© 2026 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association

140 Lower Terrace St.
Buffalo, NY 14202

Toronto Address:
130 Queens Quay E.
Suite 903
Toronto, ON M5A 0P6


Mailing Address:
Horizons Plaza P.O. Box 1263
Buffalo, NY 14240-1263

Buffalo Toronto Public Media | Phone 716-845-7000
BTPM NPR Newsroom | Phone: 716-845-7040
Differing shades of blue wavering throughout the image
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Ariel Rossberg's Tribute to Her Grandfather

Bob Rossberg
Bob Rossberg

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wbfo/local-wbfo-830150.mp3

Buffalo, NY – In preparation for WBFO's presentation of The Rossberg Retrospective, some of the best of Bob Rossberg's Sound of Swing programs, Ariel Rossberg, Bob's granddaughter, asked to say a few words about her grandfather.

WBFO will air 17 hour-long episodes of the Bob Rossberg big band program The Sound of Swing as part of our 50th anniversary celebration.

These classic public radio programs are vintage 1982-84 shows that aired on WBFO and were nationally syndicated on stations across the country.

SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, teacher in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Rossberg died in 1996; long-time WBFO listeners often request that the popular radio programs focusing on the history of jazz be offered again. The original reel-to-reel analog tapes of Sound of Swing have been digitally remastered for this special retrospective.