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JD The Jazz Doctor wrote:

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From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 11/24/04:
ALL THAT JAZZ
Fans will miss great radio station

Sadly, but understandably, Milwaukee Public Schools has decided to rid itself of the financial burden of WYMS-FM (WYMS-FM deal nearly complete, Nov. 17). This radio station delighted jazz fans for several decades and added a touch of much-needed class to an otherwise overbearingly corporate and classless FM dial.

The argument was: Why is my tax money going to support a jazz radio station that the school runs, while meanwhile more than half the kids in MPS high schools drop out? I cant argue with that.

But it certainly was nice to have jazz music broadcast on the dial. Jazz is a music lesson, a history lesson and a lesson in refinement. One cant argue that kids these days couldnt use more of these lessons.

A viable and growing alternative to corporate radio is small Internet broadcasters that air an endless variety of music, for free, and most without a ton of commercials. Those who miss the good old days of a live local deejay in the studio would likely enjoy the Sunday evening jazz programming at freezeframeradio.com, for example. This little station operates from West Allis and claims to have listeners worldwide.

That this station exists locally, and that there is a live deejay taking requests and listening to the music along with me, gives me hope that the jazz community in Milwaukee will live on and truly remain a community.

 

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