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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 29, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 James Moody & Hank Jones Our Delight (IPO Recordings) 146 223 -77 2 50 1 7 2 5 5 Dave Holland Pass It On (Dare2/EmArcy) 128 158 -30 0 39 2 14 3 10 14 Roy Hargrove Earfood (Emarcy) 119 108 +11 0 39 1 24 4 3 2 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 117 173 -56 0 42 1 15 5 4 4 Javon Jackson Once Upon ...

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Melanie O'Reilly's "Jazz on the Bay" Wins Prestigous Award!

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

National Radio Award for Melanie O'Reilly's “Jazz on the Bay" --- This winning series includes “Women of Jazz on the Bay", featuring Vicki Burns, Anna de Leon, Susan Muscarella, Frankye Kelly, Tammy Hall, Faye Carroll,and Denise Perrier. Melanie O'Reilly, Celtic Jazz singer and educator, who hails from Dublin Ireland, and is based in Berkeley, CA, has just won PPI Radio Award/National Radio Award 2008 for her radio series “Jazz on the Bay". Melanie presents and co-produces this innovative series which ...

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The Beatles Catalog Finally Goes Digital

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

The Beatles Catalog Finally Goes Digital Thanks To Norwegian Podcasts. (Knock on Wood)

The Beatles will reportedly make a bulk of their musical catalog available as a free, legal download thanks to a series of Norwegian podcasts. In 2001, the Fab Four were the subject of a documentary series entitled Vr daglige Beatles, or Our Daily Beatles, in which Norwegian journalists told the stories behind every track in the Beatles official catalog in chronological order, with the tracks ...

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Listen to the Freedom Jazz Dance Freddie Hubbard Tribute

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

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3 Reasons Sirius XM Will Fail

Source: HypeBot
January 6, 2009

I hope I'm wrong. I love creative broadcasting, but with its stock sitting around 12 cents a share...

“...Sirius XM does have a serious flaw in its capital structure. Its costs, which include servicing its pile of debt, appear to be too high to make the business viable." - The New York Times There is no built in mechanism for knowing how many subscribers are listening to a particular channel at any given time. Programming decisions are ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 22, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
January 2, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 James Moody & Hank Jones Our Delight (IPO Recordings) 223 256 -33 0 59 1 6 2 3 4 Bill Cunliffe The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Resonance) 193 226 -33 1 43 2 9 3 2 5 McCoy Tyner Guitars (McCoy Tyner Music) 173 229 -56 0 51 1 14 4 4 2 Javon Jackson Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto) 164 210 -46 0 47 1 12 5 ...

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Web Radio Royalty Battle Takes New Turn

Source: PC Magazine
January 1, 2009

The battle over radio royalty rates will likely continue into 2009, with the latest issue tackling how and when cable, satellite, and Internet stations should report their playlists to copyright holders in order to determine payment. The Copyright Royalty Board, a government body that sets royalty rates, released a notice on Tuesday that suggests altering the reporting requirements for stations. CRB wants any entity that pays royalties under sections 112 and 114 of the Copyright Act, including Internet radio, satellite ...

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A Freddie Hubbard Tribute with David Baker

Source: Night Lights Classic Jazz
January 1, 2009

Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, who died on Monday at the age of 70, was one of Indiana's true jazz giants, rubbing historical shoulders with the likes of J.J. Johnson, Wes Montgomery, and Hoagy Carmichael. On Tuesday, December 30, longtime Hubbard friend and musical colleague David Baker stopped by the studio while I was guest-hosting WFIU's Just You and Me and offered some remembrances and reflections during our 90-minute Hubbard tribute. He also brought along a rare live recording of the teenaged ...

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