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I.C. Jazz Festival Broadcast Labor Day

Join us Labor Day for our annual rebroadcast of the Iowa City Jazz Festival.

If you were there, you remember just how great a weekend it was with unforgettable musical moments from national headliners like the U.S. Army Blues Band, Bob Washut's Dream Band, Gabriel Espinoza, Roswell Rudd, Lake Street Dive, Paul Smoker and fine regional acts including Equilateral, Koplant No, Public Property and others.

If you missed any of these great performances, here's your chance to catch every one in its entirety.

Our 15 hours of coverage will include KCCK's exclusive backstage interviews with the major artists.

Monday, Sept. 6, from 9 a.m. until midnight.


CD and Record Sale September 18

It's time again for KCCK's annual CD and Record Sale, Saturday, Sept. 18, from 9 a.m. till noon at the KCCK studios in Linn Hall on the Kirkwood campus.

We'll have hundreds of jazz CDs, along with blues, new age, worldbeat, even some rock and pop and collectible 78s. These are extras, duplicates and donations from members. Prices start at just 50 cents per disc.

The sale is open only to KCCK members, but you can join at the sale.

Tour the KCCK studios and enjoy coffee and refreshments.

You can also donate used CDs or records for a possible tax decution.


New Weeknight Lineup

KCCK is now giving you a chance to catch your favorite weekend programs a second time. We're offering a rebroadcast of Jazz Corner of the World, Gentle Jazz and Smooth Brunch Weekday evenings.

Hear the previous weekend's Jazz Corner of the World Monday evenings at 7, Gentle Jazz Tuesdays at 7 and the Smooth Brunch right after the Wednesday Special. Perfect if your schedule doesn't allow you to listen on the weekend or you just want to enjoy a show again.

Join Craig Kessler, Bob Naujoks, Ron Adkins and Doug Jackson live on the weekends or weekday evenings.


Bob Stewart Wins National Award

KCCK's Bob Stewart was named Small Market Programmer of the Year at the annual JazzWeek Awards.

KCCK's Music and Program Director has now earned the award three times (2004, 2008, 2010). Bob was chosen based on the votes of readers of JazzWeek and participants in JazzWeek's Jazz Programmers' Mailing List.

In 2004 KCCK also won the Small Market Station of the Year honor from JazzWeek.

The JazzWeek Summit is held annually by JazzWeek, which publishes the national airplay chart for jazz radio, based on measured airplay data provided by Mediaguide.


Schoolhouse Jazz Wins ICKY Award

KCCK's "Schoolhouse Jazz" was honored during the 4th Annual Iowa Cultural Corridor Awards for Innovation and Excellence. The elementary jazz education program received the ICKY in the Educational Category.

The project introduces elementary school students to jazz music and shows how it has influenced American culture through live performance, narration and interaction with musicians. KCCK was also nominated for the Reaching Out Collaborative Award for the "Corridor Jazz Project."

In 2007, "Jazz Under the Stars won the Excellence and Innovation in Music Programming ICKY.


Listen To KCCK Anywhere!

You can now listen to Iowa's Jazz Station anywhere you have Wi-Fi or iPhone service!

KCCK now has its very own application in the itunes App Store. Search "KCCK" or go to this link. Our HD-2 service, The Iowa Channel, is up with its App as well. Search "Iowa Channel" or visit this link.

Development of both of these cool, custom-branded apps was made possible through a grant from the Iowa Arts Council.


Donate Your Used Car to KCCK

Thinking about selling your car, boat, motorcycle, truck, or other vehicle? Donate it to KCCK instead!

Take part in our Vehicle Donation Program and support the radio programs you love on KCCK and receive a tax deduction when you itemize your return. All you need is a clear title and we'll take care of the rest, including pick-up, at no cost to you.

Click here for more details about this exciting new program or call 877-883-KCCK (5225).


Gadgets for Jazz on KCCK

KCCK is offering a one-stop shop for selling or recycling consumer electronics like cell phones, mp3 players, laptops, PDAs and calculators. And you can help support KCCK at the same time.

Gazelle is the nation's largest reCommerce company and has found new homes for more than 20,000 used electronics, while recycling thousands more. Shipping is free. You'll earn cash that you can then contribute to KCCK.

Click here for more details.


KCCK Lists Top 88 of 2009

Chicago Jazz Philharmonic's "Collective Creativity" was the most-played CD on KCCK during 2009. The group is led by trumpeter Orbert Davis. Benny Golson's "New Time, New 'tet" was the second most-popular on our airwaves last year. "Down the Wire" by Spyro Gyra came in third. Down to the Bone's "Future Boogie" was Number-88. You can purchase these CDs through Amazon.com and a portion of your purchase will go to support KCCK. Just click on (Purchase) next to the title of each CD. Click here to see the entire list.


KCCK Producers Choose Top 10s of 2009

KCCK's music producers have each chosen their 10 favorite jazz, smooth jazz, blues and new age releases from 2009. Their top choices range from The John Bunch Trio to Christian McBride, Gary Burton and Pat Metheny, Grant Geissman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Duck Baker, Joel Vanderheyden and Wayman Tisdale. Click here to see their choices.


KCCK Posts Listener Survey Results

More than 200 people participated in KCCK's recent Listener Survey and the responses ran the gamut from "We love everything you do" to "We hate everything you do" and everything in between. If you read through the comments, you'll see that nearly every show on KCCK is both someone's favorite and one that someone else demands we get rid of. We will go over the comments as a staff, graphing the results against other audience data and see if any patterns emerge. The results are posted here for you to read.