Exploring Music is a creative exploration of classical music and other genres. Each week’s program is unified by compositions that share a central theme, which might be a composer, a period of history, or a musical form. While Peter van de Graaff is adding new weeks of programs for the show, we will occasionally hear a favorite from the past hosted by Bill McGlaughlin.

Host Peter van de Graaff is recognized nationwide as a leader in classical music broadcasting. After beginning his radio career in 1984 at KBYU, he came to 98.7 WFMT as a staff announcer in 1988. For the past 27 years he has been the host of the Beethoven Network. Since 1996 he has been the program director of the service as well. In 2012, Peter van de Graaff was the sixth recipient of the Karl Haas Prize for Music Education.

Peabody Award-winning broadcaster Bill McGlaughlin was a broadly experienced musician, conductor, and composer. He drew on his background, his love of jazz, and his unmatched musical knowledge to connect recorded examples with engaging commentary. Bill McGlaughlin died in July, 2026. website