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Smooth Jazz Satellite Sirius XM Satellite Radio N/A N/A Website: WAEG: 92.3 MHz Smooth Jazz Terrestrial Perry Broadcasting: Evans Georgia (U.S. state) Website: WAJH: 91.1 MHz Smooth Jazz Terrestrial Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame: Birmingham Alabama: Website: WBGO: 88.3 MHz Mainstream Terrestrial Newark Public Radio Newark New Jersey: Website: WBRH ...
Pages in category "Smooth jazz radio stations in the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
However, smooth jazz or some variant thereof has made a minor comeback in some markets, via AM stations (see below), FM HD Radio side channel/analog translator combos, or so-called "Franken-FM"s (actually low-power analog television stations on Channel 6 which serve a double function as radio stations due to the audio portion of the broadcast ...
It avoids the improvisational "risk-taking" of jazz fusion, emphasizing melodic form, and much of the music was initially "a combination of jazz with easy-listening pop music and lightweight R&B." [1] [2] During the mid-1970s in the United States, it was known as "smooth radio"; the genre was not termed "smooth jazz" until the 1980s. [3]
Then, on August 10, 1988, the station adopted a jazz-based adult contemporary format during the day and retained all jazz at night. Later that month, on August 22, the station modified into a full-time smooth jazz radio format, with the new call letters WQCD and the new branding, "CD 101.9". [20]
El Sol, which had switched the station from Spanish-language music to smooth jazz in 2021, still owns Spanish-language "Radio Caliente," broadcasting in Milwaukee at 97.9 FM.
At midnight on August 1, WLOQ's smooth jazz format moved exclusively online to the website "WLOQ.com" (now defunct). The station on 103.1 changed its call letters to WHKQ (now WFYY), and began stunting with all Elvis Presley music as "Elvis 103.1." On August 3 that year, the station switched to Spanish language Top 40 as "KQ103." [5]
Artists with most Smooth Jazz Airplay No. 1s [2] (as of February 22, 2025) 21 – Boney James 15 – Gerald Albright 14 – Richard Elliot 12 – Brian Culbertson 11 – Rick Braun 11 – Paul Brown 11 – Paul Hardcastle 11 – Dave Koz 11 – Cindy Bradley 10 – Nick Colionne 10 – Euge Groove 10 – Vincent Ingala