Hey not just my radio but the radio of a lot,a lot of people. Think of the many people who listen to the smooth jazz format during their workday. Now what? They gotta chose from the rest of the crap being broadcast these days. Pop,e-z listening,20 year old rock that you've outgrown and are sick to death of. No thanks.

I hear ya, KennyK. I seem to be at an awkward age for music. I'm getting tired of Rock, can barely stand the alternative stuff, try to stay clear of rap and C&W and use Classical as a sleep-aid. Jazz fits me perfectly in my middle-age craziness. I think a Jazz radio station can thrive in most metropolitan area if given a chance. When Houston had a Jazz station, it was pretty decent, but just didn't advertise enough. I hardly saw any billboards for it and nothing on TV about it. Oh well..I can get by on 9 hours of Jazz shows on the weekend...for now.

That KiFM link in an earlier post is pretty damn good. That'll keep me floating at home.
And there are a couple jazz shows on other stations here that have jazz but they're only on once a week for a few hours. Looks like the cd changer in the car is going to be getting a good workout.

I think perhaps the worst ramification of not having a jazz format in a market is that it's going to be much harder to get the big names to come to perform in the city if they don't even play the format. SJZ was extremely instramental in bringing the biggest names in smooth jazz over the last few years. And there is nothing better than seeing these guys live. Richard Elliot did a free show a couple of weeks ago and he blew me away. Over the last couple of years I've been able to catch some of the best jazz. Now I feel like it's just been cut off. I just hope there's a radio station owner out who'll recognize the void here now and fill it in the not to distant future. What really kills me is that last year Boston had 2 SJ format stations. One then went to Frank Sinatra type music because SJZ was dominating the ratings. Now they go talk after having a monopoly of the format. Crazy.

Hang in there folks..when you lose your "better than nothing" smoothie a vacuum is being created and as they say nature abhors a vacuum. Contemporary jazz will not permanantly leave the airwaves and what could happen is you could get a specialty show that becomes successful and spawns a fulltime station that is (gasp) locally programmed and does not program as if they are scared of the music. Fear of CJazz has been the reason for diluting the format with pop/AC hits that are overplayed elsewhere. The one thing the betterthannothing stations have done is given the instrumentals more legitimacy so in the next round programmers don't have to be as afraid of them, and can actually base programming on hit instrumental trax. Also more energy and variety is inevitable. The current state of the NAC/Smooth Jazz format is similar to Adult Contemporary right before Hot A/C evolved. A/C used to play Streisand and Diamond, now we play Matchbox 20 and Alanis Morisette. Actually SmoothJazz is the only format that has not evolved beyond the way it sounded 10 years ago. The relaxation service approach is simply outdated at this point.