KJZZ music director to retire after 32 years

[AuxRSS]

Buried in this interview is acknowledgement that KJZZ in 2024 exiled music from FM to HD ("which some people know about, but most people don’t") and streaming services.

Blaise Lantana, who has been KJZZ’s music director for past 32 years, is signing off

Blaise Lantana, who has been KJZZ’s music director these past 32 years, is leaving the airwaves.

www.kjzz.org

 

[DrAkbar]

30+ years? That's almost as long as Nurse Jeff and I've been scamming educating newbies at the Buckeye Media Hut.

Congratulations, Blaise 👏 and a tip of the fez for all the many hours of great music!.

 

[ted chittenden]

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PublicRadioFan.com - Listings by station: KJZZ 2 (Jazz PHX)

Directory of public radio stations with streaming audio, featuring a program schedule database for hundreds of public radio stations.

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Blaise Lantana (her name is not listed) was the only local host on the HD2 channel. Everything else comes from Jazzworx which, I believe, is based out of Pittsburgh, PA. (I don't know when the publicradiofan.com schedule was last updated, and I purposely changed the time zone on KJZZ's HD2 schedule to reflect Arizona time.) While I wish Blaise luck as a jazz musician, my best guess is that KJZZ's HD2 channel will now become full-time Jazzworx.

Finally, the main channel does still have one locally-produced music program: "Lowdown Blues," with Bob Corritor (not sure of spelling) which airs from 6 until 11pm on Sunday evenings Arizona time. And, if memory serves, Bob has been with the station since the mid-1980s.