Not surprisingly, his 50-minute THUMP Mix is chock-full of buttery funk, soul, and lite jazz from the era, alongside a handful of more recent selections from Bicep, James Silk, and Kornél Kovács.
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And even though the music on his latest album, "Struggle Love" (Primary Wave BMG Label Services), is grown-up, full of ornate keyboard sparkle and lite-jazz horns, he remains committedly frisky, using his luscious, honeyed voice to deceptively naughty ends.
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Its format is lite rock, lite jazz, easy listening and doo wop station without any DJs from sun up to sun down. 92.3 Easy Rock Iloilo is fully automated with less recorded announcements and more lite music. Aug 3, 2017, both 92.3 Easy Rock & 97.5 Love Radio went suddenly off the air due to power surge from Panay Electric Company (PECO). After 3 days, 97.5 Love Radio resumed broadcast. Sep.
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It essentially picked up where Dream FM left off. This station used to have quarter-hour segments, each serving its own category, such as Global High for world music, High on the 80s for 80s music, Lite Jazz High for smooth jazz, Natural High for New Age Music, and programs sponsored by McDonald's, Jaguar & Maserati. It also introduced 105.9 Hours of Christmas, which played Christmas music for 106 hours until Christmas Day. This program is eventually picked up by RJFM after its demise.
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This led to Grant touring and recording with jazz greats Woody Shaw, Charles Lloyd, and Tony Williams. Grant cut his first solo record for Timeless in 1976, and in 1979 he formed his own band. Beginning in 1983, Grant started recording a series of jazz-influenced pop albums that have variously been called "New Adult Contemporary", "Quiet Storm", "Contemporary Jazz" and "Smooth Jazz"; each have been best-sellers in the lite jazz market. Grant has been featured on CNN and has been a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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As of late 2008, the station's variety format offers jazz, classical, adult alternative, blues, folk and new-age music and local talk radio, as well as a wide range of diverse specialty programming such as Celtic music, oldies, bluegrass and Golden Age of Radio shows. In addition to its original programming, WHFC also carries several nationally syndicated shows, including NPR's Latino USA and Jazz at Lincoln Center, the WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour, the Putumayo World Music Hour, Acoustic Cafe, and Travel with Rick Steves, among others. It was the first station in Maryland to carry the Moody Radio Network's In the Studio with Michael Card. From midnight to 7AM, the station broadcasts a mix of new age, contemporary instrumental, and lite jazz music, called The Night Shift.
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