Where do I go now?

[babo]

Now that WJJZ -Jazz Format is history, where do I go now for jazz? Any suggestions? Help!

 

[JerseyShor]

If you're in Bucks County/Mercer County try 101.9.

If you're in Chester County or the state of Delaware try 104.3.

 

[nd2023]

HD Radio - WJJZ's HD2 is still jazz

90.1 plays jazz and classical music

92.7 from Harrisburg is still smooth jazz

XM and Sirius both have plenty of jazz stations

And there are lots of Internet stations that play jazz, including streaming smooth jazz stations from other markets.

 

[PhilGalasso]

Now that WJJZ -Jazz Format is history, where do I go now for jazz? Any suggestions? Help!

Your best bet is WRTI (Temple University Public Radio) and its relays and translators. They play real jazz (not the jazzy elevator music that WJJZ played) from 6 PM to 6 AM Monday through Friday, midnight (Friday into Saturday) until 6 AM and 6 to 8 PM on Saturday, and all day Sunday except 3 to 6 PM. Saturdays from 8 PM to midnight, WRTI airs a bilingual program ("El Viaje") featuring Latin/Afro-Cuban jazz, salsa, and traditional Cuban and Puerto Rican rhythms. At other times, they play classical music, using some of the former WFLN staff. Here are the frequencies:

Philadelphia: WRTI, 90.1
Mount Pocono: WRTY, 91.1
Ephrata: WRTL, 90.7
Harrisburg: WJAZ, 91.7
Ocean City, NJ: WRTQ, 91.3
Dover, DE: WRTX, 91.7

WRTI also operates translators (low power repeater stations) in the following cities:
Allentown: 97.1
Reading: 97.7
Pottsville: 99.1
Scranton: 106.1
Wilkes-Barre: 94.9

Yes, up here in Northeast PA, we can still hear jazz on 106.1! WVIA-FM in Scranton (89.9) and its relay, WVYA in Williamsport (89.7) play jazz from 7 to 8 PM Monday-Friday, with some jazz programming in the wee hours of Saturday morning and on Saturday night. Other public stations may include jazz programs.

If you can receive any of the stations from the New York area, you can hear real jazz full-time on WBGO, 88.3 in Newark, NJ or "smooth jazz" on WQCD, 101.9 in New York. The stations of the New Jersey Network simulcast WBGO from midnight to 6 AM, so you can hear jazz there as well in the wee hours. The NJN stations are:

WNJT-FM, Trenton, 88.1
WNJS-FM, Berlin, 88.1
WNJM-FM, Manahawkin, 89.9
WNJB-FM, Bridgeton, 89.3
WNJN-FM, Atlantic City, 89.7
WNJZ, Cape May, 90.3
WNJP, Sussex, 88.5

 

[chuckydoll]

"Smooth Jazz" could be back in Philly

Scott Fybush hints at that on NERW this week.

Market speculation had it that WJJZ was stealing too many listeners from Power 99 (R&B/hip-hop) and WDAS-FM (R&B). That's a strange reason to blow up a jazz station in a city that loves jazz -- and all 3 stations are in the same cluster!

Emmis' NYC cluster has "Smooth Jazz", R&B/hip-hop and R&B. All 3 are thriving and that helps Emmis sell the cluster to advertisers.

As Radio One just brought in a new operations manager in Philadelphia, don't be surprised if one of its signals takes on "Smooth Jazz". Fybush hints at 100.3 being a likely home for the format.