people and places important in our region’s freedom history.

Listen on-demand below or live on one of our stations this June:

  • 90.9 WGUC
    • Thursdays at 6:58 p.m.
    • Sundays at 12:00 p.m.
  • On 91.7 WVXU / 88.5 WMUB
    • Tuesdays during Morning Edition at 5:49 a.m. and 7.51 a.m.
    • Tuesdays during Here & Now at 3:04 p.m.
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