Featured Station: Smooth Jazz by Mr. Radio

Smooth Jazz by Mr. Radio was created back in March 2011 to open a new portal to the sounds of Smooth Jazz. Before Smooth Jazz, the Dallas/Fort Worth got it’s fill of cool sounds from a terrestrial station called “The Oasis”. Sadly, the parent company decided to change its programming and left the listening community empty handed.

At this time, Mr. Radio decided to start his own radio station help keep smooth jazz alive to listeners in the area.

The music heard on “Smooth Jazz by Mr. Radio” is taken from Mr. Radio’s personal collection of music; Artists such as Pieces Of A Dream, Kim Waters, Ronny Jordan, Lee Ritenour, and Candy Dulfer are just some of the many well know musicians that are played on the station. In addition, Mr. Radio has found a number of new and upcoming artists who he believes are on the way to stardom.

Mr. Radio takes great pride in his music and even attributes his stage name to the song “Mr. Radio” by Soulride. “The selection process for songs that are played is based on my feeling when I hear the song for the first time. In a lot of cases, it does not take more than a minute to feel the vibe of the songs. Many artists portray certain musical techniques in their music such as syncopation (Jeff Lorber) catch my eye quickly along with the crafty ways each artist wraps their own touch to the songs they produce”.

Since March of this year, Mr. Radio’s journey as a new broadcaster on the internet has truly been packed with many enjoyable moments. “The numerous comments I get from the listeners is exciting and inspiring. It has been even more surprising to be contacted by artists about getting me to listen to their music and consider playing their music on the station.” One of the artists, Sylvia Bennett, happened to be a Grammy Award nominee!

Mr. Radio is passionate about his station, and continues to grow his audience. “Smooth Jazz with Mr. Radio gives the artists the chance to get more exposure and I as a broadcaster to have the confidence that I do select good music for one’s ears”.

Featured Station: Jingletown Jazz

Jingletown Jazz- JJIR, has been bringing smooth jazz to internet radio listeners since 2007. Originally getting its name from the artist community “Jingletown” located in Oakland, Jingletown Jazz Radio has boasted Free Airplay & Free Promotions to indie artists, as well as helping the world-wide community with autism awareness.

“On Air Personality” Louie Marxx has been running the operation for 4 years, and has enjoyed the constant flow of new artists and music. "There are so many new and undiscovered indie smooth jazz artists that are on their way to success, they just need the airplay to be discovered by the public and that’s where I come in." To assist them, platforms like Airplay Direct, NoisyPlanet and Music Submit all have contributed airplay of various indie smooth jazz artists to Louie Marxx’s smooth jazz radio network.

Currently, JJIR features a “Smooth Jazz Artist of the Month” which has included teenage saxophone star Vincent Ingala, and guitarist Joel Del Rosario. Another recent addition is, "Slow Jams" with Host Kevin “Slow Jammin” James.

As a radio host, Louie believes that Jingletown Jazz will be an added luxury to the very many already established stations here in San Francisco and Northern CA. “I hope to introduce many artists to our station with airplay as well as hope to see many more stations like mine start up.” Until then, you may listen to the cool sounds of Jingletown Jazz on Live365, or in iTunes Radio under Jingletown Jazz-JJIR!

Visit Jingletown Jazz here.