"The
hippest show on radio!"
Always an avid fan of music, Ted Hasiuk
first became exposed to the smooth jazz movement while vacationing
in the USA back in the late 80s. It was love at first listen and
awakened a desire that could only be described as insatiable.
After several years of compiling a smooth jazz library, which
has evolved into the largest in Canada, Ted with his background
as an educator, took to the airwaves in an effort to spread the
word!
It was on a Monday night in September 1997 when Café Jazz first
crackled onto the air, in French mind you, on CKXL in Winnipeg
continuing in that slot for two years. In September of 1998, we
also began broadcasting on CJUM, once again in Winnipeg, on Sunday
mornings at 8AM and continued at that familiar hour for four years.
For one full year, Canada's Smooth Jazz Connection was heard in
Winnipeg in both official languages and as such is perhaps the
only show in Canada, most certainly the only Smooth Jazz show
in Canada, to have had that distinction!
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The
spring and summer of 1998, saw the formation of Jazz Lynx, the
company created to act as an umbrella for all projects that went
beyond the radio show, thus launching Jazz Lynx & Café
Jazz. So, it's Jazz Lynx the company and Café Jazz the
radio program.
Broadcasters look to Ted for his expertise. As Jazz Lynx, he was
consulted by the management team of CIWV The Wave, Canada's first
smooth jazz station, prior to the launch of their station in September
2000. In addition, he's worked with several companies and the
CRTC, providing advice and guidance on the format, and as well,
he's also appeared at three separate CRTC hearings in support
of applications for Smooth Jazz licenses in Canada.
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In May 2001, Café Jazz
was picked up by CJRT, JAZZ.FM 91 in Toronto - as part of their
Sunday morning schedule Café Jazz enjoyed one year of broadcast
in Canada's largest market, all of southern Ontario as well as
portions of upstate New York. In February of 2002, we launched
our own combined Jazz Lynx & Café Jazz web site while in the spring
of that same year we moved over to CKDX (Foxy 88.5 FM) once again
in Toronto. Beginning in 2005, Café Jazz began being heard on
the airwaves outside of Canada with KHBL located in Mark Twain's
home town of Hannibal Missouri becoming our first US affiliate.
With back-to-back shows airing each Sunday, station prez David
P. Norman boasts of a line up containing "Four hours of the finest
smooth jazz on this or any other planet"!
For his efforts, early in 2007, The Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards
nominated Ted as Smooth Jazz Broadcaster of the Year for the previous
year, and although he didn't win, it was a great honour considering
he had no background in broadcasting whatsoever. The following
year, Café Jazz went international - currently the program is
heard on affiliates
in Canada, the US, the UK, Chile, and all points in between thru
the internet!! More recently, Ted picked up a 2008 CSJA nomination
for Broadcaster of the Year - his second nod in three years!!
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comes through in the selections he chooses as well as in the knowledge
he brings to the program through thorough research and interviews.
Artists look to Ted for his advice, his genuine interest in their
music and his integrity - he's always considered it a personal privilege
to expose and support new artists. Fans can always expect a personal
answer to their e-mail and phone calls. In fact, over the years
many friendships have developed in this very manner. Now several
hundred programs after our premiere edition, the Café Jazz mission
remains "to win listeners over one at a time, to have fun, and to
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Café Jazz, your
smooth jazz connection ... the radio program for people who don't
like to listen to the radio!
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