British jazz digital radio station that started Christmas Day of 2006
theJazz
Broadcast area
United Kingdom
Frequency
Sky Digital: 0113 Virgin Media: 961
Programming
Format
Jazz
Ownership
Owner
GCap Media
History
First air date
25 December 2006
Last air date
31 March 2008
Links
Website
thejazz.com
theJazz was a British jazz digital radio station run by GCap Media that started on Christmas Day of 2006[1] on Digital One, DAB ensemble, Sky Digital, Virgin Media,[2] and the internet.[3]
The station played blues and traditional and modern jazz[2] and stopped broadcasting on 31 March 2008 on DAB. The station was a generic automated two-hour loop on Sky, Virgin, and online without disc jockeys.[4] This was closed down and removed from Sky and Virgin on 3 November. Chill started on Digital TV using theJazz's old channel numbers on both Sky and Virgin.
^Xmas Day launch for GCap Jazz Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Published by Radio Today on 28 November 2006. Accessed 28 November 2006.
^ abGCap Media Press Release for theJazz. Released 28 November 2006. Accessed 28 November 2006.
^Welsh, James. GCap's jazz station gets Christmas launch, published by Digital Spy on 28 November 2006. Accessed November 29, 2006.
^Sherwin, Adam (2008-05-02). "Jazz station wins record audience after scrapping DJs". The Times. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
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