picking up on lngbruno's last comment: the bastards who control the RIAA are about to take this all away from you. moreover, if dubya's friends have their way, there will soon be no more than 3 companies that own all of the radio stations and concert promotions in the usa. i'm not kidding here, friends. and these folks couldn't give a rat's ass about our tiny community of audiophiles. wake up! read the news reports, especially on the web. and let your thoughts be known! -cfb
Popularity of jazz on World Wide Web
The 3/12/02 issue of the Seattle Times carried an interesting article by a local columnist about the popularity of jazz on the World Wide Web. Apparently there are two ratings services that provide reports about how many people listen to the various Internet radio/music programs that are streamed world-wide.
The station rated #1 or #2 on the Internet, depending on which rating service you refer to, is the London-based station, Jazz FM (www.jazzfm.com). This result surprised me, but it's fascinating that jazz is now being heard by so many people throughout the world, yet still struggles for a wider audience in the United States.
I was even more surprised that the #6-rated Web station in the world is KPLU-FM, the campus radio of Pacific Lutheran University located in Tacoma, WA (about 40 miles south of Seattle). KPLU-FM is the major NPR radio station in the Seattle area, and it broadcasts jazz and blues non-stop, except for the morning and evening hours when it carries NPR programs. The Web address for KPLU-FM is: www.kplu.org
If you want to read the full newspaper article, here is the link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestlife/134418782_erik120.html
The station rated #1 or #2 on the Internet, depending on which rating service you refer to, is the London-based station, Jazz FM (www.jazzfm.com). This result surprised me, but it's fascinating that jazz is now being heard by so many people throughout the world, yet still struggles for a wider audience in the United States.
I was even more surprised that the #6-rated Web station in the world is KPLU-FM, the campus radio of Pacific Lutheran University located in Tacoma, WA (about 40 miles south of Seattle). KPLU-FM is the major NPR radio station in the Seattle area, and it broadcasts jazz and blues non-stop, except for the morning and evening hours when it carries NPR programs. The Web address for KPLU-FM is: www.kplu.org
If you want to read the full newspaper article, here is the link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestlife/134418782_erik120.html