Jazz 88.3 FM live

Jazz 88.3 is San Diego's full-time jazz station. It broadcasts as KSDS on 88.3 FM, is licensed to the San Diego Community College District and is operated as a broadcast service of San Diego City College. On this page you can listen to Jazz 88.3 live online, free.

Mainstream and traditional jazz

KSDS plays mainstream and traditional jazz 24 hours a day.

On campus

The station broadcasts from rooms 114 and 115 on the first floor of the L Building in Curran Plaza on the San Diego City College campus at 1313 Park Boulevard.

HD Radio

KSDS's HD2 channel is SDS Radio — "Student Designed Sound".

On the air since 1951

The station dates to 1951.

Jazz, anywhere

Press play and Jazz 88.3 starts in seconds — on I-5, at work or far from California. The stream on this page carries the same music you hear on 88.3 FM.

Why listeners tune in

In a city with a rich jazz scene, KSDS is a rare full-time jazz station — a home for standards, legends and the music that keeps the tradition alive. For San Diego jazz fans, it is the soundtrack of the workday, the evening and the weekend, and for jazz lovers anywhere, the stream on this page makes it easy to listen along.

How to listen

You can hear Jazz 88.3 on the radio on 88.3 FM across San Diego, 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 workday or a quiet evening, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find Jazz 88.3'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.

• 100% free, no sign-up
• Live stream, 24 hours a day
• Listen from anywhere
• Works on phone and computer