Carl Grapentine is co-host of the Morning Program on WFMT/ 98.7 FM, Chicago's Classical Fine Arts Station, weekdays from 6-10 a.m.  Carl first joined WFMT in 1986.  He was also the morning host of the classical music station in Detroit for thirteen years.

Carl presents pre-concert lectures for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Music of the Baroque, and the Symphony of Oak Park-River Forest.  He also performs as narrator with the Chicago Pro Musica and hosts concerts for numerous community orchestras and bands.  He has been the host for the nationally-syndicated broadcast concerts of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra on the WFMT Fine Arts Network, and he hosts the National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis each spring. 

An alumnus of the University of Michigan School of Music, Carl has been the "stadium voice" of the University of Michigan Marching Band for thirty-five seasons--his voice being heard on national telecasts of fifteen Rose Bowl games and numerous other bowl games.