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Former Capital FM and Jazz FM presenter Peter Young, known affectionately as PY, has died from diabetes.

The independent station, which has 672,000 weekly listeners, will be managed by Bauer’s Steve Parkinson, Group Managing Director of National Radio.

Jazz FM is providing an extra stream and exclusive content for listeners to hear the Jazz FM Awards event and build-up on Monday evening.

The winner of the PRS for Music Gold Award at the 2018 Jazz FM Awards is million-selling US jazz guitarist and educator Pat Metheny.

Jazz FM has revealed the winners of two of its most prestigious awards ahead of the event in London on 30th April.

Singer-songwriter China Moses is joining Jazz FM from Monday 26th March after a guest appearance on the 2017 Christmas schedule and recently co-hosting the Jazz FM Awards Nominations event.

The shortlist for the Jazz FM Awards have been announced at a station event in London at ‘Melomania at Cambridge Audio’.

The national jazz station has announced its fifth ceremony will be held at Shoreditch Town Hall on International Jazz Day.

Jazz FM’s Christmas schedule includes Christmas Day morning with musician China Moses and former Radio 3 presenter Claire Martin.

Jazz FM has launched its own skill via Amazon’s Alexa service, bypassing the default way of listening via TuneIn.

PY aka Peter Young has stepped down from regular broadcasting after 27 years playing jazz and soul on Jazz FM due to ill health.

Jazz FM is broadcasting live once again from the Love Supreme Jazz Festival at Glynde Place in East Sussex.

Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts were present at the Jazz FM Awards yesterday as the Rolling Stones collected two awards.

Nigel Williams’ show on Jazz FM last week was broadcast live from high above the Atlantic Ocean.

Jazz FM Loves features romantic and sentimental jazz, soul and blues until Valentine’s Day.

The upcoming BBC Music Jazz pop-up service will feature 12 hours of programming from Jazz FM this year, an increase from four last year.

The pop-up digital station run by Jazz FM and the BBC is returning for 2016, for five days from November 10th.

A new schedule at Jazz FM sees Helen Mayhew move on from Dinner Jazz and Clare Anderson’s Late Lounge come to an end.

Jazz FM’s morning business briefing programme is being extended on Friday to cover the latest EU Referendum news from the previous day’s polling.

The team at Jazz FM are celebrating their most recent award win, at the internal BBC Radio Awards this week.

Bassist and producer Marcus Miller is joining Jazz FM to present Transatlantic Jazz.

Mike Chadwick is to leave Jazz FM this Easter Sunday after 22 years with the brand.

Yamaha and Jazz FM are teaming up again to provide an opportunity for lapsed players to go centre stage at Love Supreme Festival.

Jazz FM is bringing back Jez Nelson and his Somethin’ Else show to Saturday nights.

Today is the day around a dozen radio stations have launched on the new Sound Digital national DAB multiplex.

Sound Digital has confirmed the full line-up for the new national DAB multiplex, and the official switch-on date.

Actor, comedian, singer and writer Rufus Hound will host a special this year on Jazz FM celebrating 100 years of Frank Sinatra.

Jazz FM is looking for the nation’s favourite Frank Sinatra songs as it asks listeners to help create the ultimate collection.

Here’s the full schedule for the digital pop-up station BBC Music Jazz, on-air from November 12th to 15th.

The BBC has teamed up with Jazz FM and the EFG London Jazz Festival to launch a pop-up radio station covering the London Jazz Festival.