Another 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]
March 3rd, 2008 // 6 Comments
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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…
“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.
Kenny G: uniting the races — in love, and hatred — since 1987.
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.
That station’s theme will ring in my head forever–
Smoooo-oooth Jaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaz….One oh five point niiiiiiine…
Interesting article. : )