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The Death of Smooth Jazz In New York
Via the New York Radio Message Board comes word of the latest jolt to the city's broadcast landscape: CD-101.9 is killing its smooth jazz format and going to something called "Chill Music." No more David Benoit, George Benson, Dave Koz, Fat Burger or Chuck Mangione. In with Moby and Bebel Gilberto. Moby? Although CD-101.9 was not exactly a ratings powerhouse, it has maintained a faithful listenership for a number of years. While rock stations in the city seem to flip formats every two or three years, WQCD has maintained the same focus for more than a decade. It's almost as if the broadcast monopolies are intentionally forcing listeners to satellite with haphazard format changes, lame programming, excessive commericals and whining over censorship. By Ed Moltzen · 21 November 2004
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"Smooth Jazz" is jazz for people who don't like jazz. If there is a more insipid art form on Earth, I am unaware of it. Wait a minute, I take that back. Posted by: DBrooks at November 22, 2004 11:46 AMYa gotta give 'em credit for trying something at least a LITTLE different from the rest of the dreck commercial radio deals us. Posted by: mikeV at November 23, 2004 01:36 AMCD101 has been nose diving for the past 2 years as they are turning easy listening, R&B, even disco hits to broaden the audience, when if they would just leave it alone, their faithfull fans would remain...too bad, I can only tolerate late night braodcasts. Posted by: Cat at November 30, 2004 12:24 AMPost a comment
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