The BBC has confirmed it is ending two signature radio programmes in Scotland, Classics Unwrapped and Jazz Nights. The reason it gives is the licence-fee freeze.
Tommy Smith, head of jazz at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, says BBC Scotland is ‘abandoning’ the art form.
The leading Socttish classical label Delphian says these are two ‘programmes which have offered us so much support in our 20-year history’.
A BBC Scotland spokesman said: ‘We’ll still reflect our vibrant classical and jazz communities in Scotland on our schedule, and we’re working on new and creative options for achieving this.’
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