Jazz Services - A voice for jazz

Below is a list of jazz radio shows and stations broadcasting in the UK, with links and information where available.  

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BBC Radio 2

Big Band Special
Monday, 21:30

The BBC Big Band in sessions & in concert around the UK.

Clare Teal
Sunday, 22:00

Clare Teal presents the best in big band sounds from the 1930s to the present day. 

Jamie Cullum
Tuesday, 19:00

Jamie Cullum showcases his love for all types of jazz and music rooted in jazz, from its heritage to its future. Featuring live sessions and guests from around the world.

 

BBC Radio 3

Geoffrey Smith’s Jazz
Sunday, 00:00

Geoffrey Smith shares his passion for jazz, through an exploration of its great writers, singers and players, as told from his own individual perspective.

Jazz Line-up
Sunday, 23:30

Programme exploring jazz music, focussing both on established, mainstream players and on the new generation of younger artists.

Jazz on 3
Monday, 23:00

Programme showcasing the pick of today's live jazz recordings, as well as talking to leading players, reviewing new releases and looking back over the history of the music

Jazz Record Requests
Saturday, 16:30

Alyn Shipton presents listener jazz requests. 

Late Junction
Tuesday to Thursday, 23:00

An eclectic mix of music, ranging from the ancient to the contemporary, including jazz, classical, world, electronic and more.

As of May 2012 BBC Radio 3’s Jazz Library programme has ceased recording, but further information can be found on the station’s website here.

BBC 6Music

Gilles Peterson
Saturday, 15:00

Joining the musical dots - soul, hip-hop, house, Afro, Latin, electronica, jazz and beyond.

 

BBC Radio Scotland

The Jazz House
Wednesdays, 20:05 (repeated Sundays, 20:05)

The latest selection of national and international jazz releases, peppered with some live music and roundtable guests.

 

BBC Radio Ulster 

After Midnight with Linley Hamilton
Mondays, 00:05

Linley Hamilton eases you into a new week with a selection of the best contemporary jazz.

Jazz Club
Sundays, 19:00

Walter Love presents some of the finest exponents of the art on record and tape.

 

BBC Hereford & Worcester

Jazz With John Hellings
Wednesday, 19:00

A selection of the best in jazz music.

 

BBC Radio Norfolk

The Late Paul Barnes
Saturdays, 23:00

Paul plays some fabulous tunes to ease you into Sunday morning, with a selection of jazz, blues and more.

 

BBC Radio Leeds

Gary Copley
Mondays,19:00

Big bands, vocals and jazz.

 

Jazz FM
www.jazzfm.com  

Jazz FM relaunched in 2008 as a DAB and online radio station, with a variety of content including jazz, soul, funk, easy-listening.  Jazz is programmed across the station’s network, but its main jazz content can be heard on Dinner Jazz on weekday nights (7pm), on The Yamaha Jazz Jam show on Sundays (1pm) and on The Cutting Edge (10pm).

 

UK Jazz Radio
www.ukjazzradio.com

UK Jazz Radio was established to promote and develop jazz in the UK by providing a new and vibrant listening opportunity on-air, on-line and live at venues and giving new and established British musicians new playing and promotion opportunities. This online station features 24 hours of programming from stalwarts of the British jazz scene such as Brian Soundy, Frank Griffith, Mornington Lockett and Digby Fairweather.  

 

The Jazz Show online
www.thejazzshowonline.com

Weekly jazz show and podcast featuring news, reviews, interviews and more, broadcast on Global City Radio and Hayes FM 91.8 in London on Sundays, 8-9pm.

 

Longside Radio
Jazz Time with Alun Jones

Sundays, 21:00.  Regional digital station based in Worcestershire.

 

Future Radio
Here Me Talkiin' To Ya
Sundays, 1pm - 2pm / Mondays 12midnight - 1am

Tony Cleary presents the Norfolk-based station's weekly jazz show, broadcast from 1pm - 2pm on Sunday afternoons and repeated in the late-night Mondays.  New releases and classics all featured, as well as interviews and local gigs.

 

102.5 The 'Bridge
Jazz Kaleidoscope
Mondays, 9pm - 11pm

Covering Stourbridge and the Black Country, Alan Musson's Jazz Kaleidoscope show covers a range of genres within jazz.

 

Croydon Radio
JazzBeat
Thursdays, 2pm - 3pm

Liv Fernandes presents Croydon Radio's JazzBeat.  The show features jazz, blues and Latin music and welcomes fortnightly guests, who have previously included the likes of Kai Hoffman, Jason Yarde, Trudy Kerr and Clare Teal.  There are local gigs listings and the odd competition as well as a weekly podcast - more info at http://www.croydonradio.com/.

 

Cambridge105
Jazz Today
Alternate Sundays, 4pm - 6pm

Pete Butchers presents a fantastic selection of contemporary jazz from around the world, together with a run-down of jazz events coming up in the city.  The show is broadcast live in the Cambridge area on 105FM and online at http://cambridge105.fm/