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Smooth Jazz Returns to Denver
June 11, 2008 – Sometimes, what goes down must come up. Denver is welcoming a new Smooth Jazz station to the airwaves. Chief Smooth Jazz/Smooth AC consultants Broadcast Architecture announced this week that Bustos Media KKHI-FM was going Smooth Jazz. Here is the press release. More.
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Natalie Cole has Hepatitis C
 July 23, 2008 – Our thoughts go out to Natalie Cole today. The singer has just been diagnosed with Hepatitis C. In a statement from her publicist the singer said, “I’ve been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences,” More
Roselyn Brown Shares her Best Nights!
 July 29, 2008 – Roselyn Brown is pumped! The Smooth Jazz flautist/vocalist has just had her CD release party for her great new ‘Emancipation’ CD, “A great deal of work goes into making an event like this happen!” More. |
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Broadcast Architecture’s Smooth Morning show #1 in Tokyo
June 12, 2008 - ‘Smooth Morning’, hosted by saxophonist Dave Koz and programmed by Broadcast Architecture® scores #1 in the ratings in Tokyo for legendary radio station 81.3 J-WAVE. More.
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Lewis Paying Tribute to Abraham Lincoln
 July 27, 2008 - A musical piece paying tribute to next year's 200th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's birth (1809). The musical composition will get its inspiration from Lincoln's life and musicians from the 19th century. More
The LaBelle Reunion, Will It Really Happen?
 July 27, 2008 - Trio Labelle, including famous singers Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash is reunited after 32 years and is currently in a studio working on their next still untitled album. More |
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Will Smooth AC replace Smooth Jazz?
June 5, 2008 – Some radio owners are running away from Smooth Jazz faster than Paris Hilton at a Mensa conference. More below.
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Hathaway To Open Detroit Jazz Fest
 July 24, 2008 - Performers have been announced for this year's Detroit International Jazz Festival, set to to take place from August 29 to September 1 , 2008. More
Stewart Lookin’ to Kick Jude Law’s Ass
 July 23, 2008 – Every dad gets a little possessive when someone hurts his little girl. Rod Stewart is in a fighting mood on hearing his daughter Kimberly’s ex, Jude Law is rebounding with Lily Cole. More. |
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Will Smooth AC replace Smooth Jazz?
June 5, 2008 – Some radio owners are running away from Smooth Jazz faster than Paris Hilton at a Mensa conference. There is a major evolution going on with the format so much so that radio ratings company Arbitron has just added a new descriptor Smooth AC. Radio Ink.com reported today that Smooth Jazz is an option to replace Smooth Jazz – a name that is sometimes a problem with agency buyers. If a station wants to change their descriptor they need to contact Arbitron. The leading consultant in Smooth Jazz, Broadcast Architecture says it has approved the new descriptor, effective immediately.
Dan Weiner GM of KTWV-FM in Los Angeles said, "Our format is an AC hybrid with many contemporary vocals and instrumental covers. Over twenty years ago 'New AC' was launched and the audience began describing the music as 'Smooth Jazz.' Today the listeners still identify positively with that description but in agencies we feel that 'Smooth AC' is a better way to describe the format."
The Smooth AC tag, “really hits the mark,” says Greater Media/Philadelphia WJJZ Station Manager Jim Brown. He says, “It more accurately describes our format today for the industry. These days our station is more mainstream and mass appeal than it was years ago. When you attend WJJZ sponsored concerts and talk to our successful advertisers they tell us that this is the 'money demo'... adults with disposable income. This music is all that jazz and more, and the new descriptor captures that feeling better." - by John Beaudin |
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