It is one of six radio properties in the Memphis market held by Entercom; the others are WMC-FM, WMC-AM, WMFS, WLFP, and WMFS-FM. Although it isn’t 24/7, WKCR at 89.9 is IMO, has the best jazz programming in NYC. The BEST! I remember the likes of Angela Bofill who had such an incredible voice or Anita Baker and other great ladies of jazz. WKCR is on New Year’s resolution list. When she’s on I’m guaranteed to hear something from back in the day! New York Jazz Radio in the 70s on L.I. Bob James, Patty Austin, and a long list of other great players in the band. WKHK which went by the name Kick-FM, sure felt like a kick in the ass to the abandoned fans of WRVR. I was luck for having the chance of recording, in 1980, 2 cassetes tape of the music played at this beloved nyc jazz radio station. LISTEN LIVE At Work Or While You Surf. Cool Peg / 08.05.2012 5 mins in and lovin’ the tunes! Im 72 now and still love jazz but WRVR will always live on in my mind even though its been long gone! What a joy that station was. If I could start a radio station myself, it would sound an awful lot like WRVR. WBGO has gained some momentum the past few years with its web presence, and the programming is diverse and very solid. Owned by Entercom, the station's studios are located in Southeast Memphis, and the transmitter tower is in Cordova, Tennessee, outside Memphis. No advertising or corporate sponsorship and infrequent fund raising. And the interviews they had with popular jazz artists. When I heard Country music playing I too thought somehow the WRVR station had drifted off and I would just tune it back in and be back to normal. Do you still have tapes of the show from 1980? I’ve listened to WKCR, which broadcasts from Columbia University, but I had forgotten about it because of the limited broadcast area. The station was deluged with calls from irate listeners. I’ll give them a listen…. And jazz radio is losing another name – i just read on one of the boards that the great Les Davis retiring after tomorrow night’s show on Sirius-XM Real Jazz 67 – the end of an era . All I remember is it was the weekend, and it was surreal. You can hear some of the old commercials on the Joe Bev feeds entitled “Hour of Jazz” found elsewhere on this blog. New York area listeners are sure to recognize Rob’s voice as having hosted the best of Straight Ahead Jazz, Fusion and Latin Music on some of the city’s most popular radio stations of the 1970s and 80s — WRVR, WBGO, WQCD and KISS-FM, whose Pop audience Rob introduced to jazz. ( Log Out /  + = Operated by Urban One under a local marketing agreement; sale pending. 104.5 originally aired religious oriented programs with the call letters WTCV, later they were easy listening with the call letters WAID. Surreal is such an understatement. They will get no argument from me. I could have write this article , I was so panicked and lost when the station came off the air ! someone here at somehow jazz was A WRVR jazz radio fan back when… Alec / 15.05.2012 LIKE! A friend’s father was an avid listener to WRVR back in the 1960s. In January 2018, longtime Memphis radio morning show host Ron Olson, from sister station WMC-FM ("FM100"), switched to mornings on WRVR. If anyone is looking for a program director – contact me. Could there have been so few of us who cared, because it seemed like there were a lot of people passionate about WRVR. WRVR (104.5 FM, branded "The River 104.5") is an adult contemporary radio station broadcasting in Memphis, Tennessee. Mar 18, 2012 - Les Davis, WRVR-FM. Glad to hear he influenced you in a positive way Joe. Were there legal or copyright laws that forced you to close down RVRJazz.com? ( Log Out /  I have to dissent – ‘BGO may be the station that is STILL holding up the standard after all these years – BUT it was WRVR that showed radio programmers the RIGHT way to do jazz radio (‘QCD failed miserably) – anybody remember Roger (aka Rogelio) Dawson’s Sunday Latin jazz show on ‘RVR? WRVR Digital Collection. “Just Jazz” and “Jazz in Drive Time” were broadcast on WRVR (106.7 FM), in the Riverside Church on the upper west side of Manhattan. The station offers a mix of contemporary and traditional jazz, as well as a sampling of fusion, Blues, Latin, and new age Jazz. Poison21, thanks for the tip. To understand the state of Jazz in America today, I’ll recount a story I read a few years ago in a local newspaper. It was a moment in time that has never been recreated. The WRVR-FM Collection in the AAPB spans the years 1961-1973 and includes 1,072 Just Jazz with Ed Beach episodes, as well as 2,443 other recordings that resided at Riverside. I’ve researched podcasts to create canned content, but any prerecorded music that can be downloaded is a no-no. (The WRVR calls were moved to a radio station in Memphis, TN, that had once been owned by Viacom, but is now owned by Entercom.) Please see the details here: https://americanarchivepb.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/historic-wrvr-fm-archives-to-be-digitized-preserved-and-made-available-in-the-american-archive-of-public-broadcasting/. It felt like a funeral of a dear friend and no one told you they had passed. I tuned in and heard pipe organ, which was a little too Baroque for my taste. The "WRVR" call letters previously belonged to an FM jazz station in New York City broadcasting at 106.7 FM from 1961 to 1980. The Riverside Church used to own WRVR, the only all-jazz radio station in town, but last summer asked the Federal Communications Commission for permission to … The f.y.e. The first jazz radio station to attempt to reach an audience beyond hardcore jazz fans full-time was New York's WRVR-FM, which was acquired by Sonderling Broadcasting in 1976. Teens and 20-somethings bought a lot of records, but the station also attracted an older audience which had more disposable income and should have appealed to sponsors of big-ticket items like cars and appliances. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Her musical roots began in Harlem, as a music major, at the High School of Music and Art. