Tag: Jazz
WBGO adds jazz gems to public broadcasting archive
In the process of preserving the station's musical legacy, retired jazz producer Becca Pulliam is rediscovering her own body of work.Jazz Media Lab stations test strategies for cultivating younger audiences
The three-year grant program backs five stations as they build digital platforms, sponsor intergenerational music collaborations and rethink the definition of jazz. ...New grant gives jazz stations a ‘monumental opportunity’
The grant will create a “unique opportunity to learn from each other and to help and support each other,” said WBGO CEO ...How music stations can help local artists and listeners get through the coronavirus crisis
Respond to concert cancellations by opening your studios and airwaves for live performances by local musicians.A DJ looks back on 50 years on jazz radio in the nation’s capital
Rusty Hassan has seen shows and stations come and go during his long career on Washington, D.C., airwaves, and he's still at ...WFMT Radio Network partners internationally to broadcast Chicago Jazz Festival
Audio from the festival will air in China and Europe.Tennessee station switches to Americana format
WMOT partners with Music City Roots for the new format.Pittsburgh Public Media asks supporters to back jazz station
The station needs to raise $150,000 by the end of the year to broadcast on a new FM signal.KUOW plans new jazz service in advance of possible KPLU purchase
KUOW will unveil a preview of Planet Jazz next week.Jazz broadcaster expands reach to Pittsburgh with new FM signal
Pittsburgh Public Media bought the 101.1 FM signal from State University of New York.KPLU finds success by focusing on local jazz scene
Jazz, blues and news station KPLU has increased its focus on local jazz and has seen a 20 percent bump in revenue ...Bob Parlocha, jazz radio host, dies at 76
Parlocha hosted Jazz With Bob Parlocha, syndicated by the WFMT Radio Network in Chicago.Jazz Ambassadors revisits time when Cold War diplomacy got hip
It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing — and a handy role in a Cold War propaganda campaign. In ...Atlanta jazz station hopes smoother sound catches on
Atlanta’s WCLK-FM, a jazz station licensed to Clark University, aims to double its audience share with a new approach to programming music ...Pittsburgh Public Media acquires W.Va. FM station for jazz programming
The FCC has approved the sale of a West Virginia college station to Pittsburgh Public Media, a jazz webcaster run by former ...
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