Danish broadcaster in stranglehold with 500 job cuts
by Henrik Kaufholz in Copenhagen
My hairdresser – a nice guy with only a little grey hair left – is also a jazz musician. Before he opens the salon in the early morning he will practise on his trumpet. During the day he will also tune his DAB radio to P8 Jazz.
Photo: Frank B. Daugaard, DR Byen, CC BY-SA 2.0
This is coming to an end. P8 Jazz will close down as the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) plans to axe a lot of its activities. He is very unhappy about it: “Denmark has a fine tradition for jazz and every summer…