norderney;269616 Wrote: > I got the info about TheJazz closing from their web site!!!!!! > http://www.the-jazz.co.uk/Article.asp?id=580713&spid= > > As you may be aware, theJazz is due to close at the end of March. We > would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support of > theJazz over the past 15 months. We do understand how disappointed you > must be because of the changes. > We will remain on air until then, and we remain committed to supporting > jazz music and the musicians who make it. And from February 25, Classic > FM will broadcast two hours of jazz between midnight and 2am, seven > days a week. This programme will be available on FM as well as DAB and > will therefore reach a far wider audience. > > Helen Mayhew is to join the team on Classic to present a two-hour, > early hours show from midnight to 2am ecach day from Monday to Friday, > while Tim Lihoreau will host the show in the same slot on Saturday and > Sunday. > > Another of theJazzs presenters Margherita Taylor is also migrating to > Classic FM to present the new Smooth Classics At Six programme, a > three-hour show of relaxing music to help listeners unwind > > In addition, these programmes will be available to listen to at any > time of the day or night, up to seven days after broadcast via Classic > FMs 'listen again' service. You will be able to access this service > online at www.classicfm.com/listenagain. > > We will also be adding a rolling jazz music stream to myclassicfm.com > which will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The service > allows users to rate tracks, giving you control over what you hear. > > On behalf of the team behind theJazz, we would like to thank listeners > for all their good wishes and the warm, kind words in support of the > station. We all very touched that you have enjoyed what you have heard > and that the station has made a difference to your lives.
That is real bad news - may be linked to the general lack of interest in DAB in UK. The rolling jazz stream on myclassicfm.com might be worth checking out when it comes on -- Ramage T5500 1.6GHz, SC 7.0 - 17150 Windows Vista, Alien 2.0b3 P4 2.6GHz, SC 7.0 - 17150 - Windows XP, Alien 2.0b5 P2 266MHz, ClarkConnect 4.1, SC 7.0 - 17150, Alien 2.0b5, perl 5.8.8 i686-linux-thread-multi VMware (XPhost), InstantSC, SC7 - 17150, Alien 2.0b5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ramage's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5343 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43495
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