About SmoothAtlanta.com
SmoothAtlanta.com
is Atlanta's newest Internet jazz radio station. Atlanta is rich
in the various musical genres in Atlanta. Over the last few
years, Atlanta’s musical reputation stems from the vast Hip-Hop
musicians who call Atlanta their home. But Hip-Hop is not the
only genre of music that represents Atlanta. Jazz music in
Atlanta, because of Atlanta’s rich artistic culture, has a very
strong presence and always has through the course of jazz
music’s existence. Because of that presence and culture,
Atlanta is home to many musically gifted local jazz artists such
as Hudson on Bass, Joey Sommerville, William Green, and PJ
Spraggins, just to name a few. Many of these artists are rarely
heard on the local broadcast radio stations but should be
because they represent the heart and soul of the jazz music
culture in Atlanta. Enter SmoothAtlanta’s call to arms and
reason for our existence.
SmoothAtlanta.com
began because the local artists of Atlanta, many of which have a
large audience following in Atlanta, as well as the Southeast;
are not heard regularly on local on-air broadcast radio
stations. SmoothAtlanta.com's primary focus is to
broadcast the music of jazz artists, both local and national,
who reside in the Atlanta area. These artists are outstanding in
their own rights but have little to no on-air broadcast radio
presence. In addition to broadcasting the finest jazz music in
the Southeast, we also broadcast nationally renowned artists
such as Jeff Lorber, Eric Darius, Euge Groove, Joe Sample, Kirk
Whalum, etc.
Since
SmoothAtlanta’s
debut broadcast on February 9, 2007, our growth and notoriety
has increased at the speed of sound. In SmoothAtlanta’s
first six months of broadcasting, we increased our listenership
from around 1056 in our first month to the current 400,000 (as of
July, 2008). Our listeners include not only a heavy local
listener base but stretch to all parts of the globe
including North American, South America, Europe, China, Russia,
Africa and Australia. Most of our listeners tune into
SmoothAtlanta on a daily basis.
SmoothAtlanta’s
other primary focus is to continue to tell the story of jazz.
Jazz is a form of music that originated from local musicians
telling their story through music. Many of those local
musicians went on to achieve national and international
notoriety such a Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis,
Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie, and Quincy
Jones, just to name a few. But because the story-tellers are
not being heard on the mainstream radio stations, the stories
jazz music tells is in danger of going silent. SmoothAtlanta’s
vision is to continue to tell the stories of through its
broadcast of the local and national artists.
We invite
you to visit us, take a listen and become one of the Smooth
listeners. At SmoothAtlanta.com, we know the
meaning of "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing,"
SmoothAtlanta.com is the premiere spot on the
Internet to hear the Smooth Sounds of the South!
SmoothAtlanta.com
is dedicated to broadcasting 360 programmed hours of the “Smooth
Sounds of the South.”
SmoothAtlanta.com
features primarily jazz artists living in and around the
Atlanta, Georgia area.
SmoothAtlanta.com
also features nationally recognized artists, however, the main
focus will always be geared towards featuring talented
artists in the Atlanta market.
Contact SmoothAtlanta
SmoothAtlanta.com
Norcross GA 30093
Office: 770-374-6865
Fax: 770-783-0754
We would love
to hear from you. Please contact us at:
smoothinfo@smoothatlanta.com
If you're an
artist and would like to have your CD played/featured on
SmoothAtlanta.com, please contact us at:
artistinfo@smoothatlanta.com
To contact the Program Director
for SmoothAtlanta.com, please contact us at:
programdirector@smoothatlanta.com
