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Could WVSU's smooth jazz programming be in jeopardy?

passtheword

passtheword

It doesn't sound like it would come in one dramatic move, but could the station be slowly moving away from smooth jazz? I really hope not that's the case, even though the Indie Rock and the alternative programming that's proposed for certain dayparts of the station wouldn't be too bad. I don't think the WVSU listeners are going go for all of this. though. Samford gave thought to changing WVSU's format to contemporary christian about 15-20 years ago and that proposal drew the ire of many of their listeners. Here's the story on it:

http://samfordcrimson.com/?p=6406
 
This is the conundrum that many campus radio stations face. Do you program it by students, for students, or do you program it for donors and alumni? Tough call.

Radio listening tends to drop off after 7 p.m. or so. Maybe they could turn evenings into student-run programming and preserve jazz for office-hours listening.
 
I think whit's on to something with the idea of keeping student programming after 7 pm. It would balance things out nicely.

In most markets, you'd have a fall back since iHeart runs smooth jazz on lots of HD2 subchannels (there's two different stations where I live carrying that format), but I guess since the folks in Birmingham are using HD to feed translators, there is no more smooth jazz from one of the bigger stations.

With the untimely death of WJSR at Jeff State, there really is no other place for aspiring broadcasters to get themselves on the air anymore. It would be nice of Samford to pick up that slack.
 
whit979 said:
This is the conundrum that many campus radio stations face. Do you program it by students, for students, or do you program it for donors and alumni? Tough call.

Radio listening tends to drop off after 7 p.m. or so. Maybe they could turn evenings into student-run programming and preserve jazz for office-hours listening.
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That's kinda assuming that WVSU's listeners are primarily tuned in during office hours. That's not necessarily true. I admit I don't listen to WVSU as much as I used to do, but when I was listening regularly to the station, my time spent listening was spread out throughout the entire day, not just during the daytime/office hours.
 
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