"Talkin' All That Jazz"

I've lost access to the outside world in my room in halls once again so I've taken refuge in the Harrow library much to my inconvinience. I'm really bad at being specific at things, especially as when I'm using the internet I like to be lying down although on the seating areas here you can just about get away with it if you lie on your stomach.

Eighteen months after Jazz FM bit the dust a new station is set to launch on DAB called "The Jazz". It's a national station that's set to do for jazz what Classic FM did for classical music although I'm positive that it will be more successfull than the original Jazz FM as it's broadcasting across the UK rather than London and the North West. It sounds as if it's going to look at the full spectrum of the genre from Miles Davis and Cannonball Adderly, to more contemporary performers such Pat Metheny and David Sanborn. Oh and Jamie Cullum.
I'm hoping they'll introduce specialist shows with smooth instrumental jazz such as George Benson and Lee Ritenour although it looks as if they're going to be covered on the station's own Myspace.

As for Smooth FM the London station has been given the green light from OFCOM to change it's format to change it's format to cater for the over 50s with an easy listening format.
Bearing in mind TheJazz is taking Primetime's channel on DAB the timing's lucky despite that the fact that London's Smooth FM still hasn't made any profit and has lower listening figures than it did when it was still Jazz FM.

OFCOM seem to be allowing any format changes to take place in radio nowadays which I'm certain the IBA wouldn't have allowed back in the days they were in charge.