links for 2007-10-27

JACK fm Oxfordshire : playing what we want

The Jack radio format - ultramixed adult contemporary music, no DJs - arrives in the UK, with Paul Darrow (Avon - Blake’s 7) doing the links. Really rather good - just gone from the Kaiser Chiefs to Ian Dury…

(tags: radio music)
Wikipedia: Jack FM

“Stations using the ‘Jack’ name are very strictly licensed by the format’s owner, Big Sticks Broadcasting. There are several terms that the station must agree to, one of them being the fact that disc jockeys are not to be used for at least the first few m

(tags: kill_the_dj)
GU Organgrinder: “Want to choose your own songs… buy an iPod”

3.57pm: “Jack FM - it’s what Oxfordshire’s been waiting for - well, that and an Ikea.” And it’s into an ad break, the first and last of the hour.

(tags: radio jackfm)