Niagara
Smooth Jazz A Hot Ticket! June
16, 2005 - Southern Ontario has been experiencing a heat wave, and the weekend
was no exception! Mother Nature joined popular Smooth Jazz artists in really turning
up the heat, down on the farm in Winona, Ontario for Niagara's
Smooth Jazz Festival. More
Smooth
Jazz Ratings in Canada May
11, 2005 - At time of print we have only received ratings from two of the four
Smooth Jazz cities in Canada, Calgary and Vancouver. Clear FM in Vancouver which
only plays about 30% Smooth Jazz stayed steady from last fall's book at 3.0. The
Breeze in Calgary however went donw to 2.5 with audiences 12+ from a 2.9 in the
fall. More
Doug
and Mary Kirk - Behind the Mic for December December
1, 2004 - The Wave in Hamilton, Canada's first 24/7 Smooth Jazz station launched
in September of 2000. Owners Doug and Mary Kirk remember the day well, when they
talk about their ground breaking station they speak like proud parents and like
responsible elders they plan their steps carefully. We asked the couple if other
Canadian Broadcasters and fans thought their Smooth Jazz venture was nuts? "When
we decided to do it I don't think there were enough people who knew enough about
Smooth Jazz to even know if we were nuts or not," says Doug Kirk with a big
laugh. Mary adds, "I don't think we thought we were nuts for trying it though,
we thought Canadians were nuts for not having tried it a long time ago."
Though not a huge ratings winner yet The Wave is certainly setting the pace for
the format in Canada. Mary and Doug Kirk are our "Behind the Mic" feature
this month. Read our Interview from Nov. 2004. Hamilton's
Smooth Jazz Wave 94.7 Increases Power And Coverage May
26, 2004 - That wonderful Smooth Jazz coming from Hamilton will now be reaching
a lot more people in Ontario. The Wave 94.7 increased its power last week. The
station CIWV increased from 10,000 watts maximum (3,600 watts average) to 25,000
watts maximum. (11,390 watts average) The power increase will help The Wave better
reach it's audience in Oakville, Mississauga, Toronto, Brampton, Guelph, Kitchener,
Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford. The Wave is Canada's first 24/7 Smooth Jazz
station. It went on the air in September of 2000. Liz
Rivard's Recap of The National Jazz Awards February
26, 2004 - It was a cloudy, chilly night in Toronto for the National Jazz Awards
but
the stars shone through, brighter than ever. The 2004 National Jazz Awards, held
at the Winter Garden Theatre last night featured performances by some of Canada's
best, and most loved jazz artists, like Holly
Cole, Peter Appleyard, Lorraine Desmarais and Warren
Hill, to name a few.
The night also featured the introduction of the Smooth Jazz Musician of the Year,
sponsored by the Wave 94.7 fm. Nominees
were Eddie Bullen, Warren
Hill, Brian Hughes, Demo
Cates and Nura. Click
here to see the pictures from the National Smooth Jazz Awards. Warren
Hill Wins First Smooth Jazz Award At NJA February
24, 2004 - Congratulations to Warren Hill
for winning Canada's first Smooth Jazz Award. The Canadian saxophonist who now
lives in Colorado picked up the honor for Smooth Jazz artist of the year beating
out Eddie Bullen, Brian
Hughes, Demo Cates and Nura.
Appropriately the award was sponsored by Canada's first Smooth Jazz radio station
The Wave in Hamilton. Smooth Jazz Now's
own Liz Rivard attended the ceremony at Winter Garden
Theatre in Toronto. "It's a thrill, its great honor to be in such good company,"
says Hill who dedicated the award to his parents who were in the audience. Read
more. Mary
Kirk's Smooth Jazz Cruise Journal February
10, 2004 - Mary Kirk co-owner of the Wave
94.7 in Hamilton was not only taking in all the great music at Warren
Hill's recent Smooth Jazz cruise - she was taking notes. Kirk along with Wave
contest winners experienced a smorgasbord of "A" list Smooth Jazzer's
including Hill, Jeff Golub, Chieli Minucci, Peter
White, Marion Meadows, Euge Groove
and Alexander Zonjic. Here
are her notes. The
Wave's Vickie van Dyke Returns to Singing February
4, 2004 - We've all heard that most disc Jockey's are frustrated musicians but
when it come to Vickie van Dyke of the Wave in Hamilton, she's the real deal.
