A busy week… to say the least

I think it’s fair to say it’s been a busy week.

Getting the station on air on Monday night was an incredible moment… and to hear Sarah Ward on air again with that particular blend of music was something very special – driving home later that night listening to Late Lounge on DAB in London was also a weird experience – the planning, creativity and hard work of so many people has come together and, although you may think I’m biased – I think it sounds great.

One thing I wasn’t prepared for – no-one can agree on the meaning of Jazz!  I think I’ll leave that to the programme team…

Over the next few weeks, once things are stable and we’ve ironed out any of the little glitches, we’re going to start looking at the technology behind this great station and what else it can deliver for you… and we’ll start the thoughts and discussions here.  We’re making embryonic use of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr – we’ve got people working on last.fm for you as well and a host of other ways in which we can develop a great station with our listeners.

We’re working on the glitches with the player – just to say we’re aware of issues with that page itself and our developer is working on it.

Our online audience is growing daily – it’s great to be able to see the real stats rather than putting our fingers in the air and relying on someone filling in a little book.  Whether you’re listening on Sky, DAB or online – the programme team would welcome your comments on the output to team@jazzfm.com.

Look out – our appearance on the Freesat EPG is imminent – watch press for details!  As I’ve said before, anyone with half an eye for the detail can probably add it themselves to any FTA receiver – but we like EPGs.  And Freesat is a particularly exciting platform, I feel.

OK – with that great Zero 7 track ringing in my ears, I feel it may be time to catch a moment’s sleep.