"The Edge" on "Smooth Jazz"

[Dan Strassberg]

A few months back I was waiting in my physician's office on Beacon St maybe
0.2 miles west of the Boston-Brookline line. I became aware of this
great-sounding soft jazz playing in the background. It was WMJX HD-2. I
would call the audio quality outstanding and I would not have called the
music mix smooth "jazz" because I actually reconized the melodies. In my
experience, smooth junk--err, smooth "jazz"--NEVER includes recognizable
melodies and it's always all Kenny G all the time. (I did not hear any alto
sax in the 10 minutes or so that I was in the waiting room.) Anyhow, the
office is on the second floor of the building and I did not hear any
dropouts or interference of any sort. I don't know the brand of receiver but
perhaps they were using a rooftop antenna because the office is in a
building that is much taller than the others in the neighborhood. I imagine
that it's a clear line-of-sight to the top of the Pru from the fourth or
fifth floor upward.

--
Dan Strassberg, dan.strassberg@att.net
eFax 707-215-6367

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>
To: "Larry Weil" <kc1ih@mac.com>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@rolinin.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: "The Edge" on "Smooth Jazz"


> Larry Weil wrote:
> >
> >
> > If you have HD, then you will find that Smooth Jazz is on WMJX HD-2.
> >
> > Larry Weil
> > Lake Wobegone, NH
> >
> As one of the five listeners in Boston with an HD radio, I think that it
> sounds great.  Strange music mix though.  During yesterday's smooth jazz
> broadcast I heard Al Hirt.  I guess that he goes along with Benny
> Goodman and the Mills Brothers earlier this week.
>
> Brian