Save All Night Jazz on WUSF

From the Board of Directors, Tampa Jazz Club: Many Tampa Jazz Club members, and listeners throughout the Bay Area, have recently been alarmed at the news that WUSF, Tampa’s home for night-time jazz programming for 56 years – including many years of All Night Jazz – is dropping all hours of music programming effective October 31.…

As told to Bill DeYoung for a St. Pete Catalyst story“When I was there, the share – which is the percentage of audience that’s listening – was always Top Ten in that time frame,” Cornette said. “So I don’t understand what their logic is for getting rid of it, but I have a feeling they’ve…

I love WUSF All Night Jazz (Facebook, 10/24)

For those in our Tampa Bay area community and friends outside of our hometown, we want to say how disappointed and saddened we are that WUSF 89.7FM (our local NPR station) has decided to discontinue All Night Jazz from their programming. This is an immense loss to radio listeners and our larger music community. La…

Might have been the best “real music “ show in our community. Great programming and highly knowledgeable DJ’s . It will be greatly missed . Let’s all hope they bring it back soon ! (Facebook, 10/19)

I listen to All Night Jazz every night. I receive enough news throughout the day and early evening. My husband and I have been supporters of WUSF for many years but that support will stop if WUSF gets rid of my favorite evening listening. (Petition on Change.org)

I can’t live in a town that doesn’t have Jazz on the air. Please save this show… (Petition on Change.org)

When I was in my teen I lived in New Jersey where Jazz was ubiquitous on radio stations out of New York and the northeast, I was hooked and it helped shaped my musical tastes and sensibility . Still a teen I moved to the Tampa Bay Area in the early 60’s where jazz wasn’t…

All-Night Jazz became more than music to me over the years, it’s sweet tunes and amazing performances and late night conversations were a valued part of my life. Always lowered the lights and lit a candle with a good book and looked forward to the improvisation. Why is this going away?? Let the music play…

All night jazz is like an old comforting friend during quiet evening hours. I have learned a great deal about jazz over the years from listening to the program, which I otherwise would not have done so. I can even recognize certain songs and artists now, and have been inspired to check out the local…