The International Day Of Jazz Awards conferred by UNESCO was awarded this year to WHCR. The panel that convened discussed the role of the station in providing vital connective services to the community
In the early eighties, a young Yasuo Wakaiki visited Harlem arriving at 135th and Broadway from Japan for what was initially intended to be a short stay. The visit would turn out to last over a decade and yield an incisive body of work that chronicled the Harlem of the time. He always wanted to have a show in Harlem, and while he is no longer able to travel due to illness, his work has made the trip around the globe in his stead.
