SIRIUS, known for delivering the very best in commercial-free music and premium sports entertainment to cars and homes across the country, announced today that jazz broadcasters Les Davis and Paul Anthony have joined the SIRIUS on-air staff on jazz music stream Pure Jazz (stream 72).
The announcement of Davis and Anthony was made today to attendees of the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) Convention visiting SIRIUS' New York City headquarters and studios.
Popular veteran Les Davis, a leading jazz authority whose name was synonymous with jazz in New York City for decades, is the former host of the legendary “Make Believe Ballroom" program on WNEW-AM / New York. The native New Yorker is also known from his WNEW live broadcasts from the legendary Greenwich Village jazz music venues The Blue Note, Village Vanguard and The Village Gate, and his work for former New York jazz radio stations WRVR-FM and WYNY-FM. Davis has recently been heard on JOTU-FM/Y84/FM Yokohama, Japan.
Paul Anthony is a jazz music specialist whose award-winning, syndicated “Jazz Unlimited" program, a staple on Washington, DC airwaves, has been on radio for more than 40 years. He helped develop and hosted National Public Radio's “Jazz Alive" program, and programmed and hosted an all-jazz music format for WRC-FM and WGMS-FM in Washington, DC. Metropolitan New York radio listeners also know Anthony as the current voice of 1010 WINS News Radio. Anthony's extensive television announcing includes the programs “Washington Week in Review" and “America's Most Wanted," in addition to many PBS-TV and Discovery Channel programs.
Pure Jazz // 72 is SIRIUS' classic jazz music stream, one of six jazz music streams in its programming lineup. SIRIUS Vice President of Music Programming, Steve Blatter said, “We are very proud to welcome to SIRIUS such accomplished broadcasters as Paul Anthony and Les Davis, the 'dean of jazz radio.' Millions of people grew up listening to these veterans, and now they'll be bringing America's native art form to a new generation of fans."
About SIRIUS
SIRIUS is the only satellite radio service bringing listeners more than 100 streams of the best music and entertainment coast-to-coast. SIRIUS offers 60 music streams with no commercials, along with over 40 world-class sports, news and entertainment streams for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95, with greater savings for upfront payments of multiple months or a year or more. SIRIUS is also the official satellite radio partner of the NFL. Stream Jockeys create and deliver uncompromised music in virtually every genre to our listeners 24 hours a day. Satellite radio products bringing SIRIUS to listeners in the car, truck, home, RV and boat are manufactured by Kenwood, Panasonic, Clarion and Audiovox, and are available at major retailers including Circuit City, Best Buy, Car Toys, Good Guys, Tweeter, Ultimate Electronics, Sears and Crutchfield. SIRIUS is the leading OEM satellite radio provider, with exclusive partnerships with DaimlerChrysler, Ford and BMW. Automotive brands currently offering SIRIUS radios in select new car models include BMW, MINI, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep(r), Nissan, Infiniti, Mazda, Audi, Ford and Lincoln-Mercury. Automotive brands that have announced plans to offer SIRIUS in select models include Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Volvo, Volkswagen, Land Rover and Aston Martin. Genmar Holdings, the world's largest manufacturer of recreational boats, Formula Boats and Winnebago, the leading supplier of recreational vehicles and motor homes, also offer SIRIUS. Hertz currently offers SIRIUS in 29 vehicle models at 53 major locations around the country.
The announcement of Davis and Anthony was made today to attendees of the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) Convention visiting SIRIUS' New York City headquarters and studios.
Popular veteran Les Davis, a leading jazz authority whose name was synonymous with jazz in New York City for decades, is the former host of the legendary “Make Believe Ballroom" program on WNEW-AM / New York. The native New Yorker is also known from his WNEW live broadcasts from the legendary Greenwich Village jazz music venues The Blue Note, Village Vanguard and The Village Gate, and his work for former New York jazz radio stations WRVR-FM and WYNY-FM. Davis has recently been heard on JOTU-FM/Y84/FM Yokohama, Japan.
Paul Anthony is a jazz music specialist whose award-winning, syndicated “Jazz Unlimited" program, a staple on Washington, DC airwaves, has been on radio for more than 40 years. He helped develop and hosted National Public Radio's “Jazz Alive" program, and programmed and hosted an all-jazz music format for WRC-FM and WGMS-FM in Washington, DC. Metropolitan New York radio listeners also know Anthony as the current voice of 1010 WINS News Radio. Anthony's extensive television announcing includes the programs “Washington Week in Review" and “America's Most Wanted," in addition to many PBS-TV and Discovery Channel programs.
Pure Jazz // 72 is SIRIUS' classic jazz music stream, one of six jazz music streams in its programming lineup. SIRIUS Vice President of Music Programming, Steve Blatter said, “We are very proud to welcome to SIRIUS such accomplished broadcasters as Paul Anthony and Les Davis, the 'dean of jazz radio.' Millions of people grew up listening to these veterans, and now they'll be bringing America's native art form to a new generation of fans."
About SIRIUS
SIRIUS is the only satellite radio service bringing listeners more than 100 streams of the best music and entertainment coast-to-coast. SIRIUS offers 60 music streams with no commercials, along with over 40 world-class sports, news and entertainment streams for a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95, with greater savings for upfront payments of multiple months or a year or more. SIRIUS is also the official satellite radio partner of the NFL. Stream Jockeys create and deliver uncompromised music in virtually every genre to our listeners 24 hours a day. Satellite radio products bringing SIRIUS to listeners in the car, truck, home, RV and boat are manufactured by Kenwood, Panasonic, Clarion and Audiovox, and are available at major retailers including Circuit City, Best Buy, Car Toys, Good Guys, Tweeter, Ultimate Electronics, Sears and Crutchfield. SIRIUS is the leading OEM satellite radio provider, with exclusive partnerships with DaimlerChrysler, Ford and BMW. Automotive brands currently offering SIRIUS radios in select new car models include BMW, MINI, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep(r), Nissan, Infiniti, Mazda, Audi, Ford and Lincoln-Mercury. Automotive brands that have announced plans to offer SIRIUS in select models include Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Volvo, Volkswagen, Land Rover and Aston Martin. Genmar Holdings, the world's largest manufacturer of recreational boats, Formula Boats and Winnebago, the leading supplier of recreational vehicles and motor homes, also offer SIRIUS. Hertz currently offers SIRIUS in 29 vehicle models at 53 major locations around the country.
