Nicole Sweeney

Nicole Sweeney was a new voice on the air at WRTI, staffing the overnight shift as an intern in 2004. Just over 20 years later, she is back at WRTI as the new host of Evening Jazz. She’ll be on the air Monday through Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m.

During her time as an intern, Sweeney would often arrive early to the studio, to watch J. Michael Harrison as he worked. Now, Sweeney comes to WRTI from SiriusXM, where she served alongside Greg Bryant as a part-time host on Real Jazz, Channel 67. Before starting there in 2022, she spent the better part of a decade at WBGO, in an era when that station was home to several Hall of Fame jazz radio hosts: Bob Porter, Michael Bourne, Rhonda Hamilton, Gary Walker.