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One Liners - quickfire news from the music business • 2 min read

One Liners: Ghetts, Mxmtoon, Warner Music Finland + more

Warner Music Finland hires Jukka Immonen; Simon Phillips moves to Jazz FM; new releases from Paloma Faith and Ghetts; Liam Gallagher ‘Definitely Maybe’ tour, Smashing Pumpkins co-headline tour, Mxmtoon London show…

Andy Malt • 16 Oct 2023

Business News • 2 min read

Jazz FM and BBC Radio 3 announce joint broadcasts to mark 30th anniversary of the London Jazz Festival

Jazz FM and BBC Radio 3 will air Clive Myrie's Ten Essential Jazz Albums series during the 30th London Jazz Festival, 11-20 November.…

Andy Malt • 07 Nov 2022

Business News • 1 min read

Bauer stations launch show exploring intersection of classical and jazz

Bauer's Scala Radio and Jazz FM have launched 'Jazz Meets Classical', a six-part series in which presenters explore links between the two genres.…

Chris Cooke • 10 Jan 2022

Business News • 1 min read

Jazz FM launches new jazz-themed comedy show

Jazz FM has launched The Cabinet Of Jazz, a comedy series hosted by Marcus Brigstocke in which guests choose a jazz cabinet as US president for a week.…

Chris Cooke • 13 Oct 2021

Business News • 1 min read

Bauer launches premium music radio service

Bauer Media has launched a £3.99 monthly subscription radio service offering ad-free stations, on-demand shows and the ability to skip tracks on its Scala, Jazz FM, Planet Rock and Kerrang! Radio brands.…

Andy Malt • 06 May 2021

Business News • 1 min read

Jazz FM chief moves to make it a stand alone company

Richard Wheatly is planning a management buyout to spin Jazz FM off from the Local Radio Company as a separate digital-only company.…

CMU Editorial • 09 Jan 2009

Media

Jazz FM returns

Jazz FM has returned on DAB in London, Glasgow, the North West, the West Midlands and South Wales, relaunched by Richard Wheatly under a licence from GMG Radio.…

CMU Editorial • 07 Oct 2008

Deals

LRC licence Jazz FM name, station returns to digital

The Local Radio Company will relaunch Jazz FM on digital networks in four areas, licensing the name from GMG Radio, with presenter-based shows returning.…

CMU Editorial • 30 Jun 2008

Obituaries

Campbell Burnap dies

Jazz trombonist and former radio presenter Campbell Burnap, known as 'Mr Charm', has died aged 68 from cancer.…

CMU Editorial • 03 Jun 2008

Music industry legal news coverage • 1 min read

Smooth has to keep the jazz

Ofcom has ruled that GMG Radio's Smooth stations in London and Manchester must keep their jazz programming, rejecting a proposal to cut it.…

CMU Editorial • 24 Apr 2008

Music industry legal news coverage • 1 min read

Jazz FM relaunch irrelevant to Smooth FM rejig proposals

Media regulator OfCom says Smooth Radio cannot drop its jazz commitments simply because parent GMG plans a digital jazz station, and will review the proposal in isolation.…

CMU Editorial • 18 Mar 2008

Media • 1 min read

Jazz FM returns on digital

GMG Radio plans to relaunch Jazz FM as a DAB digital station, after GCap closed its digital jazz service theJazz.…

CMU Editorial • 29 Feb 2008