The creator of the talking tree at Lazarus has passed away. Gordon
Keith, of Upper Arlington, born in 1924, also created the Street of
Yesteryear at the old COSI, the outside nativity for State Auto and
helped build the Tiki Gardens at Indian Rocks Beach, FL. Obituary in
today's Dispatch.
Columbus, Ohio has some jazz broadcasting again - real jazz, not watered-down, wishy-washy, Kenny G-ish, non-swinging, non-jazz.
Jazz 102.1 WCRXLP is now broadcasting to the Bexley and Columbus, Ohio area.
From their website: "Jazz music programming dominates our music format, enhancing our local community programming that is second to none and includes local news, community and government affairs programming, including a gardening program called "The Noontime Gardener", Sports Talk Show, a Wall Street update program, a "consumer price index feature", a jazz and classic R&B show that also features music from local musicians called "Mid Afternoon Music Showcase", two Saturday entertainment programs, one called "Take Your Places!", another called "Fun with Phoetics", classic jazz shows on Saturdays and Sundays, called "Jazz Overdue" and "The Captain's Quarters", and a special live music remote entertainment show on Saturday afternoon called "Sax's Live Music Showcase", plus local business news and financial market reports."
Check out their site here: http://www.wcrxlp.com/intro
And, a Columbus Dispatch article about the station here: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/02/21/dialed-into-jazz.html
Bird lives in C-Bus!
