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Frank Presley's 'Now's the Time' 99.3 FM Sunday nights 7-9pm

Frank Presley's 'Now's the Time' is one of the longest serving weekly jazz programs on Australian public radio. Frank commenced broadcasting at the age of 24 from the studios of 2BBB Bellingen in 1991 and soon after commenced a weekly radio program 'Now's the Time' broadcast from 2NVR Nambucca Valley Radio. In 1993 'Now's the Time' continued broadcasting from 2WAY FM Port Macquarie where it attracted corporate support from major wine producer Cassegrain Wines.
During this period, Frank's travels took him to many of Europe's & North America's most celebrated jazz venues such as Bim Haus in Amsterdam, Quasimodo in Berlin, Unterfahrt in Munich, Reduta in Prague, Ronnie Scott's in London, the Village Vanguard in NYC and Snug Harbour in New Orleans to witness leading artists such as Lionel Hampton, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, Michael and Randy Brecker, David Murray, Joe Zawinul, Dave Holland, Elvin Jones, Ron Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove and Nicholas Payton to name just a few. Frank has attended many of the world's most important jazz festivals such as the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the Marciac Jazz Festival in France.
Shortly after returning, Frank commenced presenting 'Now's the Time' from 2BOB FM Taree which coincided with national broadcast across Australia on the Community Radio Network’s exclusively Australian jazz program 'Tempo'.
These days 'Now's the Time' broadcasts every Sunday night from Sydney North Shore’s FM 99.3 and he's proud that FM 99.3 has been it's home since 2001. The diversity of 'Now's the Time' is far reaching with a strong focus on Australian jazz and the promotion of Sydney musicians of international standard. Frank also presents Sydney's most comprehensive jazz gig guide at 7:30pm each week, global jazz news, has regular giveaways and in depth interviews with a variety of guests. You can expect to hear a strong Australian content from the Jazzgroove, Jazzhead, Rufus and Newmarket Record labels and international music from jazz scenes across the globe.
Some of Frank's guests over the years have included Don Burrows, Mike Nock, Sandy Evans, Bobby Gebert, James Morrison and the daughter of Ol' Blue Eyes, Deana Sinatra. Over the last 12 months among Frank's guests have been the likes of Mark Isaacs, Sean Coffin, Tony Gorman, Tim Bruer, Spike Mason, Andrew Robertson, Sam Rollings, Anita Spring and Catherine Hunter.
Courtesy of Birdland Records Sydney, Frank presents the 'Album of the Week', which is a new release, hot off the press and the freshest sound in recorded jazz at that moment.
Frank respects the music's roots and presents '’Vital Vinyl”, a classic track taken from LP's sourced directly from Frank's extensive private collection.
Over the last 12 months Frank has offered over $5000 worth of prizes on 'Now's the Time', including double passes to concerts and theatre, CD's, books, dinners and gift vouchers. Frank's album and concert reviews appear on the website www.jazzandbeyond.com.au ABC’s Limelight magazine and the Bulletin magazine.

Email Frank: frankpresley@hotmail.com
   

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MONDAY
   
89.7FM Eastside Radio
7:00am to 9:30am Jammin with Robert Vale.
Elling to Ellington and Bird to Blakey
12:00pm to 2:00pm Jazzgroove with Matt Keegan
2:00pm to 3:00pm Jazz Made in Australia with Paula Langlands
3:00pm to 4:00pm The New Thing with Phillip James, Sean O’Brien, Leila Shunnar or Angela Dewan
6:30pm to 8:00pm Fuse with Stuart Vandegraaf
8:00pm to 10:00pm New York Nice & Easy with Tom Parker
10:00pm to 11:30pm The Spirit House with Sean and Gary
   
99.3FM 2NSB
5:00pm to 7:00pm Jazz at Five with Jeannie McInnes
7:00pm to 8:00pm Dinner Jazz with Jane Frost
11:30pm to 12:30pm Jazz Made in Australia with Paula Langlands
   
102.5FM 2MBS
1:00pm to 2:00pm Lunchtime Jazz
7:00pm to 8:00pm The Sound of Jazz with Kevin Jones
8:00pm to 10:00pm Stormy Monday
   
88.1FM 2RDJ
11:00am to 1:00pm Jazz with Jean MacKenzie
   
90.5FM 2CCR
6:00am to 7:00pm Smooth Jazz
   
88.5FM 2RRR
noon to 2:00pm Midday Jazz
   
90.1FM 2NBC
11:00am to 12:30pm Artistry in Jazz
   

TUESDAY
   
89.7FM Eastside Radio
7:00am to 9:30am Jammin with Rob Thomas
12:00am to 2:00pm Mixed Marriage with Lloyd Swanton
2:00pm to 4:00pm Voices with Lily Dior
6:30pm to 8:00pm The Groovescooter Show with Paris Pompor & James Locksmith
8:00pm to 10:00pm Moodswing with Manny Gasparatinos & Taline Kaliajian
   
