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WWOZ (90.7 FM) is a non-profit community-supported radio station in New Orleans. It is owned by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation . The station specializes in music from or relating to the cultural heritage of New Orleans and the surrounding region of Louisiana .
The show was launched in November 1997 on WWOZ in New Orleans. It was created by Nick Spitzer and Mary Beth Kirchner, who had worked together previously producing segments for All Things Considered. By 1998, American Routes was syndicated by American Public Radio for 39 stations. [2]
In addition to the Festival, the organization's other assets include radio station WWOZ 90.7 FM, the Jazz & Heritage Foundation Archive and The George & Joyce Wein Jazz & Heritage Center. The Foundation also raises funds by holding the Jazz & Heritage Gala every year and provides several educational programs and a variety of more targeted ...
Born to Edward and Bertha Scott Busch in the 9th Ward of New Orleans, Busch grew up in Tremé, which had an active music scene. [1]: 49 The local music scene piqued her interest and at age eleven, on her own initiative, she left home to pursue a music education at Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi.
(New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Archive/WWOZ New Orleans) Clifton Chenier, Professor Longhair, Queen Ida, and other performers 1973–1990 "The Message" Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: 1982 "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Emile Berliner: c. 1890: 2003 [11] "Honolulu Cake Walk" Vess Ossman: 1898 Victor ...
Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Louisiana", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: Louisiana", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive; Beth Norwood (1964). "French Radio Broadcasting in Louisiana". Southern Speech ...
Allison Miner was born Elizabeth Allison Crowther in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida [1] where she attended Seabreeze High School.During high school she performed as a vocalist with her friend and classmate Duane Allman and his brother Gregg's fledgling band at local venues under the billing A. Miner & The Allman Joys.
United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans was a consortium of radio stations in Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in response to the crisis of Hurricane Katrina.It began on September 1, 2005.