SmoothJazz1059Logo.jpgAnother smooth jazz station bites the dust: Citadel has abandoned the format on Washington, D.C. station WJZW, flipping the channel to a ’60s/’70s hybrid that’s being called “True Oldies 105.9″ and that focuses on rock and Motown hits from the two decades. One notable factoid about the now-departed Smooth Jazz format: “It drew an unusually mixed audience, with a nearly 50-50 split racially, which is almost unheard of in the highly segregated world of radio.” [Raw Fisher]

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  1. by Chris Molanphy at 2:31 am

    Kenny G: uniting the races — in love, and hatred — since 1987.

  2. by comehomenow at 2:47 am

    Every station is changing its format like whoa. Less new music on the radio equals a switch to “oldies.” Even the “modern rock” radio station in New York plays Pink Floyd every 45 minutes. Eek.

    Time to get XM, people.

  3. by blobby at 8:37 am

    That station’s theme will ring in my head forever–

    Smoooo-oooth Jaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaz….One oh five point niiiiiiine…

  4. by Mick Kraut at 11:09 am

    This station has been around in this format for a long time…at least for the 13 years I have lived in the DC market…

    How it lasted that long is beyond me…if ever there was a stationed formatted for your dentist’s office, this was it…

  5. by natepatrin at 11:53 am

    “It drew an unusually mixed audience, with a nearly 50-50 split racially, which is almost unheard of in the highly segregated world of radio.”

    Grocery store muzak knows no color.

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