KKJZ: The latest.....
From LARadio.com:
Saul and All That Jazz. California State University, Long Beach Foundation and Saul Levine’s newly formed Global Jazz, Inc., have signed a 10-year contract for the programming of KKJZ (88.1/fm). Under the contract K-JAZZ will be programmed as a mainstream jazz and blues station. As part of the agreement, Global Jazz will provide four $5,000 scholarships for CSULB students, offer four students paid internships and will make additional efforts to employ students as interns, volunteers and paid employees of the station. Global Jazz will also continue to offer the annual Blues Festival, a major KKJZ event, and will co-sponsor events at the university. The agreement was signed last Friday. “Our goal is to turn KKJZ into the nation’s number one public provider of jazz radio,” said Saul.
With a plan to closely identify the station with the university, Saul is no newcomer to jazz radio. Beginning in 1960, he carried a jazz format on KKGO 105.1/fm for 29 years. Saul has pledged that KKJZ will remain a mainstream jazz and blues station.
As far as funding the station, Saul explained: “There are two categories: the donations, which are the pledge drives and there is the sale of time, which is called underwriting, not advertising. We’ll be handling both of those.”
Kane Biscaya, the general sales manager, might be the busiest gm in town. “He’s got the greatest radio station, Country 105, now he’s got 88.1, KKJZ, and K-Mozart 1260. He’s just terrific. I just couldn’t be happier,” said Saul by phone yesterday.
Saul can announce his program director sooner than the April 21 take-over but a final deal has not been completed. “We all know there will be changes to the programming staff,” said Saul. “Some have already left on their own within the last few weeks. We’ll check the roster and determine those who we will retain.”
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From LARadio.com article: ‘As part of the agreement, Global Jazz will provide four $5,000 scholarships for CSULB students, offer four students paid internships and will make additional efforts to employ students as interns, volunteers and paid employees of the station.’
Since there is no Radio curriculum at CSULB, who will be getting these scholarships and internships?
I'm happy that my alma mater has finally given the operation of the college radio station to someone that actually knows what they're doing, but, unfortunately, any student wishing to learn radio will have to go to another institution that has a meaningful radio curriculum.
As much as it pains me as a graduate of CSULB, I would have to encourage students who want to learn radio to go to Cerritos College, which is operated by graduates of the ‘former’ CSULB radio program, Mt. San Antonio College, where KFWB's Phil Hulett [also a CSULB radio alum] is an instructor or attend CSULB Alumni Tim Keenan's voice over workshop at his 25 year long production house business - Creative Media in Cypress (http://creativemediarecording.com/news/workshop.asp). Of course there are many other fine institutions in Southern California that offer great radio programs, many of them discussed often in the pages of LARadio.com, but to not be able to point folks to my own school any longer is distressing. I might remember all this the next time the college calls for some more cash.” – Mike Stark
Saul and All That Jazz. California State University, Long Beach Foundation and Saul Levine’s newly formed Global Jazz, Inc., have signed a 10-year contract for the programming of KKJZ (88.1/fm). Under the contract K-JAZZ will be programmed as a mainstream jazz and blues station. As part of the agreement, Global Jazz will provide four $5,000 scholarships for CSULB students, offer four students paid internships and will make additional efforts to employ students as interns, volunteers and paid employees of the station. Global Jazz will also continue to offer the annual Blues Festival, a major KKJZ event, and will co-sponsor events at the university. The agreement was signed last Friday. “Our goal is to turn KKJZ into the nation’s number one public provider of jazz radio,” said Saul.
With a plan to closely identify the station with the university, Saul is no newcomer to jazz radio. Beginning in 1960, he carried a jazz format on KKGO 105.1/fm for 29 years. Saul has pledged that KKJZ will remain a mainstream jazz and blues station.
As far as funding the station, Saul explained: “There are two categories: the donations, which are the pledge drives and there is the sale of time, which is called underwriting, not advertising. We’ll be handling both of those.”
Kane Biscaya, the general sales manager, might be the busiest gm in town. “He’s got the greatest radio station, Country 105, now he’s got 88.1, KKJZ, and K-Mozart 1260. He’s just terrific. I just couldn’t be happier,” said Saul by phone yesterday.
Saul can announce his program director sooner than the April 21 take-over but a final deal has not been completed. “We all know there will be changes to the programming staff,” said Saul. “Some have already left on their own within the last few weeks. We’ll check the roster and determine those who we will retain.”
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From LARadio.com article: ‘As part of the agreement, Global Jazz will provide four $5,000 scholarships for CSULB students, offer four students paid internships and will make additional efforts to employ students as interns, volunteers and paid employees of the station.’
Since there is no Radio curriculum at CSULB, who will be getting these scholarships and internships?
I'm happy that my alma mater has finally given the operation of the college radio station to someone that actually knows what they're doing, but, unfortunately, any student wishing to learn radio will have to go to another institution that has a meaningful radio curriculum.
As much as it pains me as a graduate of CSULB, I would have to encourage students who want to learn radio to go to Cerritos College, which is operated by graduates of the ‘former’ CSULB radio program, Mt. San Antonio College, where KFWB's Phil Hulett [also a CSULB radio alum] is an instructor or attend CSULB Alumni Tim Keenan's voice over workshop at his 25 year long production house business - Creative Media in Cypress (http://creativemediarecording.com/news/workshop.asp). Of course there are many other fine institutions in Southern California that offer great radio programs, many of them discussed often in the pages of LARadio.com, but to not be able to point folks to my own school any longer is distressing. I might remember all this the next time the college calls for some more cash.” – Mike Stark
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