Amidst Cuts, Staff and Listeners Wonder: Will KCSM Keep Jazz Alive?

If you saw the Academy Award-winning La La Land , you watched as the character played by Ryan Gosling battled to start a jazz club at a time when the music is struggling to build audiences. Now, San Mateo’s KCSM Jazz 91 – one of the last 24-hour jazz stations in the United States – is trimming its live programming and cutting much of its part-time staff, citing budgetary reasons.