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Classic Jazz for digital radio?
Digital One, the company which runs the national commercial DAB digital radio network, says it's planning to launch a jazz station by the end of 2006.
The company's website reveals that the station will be run by GCap Media as a sister service to Classic FM, promising "a broad range of music styles" from across the jazz spectrum "including Bebop, Swing, Cool jazz, Trad, Blues, Soul jazz, Modern jazz and Smooth/Fusion."
Die-hard jazz fans who've lamented the demise of Jazz FM - or never liked it in the first place - may not be entirely reassured by the comments of Darren Henley, Station Manager for Classic FM, who says: “We want to do for jazz what we’ve done for classical music at Classic FM. The service will be programmed in a similar style to Classic, treating jazz with the respect it deserves while making it accessible to people who enjoy Jazz but may never have been able to listen to specialist Jazz programmes before.”
The company says the initiative follows feedback from listeners and market research showing a strong demand for such a format - it also follows the launch of a petition by the UK jazz community calling for more airtime on national radio. More details at .
Personally, I'm keen to hear such a station - as I said in a recent letter to Jazzwise magazine, the problem isn't the lack of public demand for a jazz station but the apparently reluctance of anyone to provide one.
Strange but true Part 1: Way back in 1996, the 成人快手 trialled a jazz station on DAB which shared airtime in eight hour blocks with opera and country music. Well, it helped get me through the nightshifts on the Radio 1 newsdesk...
Strange but true Part 2: Classic FM used to produce jazz programmes at its London studios for broadcast on a sister station in Holland.
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Post your commentI like the idea.
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there's more too.
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I will reserve judgment until I learn what is the station's idea of jazz.
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Classic Jazz is something we don't hear alot of,particularly between 1923 & 1955.If we get a chance to hear these classics,ECSTASY!!!
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Classic Jazz is something we don't hear alot of,particularly between 1923 & 1955.If we get a chance to hear these classics, ECSTASY!!
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How about a short program each week on 成人快手3 just playing recordings made between 1917 & 1931.
There must be quite a lot of interest and lot of people who would like to present the broadcast.
Including me!
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There are lots of existing web internet "radio stations"- with no adverts!! It would be great to have the likes of Swiss Jazz Radio transmitted on FM in this country. We had SJR as the "in house radio" in our hotel when on holiday in Rhodes
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re John Roberts; some hopes!!!!
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Would you ple4ase let me know the fr3quency for
Classic FM Jqazz...thank you. John Younger
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If you can make opera singing popular, then I am sure you will certainly find it easier to convert millions to classic jazz!
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