Save All Night Jazz on WUSF

All Night Jazz has always been appreciative of our local jazz talent – so much so they dedicated the opening segment of their 11 PM hour as the Eleven O’clock Local where they shared tracks from such Tampa Bay luminaries as John Lamb, James Suggs, Nate B Najar, Daniela Soledade, Whitney James, Ona Kirei, Alejandro…

By Ray Roa ( 10/18) Link to story A 56-year-old staple of the Tampa music scene heads to the grave on Halloween night when WUSF 89.7-FM pulls the plug on “All Night Jazz.” Today, WUSF’s General Manager JoAnn Urofsky told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that jazz on WUSF 89.7-FM “will be replaced with great public radio…

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, 10/21)

Cynthia Shellabarger I have been listening and loving All Night Jazz for decades. We need to keep music on the air. There is already too much talk radio. I need a break- Keep The Jazz show! Don Binder There’s already enough talk on the radio. And Jazz is an American art form, that people of…

It is apparent that this one public station has made it their duty to participate in the collective lowering of the societal intellect with their removal of large parts of the arts. Jazz is one of those things… no longer in the forefront yet wildly known as a true American Art Form. (Petition, 10/20)

(Facebook, 10/19)

So sad.. I grew up hearing WUSF when Vic Hall was around. Then all the years with Bob and you Mike. Listening on the way home from gigs.. I felt so connected to everyone up there.. going to be weird not hearing Jazz on the drive home.. (Facebook, 10/20)