JAM TV Who’s involved in Jam TV? DJ Dap: Myself, JL Shade, and Marco Mall. What role does each of you play? All of us are executive producers. I’m the programmer and the host, JL Shade is the director, and Marco Mall is the producer. How did the three of you link up? We were all linked up through 105.7 WVHT. It used to be a black-owned station here in Tallahassee, and we were all employees of the station. When the station ended, we had always wanted to have a video show. It was one thing we always talked about. The station got sold, so other than going out in the streets and trying to secure that street team stuff we decided to take it to television. We started working on Jam TV, filming and putting shows in the can. What’s the basic concept of Jam TV? Artist interviews and videos, especially with a local feel to it. What makes it different from BET or MTV? We actually run the local stuff and stuff throughout the state, videos you might not catch on BET. We don’t hesitate to run indie stuff. For example, BET might not care about T-Pain, but we do cause he’s from Tallahassee. When he did the “I’m In Love With A Dancer” video we were there filming behind the scenes. We cover not only Tallahassee, but also Florida and Georgia. Right now you might not get to see Tampa Tony on BET on a regular basis, but you’ll see him on our video show. We’ll cover things like Demp Week and TJ’s DJ’s Record Pool meeting right here in Tallahassee. How long has Jam TV been on the air? This is our 13th week. What about other local TV shows? How does it compare? 18
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Right now we feel like our quality is up there. That’s one thing we wanted to work on. We’re not saying we look better than other shows, but we always try to be professional. We operate like we’re already on a major network. We make sure it looks good and sounds good. We play quality videos. We just want everything to look professional, and we make sure we’ve got a dedicated person when it comes to the graphics and voice imaging. We hired a voice imaging guy out of Tennessee. We wanted everything to be professional. When does Jam TV come on? It’s on UPN, channel 24, every Thursday and Friday late nights. Any other projects you’re working on? As far as Jam TV, what we’re gonna do is slowly branch out to other markets and try to just crossover the appeal. Me and Marco and JL Shade all have other things going on. We bounce over through the video show. Myself, I have a website, and I always got some other stuff poppin’ off as far as marketing and promotions. We promote for other artists. Marco does promotions for different parties, and JL Shade does graphics. We’re gonna cross promote all our side projects through the company. Where do you DJ right now? Right now I’m on Blazin’ 102.3. You can catch me every Friday and Saturday night. I just got hired in Valdosta, Georgia, to DJ on 105.3 on Saturdays and Sundays. As far as the club scene, right now I do a club called Big Kahuna’s in Tallahassee. How could someone contact you for more information about Jam TV? www.JamTVonline.com, 850-942-6272, or DJDapJamTV@yahoo.com. - Photo and words by Julia Beverly