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WBGO Launches Ad Campaign and Social Media Contest #MakeJazz In NJ & NY

8/29/2013

 

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Launches Media Campaign
with Billboards and Kiosks in New Jersey 

and New York

Varick Street Billboard Sparks Friendly Controversy
and Host-An-Hour Social Media Contest


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NEWARK, NJ, August 29, 2013 – Do you want to be a guest DJ on WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM?  Here’s how: Find WBGO ads on telephone kiosks, street pole banners, billboards and digital billboards located throughout New Jersey and in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including by the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. Before midnight on September 9, post pictures of one of the station’s ads on Facebook or Twitter and tag it with #makejazz. Everyone who posts a picture is eligible to win a WBGO Host-An-Hour. As co-host, the winner can work with his/her favorite WBGO DJ, select songs from the extensive music catalog, and go ON-THE-AIR LIVE! At the end, the guest host will go home with a CD of the hour-long hosting experience. 


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WBGO/Actors Fund Benefit: Lady Day w/Dee Dee Bridgewater + Hostess Jessye Norman

8/28/2013

 

WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM and The Actors Fund
Host A Special Benefit Performance
of new Billie Holiday Musical Lady Day
Starring Dee Dee Bridgewater

Tuesday, September 24, 7:00 pm
at Little Shubert Theatre

Renowned Opera Star JESSYE NORMAN
to Serve as Honorary Chair and Hostess of Benefit

Tickets On Sale Now
Previews Begin September 19 ● Opening Slated for October 3


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NEWARK, NJ, August 28, 2013 – Don’t miss an exclusive Jazz and Broadway experience when WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM joins forces with The Actors Fund to host a special benefit performance of Lady Day, the new musical about Billie Holiday starring Tony and multiple Grammy® Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater on Tuesday, September 24, at 7:00 pm at the Little Shubert Theatre, 422 West 42nd Street (between 9th & 10th Avenues) in New York City. Tickets for Lady Day are on sale now.


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Newport Festivals Foundation 2013 Recap; Get Ready for the 60th in 2014!

8/20/2013

 

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™
Celebrates Successful 2013 Newport Jazz Festival®
Amid Plans for 60th Anniversary 

Set for August 1 – 3, 2014

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Wayne Shorter
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Esperanza Spalding
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Jon Batiste
NEWPORT, RI, August 20, 2013 – Imagine celebrating your 59th anniversary with over 17,000 people of all generations and walks of life. And now imagine that it’s during a summer weekend in one of the most scenic locations on earth. And lastly, picture the soundtrack to that weekend coming from some of the greatest jazz musicians from around the globe. If you can picture that, you can picture the 59th Newport Jazz Festival® Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management.

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Josh Jackson Named WBGO's New VP of Content

8/19/2013

 

Josh Jackson Named 
WBGO Vice President of Content

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NEWARK, NJ, August 19, 2013 – Josh Jackson has been named to the newly-created position of Vice President of Content of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, it was announced today by Amy Niles, the station’s Acting President and CEO. Jackson, who continues as host of WBGO’s hour-long music magazine, The Checkout, was previously Special Projects Producer.

“I am pleased to name Josh as our Vice President of Content,” said Niles. “This new position reflects the evolving nature of WBGO as both a creator and distributor of content for our communities of Jazz and News. Josh has a keen understanding and respect for the past, present and future of jazz. He is the personification of WBGO’s mission to continue the vibrancy of this music as a cultural art form and his enthusiasm for broadcasting is contagious.”



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