[Dixielandjazz] Jazz programming; The Internet vs. Broadcast Radio

[mmckay]

"Folio Weekly" an independent (but highly respected) free paper in
Jacksonville (Florida) had a full page story decrying this policy in this
weeks issue.  The paper does not have an on-line edition so I'm not going to
try and post it. The theme was Jazz is getting stronger than it has been any
time since the 50's/60's and WBEZ, "in Chicago, the home of jazz"  shouldn't
be dropping it.

Mart

Martin D. McKay, Designated listener

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[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Steve Barbone
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 10:23 AM
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Jazz programming; The Internet vs. Broadcast Radio

Interesting take on where the jazz audience listens. If Ken Stearn is right,
it listens and/or downloads via the internet.

Cheers,
Steve

NY TIMES - by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER - July 7, 2006

Jazz Out, News In on Chicago NPR Station

Chicago may be one of America's great jazz cities, but WBEZ, the National
Public Radio member station there, will drop its scheduled music
programming, most of it nightly jazz, and adopt a 24-hour news and public
affairs format next year, Reuters reported. With competition for music fans
from downloadable music and streaming Webcasts, and in the face of
consolidation in the commercial news media, many independent radio stations
say their programming has not kept pace with a changing population. Ken
Stern, the executive vice president of National Public Radio, said: "Local
news has simply been abandoned by the commercial broadcasters and sometimes
even the commercial newspapers. What you see as a trend is stations like
WBEZ investing heavily in local news and information." 


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