Founded in 1952, WBJC is a public, non-commercial radio station which broadcasts a 24 hours-a-day schedule of classical music and arts information programming at 91.5-FM. The station's 50,000-watt signal reaches more than 180,000 listeners weekly across Maryland, the District of Columbia and portions of the surrounding states.

Throughout the year, WBJC's broadcast schedule includes locally produced and hosted classical music programming, interviews, and information about music, dance, drama, film and visual arts events occurring in Maryland and the surrounding region. WBJC regularly broadcasts programs featuring internationally renowned orchestras, opera companies and chamber ensembles such as the New York Philharmonic, Detroit and Cleveland orchestras and Music from Imperial Austria concert series; the Bayreuth Opera Festival and the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts. WBJC's schedule also includes a number of unique programs produced in its own studios such as Past Masters, Face the Music, Vocalise, and the WBJC Operafest.