KMUW-89.1 Wichita announces the Best of 2015 music specials with the best tunes of the year gone by. Music hosts Jedd Beaudoin, Chris Heim, Carla Eckels and Bill Pearce run down the best selections for world, rock, local music, jazz, R&B, gospel, blues, rockumentaries and books about music.

Join KMUW's music hosts throughout January on Global Village, Strange Currency, Night Train, Crossroads, Soulsations and Straight No Chaser for this month-long feature. Find more information on upcoming shows KMUW.org and listen to past shows through the streaming archive on individual show pages.

Some of KMUW’s music hosts were also invited to be voting members for several critic polls this year. Chris Heim was a voting member for the Transglobal World Music Chart Best of 2015, the fRoots Critics Poll, and the NPR Jazz Critics Poll; and Jedd Beaudoin was invited to vote in several categories for the end-of-year "Best of" lists at Pop Matters and Nashville Scene's 2015 "Best of" Poll.

In addition, Heim and Carla Eckels were recognized in the statewide competition of the 2015 Kansas Association of Broadcasters for excellence as radio DJs. KMUW offers its flagship music shows, Global Village and Strange Currency, to stations in other states and throughout the world. Now, KMUW is one of the most carried public radio stations in the country, and it’s carried around the globe as well.