The BBC – Public Sector Radio, Jazz Policy and Structure in the Digital Age Presented by: Professor Stuart Nicholson Emma Kendon Chris Hodgkins Jazz Services Ltd 132 Southwark Street London SE1 0SW 020 7928 9089
[email protected] www.Jazzservices.org.uk September 2009 Table of Contents Preface 4 Foreword 5 1 Summary and Recommendations 7 2 Introduction 10 3 Jazz in the UK – A Vibrant National Jazz Scene 11 4 Radio 13 5 The Market for Jazz in the UK 15 6 Comparison of BBC’s Audience for Jazz to the Jazz Attender 21 and the General Population 7 BBC Policy in Relation to the Broadcasting of Jazz 23 8 BBC Radio 2 40 9 BBC Jazz Awards and Service Reviews 41 10 Jazz and Public Sector Broadcasting in Europe 42 11 BBC Radio and Value for Money 45 12 Options and Actions for Change 47 Endnotes 53 Appendix 54 Regional structure – national perspective The role of public radio in the German Jazz Scene 3 Preface The authors of this report are Professor Stuart Nicholson – lecturer, broadcaster, journalist and author of six books on jazz, including Is Jazz Dead: or Has It Moved to a New Address, Emma Kendon – trustee of Jazz Services Ltd and Chris Hodgkins – Director of Jazz Services Ltd. The foreword is by the Guardian jazz critic John Fordham. The authors acknowledge the research support of Paul Wilson of the British Library and the support of the Association of British Jazz Musicians. 4 Foreword In 2008’s ‘The Future of Jazz in Public Radio’ report, author Michael Rüsenberg wrote: “Jazz in radio has always had to deal with a bad image - too late, too short, too little, threatened by the next programme reform.” Rüsenberg was dealing with jazz presentation on public radio stations in Germany.