99.3FM 2NSB
5:00pm to 7:00pm Jazz at Five with Dennis Rutzou
Dennis Rutzou puts a lifetime interest in jazz to good effect by producing and presenting the Tuesday edition of Jazz@5, which particularly concentrates on new jazz releases with a bias towards Australian artists. As well as the musical side, there are interviews with artists and listener giveaways of CDs and tickets to jazz concerts. On the last Tuesday of every month there is a section of the program called African Jazz Connection, during which African jazz aficionado Rodney Timm presents new releases and focuses on some of the great performers of African jazz music.

7:00pm to 8:30pm Dinner Jazz with Graham Lyndon
   
102.5FM 2MBS
7:00pm to 8:00pm Jazz with Baz with Barry Crook
   
89.1FM BLUFM
12:00pm to 2:00pm A Jazz Hour with Barry O’Sullivan
   
88.1FM 2RDJ
11:00am to 1:00pm Jazz Notes with Garry Stark
   
90.5FM 2CCR
9:00pm to 11:00pm Cool Moon
   
88.5FM 2RRR
noon to 2:00pm Midday Jazz
   
107.3FM 2SER
noon to 2:00pm Phantom Dancer with Greg Poppleton. Australia's longest running swing and jazz show - playing swing and jazz from live 1920s-60s radio and TV since 1985!
   
107.1FM Highland FM
11:00am to 1:00pm My Kind of Music with Julian Lee
   

WEDNESDAY
   
89.7FM Eastside Radio
7:00am to 9:30am Jammin with Peter Dowling
12:00am to 2:00pm Midday with Susan Gai Dowling
2:00pm to 4:00pm Be Bop and Beyond with Bob Bertles
8:00pm to 10:00pm Forever French with Gabrielle and Sandrine
10:00pm to 11:00pm Hydrogen Jukebox with Martin Ng
11:00pm to midnight Late Night Score with Sue Thompson
   
99.3FM 2NSB
2:00pm to 5:00pm Thompson's Corner with Sharon Thompson.
"This program is an afternoon of diverse music, both in terms of genre/artist/ and style.
My own musical tastes vary widely, but there are a few musical paths I don't follow. You won't hear opera/dance/grunge/punk/rap/hip hop/gangsta, or any of the more modern urban (read American) takes on the contemporary scene.
I think I probably reflect the tastes of many of my age group, but I know I have many older and considerably younger listeners.
The show exists to promote and publicise Australian music and musicians, and I'm keen to include interviews with them whenever possible.
My personal approach is to expose the listener to high quality selective music that isn't heard on commercial radio, and to provide relevant information about the muso/artist when required. My collection is weighted to the vocal performer, but since becoming part of the station, my exposure to the broad church of "contemporary jazz" has certainly broadened my horizons, and I'm still enormously keen to hear emerging voices, vocally and instrumentally.
Not having a musical background (either by choice or training), I come to this endeavour with a naďve enthusiasm for the transformative power of music in all its forms to affect our lives. I can't imagine living without music, and I know there are millions like me."- Sharon Thompson
5:00pm to 7:00pm Jazz at Five with Noel Crow
   
102.5FM 2MBS
1:00 to 2:00 pm Jazz Nice and Easy with Mike Sawyer
7:00 to 8:00 pm The Midweek Jam with James Heath
   
88.1FM 2RDJ
11:00am to 1:00pm Midweek Jazz with Tony Buckley
Founded in 1992, Black Routes presents blues, rhythm 'n' blues and gospel from the '20s to the 21st Century, with a targeted 40% Australian content, and 35% women's music. The program also includes zydeco, Tex-Mex and local "honky tonk" and a capella styles, and occasional dashes of music from West and South Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.
   
