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Alabama State University, founded 1867, is a historically black university located in Montgomery, Alabama.

ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.

WVAS (90.7 FM) is a jazz-music formatted radio station in the Montgomery, Alabama, market licensed to the Alabama State University.

WVAS is a member-supported non-commercial, educational station featuring news and other programming from National Public Radio and Public Radio International.

Jazz is a music genre that originated amongst African Americans in New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in Blues and Ragtime.

Since the 1920s jazz age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression.

It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation.

Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation.

Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music.

Although the foundation of jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience of the United States, different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well.

Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

Blues News is a bi-monthly Finnish blues and roots music magazine.

History and profile.

Blues News was founded in 1968, making it one of the oldest blues magazines still in print in the world.

The magazine is published by Finnish Blues Society (FBS ry).

The FBS is a non-profitable association, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the City of Helsinki.

The name of the society was changed to Suomen afroamerikkalaisen musiikin yhdistys (SAMY ry) in 1980.

In 2006, the name reverted to the original FBS.

The Society has a its own record label, Blue North Records.

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.

In much of the world, funding comes from the government, especially via annual fees charged on receivers.

In the United States, public broadcasters may receive some funding from both federal and state sources, but generally most financial support comes from underwriting by foundations and businesses ranging from small shops to corporations, along with audience contributions via pledge drives.

The great majority are operated as private not-for-profit corporations.