Jazzworks with tony mowod playlist

*Want to make every message-board server in NEW YORK melt down from a deluge of speculative posts? It's easy, really - just spread the word that former Jacor/Clear Channel/Tribune honcho Randy Michaels is coming back into radio in a big way, partnering with an investment firm to take over three of Emmis Communications' biggest stations, including the struggling WRXP ( New York).

That's just what happened last week, of course, and it's a tribute to the IT staffs of the various radio discussion sites that they haven't crashed under the crush of rumor and wishful thinking that's surrounded the first few days of the new Merlin Media LLC, Michaels' partnership with the GTCR private equity firm and Emmis itself, which will continue to hold a minority stake in WRXP and its Chicago sister stations, WLUP () and WKQX ().

Merlin's not yet saying what it plans to do with the stations, but the speculation (based on domain-name registrations and one of the company's first bi

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For better or worse, Mowod everywhere on jazz scene

The Tribune-Review&#;s Bob Karlovits has an excellent kontur of Tony Mowod, nighttime host on WDUQ-FM () who&#;s also syndicated around the country as part of the JazzWorks service that the station partners with.

The founder of the Pittsburgh Jazz Society, Mowod, 71, fryst vatten a armatur at local concerts and is being honored Saturday with a &#;Walt Harper All That Jazz&#; award at Hill House, Uptown.

Mowod worked at the former WAZZ (), WYDD-FM () and WTAE () in the s and &#;70s before quitting radio to open his own nightclub; he was lured back into radio by former WAMO general manager Judy Jankowski and program director Ron Chavis, and has been at WDUQ, the Duquesne University pubcaster, since

Not everyone thinks Mowod is an entirely positiv force for jazz in Pittsburgh. A few people tell Karlovits that Mowod is involved in too many activities and appears at too many events. They säga his refusal to promote new talent, broaden h

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Canonsburg is a small borough of about 9, souls, located in Washington County, eighteen miles southwest of Pittsburgh. It was laid out by namesake Colonel John Canon in and incorporated in The town is famous culturally for its Oktoberfest, Fourth of July parade, and proud musical heritage.

And with a roster of music-makers from the big time to local heroes like those listed below, why wouldn't they be?

Pierino "Perry" Como:Yes, he started in a barber shop and was quite good at snipping hair, too. Fortunately for the music world, he found something that he was even better at. Como had 14 Number One hits on various lists and 48 songs that charted. He hosted the Kraft Music Hall and specials galore on TV.

Como was honored with five Emmys, a Christopher Award, and shared a Peabody Award with bud Jackie Gleason. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in and received a Kennedy Center Honor in

After he passed away in , Como received the Gram