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Time has given me perspective as well, and we come from a similar starting point. On April 23, 1975, it switched formats to MOR with the call letters WQUD and was branded "Quad 104." to be devoid of a jazz station…well, lets just leave it at that. (For Your Entertainment) store in a nearby mall received complaints that adult videos were being openly displayed on shelves where they could be easily viewed by minors or other customers who might be offended by their content. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Highly recommend giving it a listen. After strong protest from the New York City jazz community the format change was blocked keeping WRVR as a jazz … May 24, 2007 #5 John1 said: One of the most interesting things about that day was Kick 106 kept some of the longtime jazz jocks like Les Davis doing country - one of the more laid-back, mellow country stations ever! Audiophile quality jazz radio features the best cuts from jazz funk, fusion and other contemporary genres of jazz. WRVR came under a lot of criticism in its heyday for the type “jazz” they played; many didn’t consider it jazz at all. For those of us who became fans of the station, we were  immensely loyal, but the hybrid never grew the audience needed to make the station financially viable, so without warning, at 12:00 P.M. on September 8, 1980 Jazz station WRVR became country station WKHK. I think I should open up the conversation in a post to get some feedback and suggestions from other fans of WRVR. WBGO is the current standard by which all jazz stations should be measured. His former WMC-FM co-host Karen Perrin joined him again as a morning show partner on WRVR. But yeah listening to all the genres of Jazz was special and such a joy. Is it your audition, or one of the deejays from the station? Thanks for stopping by Andrea, to share your thoughts on our beloved station. While every other teenager was listening to WKTU, I woke up to Les Davis. On April 23, 1975, they switched formats to MOR with the call letters WQUD and were called Quad 104. RadioDiscussions is a board about radio and electronic media. When I eventually found out about the overnite ‘massacre’ I was truly broken. It was a vibrant public radio station, which eventually went the way of similar beloved venues. I’m pleased that there are still so many fans of the old station. willfmcc@comcast.com, I bet every fan of WRVR has thought about recreating the station in one form or another. The names at the bottom of the program list, Herschel, G. Keith Alexander, Batt Johnson, and especially the signature voice of the station, Les Davis, were true characters. The station's license is currently held by Entercom Communications. They will get no argument from me. Thanks for visiting and sharing your memories Elliot. Listen To Smooth Jazz 102.7, A Radio Station Based In New York. NY. No other station has 24 hour annual Birthday broadcasts (16 currently). I think a bit of a warning would have been nice. There are plenty of internet radio Jazz stations dedicated to all genres of jazz, but I think for the sake of crossing into all sphere’s of radio and listening, jazz needs to make a comeback to commercial radio for those who enjoy it and are willing to invest in it. Let me know if you’re interested. WBGO in Newark is public radio. Van Jay hosted the midnight show and he opened every night with a theme song....an instrumental... and it was a tenor sax. LOC holds tapes from “Just Jazz with Ed Beach,” broadcast on WRVR, which will be added to the nominated collection for digitization. Only it must have been a different time in the morning, as my clock radio clicks on, and I hear Les Davis say, “and here’s one from Johnny Cash.” I’m glad you recall the date. Everyone wondered what had become of Ed Beach. We are contemporaries, which means we represented the largest demographic group at the time. The philosophy was that the new format would appeal to a larger audience while exposing them to more traditional styles of Jazz. I’m in the process of converting it to digital format. An abandoned building was purchased where they started broadcasting 18 hours of jazz a day in the shadow of WRVR, a commercial jazz station in New York City. This Tennessee radio station–related article is a stub. I still hold out hope for the resurgence of Jazz as popular music in America, and for an environment to spawn the WRVR for future generations of Jazz fans. Site powered by Weebly. There used to be a radio station in NYC in the early 70s, WRVR (100 or so on the FM dial), that was broadcast from the Riverside Church uptown. Les Davis was one of the signature voices of ‘RVR. WRVR broadcasts in the HD Radio format.[1]. Prior to Entercom, the stations were owned by CBS Radio until 2006. I really enjoy the “Saturday Rhythm Revue” with Felix Hernandez, and “Evening Jazz” hosted by Nicole Sweeney. About WUMR. It’s really a shame a Jazz format is not anywhere on the FM dial 24/7 that is anywhere near to WRVR or CD101.9. They were funny, dedicated to the music, and genuinely loved their work and their listeners. I will try do provide it for my friends who miss that jazz station as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by to share your experience Andrew. It was also the sister station at the time of WDIA (which is where the former WAID call letters—in reverse—came from). Change ), or...Join the 7.4 billion readers ignoring this blog, https://americanarchivepb.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/historic-wrvr-fm-archives-to-be-digitized-preserved-and-made-available-in-the-american-archive-of-public-broadcasting/, WKCR – “The Original FM” – Four Square Miles of Noise, https://foursquaremiles.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/wrvr-jazz-sunday-salsa-show/, Follow Four Square Miles of Noise on WordPress.com, WRVR Jazz - Sunday Salsa Show - Celia Cruz. In October 2017, morning show hosts Mike Montana and Mandy Morgan exited WRVR, leaving a rare opening during the morning-drive timeslot. Thanks for stopping by Will, and for the nod to Snarky Puppy. Growing up in Brooklyn in the late 70's, while everyone was listening to Disco, Soul and Top-40, I became a fan of New York's legendary radio station, WRVR-FM.
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