88.5FM 2RRR
noon to 2:00pm Midday Jazz
   
107.3FM 2SER
3:00pm to 4:00pm On the Corner with Ross Ogden and Peter Nelson
   
99.7FM 2SSR
7:00am to noon Fred's Potpourri of Music and Jazz
   

THURSDAY
   
89.7FM Eastside Radio
7:00am to 9:30am Jazz Jammin with Wally Wrightman
12:00am to 2:00pm Personalities in Jazz with Paula Langlands
2:00pm to 4:00pm Blow with Matt McMahon and Dan Barnett
6:00pm to 6:30pm TSincopatico Italian Jazz with Pino Scuro and Sue Thompson
6:30pm to 8:00pm The Gypsy Hot Club with Yaron Hallis
8:00pm to 10:00pm Deep Blues with Peter Charley
10:00pm to midnight Cubanismo with Martin Taylor
   
99.3FM 2NSB
5:00pm to 7:00pm Jazz at Five with Phil Halderman
7:00pm to 8:30pm Soul Stew with James Erickson
8:30pm to 9:30pm Album Review with Doreen Holland
9:30pm to 11:30pm A Twist of Jazz with Georgina Reed and Peter March
   
102.5FM 2MBS
7:00pm to 8:00pm at Seven with Derrick Davey
   
88.1FM 2RDJ
11:00am to 1:00pm Not Notes and Cool Harmonies with Frank Mackie
   
88.5FM 2RRR
noon to 2:00pm Midday Jazz
8:00pm to 10:00pm My Kind of Jazz
10:00pm to 1:00am Jazz Action
   
88FM Bondi Beach
4:00pm to 6:00pm Mellow Tone
   

FRIDAY
   
89.7FM Eastside Radio
7:00am to 9:30am Jammin with Noel Jones
12:00am to 2:00pm In Town Today with Wally Wrightman
2:00pm to 4:00pm The Lush Life with Jim Pennell
   
99.3FM 2NSB
5:00pm to 7:00pm Jazz at Five with John Morrison or Leonie Smith
7:00pm to 8:30pm Dinner Jazz with Maddi Scarf
   
92.9 FM ABC Classic FM
10:30pm to 12:30pm Jazz up Late with Jerry Koster
102.5FM 2MBS
7:00pm to 8:00pm Jazz Pure and Simple with Maureen Meers
   
88.1FM 2RDJ
11:00am to 1:00pm Sydney Jazz Club Presents
1:00am to 3:00pm Black Routes with Gil Onyett
   
88.5FM 2RRR
10:00am to noon Ray's Bag of jazz
noon to 2:00pm Midday Jazz
   
90.1FM 2NBC
11:00am to 12:30pm Artistry in Jazz
   
88FM Bondi Beach
2:00pm to 4:00pm In the Deep
   

SATURDAY
   
89.7FM Eastside Radio
7:00am to 9:00am Jammin with Rob Thomas
9:00am to 11:00am Time on my Hands with Noel Jones
11:00am to 1:00pm Dig It with Dave Goodman
   
99.3FM 2NSB
5:00am to 7:00am Saturday Jazz
12:00pm to 3:00pm Nick Hammond Smooth Jazz Mix
3:00pm to 5:00pm Mike Hempsted Smooth Jazz Mix
   
102.5FM 2MBS
1:00pm to 2:00pm Jazz Then & Now with Michael Cooper or The Jazz Hour with Tom Abbot
   
92.9FM ABC Classic FM
5:00pm to 7:00pm Jazz Track with Mal Stanley
   
90.5FM 2CCR
6:00am to 8:00am Early Morning Attitude
5:00pm to 6:00pm City Lights
   
Community Radio Network (check your local station)
8:00pm to 11:00pm A Jazz Hour with Barry O’Sullivan
   

SUNDAY
   
99.3FM 2NSB
6:00am to 7:00am Jazz Made In Australia with Paula Langlands
8:00am to 9:00am John Buchanan’s World of Jazz
2:00pm to 4:00pm Soulscope with Georgina Reed
7:00pm to 9:00pm Now's the Time with Frank Presley EDITOR'S CHOICE
9:00pm to 11:00pm New York Nice'n'Easy with Tom Parker
   
102.5FM 2MBS
1:00pm to 2:00pm Speak Easy Swing Hard with Richard Hughes or Pent Up House with Peter Lowry
   
88.1FM 2RDJ
9:00pm to 10:00pm Sunday Night Live with Garry Stark
   
92.9FM ABC Classic FM
5:00pm to 7:00pm Jazz Track with Mal Stanley
   
90.5FM 2CCR
9:00am to noon Sunday Brunch
noon to 3:00pm Basically Grooving
   
90.1FM 2NBC
1:30pm to 3:30pm Artistry in Jazz
   
88FM Bondi Beach
noon to 3:00pm You are Listening in Colour
3:00pm to 5:00pm In the Deep 11
   
89.1FM Blu FM
2:00 to 4:00pm Jazz Hour with Barry O’Sullivan
   

Please email any updates to editor@jazzandbeyond.com.au

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