Cool Blue was a radio station in Auckland New Zealand, operated by The Radio Network broadcasting on 96.1 FM between 2001 and 2004. Unlike other radio stations operated by The Radio Network, Cool Blue was only available in the Auckland region and not networked to other regions. Due to low ratings The Radio Network stopped operation of Cool Blue and used the frequency to start Flava. Weeks after Cool Blue went off the air on FM, Cool Blue came back online; now independently operated and as a non-commercial non-profit station.
Cool Blue plays mainly Jazz and Blues music but is not confined to these two formats, the playlist also includes elements of R&B, Rock and Roll, Folk music.
Famous quotes containing the words cool and/or blue:
“Then, the cool kindliness of sheets, that soon
Smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss
Of blankets; grainy wood; live hair that is
Shining and free; blue-massing clouds; the keen
Unpassioned beauty of a great machine;”
—Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)
“There were ghosts that returned to earth to hear his phrases,
As he sat there reading, aloud, the great blue tabulae.
They were those from the wilderness of stars that had expected more.
There were those that returned to hear him read from the poem of life,
Of the pans above the stove, the pots on the table, the tulips among them.
They were those that would have wept to step barefoot into reality....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)