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BBC Radio and Jazz FM collaborate on ‘pop-up’ station
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 29 September 2015
BBC Radio and Jazz FM have announced a collaboration on a temporary radio station to coincide with this year’s London Jazz Festival in November. Called BBC Music Jazz, it will air content from both broadcasters.
Available on digital radio, online and mobile, the three-day project will feature shows from presenters including Jamie Cullum, Clare Teal, Craig Charles, Helen Mayhew, Jez Nelson, and Claire Martin. As well as simulcasting BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Festival coverage, it will broadcast Jazz FM’s archive coverage of Ella Fitzgerald in concert from the 1990s.
And if you like voting for stuff, you’ll be pleased to know that there’ll be a poll to decide the 50 Greatest Jazz Figures.
BBC Music Editor James Stirling said in a statement: “I’m really pleased that we’re able to showcase the wide range of Jazz content available across the BBC and through working with Jazz FM, some rare archive. BBC Music Jazz will offer jazz fans and beginners alike something truly unique this autumn and demonstrates the power of BBC Music to bring audiences closer to the music they love”.
Jazz FM CEO Jonathan Arendt added: “It’s fantastic that jazz is bringing the BBC and commercial radio together in this unique collaboration. We know that the pop-up will introduce new audiences across the country to the wonders of jazz and the EFG London Jazz Festival. In our 25th anniversary year, we’re delighted to be working with the extraordinary teams from BBC Radio and Serious on this ground breaking digital station”.
BBC Music Jazz will be on air from 12-15 Nov.
