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Will any station pick up the smooth jazz format?

R

radiotower40

While in Chicago last weekend I was sad to see WLFM gone.

Will any other station pick up the format?

There are now no stations with a laid back format. WLIT has become a younger more upbeat station.

I know the demographic reasons which are evident around the country are present, Chicago is a special town, one that seemed very loyal to smooth jazz.

All of the AM station's that played lighter music are no longer. There are quite a few stations underperforming.

I would think that WSRB would be a good place for a format like this. Not exactly smooth jazz, which WLFM has not really been for a while. A mix of smooth, urban ac, classic rb like Luther Vandross and Tina Turner with some instrumentals added.

The smooth jazz had a very sizable presence in the more affluent African American community. I can't see why nobody would go for these listeners.106.3 while being a smaller station could do well in a niche format like this.

They could even try on 102.3, not a good signal in most of the area yet would at least give the southland the format.

What about an am station, would am 950 ever bring back The Avenue? Another not so great signal it would be something in the way of a softer format.

Is there any chatter about these or any others changing to the format?
 
Unless Crawford picks up the format, then I don't expect the format to return to an analog Chicago signal. The various owners of their stations seem to be happy with the formats they have right now. For those who have HD Radios can listen to a satellite Smooth Jazz format on WLUP 97.9 HD-3. Otherwise, I don't see it returning.
 
Dave said:
Unless Crawford picks up the format, then I don't expect the format to return to an analog Chicago signal. The various owners of their stations seem to be happy with the formats they have right now. For those who have HD Radios can listen to a satellite Smooth Jazz format on WLUP 97.9 HD-3. Otherwise, I don't see it returning.
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Smooth jazz is eventually going to transition to non-com, but it may take a while. I think it would be a good idea for WDCB to add some smooth jazz programs like, say, Rick Odell's "Sunday Brunch," but the jazz purists who support the station will start screaming bloody murder and threaten not to pledge. Sooner or later, though, the mainstream jazz audience is going to die off and non-com jazz stations will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the format (and offering a version without the AC vocals that bug the hardcore SJ audience).
 
Dave said:
Unless Crawford picks up the format, then I don't expect the format to return to an analog Chicago signal. The various owners of their stations seem to be happy with the formats they have right now. For those who have HD Radios can listen to a satellite Smooth Jazz format on WLUP 97.9 HD-3. Otherwise, I don't see it returning.
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Has anyone had any luck with HD3?...for me its terrible! At home with my ROOF anntena its stable. But in the car forget it. I'm halfway to the city before it stays on. (about 130th st. South)
 
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