Public Radio Jazz Stations Get It
Written Aug. 28, 2006 by Larry Rosin in Internet Radio with 3 Comments
A little while ago I commented that when one googles for "internet rock radio" or "rock radio" no 'terrestrial' radio stations can be found.
So I decided to try another one: Jazz. And lo and behold, when one googles the words "jazz radio" the second match is for the public radio jazz station in Newark NJ, WBGO. Right behind them is K-Jazz in Long Beach, CA (which uses the creative URL www.jazzandblues.org . )
Clearly the creative forces at Public Radio are tracking ahead of their commercial counterparts on staking their claim to the Infinite Dial. If one is looking for Jazz on the Internet, these public stations, their streams, and their very good sites (check them out) will be found.
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I think you need to search based on dumb radio station slogans like "Classic Rock that Rocks" and 'Rock that Rocks", "All the Hits- not just Some of them" and "playing what we want"
Clearly commerical radio is waaaaay out in front there.
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I guess public radio stations understand they don't need to "dumb down" to their online listeners with slogans. Probably something to do with smart music.
A slight correction...the URL for KKJZ in Long Beach is http://www.jazzandblues.org. And it is a great looking site.