Save All Night Jazz on WUSF

Listener, via Reddit

Reddit thread Listening to “The other 9 to 5” inspired me to learn music, play in HS jazz band and have a lifelong love of the arts — stupidwhiteman42
Radio Insight

10/20 Link to story University of South Florida Public News/Talk 89.7 WUSF Tampa will drop the last remnants of its Jazz programming later this month. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay reports that “All Night Jazz” will be replaced by additional talk programming on October 31. General Manager JoAnn Urofsky told the publication, “The changes mean WUSF 89.7 will become…
Peter Boesen, Listener

Music is vital to balancing out the programming on wusf and any public radio station. To cancel the remaining 3 hours of All Night Jazz is a travesty and a disservice to your listeners. I hope that you reconsider. If enough people myself included cancel their membership then maybe you’ll reconsider. At the very least…
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Listener, via Reddit

Reddit thread Man, so many memories driving home after hanging out at a friend’s house until 1am, listening to All Night Jazz, just thinking about life and enjoying the music. You will be missed! — CTRL_S_Before_Render
Listener, via Reddit

Reddit threadAs a teenager, I would fall asleep to all night jazz. Several Christmas mornings, as the sky was beginning to turn blue, my sister and I would lay in bed listening to the Charlie Brown Christmas music playing over the radio tuned to WUSF. Listening to all night jazz is what made me a…
As WUSF looks to take All Night Jazz off the air, fans say it is a ‘huge loss’ (WLRN News)

(WLRN is the sister station of WUSFl; both are owned by the Florida Media Network)By Daniel Rivero (10/21) Link to story Starting Oct. 31, the All Night Jazz format will move to the digital Arts Axis Florida platform. A beloved WUSF jazz format that has been on the air for 56 years will soon go…
WUSF-FM cancels its jazz programming (St. Pete Catalyst)

By Bill DeYoung (10/19)Link to story Changes in programming are common at radio stations, but this week’s news that WUSF-FM was ditching its veteran late night jazz show resulted in a social media shock wave. Jazz has been a nightly presence, with local hosts, on the Tampa-based public radio station for 56 years. Until last…
WUSF to pull the plug on ‘All Night Jazz’ radio show (Tampa Bay Times)

The 56-year tradition of playing jazz music in the wee hours will end on Oct. 31, station managers said. By Sharon Kennedy Wynne (10/20) Link to story Public radio station WUSF 89.7-FM plans to pull the plug on “All Night Jazz,” a tradition that has endured for 56 years. Loyal fans of the “oasis” of…
There’s now a movement to save Tampa’s ‘All Night Jazz’ on WUSF 89.7-FM (Creative Loafing)

A petition has racked up more than 600 signatures in less than 24 hours. UPDATE 10/22 — The petition to save jazz on WUSF now has more than 2,000 signatures. By Ray Roa (10/20) Link to story Tampa’s WUSF 89.7-FM recently shared plans to move its 56-year-old “All Night Jazz” program off the air—and the community…