There was a time when listening to jazz on the radio was a highly personal experience. Disc jockeys like New York City’s Symphony Sid laid down a carpet of lush-toned introductions, their tune ...

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On Monday, WAUK-AM (540) was rebranded as "The 'Sha." For now, the station is picking up progressive-talk programming from Madison's "Devil Radio," which airs on WTTN-AM (1580) and 92.7 FM. The ...

CALL HIM POP. Call him jazz. Call him, if you must, a smooth operator. But whatever you do, don’t call the music that trumpeter Chris Botti makes smooth jazz. “We’re not smooth jazz,” Botti says, ...

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At 3 p.m. May 18, the daily soundtrack for thousands of lives in the Bay Area was altered. That’s the moment the FM radio station previously known as KKSF-FM 103.7 said goodbye to Boney James and ...

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THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR SONGS RANKED BY SELF-REPORTED PLAYLISTS AND SMOOTH JAZZ RADIO AIRPLAY DETECTIONS, AS MEASURED BY AND PROVIDED BY LUMINATE. FOR THE LATTER, STATIONS ARE ELECTRONICALLY MONITORED ...

The smooth jazz format at 106.9 on the FM dial is going to HD radio, with a new format replacing it shortly. But what you're hearing at noon isn't the final product. Watch Tim Cuprisin's On Media on ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Detroit’s self-billed smooth jazz radio station WVMV 98.7 ...

How did the term "smooth jazz" become an insult? Usually meant to describe soulful, melodically accessible jazz that relies on electric instruments and funk-derived rhythms, smooth is perhaps the most ...