2026 Cincinnati Juneteenth 1hr Radio Special: Preserving Cincinnati's Green Book Legacy
The award-winning series from Cincinnati Public Radio & Urbanist Media is back with its special Juneteenth programming!
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This Juneteenth, Cincinnati Public Radio and Urbanist Media present Preserving Cincinnati’s Green Book Legacy, a special one-hour documentary airing on 91.7 WVXU on Friday during Cincinnati Edition at 12:00 & 8:00 pm.
Through archival research and expert interviews, the program explores the city’s surviving Green Book sites in Walnut Hills that once provided safety, hospitality, and community for Black travelers during segregation, and examines their lasting legacy in Cincinnati today.
Link to listen to the hour long special live:
The audio documentary expands on the Juneteenth Cincinnati Shorts series, a winner of the 2025 Public Education & Awareness Award from the Ohio History Connection, and is now in it’s forth year.
For the first time, this year’s theme was chosen by the Queen City listeners themselves!
The topic: the Negro Motorist Green Book, the travel guide that helped Black Americans navigate a segregated nation.
While Cincinnati appeared in multiple editions with as many as 151 listings over time, only a handful of those sites remain today. Throughout June, listeners can ALSO hear bite-sized stories about Cincinnati’s Green Book sites every Wednesday on 91.7 WVXU and Friday/Sunday on 90.9 WGUC.
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Together, the shorts and the one-hour special bring history to life, connecting the city’s past to the present through the stories of the people, places, and preservation.
Strap on your seatbelts as we explore the history of places like the Edgemont Inn (part of the historic Harriet Beecher Stowe House) and the glamorous Manse Hotel.
Juneteenth Cincinnati Shorts:
91.7 WVXU (https://www.wvxu.org) Wednesdays @ 5:49 a.m, 7:50 a.m. & 3:04 p.m.
90.9 WGUC (https://wguc.org/) on Fridays @ 6:58 pm & Sundays at Noon.
Hour-Long Special:
91.7 WVXU on June 19, 2026 @ 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Listen Online: https://cinradio.org/juneteenth-special-programming-from-urbanist-media/