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JazzWeek Radio Chart: June 8, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 2 Diana Krall Quiet Nights (Verve) 225 186 +39 5 66 1 11 1 1 1 One For All Return Of The Lineup (Sharp Nine) 225 227 -2 0 60 1 8 3 3 4 Stanley Clarke Jazz In The Garden (Heads Up) 184 187 -3 0 37 3 7 4 7 6 Derrick Gardner & The Jazz Prophets Echoes of Ethnicity (Owl) 172 152 +20 0 49 4 8 ...

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The Jazz Session #62: Jeff Albert

Source: All About Jazz
June 15, 2009

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Correspondence: A Niewood Listening Tip

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
June 15, 2009

Bill Kirchner alerts us to his latest Jazz From the Archives tonight on the radio and the internet.

Recently, I taped my next one-hour show for the “Jazz From The Archives" series. Presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies, the series runs every Sunday on WBGO-FM (88.3).

For over thirty years, reed player Gerry Niewood (1943-2009) was a mainstay of the NYC music scene. Not only was he a superb improviser (on soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, ...

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Are Artists the New Gatekeepers? Clear Channel Radio and Front Line MGT. Think So.

Source: HypeBot
June 13, 2009

Both broadcast and online radio are searching for new ways to engage listeners in the iPod age and radio giant Clear Channel is betting that name artists may be the answer.

In a partnership with Irving Azoff's Front Line Management, Clear Channel is is launching artist personal experience a.p.e. radio ( artist personal experience), a stand-alone company that will produce artist driven own online channels, according to Billboard. The new broadcasts will launch in July with The Eagles, Weezer & ...

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Is Radio Punishing Artists That Support Performance Royalties?

Source: HypeBot
June 12, 2009

musicFIRST has filed a formal request with the Federal Communications Commission, asking that they investigate reports of radio stations refusing to air musicFIRST ads and withholding airplay from artists who support the payment of broadcast radio performance royalties. No specific artists were named in the filing, but several sources suggest that U2 is one of those effected.

The bill supporting broadcast performance royalties is facing tough opposition on Congress and the National Association Of Broadcasters is ...

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Bruce Mack Launches New Program on taintradio.org

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2009

New York-based musician/composer/arts educator Bruce Mack (brucemack.com) joins taintradio.org with a new weekly 2-hour program, FreeWorldNetworkRadio-X. Bruce is also a vocalist, keyboardist and organizer of the band Tricky Dilemma and a core member of Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber. Additionally, Mack was for several years arts program coordinator at The Door, a center for at-risk youth in New York and a former president of the Black Rock Coalition. He has developed curriculum, created and held music workshops and implemented music ...

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WBGO Jazz 88.3FM Receives FCC Approval for New Manhattan Transmitter to Reach One Million More People

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2009

Newark-based WBGO Jazz88.3FM has received authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to relocate its broadcast antenna and transmitter to a midtown Manhattan location in order to provide better reception for listeners in the metropolitan New York and New Jersey vicinity. WBGO’s administrative offices and broadcast studios will continue to operate in Newark. The FCC authorization allows WBGO to place its antenna on a midtown Manhattan rooftop more than twice the height of its current transmission facility in downtown Newark. ...

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B.J. Jansen Interviewed Daud el-Bakara on Jazz Life Radio Show

Source: JM Creative
June 9, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviewed Daud El-Bakara, Trumpet Artist on The Jazz Life radio show. The complete interview was broadcast on WPSC 88.7 FM, June 7th, 2009. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to bring audiences to the next generation of jazz artists who struggle to receive airplay in the United States. The programming format of “The Jazz Life" features brand new content from artists who actively perform and would appeal to younger ...

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