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R&R Broadcaster Award Goes To Dave Koz and Pat Prescott
June 28, 2005 - Weekends are usually a good time for Dave Koz considering his Dave Koz radio show typically airs on Saturdays or Sundays. This past weekend was especially extraordinary as the saxophonist won the top Broadcaster prize at the yearly R&R convention held this year in Cleveland. Koz and co-host Pat Prescott won for the Personality/Show prize for their work at KTWV The Wave in Los Angeles. They won the same prize last year as well as in 2002. Station of the year was WNUA in Chicago for market 1-25, KSSJ in Sacramento won in markets 26-100 and WCJZ Charlottsville in the 100+ department. KTWV The Wave in L.A. won another award via the top Program Director prize for Paul Goldstein. Suzanne Berg was picked as top Promotion Executive, Kelly Cole of KIFM in San Diego was Music Director of the Year and Verve was top label. - by John Beaudin

Smooth Jazz Nominations from R&R Magazine
May 25, 2005 - They say that radio can sometimes be a thankless job but maybe "they" are talking to the wrong people. Radio and Records (R&R) magazine have announced nominations for the "Industry Achievement Awards" and Smooth Jazz personalities and programmers were well represented. Nominated for Program Director are KTWV's Paul Goldstein in Los Angeles; Bernie Kimble at WNWV in Cleveland, Blake Lawrence from WQCD in New York, Baltimore's Lori Lewis at WSMJ, Chicago's Steve Stiles at WNUA and our friend Mike Vasquez from KIFM in San Diego. More

U.S. Smooth Jazz Radio Arbitron Ratings Results:
May 19, 2005 - Arbitron's Winter 2005 radio ratings have been released, and it features several Smooth Jazz stations with happy returns. Stations on the up: Detroit's "V 98.7" (WVMV) moved up to 5th place ages 12 and older. San Diego's KIFM 98.1 vaulted to 3rd. Both Denver's "Smooth Jazz 104.3" (KJCD) and Miami's "Love 94" (WLVE) climbed over 1 full share and placed 8th and 7th respectively, while Tampa's WSJT 94.1 and Minneapolis' KJZI 100.3 increased exactly 1 full share to 6th and 11th respectively. Sacramento's KSSJ 94.7 did even better, raising nearly 1 and a half shares all the way to 2nd overall. Seattle's KWJZ 98.9 also had a stellar season, jumping to 3rd. Springfield, MA's locally-owned "106.3 Smooth FM" (WEIB) had an impressive showing itself, jumping over a full share to notch 16th. Not quite enjoying the same success was New York's "CD 101.9 New York Chill" (WQCD), which struggled in its first full ratings period since implementing Chill music into its playlist, dropping to a tie for 16th. Phoenix's KYOT 95.5 dipped to 12th, its lowest 12 and older ratings showing in quite some time. - by Nick Langan

U.S. Fall Smooth Jazz Ratings
January 25, 2005 - Fall Ratings Book Highs: In the just released Fall Arbitron ratings book, Los Angeles' "94.7 The Wave" (KTWV) had a great season, jumping nearly a full share from the summer to a tie for sixth place in the +12 ratings, its highest ratings tally in years. Washington D.C.'s "Smooth Jazz 105.9" (WJZW) also had a terrific book, rising to seventh, after low rating numbers in the spring and summer. Detroit's "V 98.7" (WVMV), always a high-performer in the ratings, did not disappoint, placing sixth. Cleveland's "107.3 The Wave" (WNWV) raised a full share to place seventh, bolstered by a new antenna, helping its sometimes shaky signal in the Cleveland suburbs. St. Louis' WSSM 106.5 also raised nearly a full share, after some shaky recent books.
- Fall Ratings Book Lows: Sacramento's KSSJ 94.7 is down nearly two full ratings shares from last year at this time. San Diego's KIFM 98.1, perhaps the most successful Smooth Jazz station in the country, has had a rare two consecutive down ratings books, falling to a mere fifth, still not too shabby. Dallas' 107.5 The Oasis (KOAI) slipped to fourteenth, while Tampa's WSJT 94.1 dipped a full share and two tenths to eleventh. by - Nick Langan
 
 
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