Vickie has been vocalist for as long as she can remember - she was actually a
true country singer before her radio gig. Van Dyke started the new year by getting
back on stage to a sold out crowd at Manhattans in Hamilton Vickie told us, "I
was in musical heaven for three hours!..We're now very much looking forward to
our return engagement on Feb. 14th." Read
part two of our interview with Vickie van Dyke in our "Behind the Mic"
feature this month. See the pictures from
the show. Fall
Jazz/Smooth Jazz Radio Ratings for Canada December
10, 2003 - Rating for Canada's three commercial Jazz/Smooth Jazz radio stations
have not changed much since the summer book. The Breeze in Calgary and The Wave
in Hamilton made moderate gains each climbing by .1 percentage while Winnipeg's
Cool FM made the biggest jump going from 2.3 to 2.8 since the summer ratings.
The figures below are based on all adults 12 plus. Read
more. Summer
Jazz/Smooth Jazz Radio Ratings for Canada September
19, 2003 - All three Jazz/Smooth Jazz radio stations in Canada faired about the
same in the summer ratings book released on Wednesday. Calgary's Breeze, Hamilton's
Wave and Winnipeg's Cool FM all registered a one or two plus share for adults
12+. It was Cool FM's first full book after signing on in February of this year
- they scored 2.3. Read
the full story.
June
16, 2005 - Southern Ontario has been experiencing a heat wave, and the weekend
was no exception! Mother Nature joined popular Smooth Jazz artists in really turning
up the heat, down on the farm in Winona, Ontario for 
May
11, 2005 - At time of print we have only received ratings from two of the four
Smooth Jazz cities in Canada, Calgary and Vancouver. Clear FM in Vancouver which
only plays about 30% Smooth Jazz stayed steady from last fall's book at 3.0. The
Breeze in Calgary however went donw to 2.5 with audiences 12+ from a 2.9 in the
fall. 
December
1, 2004 - The Wave in Hamilton, Canada's first 24/7 Smooth Jazz station launched
in September of 2000. Owners Doug and Mary Kirk remember the day well, when they
talk about their ground breaking station they speak like proud parents and like
responsible elders they plan their steps carefully. We asked the couple if other
Canadian Broadcasters and fans thought their Smooth Jazz venture was nuts? "When
we decided to do it I don't think there were enough people who knew enough about
Smooth Jazz to even know if we were nuts or not," says Doug Kirk with a big
laugh. Mary adds, "I don't think we thought we were nuts for trying it though,
we thought Canadians were nuts for not having tried it a long time ago."
Though not a huge ratings winner yet The Wave is certainly setting the pace for
the format in Canada. Mary and Doug Kirk are our "Behind the Mic" feature
this month. 
May
26, 2004 - That wonderful Smooth Jazz coming from Hamilton will now be reaching
a lot more people in Ontario. The Wave 94.7 increased its power last week. The
station CIWV increased from 10,000 watts maximum (3,600 watts average) to 25,000
watts maximum. (11,390 watts average) The power increase will help The Wave better
reach it's audience in Oakville, Mississauga, Toronto, Brampton, Guelph, Kitchener,
Waterloo, Cambridge and Brantford. The Wave is Canada's first 24/7 Smooth Jazz
station. It went on the air in September of 2000.
February
24, 2004 - Congratulations to 
February
4, 2004 - We've all heard that most disc Jockey's are frustrated musicians but
when it come to Vickie van Dyke of the Wave in Hamilton, she's the real deal.
Vickie has been vocalist for as long as she can remember - she was actually a
true country singer before her radio gig. Van Dyke started the new year by getting
back on stage to a sold out crowd at Manhattans in Hamilton Vickie told us, "I
was in musical heaven for three hours!..We're now very much looking forward to
our return engagement on Feb. 14th."