Article of the Day

First, KPCC gets sold and the good music booted out and replaced by talk talk talk. Now KXJZ is to be sold as well. Public radio should be about music, not money.

At least KCSN (Cal State Northridge): is still around. Favorite shows on KCSN (all times Pacific):

• The Swingin' Years with Chuck Cecil--Saturday afternoons 2 to 6 o'clock (Pacific)
• John's Attic--Friday night/Saturday morning, midnight to 3am
• A Long Long Time Ago--Saturday night/Sunday morning Midnight to 3 a.m.
• Meet the Beatles--Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
• The Kahuna's Greenroom--Friday nights 9-12 midnight

See the LA Times article:

Straight-ahead jazz may lose its KKJZ-FM gig
By Martin Miller, Times Staff Writer
Is classic jazz radio — at least in the Los Angeles area — headed for oblivion? That's what the jazz community fears now that KKJZ-FM's (88.1) license-holder, California State University Long Beach Foundation, has launched a search for new management at the public radio station.Five local radio companies, with roots in genres as diverse as classical music and urban contemporary, have been asked to submit proposals on how they'd run the station that broadcasts to much of Los Angeles, Orange County and the inland Empire, as well as to the nation at large via the Internet. They include KCRW-FM (89.9), KUSC-FM (91.5), Southern California Public Radio, Taxi Productions Inc. and Pacific Public Radio, which currently operates KKJZ.

"KKJZ is a very famous jazz station and there aren't many more around like them," said Frank Sinatra Jr., son of the singing legend, and a professional musician who lives in West Los Angeles. "[Straight-ahead] jazz is the biggest music in the world, except in the country it was created. It would be such a big loss if they stopped playing jazz. That station is the last lighthouse in the fog."

A move away from the station's 25-year-old format that features classic or "straight-ahead" jazz greats like Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane would mirror the national pattern. Former classic jazz stations in Detroit and Chicago have recently scaled back their classic offerings while introducing new musical genres in hopes of attracting more listeners. The only other major-market classic jazz station with a professional staff is WBGO-FM in Newark, N.J.While classic jazz's fan base is shrinking and aging, so-called "smooth" jazz outlets, with a more contemporary, saxophone-rich sound, have enjoyed a steady rise in popularity and financial success at commercial stations like CBS Radio-owned KTWV-FM (94.7) of Southern California.