CRB Classical 99.5 live

CRB Classical 99.5 is Boston's classical music station. It broadcasts as WCRB on 99.5 FM, is licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts, and serves Greater Boston with the slogan "Classical Radio Boston". It is a non-commercial station owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation, and on this page you can listen to CRB Classical live online, free.

Classical music, all day

WCRB plays classical music around the clock — orchestral works, chamber music, opera and piano favorites — as part of GBH, the public media organization behind WGBH radio and television. It broadcasts from GBH's studio complex in Brighton, and its transmitter stands west of Andover.

The name

The WCRB call letters come from Charles River Broadcasting, the former owner of the earlier WCRB on 102.5 FM, and today they double as a backronym for the slogan "Classical Radio Boston". The 99.5 licence itself dates to October 5, 1948, when it began as WLLH-FM; it later carried the calls WSSH, WOAZ and WKLB-FM before classical music arrived.

GBH sister stations

On radio, WCRB's sisters are WGBH, WCAI, WNAN and WZAI. On television, GBH runs WGBH-TV, WGBX-TV, WGBY-TV and WFXZ-CD.

How to listen

You can hear CRB Classical on the radio on 99.5 FM across Greater Boston, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for a quiet evening or a focused workday, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find CRB Classical's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

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